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| Takht Singh | |
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| Maharaja ofJodhpur | |
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| Ruler ofJodhpur | |
| Tenure | 4 September 1843 – 13 February 1873 |
| Predecessor | Man Singh of Marwar |
| Successor | Jaswant Singh II |
| Born | (1819-06-06)6 June 1819 |
| Died | 13 February 1873(1873-02-13) (aged 53) |
| Issue | Jaswant Singh II Zorawar Singh Ranjit Singh Kishore Singh Bahadur Singh Bhupal Singh Madho Singh Muhabbat Singh Zalim Singh Chand Kanwarji m.to HH MaharajaSawai Ram Singh II ofJaipur Indra Kanwarji m.to HH MaharajaSawai Ram Singh II ofJaipur Lal Kanwarji m.to HH MaharajaSawai Ram Singh II ofJaipur Saubhag Kanwarji m.to HH Maharaja Maharao SirRaghubir Singh ofBundi Samarth Kanwarji m.to HH Maharaja Maharao SirRaghubir Singh ofBundi |
| House | Rathore |
| Father | Maharaja Karan Singh of AhmednagarHimmatnagar inGujarat |
| Mother | Devadiji Saras Kanwarji d.of Maharao Udaibhan Singh II ofSirohi |
Maharaja Takht SinghGCSI[1] (6 June 1819 – 13 February 1873) was first the regent (1839–1841) and the finalMaharaja ofAhmednagar (Himmatnagar) 1841–1843 as a result of an agreement with the British. Once he ceded Ahmednagar (Himmatnagar) toIdar, he was recognized as Maharaja ofJodhpur (1843–1873).
He was born in Ahmednagar (Himmatnagar), the second son of Maharaja Karan Singh and grandson of Sangram Singh, the Maharaja of Ahmednagar (Himmatnagar) from 1798 to 1835. He had little prospect of ascending the throne, yet after the death of his elder brother, Maharaja Prithvi Singh in 1839, he became the regent over the whole state and served as such until the birth of his brother's son,Yuvraj Balwant Singh, who was proclaimed ruler at his birth. Takht Singh then became the new ruler's regent and served as such until the untimely death of his nephew on 23 September 1841, when he became the Maharaja of Ahmednagar (Himmatnagar).
However, two years into his reign in 1843, MaharajaMan Singh, the then ruler of the head seat of Rathores i.eMarwar (Jodhpur )died. He was persuaded by his widows to take the succession as he was a member of theRathore Dynasty through his grandfather, Maharaja Sangram Singh, the Maharaja ofIdar, who himself was the son of Maharaja Anand Singh, the first ruler of Idar and a younger son of MaharajaAjit Singh, Maharaja ofJodhpur, however, he had to cede Ahmednagar (Himmatnagar) back to the state of Idar to be recognized in Jodhpur by theBritish authorities.
So, on 29 October 1843, he ascended thegadi at the Shringar Chowki in the majesticMehrangarh Fort. Later in his life, he served theEnglish East India Company at the time of theIndian Rebellion of 1857[2] and in the year 1862 he received asanad of adoption.
He married 30 wives. He died in the city of Jodhpur on 13 February 1873 and was cremated atMandore. He was succeeded by his eldest son MaharajaJaswant Singh II on the Marwar throne, while his third son,Pratap Singh would go on to become the Maharaja ofIdar. His first-born daughter, Baiji Lal Chand Kanwarji, would be married in 1843 to Maharaja SawaiRam Singh II, the Maharaja ofJaipur(1835-1880) making her thePatrani (chief consort) of theKachwaha ruler.
| Preceded by Maharaja Balwant Singh | Maharaja of Ahmednagar (Himmatnagar) 1841–1843 | none,state ceded to Idar |
| Preceded by MaharajaMan Singh | The Rathore Dynasty 4 September 1843 – 13 February 1873 | Succeeded by MaharajaJaswant Singh II |
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