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Jai Singh
Jai Singh may refer to: * Jai Singh I (1611–1667), ruler of Amber kingdom in India and a Rajput general of the Mughal Empire; also known as Mirza Raja Jai Singh * Jai Singh of Mewar (1653–1698), ruler of the Mewar kingdom in India * Jai Singh II (1688–1743), ruler of Amber kingdom in India; also known as Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh * Jai Singh III (1819–1835), Maharaja of Jaipur State * Jai Singh Kanheya (1712–1793), the founder and leader of the Kanheya Misl of India * Jai Singh Prabhakar (1882–1937), Maharaja of Alwar kingdom in India * Jai Arjun Singh, New Delhi-based freelance writer/journalist * Jai Pal Singh (1930–1997), Indian physician and educator * Jai Pratap Singh (born 1953), Indian politician in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly * Jai Pal Singh (politician), Indian politician in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council See also * Jayasimha (other), another transliteration of the name {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Singh I
Jai Singh I (15 July 1611 – 28 August 1667) was a senior general ("Mirza Raja") of the Mughal Empire and the Raja of the Kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur). His predecessor was his grand uncle, Raja Bhau Singh. Accession and early career At the age of 10, Jai Singh I became the Raja of Amber and the head of the Kachwaha Rajputs. His military career spans the full reign of Shah Jahan and the first decade of Aurangzeb's reign. Jai Singh's first step in his rise to greatness took place on the accession of Shah Jahan (1627). Taking advantage of this change of sovereigns, Jai Singh's commander in the Deccan, Khan Jahan Lodi rebelled along with his Afghan followers. But the Rajput prince brought away his own army to the north and then joined in the campaign that finally defeated the rebels. For these valuable services Jai Singh was made a commander of 4000. In 1636 Shah Jahan organized a grand campaign against the southern sultanates in which Jai Singh played a leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Singh Of Mewar
Jai Singh (5 December 1653 – 23 September 1698), was the Maharana of Mewar Kingdom, ruling from 1680 to 1698. He was a son of Mahanara Raj Singh I. Jai Singh fought a series of battles against Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. In 1680–81, he sent his noble Dayaldas in Malwa. Dayaldas occupied Dhar and Mandu. He looted those cities and fought a series of battles against Mughal army. He married Dayawati Bai (1650–1683), a Kachhawa princess of Amber, who died in childbirth. He built Dhebar lake Dhebar Lake (also known as Jaisamand Lake) is India's first and world's oldest historical and second largest artificial fresh water lake in India. It is located in the Udaipur District of Rajasthan State in western India. It has an area of wh ... also known as Jaisamand, in 1685. On the last attack which was made by Aurangzeb with his three sons and an army of number more than 5 times than that of Maharana's, Maharana Jai Singh deployed a tactic under which he with his subjects (includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Singh II
Jai Singh II (3 November 1681 – 21 September 1743) popularly known as Sawai Jai Singh was the 29th Kachwaha Rajput ruler of the Kingdom of Amber, who later founded the fortified city of Jaipur and made it his capital. He was born at Amber, the capital of the Kachwaha Rajputs. He became ruler of Amber at the age of 11 after the death of his father, Raja Bishan Singh on 31 December 1699. Initially, Jai Singh served as a vassal of the Mughal Empire. He was given title of ''Sawai'' by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb before the siege of Khelna in Deccan. "Sawai" means one and a quarter times superior to his contemporaries. He received title of '' Maharajah Sawai'', ''Raj Rajeshwar'', ''Shri Rajadhiraj'' in the year 1723, This was in addition to title of ''Saramad-i-Rajaha-i-Hind'' conferred on him on 21 April 1721Sarkar, Jadunath (1994) A History of Jaipur, New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, , Page=171,173 In the later part of his life, Jai Singh broke free from the Mughal hegemony, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Singh III
Jai Singh III (1818 – 1835), was the Maharaja of Jaipur inke son ramsingh 2nd the 1835_1880 Early life He was a son of Jagat Singh of Amber, Raja of Jaipur. Maharaja Jagat Singh died under suspicious circumstances in November 1818 without any medical issues and hence Jaipur became heirless. Mohan Singh, from the Thikana of Narwar, was adopted in order to be enthroned. However, in April 1819, the Bhatiyani Queen of Jagat Singh gave birth to a son who was later named Jai Singh III and declared king. Career Jai Singh III spent the first 9 years of his life within the confines of the zenana Zenana ( fa, زنانه, ur, , bn, জেনানা, hi, ज़नाना) literally meaning "of the women" or "pertaining to women", in Persian language contextually refers to the part of a house belonging to a Muslim, Sikh, or Hindu f ..., making his first public appearance in a procession to the Jamwa Mata Temple after the people of Jaipur demanded to see their ruler. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Singh Kanheya
Jai Singh Kanhaiya (1712–1793) was the founder and leader of the Kanhaiya Misl until his death. His daughter-in-law, Sada Kaur succeeded him in the leadership of the ''misl''. Early life Jai Singh was born in the village of Kahna, 21 km southwest of Lahore. His father, Khushal Singh, was a farmer and also sold wood and hay in Lahore and his family had humble origins. He was initiated into the Khalsa by Nawab Kapur Singh and joined the jatha of Amar Singh Kingra. In 1759, his wife Desan Kaur (who was the widow of Jhanda Singh) gave birth to his only son and heir Gurbaksh Singh. Misldar He worked in collaboration with Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, he seized a part of Riarki comprising the district of Gurdaspur and upper portions of Amritsar. His headquarters shifted from his wife's village at Sohian, 15 km from Amritsar to Batala to Mukerian. He had territories on both sides of the rivers Beas and Ravi. Qazi Nur Muhammad, a historian, wrote in 1765 that Jai Singh Kanheya ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Singh Prabhakar
Sir Jai Singh Prabhakar (14 June 1882 – 19 May 1937), was a ruler of Naruka Kshatriya dynasty and the Maharaja of the princely state of Alwar from 1892 to 1937. The only son of the previous ruler, Sir Mangal Singh Prabhakar Bahadur, Sir Jai Singh initially was noted as brilliant, erudite and charming. However, he was later forced into exile. He died in 1937 at the age of 54. He was succeeded by a distant relative, Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur. He was educated in Mayo College, Ajmer. He was a highly regarded Indian English orator and scholar. He lived a lavish lifestyle and spent treasury money on hunting and palaces such as Sariska Palace (now a tiger reserve and hotel). He assisted the farming community with the construction of a number of bunds (irrigation dams). Imperial Service Sir Jai Singh took pride in his State's infantry regiments and had them sent to China during the anti-Christian uprising in China and in the following relief operations. Alwar Lancers units ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Arjun Singh
Jai Arjun Singh is a New Delhibased freelance writer and journalist. He has written for Yahoo! India, ''Business Standard'', ''The Hindu'', ''The Man'', ''Tehelka'', ''Outlook Traveler'', ''The Sunday Guardian'' and the ''Hindustan Times'', among other publications. His book about the making of the cult comedy film ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' was published by HarperCollins India in 2010. He has also edited ''The Popcorn Essayists: What Movies Do to Writers'', an anthology of original film-related essays for Tranquebar. He writes a popular blog A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order ... called ''Jabberwock''. He has contributed a story, "Milky Ways", in a book edited by Jaishree Mishra "Of Mothers and Others". Books * ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro: Seriously Funny Since 1983'', HarperColl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Pal Singh
Jai Pal Singh (13 May 1930 – 24 September 1997) was an Indian physician and educator. Singh obtained his bachelor’s medical degree in 1962 Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra, India - the same institute from where his father (Yogendra Singh, a doctor with the British Army) graduated a generation ago. After completing his post-graduate qualifications in Surgery in 1955 , he worked for over 40 years in Delhi and its neighbouring regions. His last official position was as Director of what was then Rohtak Medical College & Hospital in Haryana and is now Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS Rohtak the only tertiary care and medical teaching facility in the state of Haryana. Professional career Singh earned recognition for his work in surgery and was appointed as Honorary Surgeon to two Presidents of India and was honored by President of India Padma Shri Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Pratap Singh
Jai Pratap Singh is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare in the Yogi Adityanath ministry of the Uttar Pradesh Government. He is a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th Legislative Assemblies of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janta Party. He was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly seven times from Bansi constituency of Siddharthnagar district. Personal life Singh was born on 7 September 1953 to Raja Rudra Pratap Singh in Dumraon, Bihar. He completed his Higher Secondary studies from Mayo College, Ajmer in 1970 and graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from KC College, Bombay in 1974. Singh married Basundhara Kumari on 19 January 1983, with whom he has two sons. He is a farmer by profession and is a resident of Rajmahal, Bansi, Siddharthnagar district. Political career Jai Pratap Singh has been a MLA seven st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Pal Singh (politician)
Jai Pal Singh 'Vyast' is an Indian politician and Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Vyast is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad'') is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. Uttar Pradesh is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is ... from the Bareilly-Moradabad Division Graduates Constituency. References Politicians from Bareilly Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council 21st-century Indian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
