H.H. Raja Sir Dileep Singh K.C.I.E. (18 March 1891 - 8 February 1961) was the last official ruler of the

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

Sailana Sailana is a town in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Sailana is from Ratlam city and away from Banswara district of the neighboring state of Rajasthan. Sailana was once the capital of the Sailana State before it merged ...

from 1919 to 1948. Raja Sir Dileep Singh was educated at the Mayo college

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and completed his diploma and post diploma in the B.A. standard in 1912. He was further trained in Judicial and revenue works by Mr. A.T. Holve C.I.E, commissioner of Ajmer. He succeeded to the throne upon the death of his father Raja Sir

Jashwant Singh II H.H. Raja Sir Jashwant Singh II K.C.I.E. (1864–1919) was the ruler of the princely state of Sailana State, India from year 1895 to 1919. He was the son of Bhawani Singh of Semlia, a jagirdar of Sailana State and a distant cousin of Raja Dule ...

in 1919. He received the

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in 1911,

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in 1935 and the

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in 1948. He was created KCIE in 1934. He served as president of

Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha also known as All India Kshatriya Mahasabha was founded in the year 1897 It was formed to promote, protect and fight for rights and interests of Kshatriya community of the Indian society. Early years After Rev ...

in 1920 and 1930 and was the permanent vice president thereof. Singh was also the permanent president of the Kurukshetra Jirnodhar committee whose sole objective was the restoration of the ponds, lakes and shrines of Kurukshetra extending over 96 miles of the holy land. The Raja also constructed the Krishna temple at

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. He was also a food connoisseurs of his time and built a collection of 5000 recipe. He signed the instrument of accession to the

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on 15 June 1948, merging the Sailana State in to the Union of India. He died on 8 February 1961. He was succeeded by his son Digvijay Singh as the titular Raja of Sailana.

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