Raja Lalitkumar Singh (1924–2000) was the last official ruler of

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, ...

Raigarh State Raigarh was a princely state in India at the time of the British Raj. The state was ruled by a Gond dynasty of Gond clan. History Raigarh estate was founded in 1625 by Madan Singh. He was descended from the Gond kings of Chanda. In 1911 Ra ...

. He ascended the throne in 1947 upon death of his father

Raja Chakradhar Singh Raja Chakradhar Singh (19 August 1905 −7 October 1947) was the Raja of Raigarh and Chief of Bargarh ruled by Gond dynasty. He was the ruler of Princely state of Raigarh from 1924 till his death in 1947. He was son of Raja Bhup Deo Singh, ...

and acceded his State into Union of India on 1 January 1948. He later got elected and became Member of Legislative Assembly from Gharghonda as a candidate of

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in 1952–57. He next time got elected from Chargoda in 1957–62. After abolition of

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, he was left with meager resources and sold most of his assets. In 1980, he tried his luck in politics again stood for election but was defeated. He lived his last years as pauper, living in hut outside town on borrowed money. He died in 2000.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Lalitkumar 1924 births 2000 deaths Rajas of Raigarh Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1952–1957 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1957–1962 Indian National Congress politicians from Chhattisgarh

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