Jat Maharaja Hemant Singh (born 5 January 1951) was the Jat Maharaj Rana of

Dholpur Dholpur is a city in the Dholpur district in Rajasthan state of India. It is situated on the left bank of the famous Chambal river. The city is the administrative headquarters of Dholpur District and was formerly seat of the Dholpur prin ...

from 1954–71, when the all royal titles and privy purses were abolished by Republic of India.

Life

Hemant Singh was born as the second son of Maharaja Pratap Singh Nabha and his wife, Maharani Urmila Devi (1924–1997). When he was three years old, his maternal grandfather, Rana

Udaybhanu Singh Udaybhanu Singh (12 February 1893 – 22 October 1954) was the ruler of Dholpur State, Dholpur state from 1911–1949, after which the State acceded to the Dominion of India, Union of India. He was from the Bamraulia gotra of Jats. Udaybhan ...

died, and he was adopted by his maternal grandmother as her late husband's heir. Hemant Singh received his Primary and Senior Secondary education from the

Doon School The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a selective all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Calcutta, who prevised a school mode ...

and at completed his Bachelor's of Arts Degree from the Hindu College,

Delhi University Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...

, in 1971. He remained the last titular Maharaj Rana of Dholpur from 1954–71, when the all royal titles and privy purses were abolished by Republic of India.

Personal

On 17 November 1972, Rana Hemant Singh married firstly -

Vasundhara Raje Vasundhara Raje Scindia (born 8 March 1953) is an Indian politician, who has held two terms as the chief minister of Rajasthan. She was previously a minister in the Union Cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and was India's first Minister of Micro, S ...

(8 March 1953-), the third daughter of Maharaja of Gwalior, Shri Jivajirao Scindia and

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. The couple separated the following year, having had one son- Dushyant Singh who is currently MP.

Present Life

In 1973, Hemant Singh settled permanently at Panchsheel Marg in

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, and on 17 May 2007 he handed over the Dholpur palaces, lands and state jewellery to the care of The State of Rajasthan.

Titles

*1951-1954:

Maharajkumar Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, an ...

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Hemant Singh *1954–1971:

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Maharajadhiraja Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, a ...

Sawai Maharaj Rana Shri Hemant Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang Jai Deo,

Maharaj Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, an ...

Rana Rana may refer to: Astronomy * Rana (crater), a crater on Mars * Delta Eridani or Rana, a star People, groups and titles * Rana (name), a given name and surname (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Rana (title), a histori ...

References

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