Vishwaraj Pratap Singh (18 October 1932 – 14 May 2007) was prince and later held the officially, the

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Kawardha State Kawardha State ( hi, कावर्धा) was one of the princely states in the Central Provinces of India during the period of the British Raj. The capital of the state was Khairagarh town, in Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh state. The Bho ...

from 1959-1971. He was eldest son of Raja Dharamraj Singh. He was a member of Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh from Kawardha constituency as a member of Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad from 1962-67. He was born at

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on 18 October 1932 to Raja Dharamraj Singh of Kawardha. He was educated at

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of which he also served as a member of executive committee in later life. He was married and had issues. He became the Raja of Kawardha upon death of his father 20 August 1959 and held the title till the

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and titles were abolished by the Government of India in 1971. He died on 14 May 2007. He is survived by two daughter and a son. His elder daughter Manjari Kumari is married to Kunwar Rudra Dev Singh of

Orchha Orchha is a town, near city of Niwari in Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. The town was established by rajput ruler Rudra Pratap Singh some time after 1501, as the seat of an eponymous former princely state of covering parts of c ...

, the second daughter Vasundhara Kumari is married to Rawal Sanjai Singh, the titular Rawal of Bissau. His son

Yogeshwar Raj Singh Yogeshwar Raj Singh (born 1967) is a scion of Kawardha Raj family and son of late Vishwaraj Pratap Singh. He did his schooling from Rajkumar College, Raipur. He married 19 February 2003, Rani Kriti Devi belonging to erstwhile Tripura State. Th ...

, now holds the title-in-pretence of the Raja of Kawardha.http://thegatewayhotels.com/geroadraipur/attractions.aspx

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Vishwaraj Pratap 1932 births 2007 deaths Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1962–1967 Indian royalty Rajas of Kawardha