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Jaswant Singh II, GCSI, (1838 – 11 October 1895) was
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The reign of Jaswant Singh II was marked with remarkable prosperity and reforms and development works. He established Courts of Justice, introduced system of revenue settlement and reorganizing all the state departments. Further, he developed infrastructure of the state by introducing telegraphs, railways (
The Jaswant Thada is an architectural landmark located in
Maharaja of Jodhpur
Kingdom of Marwar, also known as the Jodhpur State under the British, was a kingdom in the Marwar region from 1226 to 1818 and a princely state under British rule from 1818 to 1947. It was established in Pali by Rao Siha, possibly a m ...
from 4 February 1873 – 11 October 1895.
Birth
He was born in 1838 at Ahmadnagar inGujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
and was eldest son of Takht Singh
Takht Singh, GCSI (6 June 1819 – 13 February 1873) was first the regent (1839–1841) and the final Maharaja of Ahmednagar (Himmatnagar) 1841–1843 as a result of an agreement with the British. Once he ceded Ahmednagar (Himma ...
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Marriage
He had eight wives, of which the first–the daughter of the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, Puariji–was chief consort.Jodhpur/ref>
Accession
He acceded to the throne of Jodhpur in 1873 upon death of his father, Takht Singh,Reign
The reign of Jaswant Singh II was marked with remarkable prosperity and reforms and development works. He established Courts of Justice, introduced system of revenue settlement and reorganizing all the state departments. Further, he developed infrastructure of the state by introducing telegraphs, railways (Jodhpur State Railway
The Jodhpur State Railway (JSR) was formed in 1924 and took over responsibility for working the Jodhpur section of the Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway, and the British section of the Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway.
History Predecessors
Earlier named the ...
), and developing roads.Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey edited by Arnold Wright, 1922:pp 200. He formed Imperial Service Cavalry Corps
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, which later rendered active service in European War. He was honoured and created the Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India
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# Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)
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in 1875.
Swami Dayananda incident
Jawant Singh had invited Swami Dayananda as he was influenced by his ideas. But the tragedy occurred when Dayananda was poisoned on 29 September 1883, when he was the royal guest of Jaswant Singh II, by Dayananda's own cook, who had conspired with a court dancer. The Maharaja was quick to arrange the services of a doctor and arranged for Swamiji to be sent toMount Abu
Mount Abu () is a hill station in the Aravalli Range in Sirohi district of the state of Rajasthan in western India.The mountain forms a rocky plateau 22 km long by 9 km wide. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar at abov ...
upon the advice of Residency.World Perspectives on Swami Dayananda Saraswati By Gaṅgā Rām Garg :pp 96–98
Death
He died 11 October 1895 and was succeeded by his middle son Sardar Singh.Jaswant Thada
The Jaswant Thada is an architectural landmark located in Jodhpur
Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the ...
. It is a white marble memorial built by Sardar Singh in 1899 in memory of
Maharaja Jaswant Singh II.The Indian Encyclopaedia: Indo-Pak War-Kamla Karri by Subodh Kapoor – 2002 – Page 3755 Jasvvant Thada, Close to the fort complex lies this white marble cenotaph, built in 1899, in commemoration of Maharaja Jaswant Singh II. Rare portraits of Jodhpur's rulers are, also, to be seen at Jaswant Thada.
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