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{{Short description|Raja of Amber (c. 1577–1621)}}
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{{Infobox monarch
| name = Bhau Singh
| title = [[Raja (title)|Raja]] of [[Jaipur State|Amber]]
| image =
| reign = 6 July 1614 – 13 December 1621
| predecessor = [[Man Singh I]]
| successor = [[Jai Singh I]]
| dynasty = [[Kachwaha]]
| spouse = Askumwar Bai (daughter of [[Sur Singh]] of [[Jodhpur State|Marwar]])<ref name="SaranZeigler">{{cite book |last1=Saran |first1=Richard |last2=Ziegler |first2=Norman P. |title=The Meṛtīyo Rāṭhoṛs of Meṛto, Rājasthān: Biographical notes with introduction, glossary of kinship terms and indexes |publisher=University of Michigan, Centers for South and Southeast Asian Studies |year=2001 |page=52 |isbn=9780891480853 |url=https://library.oapen.org/viewer/web/viewer.html?file=/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/41862/9780472901739.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}</ref>
| issue = {{ubl|Suraj De (married [[Gaj Singh of Marwar|Gaj Singh]] of Marwar)<ref>{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Rajvi Amar|title=Mediaeval History of Rajasthan: Western Rajasthan|year=1992|page=314|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZIMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Rao+Karan+Singh+and+Rao+Amar+Singh:+Amar+Singh,+the+eldest+son+of+Raja+Gaj+Singh+of+Jodhpur+(1619+to+1638+AD.)+by+his+Kachhwahi+wife+(the+daughter+of+Raja+Bhao+Singh+of+Amber)%22}}</ref><ref>{{harvtxt|Saran|Ziegler|2001|p=58}}</ref>|Rupkumwar<ref name="SaranZeigler"/>}}
| father = [[Man Singh I]]
| mother = Rani Sahodra Gaud
| birth_date = {{circa}}1577
| birth_place =
| death_date = 13 December 1621 (aged 44)
| death_place = [[Burhanpur]], [[Mughal Empire]]
| place of burial=
|}}

'''Bhau Singh''' ({{circa}}1577 – 13 December 1621) was a [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] nobleman as well as the [[Raja (title)|Raja]] of [[Jaipur State|Amber]].

==Life==
Bhau Singh was a younger son of [[Man Singh I]], [[Raja (title)|Raja]] of [[Jaipur State|Amber]],<ref name=Sarkar97>{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Jadunath|author-link=Jadunath Sarkar|year=1984|title=A History of Jaipur|publisher=Orient Longman|isbn=81-250-0333-9|page=97|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&pg=PA97}}</ref> born of Rani Sahodra Gaud, daughter of Raimal. He had one full brother named Durjan Singh.<ref>{{harvtxt|Sarkar|1984|p=93}}</ref> Prior to his accession to the throne, Bhau Singh had been posted in [[Bengal Subah|Bengal]], working alongside the Deputy [[Subedar]] of the region.<ref name=SavitriP38>{{cite book|last=Gupta|first=Savitri|year=1997|title=Rajasthan District Gazetteers: Jaipur|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.146813/page/n56 38]|publisher=Govt. Central Press|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.146813}}</ref>

Following the death of his father in 1614, [[Hinduism|Hindu]] custom dictated that Maha Singh, the son of Bhau Singh's late elder brother Jagat Singh, inherit the throne. However, the [[Mughal emperor]] [[Jahangir]] overruled this and instead bestowed the crown of Amber on Bhau Singh.<ref name=Sarkar97/> The former, who had a close relationship with the new Raja,<ref name=SavitriP38/> justified this decision by declaring that he was "the most capable of Man Singh's sons". Maha Singh was given the rule of the lands of Garha (present-day [[Jabalpur]]) as consolation for his loss.<ref name=Sarkar97/>

Upon his accession,<ref name=SavitriP38/> Jahangir initially raised Bhau Singh's [[Mansabdar|mansab]] to 3000, then to 4000 the following year, before finally promoting him to a commander of 5000 in March 1617.<ref name=Sarkar97/> However, when the Emperor dispatched him to [[Deccan Plateau|the Deccan]] to serve in the campaign against [[Malik Amber]], Bhau Singh only served as a subordinate captain, in contrast to the supreme commands previously enjoyed by his father and [[Bhagwant Das|grandfather]].<ref name=Sarkar98>{{harvtxt|Sarkar|1984|p=98}}</ref> The languid manner and poor management of the campaign, combined with the bafflement of Mughal officers when faced with Malik Amber's guerrilla tactics, prevented Bhau Singh from having any substantial achievements in this role.<ref name=SavitriP38/>

This inactive and inglorious life appears to have caused a deep melancholy in the Raja, who turned to drinking in response. Following a sojourn to the Mughal royal court, he returned to the Deccan where, in December 1621, he suddenly fainted. His health now debilitated due to alcoholism, Bhau Singh did not regain consciousness and died a day later at the age of 44. Having not had sons, Jahangir appointed as Bhau Singh's successor his great-nephew [[Jai Singh I]], the son of Maha Singh, the latter having died some years earlier under similar circumstances.<ref name=Sarkar98/><ref name=SavitriP38/><ref>{{harvtxt|Sarkar|1984|p=111}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Maharajas of Jaipur}}
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[[Category:People from Jaipur district]]

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