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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Last ruling Maharana of Udaipur from 1930–1948 and Rajpramukh from 1948–1955}}<br />
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| image = Maharana Bhupal Singh.jpg<br />
| caption = Bhupal Singh<br />
| succession = [[Udaipur State|Maharana of Udaipur]]<br />
| reign = 24 May 1930– 1948<br />
| predecessor = [[Raghubir Singh of Udaipur and Mewar|Raghubir Singh ]]<br />
| successor = [[Bhagwat Singh Mewar]] (titular Maharana of Udaipur)<br />
| birth_date = 1884<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|07|04|1884|df=y}}<br />
| spouse = <br />
| issue = [[Bhagwat Singh Mewar]], (Adoptive)<br />
| house = [[Sisodia Dynasty|Sisodia]]<br />
| father = [[Fateh Singh of Udaipur and Mewar|Fateh Singh]]<br />
| mother = <br />
| module = {{infobox officeholder<br />
| embed = yes<br />
| office = [[Rajpramukh]] of [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| term = 18 April 1948 – 1 April 1949<br />
| predecessor = [[Bhim Singh II]]<br />
| successor = [[Man Singh II]]<br />
| office2 = [[Rajpramukh|Maha-Rajpramukh]]<br />
| term2 = 1 April 1949 – 4 July 1955<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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[[Shri]] [[Maharana]] Sir '''Bhupal Singh''' [[Maharaja Bahadur|Bahadur]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] (1884 – 4 July 1955), also spelt '''Bhopal Singh''', was the ruler of the Indian [[Udaipur State|princely state of Udaipur]] (or Mewar) from 1930 and also [[Rajpramukh]] of [[Rajasthan]] from 1948 until his death on 4 July 1955.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Singh was born in 1884, a year before the accession of his father [[Fateh Singh of Udaipur and Mewar|Fateh Singh]] to the throne of Mewar and Udaipur as ''Maharana''.<ref>Brian Masters, ''Maharana: the story of the rulers of Udaipur'' (1990), p. 107</ref> He became paralyzed at the age of 5. On 28 July 1921, following some social unrest in Mewar, his father was formally deposed, while being allowed to retain his titular title, and effective power in the state fell into the hands of Bhupal as his son and heir.<ref>William Warren, Jill Gocher, ''Shiv Niwas Palace, Udaipur'' (Tuttle Publishing, 2007, {{ISBN|0-7946-0174-X}})</ref> He became ruler of the state in name as well as in fact in 1930.<ref>[[Jawaharlal Nehru]], ''Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru'', vol. 6 (1987), p. 140</ref> After the independence and [[partition of India|partition]] of [[British India]] in 1947, Singh was one of the first of the Indian princes to sign an [[Instrument of Accession]] to the new [[Dominion of India]], and on 18 April 1948 he became [[Rajpramukh]] of Rajasthan, succeeding [[Bhim Singh II|Sir Bhim Singh]], Maharaja of [[Kotah]]. With effect from 1 April 1949 his title was raised to ''Maha Rajpramukh''. Also he was held titles of Honorary Major-General, Indian Army 15 October 1946 (earlier Honorary Lt.-Col. 4 August 1939), Honorary Colonel, Indian Grenadiers, 1 June 1954.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}<br />
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Bhagwat Singh succeeded him as the titular ruler of the state.<br />
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One of Bhupal Singh's palaces was [[Lake Palace|Jag Niwas]], on an island in [[Lake Pichola]], for which he undertook major repairs and restorations. The palace is now operated as a [[Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces|luxury hotel]].<br />
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