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{{short description|Maharao Raja of Bundi (1696 – 1730)}}
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{{infobox royalty
| name = Budh Singh
| title = [[Maharao Raja]]
| succession = [[Maharao Raja]] of [[Bundi State|Bundi]]
| reign = {{circa|1696}} – {{circa|1730}}
| predecessor = Anirudh Singh
| successor = [[Dalel Singh (ruler)|Dalel Singh]]
| death_date = 26 April 1739
| death_place = [[Begun]]
| spouse = {{ubl|Amar Kanwar|Chundawatji}}
| issue = {{ubl|Padam Singh|Umaid Singh|Dip Singh}}
| father = Anirudh Singh
}}
'''Budh Singh''' was the [[Maharao Raja]] of [[Bundi State|Bundi]] from 1696 to 1730.

== Early life and family ==
He was born to Anirudh Singh.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> He married twice: firstly, in 1708, to Amar Kanwar, daughter of [[Bishan Singh]], the [[Raja]] of [[Kingdom of Amber|Amber]], and a sister of [[Sawai Jai Singh|Jai Singh II]]; and secondly, to Chundawatji, daughter of the [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of [[Begun]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> He had three sons: Padam Singh, Umaid Singh and Dip Singh.<ref name=":2" /> Amar Kanwar had a son, Bhawani Singh, in 1720, but in 1729 he denied that Bhawani was his son.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Gupta |first=R. K. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dalit_Literature/DLQeSBLpUwsC |title=Dalit Literature: Our Response |last2=Bakshi |first2=S. R. |date=2012 |publisher=Sarup & Sons |isbn=978-81-7625-841-8 |pages=145–146 |language=en}}</ref>

== Reign ==
Upon the death of his father Anirudh Singh in 1696, he succeeded him as the [[Rao Raja]] of [[Bundi State|Bundi]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=BUNDI |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bundi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703190306/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bundi.html |archive-date=2017-07-03 |access-date=2026-03-28 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Tod |first=James |url=http://archive.org/details/annalsantiquitie03todj |title=Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India |last2=Crooke |first2=William |date=1920 |publisher=London, New York : H. Milford, Oxford University Press |others=University of California Libraries |pages=1494–1497}}</ref> He served at [[Kabul]] with [[Bahadur Shah I]] when the latter was still a prince.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Dhoundiyal |first=B. n |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.120820 |title=Gazetteer Of India Rajasthan Bundi |date=1964 |pages=42–46}}</ref> In 1707, when [[Aurangzeb]] died, a [[Mughal war of succession (1707–1709)|war of succession]] for the Mughal throne took place between his sons, in which Singh espoused the cause of [[Bahadur Shah I]].<ref name=":0" /> In the meanwhile, his younger brother Jodh Singh died, and Bahadur Shah I, considering this, asked him to repair to [[Bundi State|Bundi]] so that he could there partake in his brother's mourning rites and console his kin, but Singh declined, saying that his conscience does not permit him to leave the [[Mughal emperor|Emperor's]] side at this hour.<ref name=":0" /> Ram Singh of [[Kota state|Kotah]] asked him to desert the cause of Bahadur Shah I and join the side of [[Muhammad Azam Shah|Azam Shah]], which he declined.<ref name=":0" /> Following this he participated with Bahadur Shah I in the [[battle of Jajau]].<ref name=":0" /> Afterwards, in recognition of his conduct, courage and gallantry, Bahadur Shah I granted him the title of [[Maharao Raja]], the [[mansabdar]]i of haft-hazari, i.e. the command of 7,000 horse, 52 districts, and admitted him to his friendship, which Singh enjoyed until the Shah's death.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Solomon |first=R. V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47sfj8DUwNgC |title=Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey |last2=Bond |first2=J. W. |date=2006 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-1965-4 |pages=154 |language=en}}</ref> Singh fell into a dispute with [[Sawai Jai Singh|Jai Singh]] when, in 1729, he said that Bhawani Singh, when an infant, was smuggled by Amar Kanwar into the palace and was declared as his son.<ref name=":3" /> Singh did that when Amar Kanwar was planning to have Bhawani married to a daughter of the then [[Maharana]] of [[Kingdom of Mewar|Udaipur]].<ref name=":3" /> [[Sawai Jai Singh|Jai]] protested against this attack on the reputation and integrity of his sister's virtue and asked Budh if Bhawani was not his son why he had not killed him when he first saw him, and accused him that he was only doing this so that his son from his other wife could succeed him.<ref name=":3" /> Singh denied these allegations and sent Jai a letter, in which he asked him to kill Bhawani, to exclude his issues from his other wives to succeed him, and that Jai could freely choose a successor for him by adoption.<ref name=":3" /> This letter was attested by many of his vassals and was later verified in front of the Maharana.<ref name=":3" /> Following which, Jai killed Bhawani.<ref name=":3" /> But later, when Jai asked him to adopt [[Dalel Singh (ruler)|Dalel Singh]], a son of Salim Singh of Karwar, and to hand his son from his Chundawat wife over to him, and he would leave him be, Singh refused.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopaedia_Indica_Jai_Singh_Mughals_a/_gEwAQAAIAAJ |title=Encyclopaedia Indica: Jai Singh, Mughals and Marathas |date=1999 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-7041-859-7 |pages=217–220 |language=en}}</ref> Following which, Jai killed told the reigning [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Muhammad Shah]] that Singh was an incompetent ruler and a drug addict and was incapable of performing his duties to the imperial throne.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> Hearing which, the Emperor granted [[Bundi State|Bundi]] to Jai's nominee, Dalel Singh.<ref name=":3" /> Thereupon in 1730, Jai removed Budh from the throne and installed Dalel Singh in his place.<ref name=":4" />

== Death ==
He died on 26 April 1739 at [[Begun]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mathur |first=R. S. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Relations_of_Hadas_with_Mughal_Emperors/kHYtAAAAMAAJ |title=Relations of Hadas with Mughal Emperors, 1568-1720 A.D. |date=1985 |publisher=Deputy Publications |pages=204 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Maharajas of Bundi State]]
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