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| name = [[Maharaja]] Dungar Singh<br />
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| succession = 20th [[Bikaner State#Rulers|Maharaja of Bikaner]]<br />
| reign = 1872 - 1887<br />
| predecessor = [[Sardar Singh of Bikaner]]<br />
| successor = [[Ganga Singh]]<br />
| birth_date = 22 August 1854<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1887|8|19|1854|8|22}}<br />
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'''Sri Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraja Narendra [[Maharaja]]Shiromani [[Sri]] Dungar Singh Bahadur''' (22 August 1854 – 19 August 1887) was a Maharaja of the [[princely state]] of [[Bikaner]] from 1872 to 1887. The eldest of three sons of Maharaj Sri Lal Singh (16 December 1831 – 17 September 1887) a relative of a distant branch of the [[Rathore]] clan, Dungar Singh was an enlightened and progressive monarch. He aided the British during the [[Second Afghan War]] (of [[Sherlock Holmes]] fame) in 1878 by supplying 800 camels. Deeply involved in education, he opened the first Bikaner public schools and college during his reign, also organising the first modern police force, an up-to-date budget and fiscal standards, [[dispensaries]], a post office, and a civil surgeon, reforming the jails as well.<br />
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Dungar Singh died in 1887, only a few days shy of his 33rd birthday, his father following him in death a month later. He was succeeded by his youngest brother, [[Ganga Singh]], whom he had adopted for himself as his son.<br />
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