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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Maharawal of Jaisalmer (1949–1950)}}<br />
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| succession = [[Maharawal]] of [[Kingdom of Jaisalmer|Jaisalmer]]<br />
| reign = 17 February 1949 – 27 August 1950<br />
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| successor = [[Raghunath Singh Bahadur|Raghunath Singh]]<br />
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Lt. Col. '''Girdhar Singh''' was the [[Maharawal]] of [[Kingdom of Jaisalmer|Jaisalmer]] from 1949 until his death in 1950.<br />
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== Early life, family, and education ==<br />
He was born on 13 November 1907 to [[Jawahir Singh]] and his wife Sodhiji.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.52031 |title=Rajputana and Ajmer (1931) |date=1931 |publisher=Government Of India. |pages=86}}</ref> He was educated at [[Mayo College]], [[Ajmer]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=Manager of Publications Delhi |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275348 |title=Memoranda On The Indian States 1939 |pages=301–302}}</ref> He married twice: firstly, in 1926, to Damayanti Devi, daughter of Arjun Singh, [[Raja]] of [[Narsinghgarh State|Narsinghgarh]]; and secondly, in 1927, to Hawa Kanwar, daughter of Bher Singh, [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of [[Amarkot]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=JAISALMER |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/j/jaisalmer.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718093208/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/j/jaisalmer.html |archive-date=2017-07-18 |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=Royal |date=2023-11-24 |title=Narsinghgarh (Princely State) |url=https://oroyalarchives.com/narsinghgarh/ |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=Royal Archives |language=en-US}}</ref> He had two sons, Raghunath Singh and Chandra Vir Singh, and two daughters, Rukmani Devi and Hemant Devi.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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He raised an irregular camel unit, called the Jaisalmer Risala, in 1948.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Palsokar |first=R. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lqTQAAAAMAAJ |title=The Grenadiers, a Tradition of Valour |date=1980 |publisher=Grenadiers Regimental Centre |pages=301 |language=en}}</ref> This unit was later amalgamated with [[Bikaner Camel Corps|Ganga Risala]] to form the Ganga Jaisalmer Risala in 1951.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Gautam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC |title=Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army |date=1990 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=978-81-7023-140-0 |pages=82 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Reign ==<br />
Upon the death of his father, he succeeded him as the [[Maharawal]] of [[Kingdom of Jaisalmer|Jaisalmer]] on 17 February 1949.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sehgal |first=K. k |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.120390 |title=Rajasthan District Gazetteers Jaisalmer |date=1961 |pages=50}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died on 27 August 1950 and was succeeded by his son [[Raghunath Singh Bahadur|Raghunath Singh]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category: 1907 births]]<br />
[[Category: 1950 deaths]]<br />
[[Category: People from British India]]<br />
[[Category:People from Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category: Hindu monarchs]]<br />
[[Category: Indian Hindus]]<br />
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