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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Maharaja of Nabha from 1871–1911}}<br />
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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Hira Singh<br />
| image = Sir Hira Singh, Raja of Nabha (c.1843-1911).jpg<br />
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| birth_date = 18 December 1843<br />
| birth_place = [[Badrukhan]], [[Jind]], [[Gosal]] (now district Sangrur)<br />
| death_date = 24 December 1911 (age 68)<br />
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| occupation =<br />
| spouse = Jasmir Kaur<br />
| father = Maharaja Sukha Singh Nabha<br />
| mother =<br />
}}<br />
'''Hira Singh''' (18 December 1843 – 24 December 1911) was the ruler of [[Nabha State]], one of the [[Phulkian]] states in the [[Punjab region|Punjab]].<ref>[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019PHO000000127U00007000 NABHA: Sir Hira Singh, Raja of Nabha (c.1843-1911).]</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Hira Singh was born at [[Badrukhan]], [[Jind]], on 18 December 1843 , the second son of Sukha Singh (died 1852), from a distant branch of the royal Sikh [[Phulkian]] dynasty of [[Patiala]], [[Jind]] and [[Nabha]]. Little is known about his early life.<br />
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==The throne of Nabha==<br />
[[File:Hira Singh by Panjab Digital Library.jpg|left|thumb|A photo of Maharaja Hira Singh. Digitized by [[Panjab Digital Library]].]]<br />
In 1871, the line of the Phulkian dynasty which had ruled Nabha, a small 11-gun state, since 1718 became extinct upon the death from [[tuberculosis]] of the young Raja, Bhagwan Singh (1842–1871). The remaining two lines of the dynasty-the rulers of Patiala and Jind-in conjunction with the British government fixed upon Hira Singh Gosal as the successor to the Nabha ''gadi'' (throne). Hira Singh ascended the throne of Nabha on 9 June 1871 and began a long and successful reign that would usher Nabha into the modern era. Great monuments and public buildings were erected, roads, railways, hospitals, schools and palaces were constructed and an efficient modern army was established that saw service during the [[Second Afghan War]] and the [[Tirah Expedition]]. As well, agriculture flourished with the construction of an irrigation canal at Sirhind, and Nabha soon produced bountiful harvests of wheat, sugar, pulses, millet and cotton, thus enabling the state to increase the value of its land revenue assessments.<br />
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As a result of Hira Singh's improvements, in 1877 Nabha was raised to a salute of 13-guns and Hira Singh himself was decorated with the [[Empress of India Medal|Empress of India Gold Medal]] and knighted two years later with the GCSI.<br />
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==Later years==<br />
[[File:The Raja of Nabha - Sir Hira Singh.jpg|thumb|Photograph of Sir Hira Singh Gosal, the Raja of Nabha, taken by an unknown photographer in the 1890s.]]<br />
In 1894, Hira Singh was granted the title of Raja-i-Rajagan and in 1898 was granted a 15-gun personal salute. He was appointed a GCIE in 1903 and the following year was made a Colonel of the 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs in the [[British Indian Army]]. Only a fortnight before his death, Hira Singh was raised to the rank of Maharaja of Nabha. Hira Singh died at the Hira Mahal on Christmas Eve 1911, aged 68 after a four-decade reign. He was succeeded by his only son, [[Ripudaman Singh of Nabha|Ripudaman Singh Gosal]].<br />
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==Family==<br />
Hira Singh married four times and had two children, a son and a daughter<br />
*1. Karangarhwalia; married in 1858<br />
*2. Aonanliwali Rani ;<br />
*3. Jasmir Kaur (d 1921). Married in 1880 and had one son and one daughter:<br />
**Ripaduman Singh, who succeeded to the Nabha throne as Maharaja [[Ripudaman Singh of Nabha|Ripudaman Singh]] (1883–1942); r. 1911-1928.<br />
**Ripudaman Devi (1881–1911); married [[Rana Ram Singh|Ram Singh]]<br />
*4.wife; Khachedu bai<br />
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==Honours==<br />
*Prince of Wales gold medal-1876<br />
*[[Empress of India Medal]]-1877<br />
*[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] (GCSI)-1879<br />
*[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (GCIE)-1903<br />
*Delhi Durbar gold medal-1903<br />
*Delhi Durbar gold medal-1911<br />
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