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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Maharaja of Alwar from 1882–1937}}<br />
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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Maharaja Sir Jai Singh<br />
| title = Sir<br/>[[GCIE]],[[GCSI]]<br/>[[Titular and honorary rank| Hon. Colonel]]<br />
| image = Maharaja Jai Singh of Alwar State.jpg<br />
| reign = 1892 to 1937<br />
| coronation = 3 June 1892<br />
| succession = [[Maharaja]] of [[State of Alwar|Alwar]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Mangal Singh Prabhakar Bahadur|Mangal Singh Prabhakar]]<br />
| successor = [[Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur|Tej Singh Prabhakar]]<br />
| spouse = {{bulleted list<br />
|HH Maharaniji Sa Rathorji Sugan Kanwarji Saheba of [[Kishangarh State]]<br />
|HH Maharaniji Sa Jadejiji Janak Kanwarji Saheba of Khirasara in [[Dhrol State]]<br />
|HH Maharaniji Sa Jhaliji Prabhat Kanwarji Saheba of [[Rajpur]] in [[Wadhwan State]]<br />
|HH Maharaniji Sa Jhaliji Jayendra Kanwarji Saheba of Dhuva in [[Wankaner State]]<br />
}}<br />
| issue = Maharajkumariji Baiji Lal Taj Kanwarji Saheba m. to Maharaja Krishna Singh Ju Deo Lokendra Bahadur of [[Datia State]]<br />
| royal house = [[Naruka]]<br />
| dynasty = [[Kachhwaha]]<br />
| father = [[Mangal Singh Prabhakar Bahadur|Sir Mangal Singh Prabhakar Bahadur]]<br />
| mother = HH Maharaniji Sa Rathorji Kishan Kanwarji Saheba d.of Maharaja Bhairon Singh of [[Ratlam State]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|6|14|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Alwar#City Palace|City Palace]], [[Alwar]], Alwar State, Rajputana<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1937|5|20|1882|6|14|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = Paris, France|<br />
}}<br />
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'''Hon Colonel. HH Raj Rajeshwar Bharat Dharma Prabhakar Maharaja Shri Sawai Sir Jai Singhji Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bahadur''', or simply '''Jai Singh Prabhakar''', (14 June 1882 – 19 May 1937), was the [[Naruka]] [[Kachwaha]] [[Rajput]] ruler of the [[princely state|Princely State]] of [[State of Alwar|Alwar]] from the year 1892 to 1937. The only son of the previous ruler, [[Mangal Singh Prabhakar Bahadur|Sir Mangal Singh Prabhakar Bahadur]], He was forced into exile and died in 1937 at the age of 54. He was succeeded by a distant relative, [[Tej Singh Prabhakar|Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur]].<br />
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He was educated in [[Mayo College]], [[Ajmer]], in which his father was the first to take admission. He was highly regarded an Indian English orator and scholar. He assisted the farming community with the construction of a number of bunds (irrigation dams).<ref name=indiaofthepast>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaofthepast.org/contribute-memories/read-contributions/life-back-then/535-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-princely-state-of-alwar |title=The Rise and Fall of the Princely State of Alwar |website=www.indiaofthepast.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425064648/http://www.indiaofthepast.org/contribute-memories/read-contributions/life-back-then/535-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-princely-state-of-alwar |archive-date=2017-04-25}}</ref><br />
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==Imperial Service==<br />
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[[Sir]] Jai Singh took pride in his State's infantry regiments and had them sent to China during the [[Boxer Rebellion|anti-Christian uprising in China]] and in the following [[China Relief Expedition|relief operations]]. Alwar Lancers units served in the [[First World War]]. Recognising his services, he was appointed a [[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (GCIE) by the British in 1919.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maharaja of Alwar Dead|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19370521-1.2.90|accessdate=9 May 2017|work=Malaya Tribune|date=21 May 1937|page=14}}</ref><br />
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He features in the [[oil on canvas]] painting by [[Douglas Chandor]], ''[[Prime Ministers of the Imperial Conference (October 1923)]]''.<ref name=BBDG1935>{{cite news |title=An Empire picture in an Empire Exhibition |work= The Sphere |date=31 May 1924|page=6|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001861/19240531/013/0011|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=TSHA>{{cite web |last1=Minor |first1=David |title=Chandor, Douglas Granvil (1897–1953) |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/chandor-douglas-granvil |website=Texas State Historical Association |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Titles==<br />
* 1882-1892: [[Yuvaraja]] [[Shri]] Jai Singh Sahib, [[Yuvaraja]] [[Sahib]] of [[Alwar]]<br />
* 1892-1909: [[His Highness]] Raj Rishi Shri Sawai [[Maharaja]] Jai Singh Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bharat Prabhakar Bahadur, [[Maharaja]] of [[Alwar]]<br />
* 1909-1911: His Highness Raj Rishi Shri Sawai Maharaja [[Sir]] Jai Singh Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bharat Prabhakar Bahadur, Maharaja of Alwar, [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]]<br />
* 1911-1915: His Highness Raj Rishi Shri Sawai Maharaja Sir Jai Singh Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bharat Prabhakar Bahadur, Maharaja of Alwar, KCSI, [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]]<br />
* 1915-1919: Hon [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] His Highness Raj Rishi Shri Sawai Maharaja Sir Jai Singh Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bharat Prabhakar Bahadur, Maharaja of Alwar, KCSI, KCIE<br />
* 1919-1921: Hon Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Raj Rishi Shri Sawai Maharaja Sir Jai Singh Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bharat Prabhakar Bahadur, Maharaja of Alwar, [[GCIE]], KCSI<br />
* 1921-1924: Hon [[Colonel]] His Highness Raj Rishi Shri Sawai Maharaja Sir Jai Singh Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bharat Prabhakar Bahadur, Maharaja of Alwar, GCIE, KCSI<br />
* 1924-1937: Hon Colonel His Highness Raj Rishi Shri Sawai Maharaja Sir Jai Singh Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bharat Prabhakar Bahadur, Maharaja of Alwar, [[GCSI]], GCIE<br />
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==Honours==<br />
* Delhi Durbar Gold Medal-1903<br />
* Delhi Durbar Gold Medal-1911<br />
* [[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (GCIE)-1919 (KCIE-1911)<br />
* [[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] (GCSI)-1924 (KCSI-[[1909 New Year Honours]])<br />
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==References==<br />
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