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{{Short description|Indian author and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Thakur Kesri Singh Mundiyar
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| birth_date = 1 June 1927
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| constituency = [[Pali Assembly constituency|Pali]]
| office = [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 1962
| term_end = 1967
| predecessor = Mool Chand
| successor = M Chand
| party = [[Swatantra Party]]
| residence = [[Roopawas]], [[Pali district|Pali]]
| otherparty = [[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
| country = India
| parents = Thakur Devi Singh Akhawat
| children = Priyavrat Singh
| relations = Ramnathji Ratnu (maternal grandfather)
| alma_mater = [[Mayo College]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Historian|Poet|Editor|Translator}}
| office1 = [[Swatantra Party|General Secretary of the Swatantra Party]]
| predecessor1 = Office established
| office2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan|Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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'''Kesri Singh Mundiyar''' (born 1 June 1927), also known as '''Kesri Singh Roopawas''', was an Indian author and politician. He was associated with [[Swatantra Party]] and later [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He represented Pali in [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha]] from 1962 to 1967. He was a reputed scholar of [[Dingal]], [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]], and English and known for his poetry and translation work.

== Personal life ==
Kesri Singh was born on 1 June 1927, to Thakur Devi Singh Akhawat, [[Thakur (title)|thakur]] of Mundiyar and [[Roopawas]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rajasthan (India) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4TllMphLXMC |title=Rajasthan Gazette |date=1961 |language=hi}}</ref> His maternal grandfather was Ramnathji Ratnu, a noted historian and administrator who had served as the [[Dewan]] (Prime Minister) of [[Idar State|Idar]] and [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]] States.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5TGmaxjVFp8C |title=Paṇḍita Jhābaramalla Śarmā abhinandana grantha |date=1977 |publisher=Rājasthāna Mañca |language=hi}}</ref> His has two sons named Thakur Priyavrat Singh and Siddharth singh <ref>{{Cite news |last=Upadhyay |first=S.D. |date=2015 |title=रूपावास ने छठी बार दिया प्रधान |work=The Patrika |url=https://www.patrika.com/ahmedabad-news/snow-ball-vendors-featured-on-1299409/ |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref>

=== Education ===
Singh completed his education at [[Mayo College]], Ajmer. He graduated in 1946.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |year=1999 |orig-date=28 August 1999 |title=Songs of Rajasthan |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99aug28/saturday/aboveall.htm |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=www.tribuneindia.com |publisher=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Kesri |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AXIjYAAACAAJ |title=Maharana Pratap: The Hero of Haldighati |date=2002 |publisher=Books Treasure |language=en}}</ref>

=== Hobby ===
Singh was an avid [[Mountaineering|mountaineer]] and [[Hunting|hunter]], he enjoyed hiking in the [[Himalayas]] and observing [[wildlife]]. Later, he resided in the village of Roopawas, he spent time reading books on history, philosophy, travel, and [[Rajasthani literature]] and translating Dingal works, the literary language of Rajasthan.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Arha |first=Kaushalendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l5dLAQAAMAAJ |title=Wildlife Conservation on Western Private Lands: Improving Conservation Policies and Incentives |date=1997 |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |language=en |quote=This dissertation marks the completion of the first chapter of a young boy's resolve, two decades ago, standing beside his grandfather on an early morning hunt, to dedicate his life to wildlife conservation. I thank Kesri Singh of Mundiyar, a poet, a historian, a gentleman farmer, a hunter and my grandfather for the values, principles and the love of the wild he instilled in me. My future endeavors in conserving wildlife are dedicated to Kesri Singh of Mundiyar and the Roopawas household.}}</ref>

== Politics ==
Kesri Singh became actively involved in politics and later joined Swatantra Party, which attracted [[prince]]s and [[jagir]]dars ideologically opposed to [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Kamal |first=K. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z2kmAAAAMAAJ |title=Party Politics in an Indian State: A Study of the Main Political Parties in Rajasthan |date=1969 |publisher=S. Chand |language=en}}</ref> He was elected as the head (''Pradhan'') of the Panchayat Samiti Pali for two terms. He fought 1962 assembly elections from [[Pali Assembly constituency|Pali constituency]] and became a member of the [[1962 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Third Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan]] from 1962 to 1967.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

{{Infobox writer
| notable_works = The Hero of Haldighati (1976) <br />
An Anthology of Rajasthani Poetry (1999)
}}

=== Swatantra Party ===
Kesri Singh was the first General Secretary of the [[Swatantra Party]]. He was a member its First Parliamentary Board till at which he continued till 1964. He was also among the Executive Members and State Working Committee of the party occupying key positions.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Erdman |first=H. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=73BDvwEACAAJ |title=The Swatantra Party and Indian Conservatism |date=2 November 1967 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-04938-2 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Bhartiya Janata Party ===
After the decline of Swatantra Party, Kesri Singh joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janata Party]] and served as the Vice President of its [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan|Rajasthan state unit]].<ref name=":0" />

== Authorship ==
Kesri Singh authored several works including English translations of Dingal verses. He was acknowledged as an authority on medieval Rajasthani poetry.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZ9jAAAAMAAJ |title=Indian Literature |date=1999 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi. |language=en |quote=Singh, Kesri (b.1928) Rajasthani poet, translator, editor and an acknowledged authority on medieval Rajasthani poetry.}}</ref>

=== An Anthology of Rajasthani Poetry ===
In this work, Kesri Singh has given English translations of historic Dingal poems and verses. This anthology has selections from [[Dingal]] poets ranging from medieval to the present times.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=K |first=Abhay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eDdfDwAAQBAJ |title=100 Great Indian Poems |date=30 June 2018 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-93-86950-94-9 |language=en |quote=Kesari Singh is a translator of Dingal (Rajasthani) poetry into English. He is the editor of An Anthology of Rajasthan Poetry. He is also a politician and belongs to Charan community.}}</ref>

=== The Hero of Haldighati ===
Kesri Singh's ''The Hero of Haldighati'' provides a detailed critical reconstruction and critique of the [[battle of Haldighati]], including translations of Dingal poetry about [[Maharana Pratap|Rana Pratap]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Amar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhtuAAAAMAAJ |title=Reversing the Gaze: Amar Singh's Diary, a Colonial Subject's Narrative of Imperial India |last2=Rudolph |first2=Susanne Hoeber |date=2000 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-564752-5 |language=en}}</ref> It a scholarly work that brings forth details on the locale, the protagonists and events of the battle.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2020 |title=Chronicles of Valour- The Battle of Haldighati |url=https://pragyata.com/chronicles-of-valour-the-battle-of-haldighati/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Pragyata |language=en-GB}}</ref> It includes his essay titled 'The Story of the Battle Of Haldighati' which he authored on the 400th anniversary of the Battle of HaIdi Ghati in 1976. His description of the battle is based on a combination of eye-witness accounts and the works of renowned historians, and is shaped by his own intellectual inferences.<ref name=":1" />

=== Published works ===

# Singh, Kesri (1999). ''An Anthology of Rājasthāni Poetry in English Translation''. Sahitya Akademi.
# Singh, Kesri (2002). ''Maharana Pratap: The Hero of Haldighati''. Books Treasure.
# Khetāsara, Mahendrasiṃha Taṃvara; Rūpāvāsa, Kesarīsiṃha (2014). ''Mahārāṇā Pratāpa ke Pramukha Sahayogī Rājā Rāmaśāha Taṃvara Gvāliyara'' (in Hindi). Mahārājā Mānasiṃha Pustaka Prakāśa Śodha Kendra. {{isbn|978-93-84168-08-7}}
# Roopawas, Kesri Singh. ''Mahākavi Tamasa Gre Kṛta Ailijī.'' Rajasthani Granthagar.
# Brahmanand; Rupawas, Kesri Singh (1999). "''The Inscrutable Ways of the Merciful One''". ''Indian Literature''. '''43''' (2 (190)): 124–124. {{issn|0019-5804}}
# Rathor, Prithviraj; Rupawas, Kesri Singh (1999). "''In Praise of Ganga''". ''Indian Literature''. '''43''' (2 (190)): 121–121. {{issn|0019-5804}}
# Rupawas, Kesri Singh (1999). "''A Popular Lok Bhajan: Maya Ro Rang Badali''". ''Indian Literature''. '''43''' (2 (190)): 123–123. {{issn|0019-5804}}
# Adha, Opa; Rupawas, Kesri Singh (1999). ""''All Things to All Men Thou Art, O Lord''"". ''Indian Literature''. '''43''' (2 (190)): 118–120. {{issn|0019-5804}}
# Rūpāvāsa, Kesarīsiṃha (1987). "''Do ḍiṃgala gīta''" (PDF). ''Jagti Jot''. '''17''' (6): 22 – via Art and Culture, Government of Rajasthan.

== References ==
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Ajay Kumar at 17:54, 23 July 2023