| Office | Member of Parliament
|
|---|---|
| Predecessor | none |
| Successor | Raghunath Singh Bahadur
|
| Born | 1911-5-25 |
| Born | Pokhran, Rajasthan |
| Died | Template:Death year and age[1]
|
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Vidya Vati Kumari
|
Bhawani Singh (25 May 1911 – 1956) was an Indian judge and politician from Rajasthan.[2] A former jagirdar of Pokhran a feudal estate (thikana) in Jodhpur State of Rajasthan in pre-independence India, he became a member of the 1st Lok Sabha, the Lower house of Indian parliament from Barmer-Jalore constituency, after getting elected as an Independent candidate in the 1952 Indian general election.[3][4][5]
Born in Pokhran to Thakur Chain Singh, Thakur of Pokhran in present Jaisalmer district, who was Pradhan of the Champawat Rathore clan and also a judge at Allahabad High Court. Bhawani Singh did his schooling from Mayo College, a boarding school in Ajmer, followed by Deccan College, Pune (University of Pune), M.A. from Cambridge University and L.L.B. and F.R.E.S from Lincoln's Inn, London.[2] He remained District and Sessions Judge from 1941 to 1947. He was a judge at Sessions Court when he retired to join politics in the first general elections of independent India.[2] He was married to Vidya Vati Kumari of Katesar, and the couple had three sons.[2][6]
References
- ↑ Lok Sabha Debates{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Lok Sabha(1956)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Members Bioprofile: First Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha website.
- ↑ Statistical Report On General Elections, 1951 to The First Lok Sabha: List of Successful Candidates. Election Commission of India.
- ↑ Members Of Lok Sabha. Parliament of India website.
- ↑ Members Bioprofile: First Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ↑ Pokhran (thikana) Genealogy, Soszynski, Henry.