Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh is the Maharaja of Singrauli (from 1953). He is an active member of the Indian National Congress.
Early life and ascension
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh is the son of His Highness Maharaja Rameshwar Prasad Singh of Singrauli State and Her Highness Maharani Chun Devi. He succeeded to the titles and dignities of his father when he was only 2 years old in 1953. His father suddenly died by a heart attack. The young Yuvaraja was then enthroned as the Maharaja shortly afterwards. He was the only son among three other sisters.
The infant and his three sisters were raised by their mother, Rajmata Chun Devi. His mother and his sisters died in a car accident when he was only 9 years of age. After that his grandmother Badi Rajmata looked after him.
Family and personal life
In 1972, His Highness Maharaja Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh married Her Highness Maharani Veena Singh, daughter of former Indian Human Resources Minister and Rajkumar of Churhat Thikana- Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930). He had his first child in 1973 and then his second child in 1979. His oldest child is Yuvaraja Aishvarya Singh who married Devyani Rana[1], daughter of His Highness Shree Teen Maharaja Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Her Highness Maharani Usha Raje Scindia, daughter of the last Maharaja of Gwalior, Jiwajirao Scindia and Vijaya Raje Scindia. Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh's second child is Amrita Singh. He has one grandson (son of Aishvarya Singh and Devyani Rana) who was born on 2 April 2010 named Adidev Singh.[2]
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh has made a hotel called Singrauli Palace Heritage Hotel which was a palace but now refurbished and made as a hotel.[3]
Titles
- 1951–1953: Yuvaraja Maharaj Shri Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh Baghatur
- 1953–1971: His Highness Raj-Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraja Shri Maharaja Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh Baghatur, GCSI, GCIE
Derecognition
In 1971, the constitution of India was amended. On 5 November 1971, the Maharajas and other princes were deprived of their privy purses, the government annuities that had been guaranteed to them both in the constitution and in the covenants of accession whereby their states were merged with the Dominion of India in the 1940s, with the enactment of the amendment. The same amendment also deprived them of other privileges, such as diplomatic immunity, titles etc.[4] In the Constitution of India promulgated in 1971, the Government of India abolished all official symbols of princely state|princely India, including titles, privileges, and remuneration (Privy Purse in India|privy purses).
References
- ↑ "Happy Marriage Devyani!". 23 February 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/slain-nepal-princes-love-now-in-new-role/articleshow/5770876.cms
- ↑ https://singraulipalace.com
- ↑ "The Constitution (26 Amendment) Act, 1971", indiacode.nic.in, Government of India, 1971, retrieved 9 November 2011
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