The Maharaja of Patiala was the title of a Maharaja in India and the ruler of the princely state of Patiala, a state in British India. The first Maharaja of Patiala was Baba Ala Singh (1695–1765).[2]
Maharaja of Patiala | |
---|---|
Details | |
Style | His Highness |
First monarch | Ala Singh |
Last monarch | Yadavindra Singh |
Formation | March 29, 1761 |
Abolition | August 15, 1947 |
Residence | Qila Mubarak, Patiala |
Pretender(s) | Captain Amarinder Singh |
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh became the maharaja on 23 March 1938. He was the last independent maharaja, agreeing to the accession of Patiala State into the newly independent Union of India in 1947. On 5 May 1948, he became Rajpramukh of the new Indian state of Patiala and East Punjab States Union. The Royal Patiala Dynasty has had multiple notable members post-independence in politics, army and other matters.[3]
Early proposals of a Sikh nation of ‘Sikhistan’ led by Maharaja of Patiala were published by Dr VS Bhatti for a “Khalistan led by the Maharaja of Patiala with the aid of a cabinet consisting of representative federating units.[4][5][6][7]”. These would consist of the central districts of Punjab province then directly administered by the British, including Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Ambala, Ferozpur, Amritsar and Lahore; the 'princely states' of the Cis-Sutlej, including Patiala, Nabha, Faridkot and Malerkolta; and the 'Shimla Group' of states. After partition of India in 1947, The Liberator, a Sikh publication advocated for Khalistan which would include East Punjab merged with PEPSU led by Maharaja of Patiala as it’s Monarch.[8]
No. | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Reign | Enthronement | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sardars | |||||
1 | Baba Ala Singh (1691 or 1695 – 1765) |
1709 – 1765 | ? | [11][12] | |
Maharajas | |||||
2 | Maharaja Amar Singh (7 June 1748 – February 1781) |
1765 – 1781 | ? | [11][12] | |
3 | Maharaja Sahib Singh (18 August 1773 – 26 March 1813) |
1781 – 1813 | ? | [11][12] | |
4 | Maharaja Karam Singh (12 October 1797 – 23 December 1845) |
1813 – 1845 | 30 June 1813 | [11][12] | |
5 | Maharaja Narinder Singh (26 October 1824 – 13 November 1862) |
1845 – 1862 | 18 January 1846 | [11] | |
6 | Maharaja Mahendra Singh (16 September 1852 – 13 or 14 April 1876) |
1862 – 1876 | 29 January 1863 | [11] | |
7 | Maharaja Rajinder Singh (25 May 1872 – 8 November 1900) |
1876 – 1900 | 6 January 1877 | [11] | |
8 | Maharaja Bhupinder Singh (12 October 1891 – 1938) |
1900 – 1938 | ? | [11] | |
9 | Maharaja Yadavindra Singh (7 January 1913 – 17 June 1974) |
1938 – 1974 | ? | [11] | |
Titular | |||||
10 | Maharaja Amarinder Singh (born 11 March 1942) |
1974 – ? | ? | [13][14] | |
11 | Yuvraj Raninder Singh | — | — | — |