Shahzada Bahadur Shahdeo Singh (born 1844) (Urdu: شیر سنگھ; Hindi: शेर सिंह) was the son of Sher Singh, Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, and his wife, Dakno Kaur.[1][2]
| Shahdeo Singh | |
|---|---|
| Shahzada Bahadur | |
 | |
| Born | 1844 Lahore |
| Issue | Basdev Singh Sukhdev Singh Harbans Kaur |
| House | Sukerchakia |
| Father | Sher Singh |
| Mother | Dakno Kaur |
| Religion | Sikhism |
Life in exile
editFatehgarh
editWhen his uncle, Duleep Singh, was deposed by the East India Company on 29 March 1849 and sent to reside at Fategarh on 21 December 1849, Shahdeo, along with her mother, accompanied him at the age of five.[3][4][5] He was then placed in the care of Sardar Bahadur Bur Singh of Mukerian.[6]
London
editIn 1854, when his uncle Duleep Singh was sent to England, Shahdeo again accompanied him.
Awadh
editHe settled in Raebareli, Awadh in October 1861, where the British Government granted him a hereditary jagir and pension.[3][7] He had Asolear de-Tierra Press in Raebareli.[8][9]
He held the Taluqdari estates of Pandri Ganeshpur, Behta, and Gokalpur, which comprised 18 villages and 3 pattis in Raebareli.[10] Pandri Ganeshpur originally formed part of the confiscated estate of Rana Beni Madho, the chieftain of Shankarpur.[10]
Marriage
editIn 1860, he married the daughter of Sardar Fateh Singh, a jagirdar of Suga in Thanesar.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Griffin, Lepel Henry (1890). The Panjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi Divisions of the Panjab. Civil and Military Gazette Press. p. 393.
- ^ Indian Cases, Vol-63, Issue no.-1169. 1169.
- ^ a b Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1900). The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biograhical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire, with an Appendix for Ceylon. S. Low, Marston & Company. p. 284.
- ^ Singh, Amarpal (2016-06-15). The Second Anglo-Sikh War. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-5024-1.
- ^ Singh, Harbans (1995). The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism: A-D. Punjabi University. ISBN 978-81-7380-100-6.
- ^ Mehta, Manu Nandshankar (1896). Hind Rajasthan. p. 10.
- ^ All India Reporter. D.V. Chitaley. 1948. p. 12.
- ^ Various Census of India. 1886. p. 126.
- ^ Provinces (India), North-Western (1890). Report on the Administration of the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh, for the Year Ending 31st March. Government Press, North-Western Provinces and Oudh. p. 168.
- ^ a b Ali, Darogah Haji Abbas (1880). An illustrated historical album of the Rajas and Taaluqdars of Oudh. Getty Research Institute. Allahabad : North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press. p. 101.
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