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The school was founded on 12 August 1943. In the summer of 1940, the Maharaja of Jaipur Sawai Man Singh Bahadur brought home Princess Gayatri Devi, of Cooch Behar, as his bride. She was the daughter of the Maharaja and Maharani Indira Deviji, of Cooch Behar. Her concern for the education of the local court women led her and Bahadur to found the ...
Sawai Pratap Singh was born as a younger son of Sawai Madho Singh I on 2 December 1764. Pratap Singh became the Maharaja at the age of 14 after the death of his elder full brother Sawai Prithvi Singh II. He ruled from the year 1778 to 1803. His 25-year rule witnessed many spectacular achievements and strategic failures.
Maharaja Vibhuti Narayan Singh of Banares: The last King of Banares (Varanasi in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. He was a scholar of Sanskrit, Veda and Purana. He served as Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University. [14] Maharaja Sawai Kumar Padmanabh Singh: Maharaja of Jaipur [15] Maharaja Ganga Singh GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, KCB, GCStJ ...
Tej Singh, a remotely related cousin of the previous ruler, Sir Jai Singh Prabhakar, was selected by the British to rule Alwar, as Jai Singh had been deposed by them because of the Alwar movement led by Yasin Khan and Meos due to his gross misrule .Initially he had limited administrative control, but was given executive authority eventually in the last days of the British Raj by the Viceroy of ...
Sawai Madho Singh I (20 May 1728 – 5 March 1768) was the Kachwaha Rajput ruler of the Kingdom of Jaipur. He was the younger son of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II and younger half brother of Sawai Ishwari Singh. He became ruler of Jaipur after his brother Sawai Ishwari Singh died in 1750. He established the city of Sawai Madhopur in 1763 CE.
Pratap Singh who was earlier a jagirdar of "Dhai Gaon" (two and half villages) near Machari in Alwar. His successor "Bakhtawar Singh Kachwaha" was defeated when he ventured an armed incursion into neighbouring Jaipur State (ruled by their Kachwaha seniors, erstwhile overlord of his predecessor) and consequent treaty mediated by East India Company prohibited him from political intercourse with ...
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Hon Colonel. HH Raj Rajeshwar Bharat Dharma Prabhakar Maharaja Shri Sawai Sir Jai Singhji Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bahadur GCSI GCIE, or simply Jai Singh Prabhakar, (14 June 1882 – 19 May 1937), was the Naruka Kachwaha Rajput ruler of the Princely State of Alwar from the year 1892 to 1937.