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Brigadier Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh MVC (22 October 1931 – 17 April 2011) was an officer in the Indian Army and an entrepreneur . Singh served in the Indian army from 1951 to 1975. In the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he was decorated with the Maha Vir Chakra, the country's second-highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.
Oct 20, 2020 · The late Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh of Jaipur (1931-2011) was known as the last recognised Maharaja of Jaipur, before former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi abolished the titles and privileges of Indian Princes in 1971.
Apr 17, 2011 · JAIPUR: The last maharaja of Jaipur, Sawai Bhawani Singh, died on Sunday at a private hospital in Gurgaon following multi-organ failure. The head of Kachwaha clan of Rajputs, Singh was admitted to ...
Apr 17, 2011 · Bhawani Singh commanded the para commandos in the 1971 war against Pakistan and was responsible for the capture of Chachro in Sindh.
Apr 18, 2011 · Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh, the last Maharajah of Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, has died. Brigadier Singh, who continued to be revered as a social and cultural icon after...
Jan 23, 2013 · Jaipur, Jan. 22: An elephant used at Rashtrapati Bhavan ceremonies had turned wild, crashing walls and stomping around untamed. Then, a “king’s” valour and skills were put to test. “Maharaja” Bhawani Singh of Jaipur came out with flying colours, shooting the jumbo dead.
Apr 17, 2011 · The last titular Maharaja of Jaipur, Sawai Bhawani Singh, died at a private hospital in Gurgaon on Saturday night after prolonged illness. He was 80. The Jaipur royal died due to multiple-organ...
Apr 18, 2011 · The last titular Maharaja of Jaipur and head of the Kachwaha clan of Rajputs, Brigadier (Retd) Bhawani Singh, passed away in a Gurgaon hospital late on Saturday. He was 80.
Apr 17, 2011 · He also contested Lok Sabha elections in 1989 from Jaipur on Congress ticket but was defeated by rival party BJP ’s Girdhari Lal Bhargav. Bhawani Singh was the 40th Maharaja of Jaipur and the 11th ruler as per the tradition of Amber.
Apr 17, 2011 · Thousands of people poured into the courtyard of a sprawling palace in Jaipur on Sunday to pay their last respects to Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh, the city’s last titular maharaja. Singh, 80, died of multiple organ failure at a private hospital in Gurgaon.
