भोर उगेरै भजन अर दादी पीसै धान !
पणघट पूगी गोरड़्यां ; जाग उठ्यो रजथान !!
आज राजस्थान दिवस पर आप सबनैं, मोकळी बधाई अर मंगळकामनावां !
सोने री धरती अठे, चाँदी रो असमाण ।
रंग रंगीळो रस भर्यो म्हारो प्यारो ‘राजस्थान’ ।।
या धरती धोरा री
या धरती मीठा बोरा री
या तो सुरगा ने शरमावे इ
पर देव रमण न आवे सारा नर नारी,
मिल हरषाव या धरती धोरा री,
या धरती सतीया री
रीतां-रितुवां मोवणी , सो’णा तीज-तिंवार !
हेज हेत हिंवळास सूं भींज्योड़ो व्यौहार !!
Born: - 22 February, 1884
Father: - Maharana Fateh Singh ji Mewar
Mother: - Maharani Bakhtawar Kanwar ji (daughter of Kolsingh, son of Thakur Jalimsingh Chavda of Kaladwaas)
Personality: - Maharana Bhupal Singh cared a lot about his subjects, and was a philanthropist ruler. In spite of being challanged physically, this Maharana never let this make any impact on the work related to the state.
"Education"
Maharana Bhupal Singh studied Hindi and Sanskrit languages in childhood and then Professor Matilal Bhattacharya taught English to Maharana.
1900
"Spine disease"
Maharajkumar Bhupalsingh suffered from a spine disease at the age of 16, the effect of which reached the feet, due to which his walking was also stopped.
Big vaidyas and doctors started his treatment
Thousands of rupees were spent in charity, gold was also donated
The therapy continued for 2 consecutive years, which improved his condition, but still left one leg weak.
July 28, 1921
"Take over"
Due to dissatisfaction among the farmers of Mewar and due to his old age, Maharana Fateh Singh kept the main rights in his hands and handed over the remaining rights to 36-year-old Maharajkumar Bhupal Singh.
August 13, 1921
On getting the right, Maharajkumar Bhupal Singh issued a handbill to make necessary reforms in the state government and to eradicate the sufferings of the poor farmers.
This handbill had a great impact on the subjects and they believed that now our complaint will be heard.
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1900
"Spine disease"
Maharajkumar Bhupalsingh suffered from a spine disease at the age of 16, the effect of which reached the feet, due to which his walking was also stopped.
Big vaidyas and doctors started his treatment
Thousands of rupees were spent in charity, gold was also donated
The therapy continued for 2 consecutive years, which improved his condition, but still left one leg weak.
"Take over"
Due to dissatisfaction among the farmers of Mewar and due to his old age, Maharana Fateh Singh kept the main rights in his hands and handed over the remaining rights to 36-year-old Maharajkumar Bhupal Singh.
August 13, 1921
On getting the right, Maharajkumar Bhupal Singh issued a handbill to make necessary reforms in the state government and to eradicate the sufferings of the poor farmers.
This handbill had a great impact on the subjects and they believed that now our complaint will be heard.
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"Reform in Governance"
* Philanthropist Maharana Bhupal Singh appointed and managed well-qualified and experienced men in the Mahdraaj Sabha and increased the number of members, which led to it's smooth functioning and the remaining work was completed.
He commanded to prepare annual budget for kingdom's expenditure
* New arrangement of almost all the departments of the state, which increased income significantly.
* To give loans to farmers at low interest, a fund named 'Krishi Sudhaar' was opened, which almost eliminated the need of farmers to borrow money from the moneylenders at higher interest.
* Many small tax, which cause problems to the subjects, were forgiven
* In Mewar, there was a tax called 'Maapaa' for internal trade, due to which the state had an income of 1 lakh rupees, this tax was abolished.
* Tax levied for market merchandise was reduced to half
* Farmers used to use the old method for agriculture, who were encouraged to do agriculture in a scientific manner and for this purpose an agricultural farm house was opened in Udaipur.
* A market named 'Bhupalganj' was built in Bhilwara as the main center of trade.
*Airport near Rana Pratap railway station was developed during his reign.
*Railway lines were also constructed from Mavli to Marwar Junction as well as to Sadri.
* People were prohibited from opening liquor furnaces without license, producing opium and cannabis for sale, and stopped people from selling opium and cannabis.
* Madak prachar sudharak sanstha (Alcoholic propaganda reformer institution) was established to reduce addiction of alcohol, opium etc. among people
* The work of extending the railway line from Mavli to Marwar Junction was started.
* Maharana took over the factories awarded to Seth Champalal on the completion of the contract period.
* New factories opened in Chhoti Sadri and Chittor.
* Cleanliness and power system in Udaipur city was set up in a proper planned manner.
* Dispensaries were opened
* Students had to go out after high school for higher studies, so college was established in Mewar.
* 5 lakh rupees were spent in the construction of district schools and recruitment of teachers.
* Bhupal Noble School was opened, for which 1 lakh rupees and a big house was provided. Here the boys of those small chieftains used to study, who could not afford the Mayo College of Ajmer. It is famous today as BN College.
* 3 primary schools were opened for the education of girls
* Shishuhitkarini Sabha was constituted for proper management of the estates of minors and debtor vassals.
* Jungle metering work started
* New rules were enacted to acquire land which was irrigated by using water from wells
* Those who had made theft as their profession, they were rescued from thievery by putting them in the work of farming
* Permitted to check the mineral content of the state, A special mining department was also setup.
*As an environmentalist, he organized long term re-forestation programs for the Aravalis.
* It was ordered to run motor from Mavli to Nathdwara, Udaipur to Rishabhdev and Kherwara and some other places.
* Court Munsifi and Magistratey were established in Udaipur
* The expenditure incurred from the prisoners who were under consideration was discontinued.
* The practice of using khodas for prisoners (putting prisoner's feet in the lumber so that they can't run away) was stopped.
* Arrangement was made to give certificates to the advocates and those who pass the examination.
May 25, 1930
Maharajkumar Bhupal Singh was crowned after the death of Maharana Fateh Singh.
The coronation festival was celebrated on 5 June
"He started reform work immediately after sitting on the throne"
The Gold Coronation Seal of Maharana of Mewar, Shri Bhupal Singh Ji (r.1930-48) Udaipur, 1930
* Marriage, Chanvari, Nata, Gharkumpi etc. taxes were pardoned.
* An inn was built in memory of late Maharana Fateh Singh, where travellers could stay for 3 days and cost for their staying arrangements would be spent by the state.
*Maharana Bhupal Singh got the Singh Dwar constructed (Gate as a back entrance of the Palace near Pachason ki lane), also built Bhagwat Prakash (West wing 2nd Floor - Zenana Mahal), Pipli Ghat ki Pol at The Palace, Udaipur. Lifts were installed at both Mardana and Zenana Mahals. He also constructed Chandra Prakash Mahal in Jagniwas.
* A hostel was built for poor students and they were provided with clothes etc.
* The loan which was levied on Umrao, chiefs, vassals was also largely forgiven.
* Forced labor abolished
* Two daughters of Nahar Bhandari who were giving confidential information to the British Government against Maharana Bhupal Singh were single. He was in trouble. When Maharana came to know, he forgave their crimes and got her two daughters married as well.
Maharana Bhupal Singh gave Kodukota village as an estate to Laxman Singh, son of his maternal uncle Abhay Singh.
January 1, 1931
The British government gave Maharana Bhupal Singh the title of GCSI
1932
Maharana Bhupal Singh built a large pond to solve the water problem in Kareda village and adjoining villages, after which the name of the village was changed to Bhupalsagar.
Where Sugarcane cultivation was encouraged and sugar mill was opened in Bhupal Sagar near Chittorgarh.Maharana Bhupal Singh set up a sugar mill, which later became known as 'Mewar Sugar Mill'.
After independence from the British Empire, Maharana Bhupal Singh merged his state into the Union of Rajasthan in April 1948, newly formed Union consisting of nine States and two Chief ships and the Maharana was appointed as the Rajpramukh. When other states also merged according to the policy of government of India; the Maharana was personally appointed as the Maharaj Pramukh of Rajasthan, for his life time only.
How Maharana Bhupal Singh of Mewar foiled the plans of Nawab Hamidullah Khan of Bhopal & Jinnah to integrate Bhopal and many princely states falling in between Pakistan and Bhopal.
"When he was presented with the "Bhopal Plan"
Maharana Bhupal Singhji has given this statement on the proposal to merge Mewar into Pakistan: -
"My ancestors have decided centuries ago where Mewar will be located in the Indian continent. If they had betrayed the country, I would have inherited a princely state like Hyderabad today. But neither did my ancestors and neither i will do that"
18 April 1948
Udaipur was merged in united Rajasthan and Maharana Bhupal Singh was made "Rajpramukh" of One of the most diverse Indian states having fantastic heritage of Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha - all four Purusharthas.
Land of Bhakti poets, Immortal Rajputs, Dharmik Merchants, Folk culture, and many greats.
January 14, 1949
Sardar Patel came to Udaipur and met Maharana Bhupal Singh
Maharana urged him to take his seat, but he did not accept and with folded hands requested that "We have come to take you to Delhi, take the throne there. Due to the sacrifices given by your ancestors in the welfare of the country this opportunity has come. "
Not many know that at the instance of late Maharana Bhupal Singh of Mewar (Udaipur), the Sardar during a visit to the Lake City to meet the Maharana and Congress leaders of the state after Independence attended the historic meeting on January 14,1949 and discussed the issue of formation of the new state - Rajasthan, earlier known as Rajputana.
The Maharana was bitter when the Sardar initiated merger of the princely states in the country as it resulted in the loss of their kingdoms. When the meeting was arranged, the Maharana insisted that the Sardar should come to Udaipur as he would not go to Delhi to discuss the issue of the new state. In the meeting presided by the Sardar himself, late chief minister Mohan Lal Sukhadia, Manikya Lal Verma, Gokul Lal Asawa,Bhure Lal Baya and several leaders were present.
The state was then known as Rajputana, a name given by the British and insisted to be continued by the Sardar, who was then the home minister of the country.
"However, during the meeting, the idea of Rajasthan was suggested by the Maharana, a new name coming from a bank that the Maharana had floated then. He said the bank was given the name of Bank of Rajasthan as the state was ruled by Rajas and Maharjas.
The Maharana said Rajputana sounded a little imperial and as if only the Rajputs live in it. He insisted that the state has people from all 36 kaum (caste and communities) and at best it can be called Rajasthan,"
veteran journalist Vijay Bhandari, who was a collegian then at Udaipur, said. The Bank Of Rajasthan Ltd., was established at Udaipur on May 8, 1943. The credit for the birth of the bank goes to the then finance minister of the erstwhile Mewar Government, late Rai Bahadur P C Chatterji, who also gave the bank its name when it started doing flourishing business. The bank which became a brand to reckon with was later taken over by ICICI Bank.
The Sardar readily accepted the suggestion of the Maharana and it was decided to rechristen Rajputana as Rajasthan.
1 April, 1949
Maharana Bhupal Singh now was called as Maharaj Pramukh of New Rajasthan.
It is worth mentioning that after independence the Sajjan Infantry and Bhupal Infantry created by Maharana Sajjan Singh (r. 1874-1884 CE) and Maharana Bhupal Singh (r. 1930-1955 CE) were merged in the Indian Army Regiment of 9 Grenadiers (Mewar). Therefore Mewar still owns special position in the country as this infantry carries its name.
This historic photograph shows Maharana Bhupal Singh (r. 1930-55) seated on an elephant in a silver howdah.
1 June 1954
Cannon salute was extended to 21 forever in honor of Maharana Bhupal Singh
4 July 1955
Maharana Bhupal Singh died
रुपया, आना, और पैसे में, मेवाड़ राज्य के मंदिर, देवस्थान, और धर्म सभा इत्यादि के आय व्यय। 1930s Mewar, Rajasthan. Temples had their own management, all accounts were audited, and some received support from the state.
Three hundred years old illustration of Parameshwaraji Maharaj Shri Eklingji Temple at Kailashpuri. Ahmolean museum 1705 CE portrait of Maharana Amar Singh II worships at Eklingji temple, the protecting divinity of Mewar, situated at Kailashpuri.
Christies portrait of Maharana Jagat Singh and his family worshipping at the Eklingji temple, Mewar, circa 1750.
In 1955, Maharana Bhupal Singh established the Shri Eklingji Temple Trust. The powerful kingdom of Mewar, which had been maintaining its worship and Traditions of all its temples from millennia, can pursue in modern times through Eklingji trust.
"Family of Maharana Bhupal Singh"
Photograph of Maharana Bhupal Singh Mewar with Maharaj Kumar Bhagwat Singh Mewar and Bhanwar Saheb Arvind Singh Mewar worshipping at Shree Eklingnathji Temple
marriage :-
1) Maharana Bhupal Singh's first marriage to daughter of Thakur Shambhu Singh Champawat of Auwa
2) The second marriage of this Maharana was to the daughter of Thakur Kesari Singh of Achrol.
3) Third marriage to the daughter of Khudala's chief of Marwar
* Haqiqat Bahida *
It is a book based on the life of Maharana Bhupal Singh, divided into 4 sections. It was edited by Bhupendra Singh ji of Auwa royal family. This book is published by Maharana Mewar Historical Publications Trust.
Maharana Bhupal Singh on his way to viewing Gangaur festivities
His Highness Maharana Bhupal Singh of Mewar (Udaipur) State, reigned for nearly 18 years with extraordinary intelligence, eloquence, remarkable abilities, and great success.
Maharana Bhupal Singh is the first in the House of Mewar to have his entire life documented through photographs & is remembered for his commitment to preserving cultural heritage through supporting arts & promotion of education.
Our beloved & generous Maharana Bhupal Singh Ji is very less discussed, he didn't possessed the daunting physical strength of his father but he was humble, full of humility & compassion for the people of Mewar.
He showed everyone a softer and more benevolent side of Mewar.
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