See also:PERTAB (or PARTAB) SINGH, See also:SIR
, maharaja of See also:Idar (1844– ), native See also:Indian soldier and statesman, belonging to the Rahtor Rajputs of the Jodha class, was See also:born in 1844, being the son of Maharaja Takht Singh, ruler of Marwar (or See also:Jodhpur)
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In 1878 and again in 1879 he was See also:chief See also:minister of Jodhpur
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In the following See also:year he accompanied the See also:British See also:mission to See also:Afghanistan, and on his return he carried out many judicious reforms and administered Jodhpur with remarkable success
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He visited See also:England to take See also:part in the celebration of the 1887 See also:Jubilee of See also:Queen See also:Victoria's reign
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He served on the staffs of See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Lockhart and See also:General Elles in the See also:Tirah and Momand expeditions in 1897–98, was slightly wounded, was mentioned in despatches, and promoted to the See also:rank of full See also:colonel
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He won the reputation of being one of the keenest sportsmen and the best riders that even See also:Rajputana has produced
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When it was decided to send a force from See also:India to See also:China in 'goo to relieve the See also:foreign embassies besieged in See also:Peking, Sir See also:Pertab Singh at once offered the services of the Jodhpur Lancers, and himself accompanied them
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His See also:father rendered See also:good services to the British See also:government in the See also:Mutiny, and Pertab Singh always cherished the memory of the See also:protection given to Jodhpur by the See also:East India See also:Company in 1818
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His services to the See also:empire in India were universally recognized
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From Queen Victoria he received the See also:honour of See also:knighthood and the See also:Bath and the See also:Star of India; from See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edward VII. the distinction of " aide-de-See also:camp "; and the university of See also:Cambridge gave him the degree of LL.D
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From his own See also:state of Jodhpur he obtained the See also:title of Maharaja-Dhiraj
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In 1901 he succeeded to the rulership of the state of Idar
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