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PERTAB (or PARTAB) SINGH, SIR

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 259 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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) . In 1878 and again in 1879 he was See also:chief See also:minister of Jodhpur . 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 . 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 . He served on the staffs of See also:Sir See also: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 . He won the reputation of being one of the keenest sportsmen and the best riders that even See also:Rajputana has produced . 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 . 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 . His services to the See also:empire in India were universally recognized . 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 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 . From his own See also:state of Jodhpur he obtained the See also:title of Maharaja-Dhiraj . In 1901 he succeeded to the rulership of the state of Idar .

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