Pratap Singh of Idar Pratap Singh , was a career British Indian Army officer, Maharaja of the princely state of Idar and heir to Ahmednagar later renamed as Himmatnagar from 1902 to 1911, when he abdicated in favour of his adopted son.Early life Singh was born on 22 October 1845. He was the third son of Takht Singh of Jodhpur the Maharaja of Jodhpur , and his first wife, Gulab Kunwarji Maji. He was educated privately, and little is known of his early life. He received administrative training under Maharaja Ram Singh of Jaipur , whose brother Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur then invited him to his State.Administrator and Regent From 1878 to 1895, Singh served as Chief Minister for Jodhpur following his father's death in 1873 and his eldest brother's succession to the throne . After his brother's death in 1895, he served as regent for his fifteen-year-old nephew and heir to the Jodhpur throne until 1898, then again for his grandnephew from 1911 to 1918 and finally for his second grandnephew from 1918 until his own death in 1922. In total, Pratap Singh had served four rulers of Jodhpur for over four decades. Following the death of the ruler of Idar in 1901, Pratap Singh was Maharajah of that state from 1902 until he resigned in 1911 to return to Jodhpur. He travelled to Europe often and was close to Queen Victoria and her family, serving as aide-de-camp to Edward VII from 1887 to 1910. He was especially close towards his son, the future George V of the United Kingdom .Soldier of the Empire Commissioned in the Jodhpur Risalda in 1878, Singh served during the Second Afghan War and was mentioned in dispatches . He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1887, served under General Ellis in 1897 and served in the Tirah Campaign in 1898 under General William Lockhart , during which he was wounded. Promoted to an Honorary Colonel the same year, he commanded the Jodhpur contingent during the Boxer Rebellion and was promoted to an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath . In late 1901 he accepted the post of honorary commandant of the Imperial Cadet Corps under Lord Curzon , and was promoted to the honorary rank of Major-General on 9 August 1902. Even as an elderly man of 70, Sir Pratap commanded his regiments heroically during the First World War in France and Flanders from 1914-1915 and in the Palestine Mandate at Haifa and Aleppo . He was promoted to Lieutenant-General in 1916.Later years In 1911, Pratap abdicated the gadi of Idar in favour of his adopted son and nephew, Daulat Singh . Following his wartime service and a final stint as Regent of Jodhpur, Singh died at Jodhpur on 4 September 1922.Honours Singh's honours included:Empress of India Gold Medal, 1877 Mentioned in Dispatches, 1878 Afghanistan Medal, 1878 Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal 1887, with Diamond Jubilee bar, 1897 Mentioned in Dispatches 1897 Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India , 1897; KCSI , 1886; CSI , 1878 India Medal w/Clasp, 1898 Kaisar-i-Hind Medal 1st Class, 1900 China War Medal, 1901 King Edward VII Coronation Medal, 1902, with Delhi Durbar Clasp, 1903 King George V Coronation Medal, 1911, with Delhi Durbar Clasp Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order , 1911 1914 Star, 1918 British War Medal, 1918 Inter-Allied Victory Medal, 1918 GCB : Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath , 1918 *KCB : Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath – 29 November 1900 – in recognition of services during the recent operations in China. He was invested personally by King Edward VII during an audience in June 1902, when he visited London to attend the King's coronation. Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile of Egypt , 1918 Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur , 1918 Jodhpur Great War Medal , 1919 Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania , 1921Titles 1845-1873: Maharajkumar Shri Pratap Singh Sahib 1873-1877: Maharaj Shri Pratap Singh Sahib 1877-1878: Maharaj Shri Pratap Singh Sahib 1878-1886: Second Lieutenant Maharaj Shri Pratap Singh Sahib, CSI 1886-1887: Second Lieutenant Maharaj Shri Sir Pratap Singh Sahib, KCSI 1887-1897: Lieutenant-Colonel Maharaj Shri Sir Pratap Singh Sahib, KCSI 1897-1898: Lieutenant-Colonel Maharaj Shri Sir Pratap Singh Sahib, GCSI 1898-1901: Colonel Maharaj Shri Sir Pratap Singh Sahib, GCSI, CB 1901-1902: Colonel Maharaj Shri Sir Pratap Singh Sahib, GCSI, KCB 1902-1911: Major-General His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir Pratap Singh Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar, GCSI, KCB 1911-1916: Major-General His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir Pratap Singh Sahib Bahadur, GCSI, GCVO , KCB 1916-1918: Lieutenant-General His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir Pratap Singh Sahib Bahadur, GCSI, GCVO, KCB 1918-1922: Lieutenant-General His Highness Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir Pratap Singh Sahib Bahadur, GCB, GCSI, GCVO
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