Bajrang Bahadur Singh

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| name = Rai Bajrang Bahadur Singh

| image = Raja Bajrang Bahadur Singh of Bhadri (1905-1970).jpg

| caption = Rai Bajrang Bahadur Singh of Bhadri (left) with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

| office = Lieutenant Governor of Himachal Pradesh

| term = 1 January 1955 – 13 August 1963{{cite web|url=http://himachalrajbhavan.nic.in/past_governors.html |title= Governors of Himachal Pradesh |website=Government of Himachal Pradesh |accessdate=22 September 2015}}

| predecessor = Maj. Gen. Himmatsinhji

| successor = Bhagwan Sahay

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| title = Rai of Bhadri

| throne = Bhadri

| pretend from = 1971–1973

| year = Sovereign Monarchy
1947 (Instrument of Accession)
Titular Monarchy
1971 (26th Amendment of the Indian Constitution)

| king = Himself

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| successor = Rai Uday Pratap Singh

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| succession = Rai of Bhadri

| reign = 1926–1947

| reign-type2 = Titular Reign

| reign2 = 1947–1971

| predecessor = Rai Krishna Pratap Singh

| birth_date = 1906

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| death_date = 1973

| spouse = Rani Girija Devi

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|children= one daughter
Rai Uday Pratap Singh (nephew & adopted son)}}

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Rai Bajrang Bahadur Singh (1906–1973) was an Indian independence activist and politician, who served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Indian state Himachal Pradesh from 1 January 1955 to 13 August 1963.

He was also the founder Vice-Chancellor of Pantnagar University. He adopted his nephew Rai Uday Pratap Singh as his son.Ramendra Singh (9 March 2013). [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-rajas-backyard/1085725/0 "The Raja's Backyard"]. The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 March 2013. He was ruler of Taluqdari estate of Bhadri in Oudh.[http://gcrampur.nic.in/badri.htm Bhadri Girl's Hostle]

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| before= Maj. Gen. Himmatsinhji

| title = Lieutenant Governor of Himachal Pradesh

| years = 1 January 1955 – 13 August 1963

| after = Bhagwan Sahay

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