Jashwant Singh II

He was born on 3 September 1864 to Bhawani Singh, the Jagirdar of Semlia.{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.83756/ |title=Whos Who In India Vol 1 |date=1911 |pages=55–56}} In 1884, he was adopted by Duleh Singh, the Raja of Sailana.{{Cite book |last=India |first=Central |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_4bAQAAIAAJ |title=The Central India State Gazetteer Series |date=1908 |publisher=Thacker, Spink |pages=358–359 |language=en}} In the same year, the Government of India approved his adoption.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rp92JkMbiaIC |title=Memoranda on Native States in India, Together with a List of Independent Ruling Chiefs, Chiefs of Frontier States, and Other Notables with Their Proper Forms of Address |date=1911 |publisher=Superintendent Government Print., India |pages=70–71 |language=en}}

He received his early education in the vernacular and Sanskrit from Bhawani Singh.{{Cite book |last=Jessrajsingh Seesodia |url=https://archive.org/details/rajputsfightingr00jessrich/ |title=The Rajputs: a fighting race; a short account of the Rajput race, its warlike past, its early connections with Great Britain, and its gallant services at the present moment at the front |date=1915 |publisher=London, East and West, ltd. |others=University of California Libraries |pages=137–141}} Later, he was sent to Daly College in Indore for his further studies.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4iPgbVPf6AC |title=Reign of George V: Representative Subjects of the King |date=1912 |publisher=Dod's Peerage |pages=3 |language=en}} He was proficient in Persian.

Following the death of Duleh Singh in October 1895, he became the Raja of Sailana. He was installed on the throne by David Barr on 24 December 1895 and was simultaneously granted full administrative powers. On the occasion, the Raja of Ratlam presented claims regarding the ceremony of Talwar Bandhai, but they were rejected.

One of the first challenges he faced upon his succession was that his predecessor had left the state with a heavy debt and the affairs of state were in disarray. He made considerable efforts to improve the financial condition of the State and nearly paid off its debt.{{Cite book |last=Mauji |first=Purushottama Viṣrama |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.03015/ |title=Imperial Durbar Album |date=1911 |publisher=Lakshmi Arts, Bombay |pages=146–147}} However, the Indian famine of 1899–1900 caused a setback, and the State had to take another loan of 100,000 Rs. He paid off the entire state debt.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/aclarch0000269a296/ |title=ACL-ARCH 00269 Indian Princes And The Crown |pages=347}} He reorganized each department to align with modern requirements. He organized the state police and established permanent Courts of Justice. He constructed Jaswant Niwas at a cost of 200,000 rupees and oversaw the reconstruction of the fort and the stepwell known as Govind Kund.

He served as president of Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha in 1911.http://www.akhilbharatiyakshatriyamahasabha.com/The prince of Wales and the Princes of India pg.302

He was invited to attend the Delhi Durbar on 1 January 1903 but did not attend due to state obligations.{{Cite book |last=India |first=Central |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNQ_AQAAMAAJ |title=Report on the Political Administration of the Territories Within the Central India Agency |date=1903 |pages=21 |language=en}}

When the Delhi Durbar of 1911 was scheduled, the Governor-General of India sent him a Kharita invitation. He attended it along with his sons.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WxBAQAAMAAJ |title=Coronation Durbar, Delhi 1911: Official Directory, with Maps |date=1911 |publisher=Superintendent Government Printing, India |pages=265 |language=en}} On the occasion, his sons, Mandhata Singh and Ramchandra Singh, served as pages to the Queen-Empress Mary.{{Cite book |last=Allahabad |first=Pioneer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3NBAQAAMAAJ |title=Coronation Durbar, 1911: Being a Reprint of Articles and Telegrams Previously Published in the Pioneer |date=1912 |publisher=Pioneer Press |pages=xii, xxiii,140–141 |language=en}} Both received diamond badges from Mary.

He married four times.{{Cite book |last=C E Luard |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284475/ |title=The Ruling Families And Persons Of Note In The Central Indian Agency |pages=52, 98–99}} He first married Bhatianiji, the daughter of the jagirdar of Barodia under Ratlam, in 1882. She died in 1898. In 1888, he married Kachhawaiji, the daughter of the Raja of Machhand under Gwalior. In the same year, he married Ranawatiji, the daughter of the Rao of Dhariawad. He married Sisodniji, the daughter of the Rana of Barwani, in 1895.

He had six sons and five daughters of whom one son and two daughters died in infancy.{{Cite book |last=Vadivelu |first=A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LfoxAQAAMAAJ |title=The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles and Zamindars of India |date=1915 |publisher=G.C. Loganadham |pages=262–265 |language=en}}

His sons were Dileep Singh, Bharat Singh, Mandhata Singh, Ramchandra Singh, and Ajatshatru Singh. Dileep was his heir and successor. Bharat was adopted in Multhan and succeeded there in 1901. Mandhata was granted an estate of Adwaria which consisted of three villages. He was later granted the jagir of Raoti. Ramchandra was given the jagir of Kaneri. Ajatshatru received Advani, Govindpura, and other villages as his appanage. He had houses built for each of his sons. Both Mandhata and Ajatshatru left Sailana in 1919 due to a conflict with their elder brother and moved to Bikaner.{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Rajvi Amar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZIMAQAAMAAJ |title=Mediaeval History of Rajasthan: Western Rajasthan |date=1992 |publisher=Rajvi Amar Singh |pages=678, 960–990, 1064 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Manager Of Publicatuons. |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.51641/ |title=Rulers Leading Families And Officials In The States Of Central India (1935) |date=1935 |pages=152}}

His daughters were Devendra Kanwar, Shiva Kanwar, and Lakshmi Kanwar. Devendra Kanwar was married to Bijai Singh, the Maharawal of Dungarpur. Shiva Kanwar was married to Arjun Singh, Raja of Narsinghgarh, and Lakhsmi Kanwar was married to Durjan Sal, Rao of Khilchipur.

He passed away on 13 July 1919 and was succeeded by Dileep Singh as the Raja of Sailana.{{Cite book |last=Manager Of Publicatuons. |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.51641/ |title=Rulers Leading Families And Officials In The States Of Central India (1935) |date=1935 |pages=151}}

He received the Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal in 1901. In June 1904, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire and was formally invested with the honor by George V, then Prince of Wales, in November 1905 at Indore. In 1904, he was awarded the title of Bahadur. In 1904, George Curzon arranged a conference to discuss the reorganization of Mayo College in Ajmer of which he was selected a representative. He was later appointed a permanent member of the General Council of Mayo College. He was appointed a permanent member of the Daly College Council.

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