Amar Prakash,
K.C.S.I.,
K.C.I.E., was the
Maharaja
Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; ; feminine: Maharani) is a royal title in Indian subcontinent, Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and Medieval India, medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a pri ...
of
Sirmur State
Sirmur (also spelled as Sirmor, Sirmaur, Sirmour, or Sirmoor) was a princely state of India, located in the region that is now the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The state was also known as Nahan, after its main city, Nahan. The sta ...
from 1911 until 1933.
Biography
Amar Prakash was born on 26 January 1888 to
Surendra Bikram Prakash,
Raja of Sirmur.
He was educated privately and received administrative training during the time of his father.
He succeeded to the Gaddi on the death of his father in 1911. He was installed on the Gaddi by
Sir Louis Dane, the
Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab.
He married Mandalsa Devi, eldest daughter of
Dev Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana,
ex-Prime Minister of Nepal.
* Mahima Kumari.
*
Rajendra Prakash.
* Premlata Kumari.
He died of meningitis in
Vienna
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on 13 August 1933. He was succeeded by his son,
Rajendra Prakash as the
Maharaja
Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; ; feminine: Maharani) is a royal title in Indian subcontinent, Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and Medieval India, medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a pri ...
of
Sirmur
Sirmur (also spelled as Sirmor, Sirmaur, Sirmour, or Sirmoor) was a princely state of India, located in the region that is now the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The state was also known as Nahan, after its main city, Nahan. The state ...
.
References
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People from British India
1888 births
1933 deaths