Narinder Singh (26 November 1824 – 13 November 1862), also spelt as Narendra Singh, was the

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of the princely state of

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from 1845 to 1862. He was one of the first local rulers to receive the

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and was a member of the Indian Legislative Council during Lord Canning's Viceroyalty. Singh's father was the

Karam Singh Subedar and Honorary Captain Karam Singh PVC, MM (15 September 1915 – 20 January 1993) was an Indian soldier and a recipient of the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest award for gallantry. Singh joined the army in 1941, and took ...

. He succeeded his father on 18 January 1846, aged twenty-three. During his reign, the

Moti Bagh Palace Moti Bagh Mahal (Pearl Garden Palace) is a palace in Patiala. The palace was built by Maharaja Narinder Singh, the great-grandfather of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, in 1847, at a cost of half a million rupees. The Old Moti Bagh Palace and New Mo ...

was constructed at a cost of five lakhs of rupees. During the

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, Singh assisted the

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, and his assistance were later acknowledged by the

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, Lord Canning as being of incalculable value. He died of fever on 13 November 1862 at the age of thirty-nine. He was succeeded as Maharaja by his ten-year-old son, Mahendra Singh. His daughter, Basant Kaur, married Bhagwant Singh, the Maharaj-Rana of

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. His other daughter, Bishan Kaur, married

Jaswant Singh Major Jaswant Singh (3 January 193827 September 2020) was an Indian Army officer and politician. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and was one of India's longest serving parliamenta ...

, the Maharaja of Bharatpur.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Narinder of Patiala Indian Sikhs Maharajas of Patiala 1824 births 1862 deaths Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India