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Sawai Pratap Singh | |
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Maharaja Sawai of Amber | |
5th Raja of Jaipur | |
Reign | 13 April 1778 – 1 August 1803 |
Predecessor | Prithvi Singh II |
Successor | Jagat Singh II |
Born | 2 December 1764 Jaipur, Jaipur Kingdom, Rajputana |
Died | 1 August 1803 Jaipur, Jaipur Kingdom, Rajputana | (aged 38)
Spouse | Rathorji Gulab Kanwarji from Ratlam
Jadonji Indra Kanwarji of Karauli Sisodiniji Chatra Kanwarji of Bagore in Mewar Tanwarji Nawal Kanwarji of Patan in Jaipur Bhatiyaniji Fateh Kanwarji of Jaisalmer Gaurji Lal Kanwarji of Sheopur in Malwa Jhaliji Taj Kanwarji of Dhrangadhra in Gujarat Hadiji Vichitra Kanwarji of Bundi Rathorji Abhai Kanwarji of Jodhpur-Marwar |
Issue | Jagat Singh Chand Kanwarji (died young) Anand Kanwarji m.to Maharaja Bhim Singh of Marwar Suraj Kanwarji m.to Maharaja Man Singh of Marwar |
House | Kachwaha |
Father | Madho Singh I |
Mother | Chundawatji Kundan Kanwarji d.of Rawat Jaswant Singhji of Devgarh in Mewar |
Sawai Pratap Singh (2 December 1764 – 1 August 1803) was the Kachwaha Rajput ruler of the Kingdom of Jaipur. He was brought on the throne by his mother Maji Chundawatji after the suspicious death of his elder full brother Sawai Prithvi Singh II in 1778. He is known for constructing the magnificent Hawa Mahal in Jaipur in the year 1799.[1]