Ratan Singh Rathore

Raja Ratan Singh
Depiction of Ratan Singh Rathore
Reign1648-1658
PredecessorRao Maheshdas
SuccessorRaja Ram Singh
Born6 March 1619
Jalore, Pali Rajasthan
Died15 April 1658 (aged 39)
Fatehabad, near Ujjain Madhya Pradesh
Spouses
Issue
  • Sons:
    List
    • Ram Singh
    • Rai Singh
    • Nahar Singh
    • Karan Singh
    • Chatrasal
    • Akhairaj
    • Prithviraj
    • Jait Singh
    • Kishan Singh
    • Soor Singh
    • Dhirat Singh
    • Sagat Singh
  • Daughters:
    List
    • Pratap Kanwarji (married Maharawal Amar Singh of Jaisalmer)
    • Kushal Kanwarji (married Maharawal Ajab of Banswara)
    • Maha Kanwarji (married Raja Daulat Singh of Shahpura)

Raja Ratan Singh (6 March 1619 – 15 April 1658) was the founder of the city of Ratlam and its eponymous Ratlam State, governor of 16 parganas in northern Malwa and a renowned warrior of his time. He gained fame under the patronage of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.[1]

  1. ^ Ramusack, Barbara N. (8 January 2004). The Indian Princes and their States. Cambridge University Press. p. 16. ISBN 9781139449083. Retrieved 14 September 2020.