Shamraj Bhalerao Rajwant Bahadur | |
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 Raja of Rai Rayan Estate | |
| In office 1 July 1927 – 17 September 1948 | |
| Monarch | Osman Ali Khan |
| Preceded by | Raja Lakshmanraj Bahadur |
| Succeeded by | Post Abolished |
| P. W. D Member of H. E. H the Nizam's Executive Council | |
| In office 1 June 1935 – 17 September 1948 | |
| Monarch | Osman Ali Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shamraj Bhalerao 15 August 1898 Hyderabad, Hyderabad State (present-day Telangana, India) |
| Died | 10 June 1987 (aged 88) Hyderabad, Hyderabad State (present-day Telangana, India) |
| Residence | Rai Rayan Palace |
| Alma mater | Nizam College |
Sham Raj II[note 1] (born as Shamraj Bhalerao), (also popularly referred as Raja Shamraj Rajwant Bahadur), (15 August 1898 – 10 June 1987), was an Indian noble who served as a member of H. E. H the Nizam's Executive Council.[1] He was the first Hindu member in the executive council.[2] Some of the ancestors of Sham Raj Bahadur were themselves peshkars (deputy ministers) and diwan (prime minister) to the Nizams and still earlier their family served at various points in their career to Shah Jahan, the Mughal Emperor. A member of the powerful Rai Rayan family, Sham Raj built a magnificent personal library inside his palace containing 45,000 rare books, which he later generously opened to public.[3][4]
Born to a Hindu Brahmin family which traces its roots to Raja Krishnaji Pant, a watandar of Devagiri under Shah Jahan. Shamraj studied at Madrasa Aliya school and later in Nizam College. He was a childhood friend of the Nizam and was a staunch Nizam loyalist throughout his life.[5]
Shamraj was a patron of arts, literature and music. Newspaper Editor of Bennett, Coleman & Company, Sir Francis Low says, "Raja Shamraj Rajwant is a lover of Art and Literature and his museum contains a valuable collection of Old Indian Paintings".[6]
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- ^ Chatterji 1999, p. 2980.
- ^ Peters 1941, p. 498.
- ^ Dongerkery 1968, p. 195.
- ^ I.K.Sarma (1986). SJM Research Journal, Volumes 23-24. Salar Jung Museum. p. 15.
Raja Sham Raj Rajwant Bahadur Raja Sham Raj Rajwant Bahadur, son of Raja Rai Rayan Bahadur, was one of the premier nobles of the Hyderabad State. His family came next in rank to the family of no less a person than Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad Bahadur, the Peshkar . Some of the ancestors of Raja Shamraj Bahadur were themselves Peshkars to the Nizams and still earlier Treasurers and Accountants of the Exchequer to Shah Jehan, the Mughal Emperor. They were great friends of Asaf Jah Nizam-ul-Mulk and it was due to him that they came to the Deccan.
- ^ C. Sri Kishen (1952). 45 Years a Rebel. Deccan Printing Press. p. 103.
- ^ Sir Francis Low (1938). The Indian Year Book, Volume 25. Bennett, Coleman & Company. p. 1234.