Hanwant singh biography
Hanwant singh biography
Hanwant singh biography wife.
Hanwant Singh
Last ruling Maharaja of Jodhpur (1923–1952)
Hanwant Singh I of Marwar (16 June 1923 – 26 January 1952) was the last ruler of the third largest Indian Kingdom of Marwar.
He succeeded his father as the Maharaja of Jodhpur of the Rathore dynasty of Marwar on 9 June 1947 and held the title till his death at a young age in a plane crash on 26 January 1952.[1]
Family life
In 1943 he married Maharani Krishna Kumari Sahiba of Dhrangadhra and had three children, the youngest child, a son Gaj SinghRathore; who succeeded him, daughter Sailesh Kumari married in Banswara; and daughter, Chandresh Kumari Katoch of Kangra.[2] In 1948, he met 19-year-old Scottish nurse Sandra McBryde, with whom he had a tempestuous and brief affair.
Later he married the Muslim actress Zubeida who converted to Hinduism as Vidya Rani, by whom he had a son named Hukum Singh Rathore (Tutu Bana). Soon after their marriage he received rebuke from the royal family and as a result