1. General Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Bikaner from 1888 to 1943.
16 Facts About Ganga Singh
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Ganga Singh was born on the auspicious day of Vijay Dashmi on 13 October 1880 to Maharaj Shri Lal Singh Sahib and his wife Maji Shri Chandravatiji Sahiba.
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Ganga Singh hailed from Royal Rajput family of Bikaner State.
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Ganga Singh was brother to Dungar Singh, whom he succeeded on 16 December 1888.
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Ganga Singh received his early education from Pandit Ram Chandra Dube.
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Ganga Singh served in China during the Boxer Rebellion.
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Ganga Singh announced the establishment of a Representative Assembly in 1913.
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Ganga Singh later established a High Court with a Chief Justice and two sub-judges by an edict in 1922.
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Ganga Singh was one of the first rulers to introduce through legislation a Sharda Act by which child marriages ended.
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Ganga Singh had a personal gun salute of 17-guns granted in 1918 and a permanent local gun salute of 19-guns granted in 1921.
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Ganga Singh was an Honorary ADC to the Prince of Wales when he visited the United Kingdom for the Coronation in 1902, later serving him when he became His Majesty King George V, the King-Emperor, in 1910.
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Ganga Singh represented India as a delegate at the fifth session of the League of Nations in 1924.
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Ganga Singh was the third Chairman of the Indian Public Schools Society from 1929 to 1930.
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In May 1899, Ganga Singh married the daughter of Thakur Sultan Singh of Sanwatsar.
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In May 1908, Ganga Singh married Maharani Ajab Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Bahadur Singh of Bhikamkore under Jodhpur state.
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Ganga Singh died on 2 February 1943 in Bombay after a reign of 56 years, aged 62, and was succeeded by his son Sadul Singh as His Highness the Maharaja Sahib of Bikaner.