11 Facts About Hanut Singh

Rao Raja Hanut Singh was a British Indian Army soldier and polo player.

Hanut Singh was born at Jodhpur on 20 March 1900, the third son of Sir Pratap Singh of Idar.

Hanut Singh served as a Page of Honour to George V at the 1911 Delhi Durbar Hanut Singh was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Jodhpur State Forces in 1914 and commissioned a temporary honorary Second Lieutenant in the British Army in July 1916.

Hanut Singh served in France, Palestine and Syria and was a part of the Jodhpur Lancers.

Hanut Singh was present at the taking of Haifa and at the fall of Aleppo in 1918.

Hanut Singh served in the Egyptian Rebellion of 1919 and was appointed to an honorary Captaincy in the British Army in 1921.

Until his father, Sir Pratap Singh's death in 1922, Hanut Singh served as his private secretary.

Hanut Singh was awarded the title of Rao Bahadur in 1937.

Hanut Singh was promoted to Colonel in 1946 and to Brigadier in 1947.

From 1949 to 1951, Hanut Singh served as the Minister for Health, Medical and Jails Departments for Rajasthan.

Hanut Singh died at Jodhpur on 12 October 1982, aged 82.