Jagatjit Singh

Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala

Jagatjit Singh Bahadur (24 November 1872 – 19 June 1949) was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Kapurthala in the British Empire of India from 1877 until his death in 1949. He assumed full ruling powers of Kapurthala in November 1890.

He served as the Indian Representative to the League of Nations General Assembly in Geneva in 1926, 1927 and 1929, attended the Round Table Conference in 1931 and was Uprajpramukh of the PEPSU at the time of his death in 1949, aged 76.

Titles

His full style and name was:

Major-General His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, GCSI, GCIE, GBE.

During his life he acquired many other styles and names:

• 1872–1877: Tikka Raja Sri Jagatjit Singh
• 1877–1897: His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Raja Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala
• 1897–1911: His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Raja Sir Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala, KCSI
• 1911–1918: His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, GCSI
• 1918–1921: Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, GCSI
• 1921–1926: Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, GCSI, GCIE
• 1926–1927: Colonel His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, GCSI, GCIE
• 1927–1943: Colonel His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, GCSI, GCIE, GBE
• 1943–1948: Brigadier His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, GCSI, GCIE, GBE
• 1948–1949: Major-General His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, GCSI, GCIE, GBE

Honours

• Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Gold Medal-1897
• Delhi Durbar Gold Medal-1903
• King George V Coronation Medal (w/Delhi Durbar Clasp)-1911
• Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI)-1911 (KCSI-1897)
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Prussia), 1st Class-1911
• Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)-1921
• Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur of France-1924
• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile of the Kingdom of Egypt-1924
• Grand Cordon of the Sharifan Order of Alaoui of the Kingdom of Morocco-1924
• Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus of the Kingdom of Italy-1924
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Chile)-1925
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru-1925
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Cross of Honour and Merit of Cuba-1925
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)-1927
• Grand Cross of the Order of Menelik II of Ethiopia-1928
• Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sava of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia-1928
• Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III of the Kingdom of Spain-1928
• Grand Cordon of the Order of Glory of Tunisia-1928
• Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia-1929
• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown of Iran-1930
• Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion, 1st Class of Czechoslovakia-1934
• King George V Silver Jubilee Medal-1935
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania-1935
• Grand Cross of the Order of St. Agatha of San Marino-1935
• Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sylvester of the Vatican-1935
• King George VI Coronation Medal-1937
• Indian Independence Medal-1947

Marriages

• The Maharajah married firstly at Paprola, on 16 April 1886, H.H. Maharani Harbans Kaur Sahiba, daughter of Sardar Ranjit Singh Gularia of Paprola (died 17 October 1941 in Mussoorie).
• Married secondly at Katoch, 1891, H.H. Maharani Parvati Kaur Sahiba, daughter of Sardar of Katoch (died 20 February 1944 in Kapurthala).
• Married thirdly, 1895, H.H. Maharani Lachmi Kaur Sahiba, a Princess of a Rajput family from Bashahr (died September 1959 in Kapurthala).
• Married fourthly, Rani Kanari Sahiba, daughter of a Dewan of Jubbal (died circa 1910).
• Married fifthly at Paris, 28 January 1908 (later divorced), Rani Prem Kaur Sahiba [née Anita Delgado], (born 1890 in Málaga, Spain, died 7 July 1962 in Madrid, Spain).
• Married sixthly at Kapurthala, 1942, Rani Tara Devi Sahiba [née Eugenia Maria Grossupova], she was the natural daughter of a Czech Count and Nina Maria Grossupova, an actress. She committed suicide by jumping off the Qutub Minar in Delhi (died December 9 1946 in Delhi).

In media

Probably as a reminiscence of his marriage with Anita Delgado, Don Pimpón, a character in the Spanish version of Sesame Street, claimed to have travelled the world extensively with "his friend the Maharaja of Kapurthala".

See also

• Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first female Indian Cabinet Minister.
• Ahluwalia
• Sita Devi of Kapurthala, pre-WWII fashion icon: wife of Maharajkumar Karam of Karputhala.