Budh Singh

Budh Singh was the Maharao Raja of Bundi from 1696 to 1730.

Early life and family He was born to Anirudh Singh.

Reign Upon the death of his father Anirudh Singh in 1696, he succeeded him as the Rao Raja of Bundi. He served at Kabul with Bahadur Shah I when the latter was still a prince. In 1707, when Aurangzeb died, a war of succession for the Mughal throne took place between his sons, in which Singh espoused the cause of Bahadur Shah I. Singh fell into a dispute with Jai Singh when, in 1729, he said that Bhawani Singh, when an infant, was smuggled by Amar Kanwar into the palace and was declared as his son. Following which, Jai killed told the reigning Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah that Singh was an incompetent ruler and a drug addict and was incapable of performing his duties to the imperial throne.