Himmat Singh

Maharaja Himmat Singh (2 September 1899 – 24 November 1960) was the last ruler of the princely state of Idar State. He was Maharaja of Idar from 1931 to 1948.

Birth Himmat Singh was the eldest son of Maharaja Daulat Singh was born on 2 September 1899 at Jodhpur. He was educated at Mayo College at Ajmer.

He attended the Coronation of the King George V and Queen Mary, at Westminster Abbey, in London and served as Page-of-Honour to the King-Emperor at the Delhi Coronation Durbar in 1911.

Ascension Singh succeeded on the death of his father on 14 April 1931 as Maharaja of Idar State and was installed on the gadi (throne) at Himmatnagar on 11 July 1931. Upon the independence of India, he merged his state in to the Union of India on 10 June 1948.

Singh also held the title of Colonel-in-Chief of Idar Sir Pratap Infantry from 1931 to 1954.

He participated in several sports, including hunting, horse racing, polo, tent-pegging, pig-sticking, cricket, and football.

Personal life He died on 24 November 1960. Singh had two sons Maharaja Daljit Singh (who succeeded him as Maharaja of Idar) and Maharaj Shri Amar Singhji.

Honours

Delhi Durbar Medal - silver (1911) King George V Silver Jubilee Medal - 1935 King George VI Coronation Medal - 1937 Indian Independence Medal - 1948 Halvad-Dhrangadhra State Rajyabhisek Medal 1st class - 1942 Halvad-Dhrangadhra Accession to India Medal - 25 March 1948