Mohansingh

Early life The king of the Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom, Raja Raj Singh (c. 1689–1712) had no son and became interested in a young man named Mohan Singh, who belonged to the Raipur branch of the Haihayas. According to J.W. Chisholm, Mohansingh was represented as "a young man of physical strength and considerable personal attraction". The young Mohansingh remained with the raja Raj Singh frequently for months and became his favourite.

Raj Singh eventually made Mohan Singh his successor, however, the death of Raj Singh was somewhat sudden and Mohan Singh was on a shooting expedition at that time. Thus Mohan Singh could not come back early and Rajsingh thus crowned his grand-uncle Sardar Singh as the king. However, Mohansingh was dissatisfied with this development and while leaving the kingdom he declared that "he would yet return and assume government". He unsuccessfully tried to raise an army to create a revolution against the Haihayas, since their rule was popular.