Rao Raja Kalyan Singh Bahadur

Kalyan Singh (28 June 1886 – 5 November 1967) was the Rao Raja of Sikar from 1922 until his death in 1967.

Early and family He was born on 20 June 1880 at Deeppura to Dalip Singh. He married the daughter of Thakur Madho Singh of Sirana in Ajmer before his succession as Rao Raja of Sikar. He accordingly succeeded him on 28 June 1922. He was the nephew of his predecessor Madho Singh. He received the title of Bahadur from the Maharaja of Jaipur as a personal distinction on 20 November 1922. The relations between him and Man Singh II became strained over the years due to the latter's excessive interference in the administration of Sikar. To compel him to give up, Kalyan was continuously summoned to Jaipur, and an unsuccessful attempt was made to arrest him by force at Sikar. However, at Ajmer, he was declared a lunatic, thus incapable of managing his own property, and was deposed. It was only after five years that Kalyan was allowed to return to Sikar. On 20 July 1948, he celebrated his Silver Jubilee, the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession to the throne of Sikar. In 1954, the administration of Sikar was taken over by the Government of India, and in return, he was given compensation.

Philanthropy He was a man of charitable disposition and had spent a large amount for the welfare of the people of Sikar and on charitable institutions. In 1960, when Shree Kalyan Arogya Sadan (T.B. Sanatorium) was constructed in Sikar, he donated land and some buildings for it.

Death He died on 5 November 1967 at Sikar and was succeeded by Bikram Singh.