Background
The only son and heir of Maharaja Sri Sir Umed Singhji II, Bhim Singhji II succeeded his father following his death in 1940.
The only son and heir of Maharaja Sri Sir Umed Singhji II, Bhim Singhji II succeeded his father following his death in 1940.
He immediately entered into service with the British Indian Army as an officer, serving during the Second World War and being promoted to Major by 1948. Although he planned several education and modernisation programs for Kotah, they did not reach fruition before Indian independence. He was knighted with the KCSI in 1947, and signed the Instrument of Accession to the Dominion of India on the 15 August.
The following year, on 25 March 1948, Sir Bhim Singhji merged Kotah into the Rajasthan Union of states and became its first Rajpramukh, but was demoted to Uprajpramukh (Deputy Rajpramukh) when the Maharana of Udaipur, who was of a higher rank than Sir Bhim Singhji, acceded to the Rajasthan Union.
Sir Bhim Singhji continued in the office of Uprajpramukh until it, along with the office of Rajpramukh, was abolished by the Government of India on 31 October 1956. In 1956, Sir Bhim Singhji served as an Alternate Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly that year.
Conversely, since 1959 he had been President of the Rajasthan Board for the Preservation of Wildlife. An expert shooter, he was Captain of the Indian shooting team at the Singapore Shooting Championships in 1969, at the 1976 Summer Olympics and at the 1978 Asian Games On 30 April 1930,Bhim Singhji II married Rathorji Maharani Shivkumari Sahiba (1 April since 1916), a younger daughter of General Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh of Bikaner.
1. Maharajkumar Sri Brijraj Singhji Sahib Bahadur, who succeeded as Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Mahimahendra Maharao Raja Sri Brijraj Singh Sahib Bahadur (21 February since 1934) 2.
Maharajkumari Indira Kumari Sahiba (since 1937), who in 1960 married Raja Rawat Sri Bikramaditya Singh Sahib Bahadur (18 December since 1936), the Raja of Rajgarh, becoming the Rani Sahiba of Rajgarh. 3. Maharajkumari Bhuvaneshwari Kumari Sahiba (29 May since 1945), who married in the 1970s Thakore Sri Development Singh of Malassar, and had twins in 1978. As part of the mass derecognisation of Indian rulers in 1971 under the Indira Gandhi regime, Sir Bhim Singhji was stripped of ruling powers and titles.
1909-1940: Maharajkumar Sri Bhim Singh Sahib Bahadur.
1909-1940: Maharajkumar Sri Bhim Singh Sahib Bahadur 1940-1943: His Highness Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Mahimahendra Maharao Raja Sri Bhim Singh II Sahib Bahadur, Maharao Raja of Kotah 1943-1944: Captain His Highness Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Mahimahendra Maharao Raja Sri Bhim Singh II Sahib Bahadur, Maharao Raja of Kotah 1944-1945: Major His Highness Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Mahimahendra Maharao Raja Sri Bhim Singh II Sahib Bahadur, Maharao Raja of Kotah 1945-1946: Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Mahimahendra Maharao Raja Sri Bhim Singh II Sahib Bahadur, Maharao Raja of Kotah 1946-1947: Colonel His Highness Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Mahimahendra Maharao Raja Sri Bhim Singh II Sahib Bahadur, Maharao Raja of Kotah 1947-1948: Colonel His Highness Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Mahimahendra Maharao Raja Sri Sir Bhim Singh II Sahib Bahadur, Maharao Raja of Kotah, KCSI 1948-1991: Brigadier His Highness Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Mahimahendra Maharao Raja Sri Sir Bhim Singh II Sahib Bahadur, Maharao Raja of Kotah, KCSI (ribbon bar, as it would look today. Incomplete) King George V Silver Jubilee Medal-1935 King George VI Coronation Medal-1937 Ganga Singh Golden Jubilee Medal of Bikaner-1937 1939-1945 Star-1945 Africa Star-1945 War Medal 1939-1945-1945 Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)-1947 Indian Independence Medal-1947 Arjuna Award-1971.
