Person · r. 1752 – 1753
Bakht Singh
Bakht Singh, Ajit Singh's son, took Jodhpur from his nephew Ram Singh by force in 1752 and died, reportedly poisoned, in 1753.
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- vol. II (Crooke ed., 1920), p. 1056 · read as page image
Accession of Bakht Singh, a.d. 1752-53.—With the possession of the seat of government, and the support of a great majority of the clans, Bakhta Singh felt secure against all attempts of his nephew to regain his lost power... The adhesion of the hereditary officers of the State... is requisite to cloak the crime of usurpation, in which light only, whatever the extent of provocation, Bakhta's conduct could be regarded.
- vol. II (Crooke ed., 1920), p. 1058 · read as ocr text