Person · r. 1750 – 1752 (deposed)
Ram Singh
Ram Singh succeeded his father Abhai Singh in 1750, but was defeated by his uncle Bakht Singh in a civil war and driven from Jodhpur in 1752.
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- vol. II (Crooke ed., 1920), p. 1055 · read as page image
CHAPTER 12. Rāja Rām Singh, a.d. 1750-52.—Ram Singh succeeded at that dangerous age when parental control is most required to restrain the turbulence of passion... Ram Singh inherited the arrogance of his father, with all the impetuosity of the Chauhans; and the exhibition of these qualities was simultaneous with his coronation.
- vol. II (Crooke ed., 1920), p. 1056 · read as page image
Civil War between Rām Singh and Bakht Singh.—...This sanguinary battle has been already related, in which Ram Singh was defeated, and forced to seek safety in flight; when Jodhpur was surrendered, and Bakhta invested with the Rajtilak and sword by the hands of the Jethawat chief of Bagri.