Pratap Singh of Kapurthala
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Colonel the Honourable Kanwar Sir Pratap Singh Bahadur of Kapurthala (1871-5 December 1911) was a Punjabi politician and scholar.
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[edit] Biography
The son of Kanwar Bikrama Singh of Kapurthala, Pratap Singh was an honorary magistrate and civil judge in Punjab. He served as a member of the Punjab Legislative Council from 1906 to 1911 and the Imperial Legislative Council 1910 – 1911. He was a founder of the Punjab Chiefs' Association.
Actively involved in the Sikh renaissance movement, Pratap Singh was a scholar of history and religion and was an eminent musicologist of his time.
[edit] Awards
- 1909: Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- 1911 (posthumous): Knight Commander of Order of the Star of India
[edit] References
- Sir Lepel Grifin – Rajas of the Punjab. 1873
- Griffin & Massey – Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab 1909
- Challenge and response (1849 – 1873) by Harbans Singh published in the Sikh Spectrum.com Monthly Issue No.11, April 2003 http://www.sikhspectrum.com/042003/challenges.htm
