Prabhu Narayan Singh

Prabhu Narayan Singh GCSI GCIE (26 November 1855 – 4 August 1931) was ruler of the Indian Princely State of Benares State (Royal House of Benares) from 1889 to 1931.

Prabhu Narayan Singh
GCSI GCIE
Maharaja of Benares
ReligionHinduism

He was the nephew and adopted son of Raja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh, who was granted the title of Maharaja by the British for being neutral during the Indian Mutiny. He succeeded to the Family Domains, as they then were, in 1889. Unlike his predecessors he tried to maintain good relations with the British as done by most of the large princely states, the British Raj formally recognised his territory as a Princely State in 1911.

He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in 1892, Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) in 1898, and Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI) for his services in the First World War in the 1921 New Year Honours.[1]

Titles
  • 1855–1889: Maharaj Prabhu Narayan Singh
  • 1889–1891: His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares
  • 1891–1898: His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares, KCIE
  • 1898–1919: His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares, GCIE
  • 1919–1921: Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares, GCIE
  • 1921–1931: Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharajadhiraja Sri Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, Kashi Naresh, Maharaja of Benares, GCSI, GCIE

Honours
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)-1898 (KCIE-1891)
  • Delhi Durbar Gold Medal-1903
  • Delhi Durbar Gold Medal-1911
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI)-1921
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium-1926

Footnotes
  1. "No. 32178". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1921. p. 5.

References


Preceded by
Maharaja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh		 Rulers of Benares State
1889–1931		 Succeeded by
Maharaja Aditya Narayan Singh
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