Daulat Singh

Daulat Singh (12 May 187514 April 1931) was the Maharaja of Idar, India, from 1911 to 1931.

He served as a squadron commander with the Jodhpur Risala in the Tirah campaign 1897-1898, and Boxer Rebellion in China 1900. Later, he served also in First World War as a Major in British Army from 1914 in the Great War in Egypt and the Middle East 1914-1918 and was promoted to Hon. Lieut-Col in 1918.

Daulat Singh was the son of Maharaj Bhupal Singh of Jodhpur and was adopted by his uncle, Maharaja Pratap Singh of Idar, who abdicated in his favour in 1911. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in the 1920 New Year Honours.[1]

Daulat Singh was succeeded by his eldest son, Himmat Singh.

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