| Name(s) |
Maharaja KARNI
SINGH |
| Date of
Birth |
April 21, 1924
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Bikaner, State of Bikaner, Now in Rajasthan, India. |
| Date of
Death |
September 06, 1988 |
|
Identity |
The last Maharaja of the of
Bikaner State |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1950 to 1971:
-
Prince Karni succeeded his father, H.H. Lieutenant-General Maharaja
Sir Sadul Singh, in 1950. He was officially the
Maharaja till 1971, when the privy purse and all the royal titles were abolished by the
Republic of India.
- 1952 to 1977:
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He was also a politician, serving as a member of the Lok
Sabha for twenty-five years.
- 1960 to 1980:
-
He was the first Indian to compete at five Olympic Games,
which he did from 1960 to 1980, missing the Games of 1976.
- 1961:
- He was given the Arjuna award, becoming the
first person from the world of shooting to be rewarded with that
national honour.
- 1964:
- He received the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy from Bombay University, for his thesis The
relationship of the Bikaner royal family with central
authority (1465-1949).
- 1967:
- He won the gold medal at the Asian Shooting
Championships at Tokyo.
- 1968:
-
His daughter Princess Rajyashree Kumari was also a
first class shooting sportswoman who received the
Arjuna Award in 1968.
- 1971:
- He won the gold medal at the Asian Shooting
Championships at Seoul.
- 1974:
- He won the silver medal at the Asian Games at
Teheran.
- 1975:
- He won the silver medal at the Asian Games at Kuala
Lumpur.
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Other Events &
Developments |
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He was an
international clay pigeon and skeet champion.
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As well as many sports, his interests included photography
and painting.
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Karni Singh won the National Championship in Clay Pigeon
Trap and Skeet seventeen times and
represented India at all levels of international competition.
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He documented his shooting experiences in a book of memoirs called
From Rome to Moscow.
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Commemoration |
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Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range situated near the
historic Tughlaqabad Fort in Delhi was named after him. It was first
constructed for the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi,
and later rebuild altogether for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
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