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Ganga Singh

1880–1943 · 20th century

Ganga Singh was Maharaja of Bikaner from 1887 to 1943 and one of the most prominent Indian princes of his time. He modernised his desert state, built the Gang Canal to irrigate its north and expanded the Ganga Risala camel corps. He sat in the Imperial War Cabinet during the First World War, signed the Treaty of Versailles for India and was the first chancellor of the Chamber of Princes.

Ganga Singh
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Bikaner State

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