Raja Ratan Singh | |
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![]() Depiction of Ratan Singh Rathore | |
Reign | 1648-1658 |
Predecessor | Rao Mahesh Das |
Successor | Raja Ram Singh |
Born | 6 March 1619 Jalore,Pali, Marwar,Rajputana |
Died | 15 April 1658 (aged 39) Fatehabad, near Ujjain,Malwa,Mughal Empire |
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Father | Rao Mahesh Das |
Mother | Kachwahiji (Rajawatji) Kusum Deiji d.of Raja Bhagwant Das of Amber |
Raja Ratan Singh (6 March 1619 – 15 April 1658) was the founder of the city of Ratlam and its eponymous Ratlam State, an imperial governor of 16 parganas in northern Malwa Subah,an important Mughal Subahdar of high rank and a renowned warrior of his time. He gained fame under the patronage of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.[1]