Maharaja of Nabha

Ripudaman Singh, also known as Maharaja Gurcharan Singh and later as Sardar Gurcharan Singh, was the ruler or the Maharaja of Nabha, from the year 1911 and 1928, when he was overthrown by the British Government. At a later period, he became a well known Sikh revolutionary. Maharaja Ripudaman Singh. Singh was born on March 4th, 1883 at Nabha in the present Patiala district, in the state of Punjab. He was the heir and only son of Maharaja Sir Hira Singh. During the period 1906 to 1908, Ripudaman Singh was a member of the Imperial Legislative Council and he spoke for the benefit and interest of the Sikh people and also initiated reformist legislation. Singh represented the region of Nabha in the year 1911 at the coronation of George V.