Bijai Singh of Alirajpur
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He was educated at the Daly College, Indore.[1] He remained there until 1888.[2]
Succession
When Rup Deo died in 1881 without leaving behind a male heir to succeed him, and as he held no adoption sanad, it appeared that the ruling family of Alirajpur was extinct and that Alirajpur had escheated to the Government of India.[3][4] But the government decided to appoint a successor to the deceased.[4] When it was announced, many put forward claims to the vacant throne of Alirajpur.[2][3] One of these was Bijai Singh, a son of the Thakur of Sondwa, who was a distant relative of the deceased, and his claim was supported by the ladies of the family.[3][4] His claim was also supported by the most influential people in the Alirajpur.[4] He was a minor at the time and was studying.[2] The second claimant was Kalubawa.[3] Another claimant was the ruler of Dharampur, acting on behalf of one of his sons, on the grounds of being the next of kin, as he was fourth in descent from one of the members of the Alirajpur family who had been called to Dharampur.[3] He argued that when heirs had failed in Dharampur, successors had been taken from Alirajpur, and therefore, in the reverse case, a successor should be taken from Dharampur.[3] After carefully investigating the qualifications and claims of these claimants, the Government of India selected Bijai as the successor to the deceased.[3][4]