Pandit Shivdeen was a prominent Minister of Kingdom of Amber and also its Prime Minister from 1852 to 1864.[1]
Shivdeen | |
|---|---|
पण्डित शिवदीन | |
| Prime Minister of Jaipur state | |
| In office 1852–1864 | |
| Preceded by | Thakur Lachman Singh |
| Succeeded by | Pandit Vishambhardeen |
| In office 1852 – 1864 November | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rewa, Madhya Pradesh |
| Died | 1864 Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| Nationality | Indian |
Early life
editPandit Shivdeen was born at Rewa in a Kanyakubja Brahmin family. He did his education from Agra College and later was appointed as guardian of Sawai Ram Singh II in 1935.[1][2]
Political career
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Shivdeen was an enlightened student of the Agra College of very high education and great administrative capacity. From guardianship of the Maharaja he rose gradually as Civil Judge, and Musahib or Prime Minister. His strict fiddelity and uprightness procured him an implicit confidence of his master, and he was so popular and amiable that throughout the long period of his incumbency of the office not a single individual in the State had reason to complain that he had received a wrong at the hand of Pandit Shivdeen. He guided the State vessel in the dubious ocean of the mutiny against the surges and whirlpools of political warfare and brought her safely to anchor in the port.[1] In 1844, Sawai Ram Singh II founded the Maharaja College, Jaipur with Shivdeen as its first principle. After Sawai Ram Singh II ascended to the throne in 1852, he appointed his guardian Shivdeen as Mohatmim Tehsil or Revenue commissioner. After a couple of years Shivdeen who had done very well as revenue Commissioner and then was appointed as Prime Minister. He was succeeded by his son Vishambhar Deen.[3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Jawala Sahai (1902). The Loyal Rajputana, Or, a Description of the Services of the Rajputana Princes to the British Government Rendered During the Mutiny of 1857.
- ^ Susanne hoeber rudolf (1984). Essays on Rajputana.
- ^ Vibhuti Sachdev (2002). Building Jaipur. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-137-2.
- ^ Sanwat raj Bhansali (1992). Legal system in India, Vol2. University Book House. ISBN 978-81-85488-05-9.
- ^ Susanne hoeber rudolf (1984). Essays on Rajputana.