Maharaja Shiromani Sri Dungar Singh Bahadur made significant efforts for the development of education and established the first Bikaner public school, as well as other colleges and educational institutes during his rule. He also organized the first modern police force and a current budget and fiscal standards; moreover he established a post office, dispensaries, a civil surgeon and even developed the state of the prisons. Dungar Singh, Maharaja of the princely state of Bikaner, died at the age of 32 on 19th August 1887. Ganga Singh, his youngest brother succeeded Dungar Singh and ascended the royal throne of Bikaner, as he was adopted as his son. This article is a stub. You may enrich it by adding more information to it. You can send your write-up at content@indianetzone.com |