Raghubir Sinh

Raghubir Sinh (Raghubir Singh) was an Indian Rajkumar of Sitamau, historian then politician. Later in life he was a Member of Parliament, representing Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress.^[1][2][3][4]

He was born on 23 February 1908, at Laduna Palace in Sitamau to Ram Singh, the Raja of Sitamau.^[5][6]

He received his primary education at home and later attended Shri Ram High School in Sitamau for his middle school education.^[6] He enrolled at Daly College, Indore, in 1920 but had to withdraw after a few months due to illness.^[6] In 1924, he passed the matriculation examination of Bombay University from Baroda High School as a private candidate.^[6] He later completed the intermediate examination in 1926, also as a private candidate.^[6] He did his B.A. in 1928.^[6] Thereafter, he joined Holkar College in Indore and earned his LL.B. from Agra University in 1930.^[6] He passed his M.A. in history from Agra University in 1933.^[6] He conducted his research on Malwa in Transition, 1698–1766 under the guidance of Jadunath Sarkar and earned a D.Litt. from Agra University in 1936.^[6] He received his military training in Indore from 1940 to 1941.^[7]

He taught at Shri Ram High School, Sitamau, from 1926 to 1928 and again from 1930 to 1933.^[7] He was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Sitamau in 1932 and served in this role until 1940.^[6] In 1934, he was given charge of the Sitamau state's departments of revenue, education, police, health, and local self-government.^[6] He remained in charge of these departments until 1938.^[6] He was commissioned as a Captain in the Observer Corps of the Indian Army in 1941 and was promoted to Major in 1942.^[7] He resigned his commission and retired from the army in 1945.^[7]

He married Mohan Kumari of Pratapgarh on 2 December 1929 and had four children with her: two sons and two daughters.^[8][9]

He died on 21 February 1991.^[10]