Udaipur City Palace (Getty Image)
The dispute between the descendants of Maharana Pratap and the 2 crown princes of the Mewar royal household in Udaipur, Rajasthan has turn into a subject of dialogue throughout the nation. Due to property dispute, the environment turned so heated that cousin Vishvaraj Singh Mewar was not allowed contained in the City Palace and the gate was closed. In such a scenario, when the supporters turned offended and tried to enter the City Palace, stones and bottles had been thrown at them, resulting from which individuals obtained injured.
Mewar whose praises the world nonetheless praises. The historical past of Maharana Pratap remains to be repeated from this Mewar, however now the property dispute of the descendants of Maharana Pratap can be coming to the fore. The nineteenth Maharana after Maharana Pratap was Bhupal Singh. When Maharana Bhupal Singh had no youngsters, he adopted Bhagwat Singh, who was made Maharana. Bhagwat Singh had two sons, Mahendra Singh and Arvind Singh.
The matter concerning property dispute between the 2 sons of Bhagwat Singh escalated and reached the courtroom the place the courtroom gave time of as much as 4 years on some properties. The identify of Mahendra Singh Mewar’s son is Vishvaraj Singh. Vishvaraj can be a BJP MLA from Nathdwara and his spouse is an MP from Rajsamand. The identify of Arvind Singh’s son is Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar.
Gave many properties on lease
Bhagwat Singh, the final Maharana of Udaipur, gave many properties of the royal household on lease from 1963 to 1983 and offered stake in some properties. This included useful properties like Lake Palace, Jag Niwas, Jag Mandir, Fateh Prakash, Shiv Niwas, Garden Hotel, City Palace Museum. The controversy had began due to Bhagwat Singh doing this. Angered by his father’s determination, Mahendra Singh Mewar filed a case in opposition to Bhagwat Singh within the courtroom in 1983.
Mahendra Singh stated within the courtroom that leaving apart the rule of primogeniture, ancestral properties needs to be distributed equally amongst all. Actually, the rule of primogeniture was applied after independence. This meant that the eldest son of the household would turn into the king. All the property of the state will likely be with him. However, Bhagwat Singh turned offended with this and replied within the courtroom on his son’s case that every one these properties can’t be shared. This is importable property i.e. indivisible.
Excluded from property and belief
Bhagwat Singh made his youthful son Arvind Singh Mewar the executor of his properties in his will on 15 May 1984. Bhagwat Singh died on 3 November 1984. During this era, Maharana Bhagwat Singh had excluded Mahendra Singh Mewar from property and belief.
After the dying of Maharana Bhagwat Singh, being the elder son of Mahendra Singh Mewar, he was topped as Maharana. Since then this controversy elevated additional. Property within the identify of youthful brother and the ritual of Maharana. The identify of elder brother Mahendra Singh Mewar and now Mahendra Singh Mewar’s son Vishwaraj Singh was coronated in a ritual in Chittorgarh. After that, when he got here for darshan, the dispute elevated additional. There was anger among the many supporters as a result of closing of the gates of City Palace and the gates remained closed amidst heavy police pressure until 2:00 within the evening and Vishvaraj Singh Mewar returned to his residence Samar Bagh.
