{{Short description|Last ruling Raja of Raigarh from 1947–1948}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}} '''Raja Lalitkumar Singh''' (1924–2000) was the last official ruler of princely state of Raigarh State. He ascended the throne in 1947 upon death of his father Raja Chakradhar Singh and acceded his State into Union of India on 1 January 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=जिला रायगढ़|url=http://www.aboutchhattisgarh.com/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BC/|website=Chhattisgarh Government|accessdate=4 May 2017}}</ref> He later got elected and became Member of Legislative Assembly from Gharghonda as a candidate of Indian National Congress in 1952–57. He next time got elected from Chargoda in 1957–62.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Statistics|first1=Madhya Pradesh (India) Directorate of Economics and|title=Statistical Abstract of Madhya Pradesh|date=1958|publisher=Madhya Pradesh (India). Directorate of Economics and Statistics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_R81AAAAIAAJ&q=+lalit+|accessdate=3 May 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1951/StatisticalReports_51_MP.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820111857/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1951/StatisticalReports_51_MP.pdf |archive-date=20 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/r/raigarh.html Raigharh State]</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=All India Reporter|date=1959|publisher=D.V. Chitaley|pages=40|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lLE2AAAAIAAJ&q=raja+lalit+kumar|accessdate=3 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> After abolition of privy purse, he was left with meager resources and sold most of his assets. In 1980, he tried his luck in politics again stood for election but was defeated.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043754/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=524&cid=13 Lok Sabha Election 1980 – Madhya Pradesh]}}</ref> He lived his last years as pauper, living in hut outside town on borrowed money. He died in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Glimpse into the surreal lives of the maharajas|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19920630-glimpse-into-the-surreal-lives-of-the-maharajas-766492-2013-01-07|access-date=4 May 2017|agency=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=India Today|date=1992|publisher=Living Media India Pvt. Limited|pages=73–74|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G6oMAQAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4+%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9++%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BC|accessdate=4 May 2017|language=en}}</ref>
==See also== * Surendra Kumar Singh
==References== {{Reflist}}
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