Maharaja Amar Prakash | |
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His Highness the Maharaja Sahib of Sirmur | |
Maharaja of Sirmur | |
Reign | 1911-1933 |
Predecessor | Surendra Bikram Prakash |
Successor | Rajendra Prakash |
Born | 26 January 1888 Nahan, Sirmur State, British India |
Died | 13 August 1933 Vienna, Austria | (aged 45)
Consort | Mandalsa Devi |
Issue | Mahima Kumari Rajendra Prakash Premlata Kumari |
Father | Surendra Bikram Prakash |
Mother | Subhadra Devi |
Amar Prakash, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., was the Maharaja of Sirmur State from 1911 until 1933.
Amar Prakash was born on 26 January 1888 to Surendra Bikram Prakash, Raja of Sirmur.[1] He was educated privately and received administrative training during the time of his father.[1][2] He succeeded to the Gaddi on the death of his father in 1911. He was installed on the Gaddi by Sir Louis Dane, the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab.[1] He married Mandalsa Devi, eldest daughter of Dev Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, ex-Prime Minister of Nepal.[1][2]
He died of meningitis in Vienna on 13 August 1933.[3] He was succeeded by his son, Rajendra Prakash as the Maharaja of Sirmur.[4][5]