Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner NPG x74764

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Vandyk

A descendant of the Rajput royal family, Singh was born in Bikaner (present day Rajasthan, India). In 1888 he succeeded his brother Dungar Singh, becoming the twenty-first Maharaja of Bikaner, assuming full ruling powers in 1898. He championed the need for water supplies, railways, hospitals and schools. Regarded as a progressive ruler he introduced a representative assembly in 1913. The first Indian prince to fight for the British Empire overseas, at the outbreak of World War I he voluntarily placed the resources of his state... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.