Sawai Man Singh II

Sawai Man Singh II  has real name of Mor Mukut Singh who was the second son of Thakur Sawai Singh of Isarda by his wife Sugan  Kunwar  who are from Kotla (Utter Pradesh). His father was a nobleman belonging to the Kachwaha clan of Rajputs. Mor Mukut grew up in the dusty, walled township of Isarda, a chief of thikana the Rajawat sub-clan which lies between the towns of sawai madhopur and Jaipur in present-day Rajasthan. His family was connected to the ruling house of Jaipur and kotah where his Bhuwa was married. The then-Maharaja of Jaipur,sawai madho singh II, had been born the son of a former Thakur of Isarda and had been adopted into the ruling family of Jaipur. After giving him up for adoption, Madho Singh's actual father had in turn lacked for an heir. He adopted the son of a distant kinsman and was succeeded by that lad as Thakur of Isarda. That lad was Sawai Singh, father of Mor Mukut Singh. In this manner, Mor Mukut could be reckoned near kin to Maharaja Madho Singh II of Jaipur. After being adopted to become Maharaja of Jaipur, Madho Singh II had numerous  children by various concubines, but the highly superstitious Maharaja was warned by a sage against having legitimate heirs and thus took great care not to impregnate his five wives. On March 24, 1921, Madho Singh II adopted Mor Mukut to be his son and heir. The boy was given the name "Man Singh" when he was adopted.Madho Singh II died on September 7, 1922 and was succeeded by Man Singh as Maharaja of Jaipur and head of the Kachwaha clan of Rajputs. The new Maharaja was eleven years old.