Pratap Singh of Kapurthala


Colonel The Honourable Kanwar Pratap Singh Bahadur of Kapurthala was a Punjabi politician and scholar.

Biography

The son of Bikrama Singh of Kapurthala, Pratap Singh was an honorary magistrate and civil judge in Punjab. He served as a member of the Punjab Legislative Council from 1906 to 1911 and the Imperial Legislative Council 1910–1911. He was a founder of the Punjab Chiefs' Association.
Actively involved in the Sikh renaissance movement, Pratap Singh was a scholar of history and religion and was an eminent musicologist of his time.

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