The couple had one son and two daughters: On 30 April 1930, Bhim Singhji II married Rathorji Maharani Shivkumari Sahiba (1 April 1916–), a younger daughter of General Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh of Bikaner. Conversely, since 1959 he had been President of the Rajasthan Board for the Preservation of Wildlife.Īn expert shooter, he was Captain of the Indian shooting team at the Singapore Shooting Championships in 1969, at the 1976 Summer Olympics and at the 1978 Asian Games. In 1956, Sir Bhim Singhji served as an Alternate Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly that year. Sir Bhim Singhji continued in the office of Uprajpramukh until it, along with the office of Rajpramukh, was abolished by the Government of India on 31 October 1956. The following year, on 25 March 1948, Sir Bhim Singhji merged Kotah into the Rajasthan Union of states and became its first Rajpramukh, but was demoted to Uprajpramukh (Deputy Rajpramukh) when the Maharana of Udaipur, who was of a higher rank than Sir Bhim Singhji, acceded to the Rajasthan Union. He was knighted with the KCSI in 1947, and signed the Instrument of Accession to the Dominion of India on 15 August. Although he planned several education and modernisation programs for Kotah, they did not reach fruition before Indian independence. He immediately entered into service with the British Indian Army as an officer, serving during the Second World War and being promoted to Major by 1948. The only son and heir of Maharaja Sri Sir Umed Singhji II, Bhim Singhji II succeeded his father following his death in 1940. Maharaja Sir Bhim Singh II, KCSI (14 September 1909 – 20 July 1991) was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Kotah from 1940 to 1947.
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