Udaipur : The dispute between the descendants of Maharana Pratap and the two crown princes of Mewar royal family in Udaipur, Rajasthan has become a topic of discussion across the country. Due to property dispute, the atmosphere became so heated that cousin Vishvaraj Singh Mewar was not allowed inside the City Palace and the gate was closed. In such a situation, when the supporters got angry and tried to enter the City Palace, stones and bottles were thrown at them, due to which people got injured. Mewar is praised by the world even today. The history of Maharana Pratap is still repeated from this Mewar, but now the property dispute of the descendants of Maharana Pratap is also coming to the fore. The 19th Maharana after Maharana Pratap was Bhupal Singh. When Maharana Bhupal Singh had no children, he adopted Bhagwat Singh, who was made Maharana. Bhagwat Singh had two sons, Mahendra Singh and Arvind Singh.
The matter regarding property dispute between the two sons of Bhagwat Singh escalated and reached the court where the court gave time of up to four years on some properties. The name of Mahendra Singh Mewar’s son is Vishvaraj Singh. Vishvaraj is also a BJP MLA from Nathdwara and his wife is an MP from Rajsamand. The name of Arvind Singh’s son is Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar.
Gave many properties on lease
Bhagwat Singh, the last Maharana of Udaipur, gave many properties of the royal family on lease from 1963 to 1983 and sold stake in some properties. This included valuable properties like Lake Palace, Jag Niwas, Jag Mandir, Fateh Prakash, Shiv Niwas, Garden Hotel, City Palace Museum. The controversy had started because of Bhagwat Singh doing this. Angered by his father’s decision, Mahendra Singh Mewar filed a case against Bhagwat Singh in the court in 1983. Mahendra Singh said in the court that the ancestral properties should be distributed equally among everyone except the rule of primogeniture. Actually, the rule of primogeniture was implemented after independence. This meant that the eldest son of the family would become the king. All the property of the state will be with him. However, Bhagwat Singh became angry with this and replied in the court on his son’s case that all these properties cannot be shared. This is importable estate i.e. indivisible.
Excluded from property and trust
Bhagwat Singh made his younger son Arvind Singh Mewar the executor of his properties in his will on 15 May 1984. Bhagwat Singh died on 3 November 1984. During this time, Maharana Bhagwat Singh had excluded Mahendra Singh Mewar from property and trust. After the death of Maharana Bhagwat Singh, being the elder son of Mahendra Singh Mewar, he was crowned as Maharana. Since then this controversy increased further. Property in the name of younger brother and the ritual of Maharana. The name of elder brother Mahendra Singh Mewar and now Mahendra Singh Mewar’s son Vishwaraj Singh was coronated in a ritual in Chittorgarh. After that, when he came for darshan, the dispute increased further. There was anger among the supporters due to the closing of the gates of City Palace and the gates remained closed amidst heavy police force till 2:00 in the night and Vishvaraj Singh Mewar returned to his residence Samar Bagh.
