INDIA BUNDI STATE - RAM SINGH & QUEEN VICTORIA -VS1934 (1877) SILVER RUPEE #WT4

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INDIA - BUNDI STATE - RAM SINGH & QUEEN VICTORIA - VS1934 (1877 AD) SILVER 1 RUPEE
Y#6, DENOMINATION: 1 RUPEE
, DATE: VS 1934 / 1877 AD,
COMPOSITION: SILVER
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WEIGHT: 11.00 GRAM, DIAMETER: 22.10 MM
REV. INSCRIPTION: QUEEN VICTORIA
RULER: RAM SINGH: AH 1236-1306 /  VS 1878-1946 / 1824-1889 AD
Bundi under British era :
In 1804 Rao Raja Bishan Singh (1773–1821) gave valuable assistance to Colonel Monson in his disastrous retreat before Holkar, in revenge for which the Maratha Empire and Pindaris continually ravaged his state and forced the kingdom to pay tribute up to 1817. Consequently, Bishan Singh made a subsidiary alliance with the British East India Company on 10 February 1818, which brought him under its protection. was responsible for the creation of the pleasure palace of Sukh Niwas on the outskirts of Bundi.
Maharao Raja Ram Singh (1821–89) grew up to be a much-respected ruler who initiated economic and administrative reforms and established schools for the teaching of Sanskrit. On the throne for 68 years, he was described as a grand specimen of the Rajput gentleman and "the most conservative prince in conservative Rajputana. His rule was popular and beneficial; and though during the mutiny of 1857 his attitude was equivocal, he continued to enjoy the confidence of the British, being created G.C.S.I. and a counselor of the empire in 1877 and C.I.E. in 1878. He was succeeded by his adopted son Raghubir Singh (1889–1927), who was made a K.C.S.I. in 1897 and a G.C.I.E. in 1901. His reign was blighted by two disastrous famines. Despite his best efforts at alleviation, the population of his kingdom was reduced from some 258,000 to 171,000 by 1901 due to death and emigration.