Man Singh II, born Sawai Mor Mukut Singh on 21 August 1912, was an Indian prince, official, diplomat and sportsman. Adopted in 1921 as heir to the Maharaja of Jaipur, he took the throne in 1922 at the age of ten and kept the title and a privy purse after Jaipur joined independent India. He served as Rajpramukh of Rajasthan from 1949 to 1956 and later as Indian ambassador to Spain. As a sportsman he was an enthusiastic ten-goal polo player who won the World Cup in 1933. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur is named for him. He died on 24 June 1970 after an accident while playing polo in Cirencester, England.
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