Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raja Rajendra Singh

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The result was keep. Stifle (talk) 10:02, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Raja Rajendra Singh

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Ruler of Baghal State from 1946 to 1948 (when the state acceded to the India). The only source available has issues: It says that he was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Suni/Sunni constituency for 8 years. but the Assembly only lasted from 1952 to 1956, when the assembly was dissolved. Another point is that this ECI source says that another person, viz. Sita Ram, won from the Suni constituency in 1952. The subject has a very common Indian name, which leads to a lot of search results which are not related to him. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:03, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Royalty and nobility, Himachal Pradesh, and India. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:03, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I concur that it is dubious whether or not he was elected to the assembly; another point of contention I found is that the article says he ruled until 1971, but the article for Baghal State says he ruled until 1947. Regardless, as the leader of a Princely state, he passes WP:NPOL. Curbon7 (talk) 01:53, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The 1971/1948 point is explained by Privy Purse in India#Abolition. After 1948, the state merged with India, but the ruler was allowed to keep his title. After 1971, this too was abolished. -MPGuy2824 (talk)

It seems a bit ambiguous whether rulers can be counted as politicians, and hence pass NPOL, but if there is previous consensus on this, then maybe NPOL can be tweaked a bit to make it clearer. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:02, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I mean he was a head-of-state, so I would presume that qualifies under NPOL#1 as being a national office. Curbon7 (talk) 05:28, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I concur that there should probably be clarification. I was able to find WP:Articles for deletion/Khande Rao Holkar where (if you ignore the socking) Necrothesp also makes the argument that a ruler = NPOL. On the other hand, I also saw your previous AfD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sher Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla, which had similar rulers of Princely states end in redirect. However, both AfDs had minimal participation. Might need an RfC. Curbon7 (talk) 05:51, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It seems clear that heads of state are notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:42, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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