Gaj Singh II (born 13 January 1948), known as 'Bapji' (meaning 'father'),[1] is the titular Maharaja of Jodhpur since 1952, as well as an Indian politician and diplomat.

[2][3][5] To mark his accession, a safa of five colors—pink, white, red, saffron, and green, which are also the colors of the Jodhpur State flag—was designed and is called Gaj Shahi.

[2][12] This amendment abolished the official recognition of titles, privileges, and special rights that had been granted to the rulers of the former princely states.

[12] This deprived him and other rulers of the government annuities that had been guaranteed to them both in the Constitution and in the covenants of accession through which their states had been merged with the Dominion of India in 1947.

[3] When his son, Shivraj Singh, suffered serious head injuries during a polo match in Jaipur in 2005 and lapsed into a coma,[28][29] he saw that only a few private hospitals in India could handle such cases.