BIKANER, SRI GANGA SINGH, MAHARAJA OF (188o— ), Indian soldier and statesman, succeeded by adoption his elder brother, Dungar Singh, in 1887, as 21st ruler of the State, being invested with full powers in 1898. The first of his many visits to England was made in 1902, when he attended King Edward's coronation, and became A.D.C. to the prince of Wales, an appointment continued by King George. In the World War the Maharaja served in France as a staff officer, and in 1915 in Egypt. In 1917 he was made a member of the Imperial War Conference, and assisted the secretary for India at the Imperial War Cabinet. He represented the Indian States at the Peace Conference, 1919, and the Indian princes at the League of Nations Assembly, Geneva, 1924. It was largely due to his personal influence that the constitution of the Chamber of Princes, as a deliberative, consultative and advisory body, was secured under royal proclamation in 1921.