Family
His father was Yuvaraj Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad and his mother was Yuvarani Padmavati Bai Saheba. His father was heir apparent, but died at the age of 23, before he could ascend the throne. Yuvaraj Fatehsinghrao was a disappointment to his parents. Yuvaraj Fatehsinghrao's father, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, abstained from alcohol, but Fatehsinghrao was alcoholic, which may have contributed to his early demise. Sayajirao was also disappointed in his son's mediocre academic performance, which he attributed to his children having so much wealth and too few goals.
Pratap Singh first married the daughter of a Sardar of Kolhapur, Shanta Devi Saheb. He had eight children with the Maharani.
He ignored the anti-bigamy laws that his grandfather had imposed and in 1943 took for a second wife, a glamorous divorcée considered ill-suited for the exalted role of his consort, HH Maharani Sita Devi of Baroda.
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