Who was the court poet of Maharana of Mewar, Shambhu Singh ?

Concept: In princely-state Rajasthan, a "court poet" (rajkavi/kaviraj) was an officially appointed literary-historian at a ruler's court, entrusted with composing dynastic chronicles (khyats), genealogies, and eulogistic verse; the same officeholder frequently continued serving across the reigns of successive rulers of that dynasty.

Application: Kaviraj Shyamal Das (1836-1893) held this office at the Mewar court across the reigns of Maharana Shambhu Singh (1861-1874) and his successor, Maharana Sajjan Singh (1874-1884). He is best known for authoring Vir Vinod, the first comprehensive chronicle-history of the Mewar dynasty from its origins.

Cross-check - each named figure by value:

• Dursa Adha (c. 1535-1655): a Dingal-verse poet remembered for eulogizing Maharana Pratap's resistance against the Mughals, placing his best-known work nearly three centuries before Shambhu Singh's reign.

• Kaviraj Shyamal Das (1836-1893): held the Mewar court-poet office through Shambhu Singh's reign and authored Vir Vinod, the Mewar dynastic chronicle.

• Bavji Chatur Singh (1880-1929): a Mewar royal-lineage saint-poet remembered for translating the Gita and Yogasutra into the Mewari language, active a generation after Shambhu Singh's reign.

• Dayaldas (1798-1891): a chronicler at the Bikaner court, not Mewar, remembered for authoring a khyat on the Rathore rulers of Bikaner.

Result: the court poet of Maharana Shambhu Singh of Mewar was Kaviraj Shyamal Das - this also matches RSSB's own official Patwar (2025, Shift 1) answer key for this question.