PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded in 1527 by Kunwar Jagmal Das, younger son of Rawal UDAI SINGH I
of Dungarpur.
His successors were...
- Rawal JAGMAL DAS 1527/1540, died
about
1540.
- Rawal JAI SINGH
- Rawal PRATAP SINGH
- Rawal KHANA DEV
- Rawal KALYAN SINGH
- Rawal AGAR SINGH
- Rawal UDAI SINGH I
- Rawal SAMAR SINGH
- Rawal KUSHAL SINGH, founder of
Kushalgarh and Kushalpura.
- Rawal AJAB SINGH 1688/1702
- Rawal BHIM SINGH 1702/1713, died 1713.
- Rawal BISHAN SINGH 1713/1737, married and had issue. He
died
1737.
- Rawal UDAI SINGH II (qv)
- Maharawal PRITHVI SINGH (qv)
- Rawal UDAI SINGH II 1737/1747, died
1747.
- Maharawal PRITHVI SINGH 1747/1786,
married the daughter
of Rana BAKHT SINGH of Sunth, and had issue. He died 1786.
- Maharawal BIJAI SINGH (qv)
- Thakur Bakhtawar Singh, Bhai of Khandu,
married and had
issue.
- Thakur Sardar Singh, Bhai of Khandu,
married and had issue.
He died 1817.
- Maharaj Man Singh, Bhai of Khandu,
married and had issue.
- Maharaj Fateh Singh, Bhai of
Khandu
-/1890, married and
had issue. He died 1890.
- Kunwar Jaswant Singh,
married
and had issue. He died vp
1885.
- Maharaj Raghunath Singh, Bhai
of
Khandu 1890/-, born 1885.
- [?Thakurani Shri Sisodniji of Khandu,
married (as his first wife), Thakur Shri JASHWANTSINHJI TAKHATSINHJI of
Ranasan, and had issue. She died
25th November 1939]
- Maharawal BAHADUR SINGH (qv)
- Thakur Khushal Singh of Surpur,
married and had issue.
- Thakur Hamir Singh of Surpur,
married and had issue.
- Thakur Madho Singh of Surpur,
adopted Maharajkumar Surya Singh (see
below). He died sp.
- Thakur Bakhtawar Singh, married
and
had issue.
- HH Maharawal LAKSHMAN SINGH
(qv)
- Maharawal BIJAI SINGH 1786/1816,
married, and had issue. He died
1816.
- Maharawal UMAID SINGH (qv)
- Maharawal UMAID SINGH 1816/1819,
married, and had issue. He died
1819.
- Maharawal BHAWANI SINGH (qv)
- Maharawal BHAWANI SINGH 1819/1838, married (amongst
others) Maharani Raj Kanwar, daughter of Thakur BAKHTAWAR SINGH of Auwa, and his first wife, Thakurani Udai
Kanwar. He died 6th
November 1838 aged 34 or 35.
- Maharawal BAHADUR SINGH 1838/1844,
born
circa 1788.
He died 2nd February 1844.
- HH Maharawal LAKSHMAN SINGH 1844/1905 (Photo),
born 1835,
married 1stly, daughter of the Raja of Pal in Idar, married 2ndly,
daughter
of Maharaj Sheo Singh of Sirohi, married 3rdly, HH Maharani Tej
Kunwar, daughter of Thakur TAKHAT SINGH of Namli
in Ratlam, married 4thly, daughter of Thakur Jiwan Singh of Bordera in
Gujarat, married 5thly, daughter of Thakur Zorawar Singh of Sarwan in
Ratlam,
married 6thly, daughter of Thakur Parbat Singh of Poshina in Idar,
married
7thly, daughter of Thakur Kodarji of Paithapur, married 8thly, daughter
of Thakur Sher Singh of Bordera in Gujarat, married 9thly, daughter of
Thakur Kodar Singh of Pithapur, married 10thly, daughter of Thakur
Sardar
Singh of Molan in Banswara, married 11thly, another daughter of Thakur
Sardar Singh of Molan in Banswara and married 12thly, daughter of
Thakur
Gulab Singh of Bordera in Gujarat, and had issue, 4 sons. He died 29th
April 1905.
- Maharawal SHAMBHU SINGH (by a
Bordera
Maharani) (qv)
- Maharajkumar Surya Singh (by
another
Bordera Maharani),
born 1874, adopted by Thakur Madho Singh of Surpur.
-
Maharajkumar
Shri Sawai Singh Ji (by the third Bordera Maharani), born 1888, married
and had issue.
- Maharaj Digvijay Singh Ji, born
24th September 1924
at Banswara Palace, retired as Commissioner Devasthan (RAS), married at
Kota Palace, Kota, Rani Phul Kunwar of Bamolia-Kota, and has issue, 1
son
and 3 daughters. He died July 2003.
- Maharaj Shri Devendra Singh
Ji,
born 10th July 1954
at Indergarh, Kota; educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and then at Vidhya
Bhavan, B. Comm., LLB from Jodhpur University, married 24th January
1977
at Udaipur, Rani Sahib Devendra Kumari of Metwala, and has issue.
- Rajkumar Pareekshit Singh
Ji,
born 4th December 1977
in Udaipur, Rajasthan; educated at Maharana Mewar Public School and
University
of Sydney (Australia), attaining a B. Comm. in Finance; married 15th
February 2006, Rajkumari Roopali, daughter of Maharaj Jaideep Singh Ji
of Raoti in Jodhpur, and has issue, one
son.
- Bhanwar Rudrapratap Singh, born 16th February
2009.
- Rajkumar Krishnapal Singh
Ji,
born 3rd December 1982
in Udaipur, Rajasthan; educated at the Maharana Mewar Public School and
later at Sydnehams College of Commerce in
Mumbai.
- Baijilal Rajkumari Pramod
Kumari
- Baijilal Rajkumari Madhu
Kumari
- Baijilal Rajkumari Kailash
Kumari
- HH Maharawal SHAMBHU SINGH
1905/1914,
born 14th October
1868, married and had issue. He died 8th January 1914.
- HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Sir
PRITHVI SINGH Bahadur
(qv)
- Maharaj Chhatar Singh (by the
Nathawat Maharani),
fifth son, jagirdar of Godi Tejpur in Banswara, married Rani
Ishwar
Kanwar, and had issue.
- Maharaj Lokendra Singh, born
5th May
1932, married 1956,
Rani Nawal Kanwar of Tana-Mewar, born
26th January 1935,
and had issue. He died January 1995.
- Rajkumari Jayshree
Kumari, born 30th January 1958.
- Maharaj Dashrath Singh, born 5th Janaury 1960.
- Rajkumari Kirti Kumari, born 10th September 1963.
- Maharaj Hershvijay Sisodia, born 10th July 1972.
- Rajkumari Jayendra Kumari, born October 1934.
- Maharaj Surendra Singh, born August 1936, unmarried.
- Maharaj Jagat Singh Sisodia, married and has issue.
- Rajkumari Ruchi Sisodia
- Rajkumar Ajay Raj Sisodia.
- HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Sir
PRITHVI SINGH Bahadur
1914/1944, born 15th July 1888, married 2ndly, a daughter of Maharana
Sri JASHWANTSINHJI HARISINGHJI of Danta, married 4thly, HH Maharani Daulat
Kanwar of Jodhpur,
and had issue. He died 28th July 1944.
- Maharawal CHANDRAVEER SINGH (qv)
- Maharaj Narpat Singh (by the 4th
wife), born 15th
May 1921, married 20th January 1940, Rani Shukla Kumari, born 3rd June
1924 in Nahan, younger daughter of Kanwar Ranzore Singh Sahib of Sirmur, and had issue, one son and two
daughters.
- Maharaj Ganga Singh, married
1962
(div. 1980), Rani
Shailesh Kumari of Jodhpur, and has
issue.
- Baijilal Rajkumari Manisha Kumari [Rani Manisha Singh
of Jobat], born 1965, married 21st May 1991 in Umaid Bhawan
Palace, Jodhpur, Maharaj Bhawani Singh of Jobat,
and has issue, one daughter.
- Kunwar Maheshwar Singh, born
1968.
- Rani Usha Kumari, married 1971
at
Lucknow, Raja
ARYA SHAH of Khairigarh-Singhai,
died
October 2000, and had issue. She died 1995.
- Maharani Suraj Kanwar, married 4th
February 1937,
HH Maharaja MANABENDRA SHAH of Tehri-Garhwal.
- Rani Komal Kumari, married 21st
February 1930, Maj.
Rawal RAGHUBIR SINGHJI of Bissau, and had
issue.
- HH Maharani Amba Kunwari Sahiba
(by
the 2nd wife),
married to HH Maharaja ARIMARDAN SINGH of Charkhari.
- Rani Mohan Kunwar, married 1949,
Raja
CHAIN SINGH
of Jaswan, and had issue.
- Rani Sri Kumari, married Raja
Jitendra Singh Jhala of
Labhowa, son of Kumar Shri Arjunsinhji
Jorawarsinhji
Jhala [Raja Arjun Singh Jhala of Labhowa] (third son of Thakur Shri JORAWARSINHJI
MADHAVSINHJI of Chuda), and adopted son
of the Raja Saheb of Labhowa, and
has issue.
- Yuvaraj Pratap Singh
Jhala of Thikana
Labhowa, married Yuvrani Reena Kumari, daughter of Maj. General Dewan
Misri
Chand, and his wife, Rani Indra Mohini of Sahaspur.
HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal
CHANDRAVEER SINGH 1944/1985,
born 26th November 1909, succeeded to the Banswar gaddi on 28th July 1944; married 3
wives, amongst whom, (a), HH
Maharani
Sajjan Kunwarba Sahiba, daughter of Major HH Maharana
Shri Maharaja Shri Raj Sir GHANSHYAMSINHJI AJITSINHJI
Sahib Bahadur of Dhrangadhra,
and his second wife, HH Maharani
Vijay Kunwarba Sahiba, and
had issue, 18 children, including issue by secondary wives. He
died
6th April 1985.
- Maharajkumari Balwant Pratap Kumari, born 1930, married
1965, Maharaj Ramendra Singh
of Amleta in Ratlam.
- HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal
SURYAVEER
SINGH (qv)
- Maharajkumari Janaknandini Kumari, born 7th October 1935,
died 17th
December
1974.
- Maharaj Hanumant Singh, born 29th
March 1939 in Banswara,
an excellent cricketer in career spanning more than 20 years which was
highlighted by a century on Test debut (against England); later as team
captain, he led
Central Zone to their first Duleep Trophy triumph in 1971-72 and ended
up with more than 12,000 runs in first-class cricket; after retirement,
he continued with the game as a coach, administrator, selection
committee
chairman and ICC match referee; he married, 1974, and had issue, 1 son
and 1 daughter. He died 29th
November 2006 died at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai of renal and
lung failure.
- Maharajkumari (name
unknown) Kumari [Princess Tinu], born 1940.
- Maharajkumari (name
unknown) Kumari [Princess Khilu], born 1943.
- Maharaj Mahesh Pratap Singhji (by Rani Lalita
Kanwar), born 24th September 1946 in Banswara Palace, Rajasthan,
educated at The Daly College, Indore 1952/1963, and at the SGSITS,
Indore (B.Civil E. 1968), presently holds the position of Chief of
Irrigation Works, Rajasthan State Department, since August 1969;
he is instrumental in the restoration of lakes and healthy water levels
in all the lakes of Udaipur region; a fine artist and cricketer who
represented Madhya Pradesh Scools and Indore University at the national
level; a keen philanthropist who has worked tirelessly for the welfare
of society in general and the Rajput community in particular; greatly
admired and respected for maintaining the values, ethics and living
standards set by his father the late HH Maharawal Chandraveer Singhji,
ruler of Banswara; he holds various honourary positions and
chairmanships; married 7th April 1967 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Rani
Meenadevi, and has issue. (Kushalbagh (#1), Banswara, Rajasthan, India)
- Rajkumar Prabal Pratap Singhji, born 14th July
1968,educated at the Daly College, Indore and graduated from Bombay
University; married 3rd July 1998, Rajkumari Mridula Kumari, daughter
of Maharaj Balbhadra Singh of Kapren-Bundi,
and his wife Rani Rohini
Kumari, and has issue, one son.
- Kunwar Keshvasya Pratap Singh
- Rajkumar Jaideep Singhji, born 1970, educated at the
Daly College, Indore and graduated from Bombay University with a
Bachelor's Degree in Economics and a Master's Degree in Management
Science; an extremely talented cricketer who represented Madhya Pradesh
State, Bombay University and Bombay U-19's at the National Level.
- Maharaj Nahar Singhji, born 6th May 1947, married Kumari
Sangeeta Kumari,
born 13th January 1954, daughter of Kanwar Jagat Bahadur Singh of Sirmur, and has issue, 1 daughter.
- HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal
SURYAVEER
SINGH
1985/2002, born 23rd December 1934 in Banswara, educated at Rajkumar
College, Rajkot; former Ranji Trophy
cricket captain,
vice-president
of the Rajasthan Cricket Association; married 1975, the only daughter
of Maharaj
Sahib RAMESHWAR PRATAP SINGH of Kachhi-Baroda,
and his wife, Rani Rukmani Kumari, and had issue. He died 6th August
2002 at Prantiki in Himmatnagar
district
of Gujarat in a car accident.
- HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal
JAGMAL
SINGH
II (qv)
- Maharajkumari (name
unknown) Kumari, died 6th August 2002 at Prantiki in Himmatnagar
district of
Gujarat in a car accident.
- HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal
JAGMAL
SINGH
II (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Maharaj Sahib Udaiveer Singhji of Banswara, married and has
issue.
- Rajkumari Bindu Kumari, married 21st April 2006, Bhanwar
Virender Singh of Baghsuri.
- Rani Haeth Kumari, married Apji RAGHURAJ SINGH of Koela in Kotah, and had issue.
- Kunwar Dharamvir
Singh, married Kumari Mahima Kumari, born 9th April 1968, daughter of
Kanwar Lokendra Singh of Keonthal,
and his wife, Kumari
Chandra Prabha.
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