PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded in the 11th century by a Sisodia Prince from Mewar. Rulers
were...
- Rana LIMJI SINGH 1617/1640, originally Rana of Avasgadh,
married and
had
issue. He died 1640 (poisoned).
- Rani Devimati, married Raja RAYA SINGH of Alirajpur.
- Rana CHANDRA SINGH (qv)
- Rajkumar Lakshman Singh
- Rajkumar Hamir Singh
- Rajkumar Bhau Singh
- Rajkumar Madan Singh
- Rana CHANDRA SINGH 1640/1670, Rana of Avasgadh, moved the
capital to
Sidhanagar
of the Narbada river, the capital was later renamed Barwani, married
1stly,
a daughter of a Solanki chief of Prukhedi, married 2ndly, a daughter of
the
Raja of Jhabua, married 3rdly, a daughter of Man Singh, Chief of
Kadi-Baroda,
married 4thly, a daughter of the Chief of Borkhedi and had issue. He
died
1670.
- Rajkumar Vaje Singh [Ram Singh](by the 1st wife)
- Raja JODH SINGH (by the 1st wife)
- Rajkumar Shyam Singh (by the 1st wife)
- Rajkumar Raya Singh (by the 1st wife)
- Raja SUR SINGH (qv)(by the 2nd wife)
- Raja MOHAN SINGH I (qv)(by the 4th wife)
- Raja SUR SINGH 1670/1675, died 1675.
- Raja JODH SINGH 1675/1700, married and had issue. He died
1700.
- Raja PARBAT SINGH 1700/1708, died 1708.
- Raja MOHAN SINGH I 1708/1730, attempted to seize the gaddi
in 1700, but
was defeated, eventually succeeding in 1708, abdicated in 1730, married
and had issue. He died 1731.
- Rajkumar Madhu Singh, attempted to seize the gaddi in
1730, but was
defeated.
- Rana ANUP SINGH (qv)
- Rajkumar Pahar Singh fl.1730
- Rana ANUP SINGH 1730/1760, married and had issue. He died
in 1760.
- Rana UMED SINGH 1760/1794, married and had issue. He died
in 1794.
- Rana MOHAN SINGH II 1794/1839, married and had issue. He
died
1839.
- Rana JASHWANT SINGH (qv)
- Rana INDRAJIT SINGH (qv)
- Rana JASHWANT SINGH 1839/1880, died 1880.
- Rana INDRAJIT SINGH 1880/1894, born 1840, succeeded 15th
August 1880 (#1),
married and had issue. He died 1894.
- Capt. HH Rana Sir RANJIT SINGH (qv)
- Maharaj Dasrath Singh, born 19th October 1893 in Rajpur,
married 1stly
1914, Rani Manwar Kunwarba Sahiba of Rajpipla,
she died 1916, married 2ndly, 1918, Rani Gyan Kunwarba Sahiba of
Mandwa,
born 5th January 1903, died 6th December 1986, and had issue. He died
10th
October 1946 in Indore.
- Maharaj Narendra Singh (by 1st wife), born 3rd May 1915
in Rajpipla,
married
1stly, a lady of Miyagam in Gujarat, married 2ndly, 17th June 1934,
Rani
Dilmarba Kunwar of Saniyal-Gujarat, and had issue, 2 sons and 3
daughters.
He died 31st December 1988.
- Maharaj Parduman Singh
- Maharaj Surendra Singh
- Maharaj Jaivijendra Singh (by 2nd wife), born 1st April
1921 in Mandwa,
married 1stly, 28th April 1947, daughter of Thakur Lakhdir Singh of
Dared-Valbhipur-Valla,
married 2ndly, 23rd May 1947, daughter of Thakur Shiv Singh of
Godmka-Gujarat
and has issue.
- Kanwar Jagvirbhuti Singh
- Kanwar Veer Shamsher Singh
- Kanwar Shiv Shamsher Singh
- Kanwar Durgash Pratap Singh
- Kanwar Chandika Pratap Singh
- Rajkumari Vasodatta Kumari
- Rajkumari Divyaraj Laxmi Kumari
- Rajkumari Raj Laxmi Kumari
- Rajkumari Youshodhara Kumari
- Maharaj Yagyanarayan Singh (by 2nd wife), born in
Rajpur, married
daughter
of Thakur Narendra Singh of Miyagam and has issue.
- Kanwar Abhimanu Singh
- Rajkumari Gayatri Kumari
- Rajkumari Rajeshwari Kumari
- Rajkumari Minksha Kumari
- Rani Chandra Kunwar Baiji Sahiba, married HH Raja JASWANT
SINGH of Sailana.
- Capt. HH Rana Sir RANJIT SINGH 1894/1930, born 1888,
educated at Mayo
College,
Ajmer (Class-Captain 1906/07); K.C.I.E. [cr.1918], granted a salute of
11 guns, which was made hereditary in 1921, married 1stly, 1912, HH
Rani
Hari
Kunwarba Sahiba, daughter of Thakur Sahib Shri Sir MANSINHJI SURSINHJI
of Palitana, married
2ndly,
1918 in Himmatnagar, HH Rani Tej Kunwar Ba Sahiba, daughter of Lt.Col.
HH Maharaja Sir DAULAT SINGH of Idar,
and had issue. He died 21st April 1930.
- Rani Mukund Kunwar, born 1920, married 20th November 1939
in Jobat,
Rana
BHIM SINGH of Jobat, and has issue.
- HH Maharana Sahib DEVI SINGH
(qv)
- Maharaj Udai Singh, born 24th November 1923 in Barwani,
educated at
Daly
College, Indore and IMA, Dehra Dun, died July 1940.
- HH Maharana Sahib DEVI SINGH
1930/2007, born 19th August 1922, educated at Daly College, Indore;
married 19th
May 1943, HH Maharani Dilhar Kumari, died 18th August 2007, daughter of
Maharaj Godji Khengarji Saheb [Manubha] of Kutch,
and his wife, Rani Roop Kunwarba Saheba, and had issue. He died 15th
September 2007.
- Yuvraj Anirudh Singh, born 21st May 1944 in Barwani,
graduate in Law,
Managing
Director of MP Beer Products Ltd., Indore; married 9th May 1974 in
Delhi,
Yuvrani Rajitha Devi, daughter of Raja DINESH SINGH of Kalakankar, and his wife, Rani Neelima
Kumari. He died sp 26th January 1995.
- Rani Nirmala Kumari, born 2nd November 1948, graduate of
Degree
College,
Indore; married March 1978 in Indore, Maharaj Umeshwar Saran Singh Ju
Deo
of Surguja, and has issue.
- HH Maharana Sahib MANVENDRA SINGH
(qv)
- Maharaj Divyaraj Singh, born 30th January 1955 in
Indore, M.P., educated at Daly College, Indore, at Christian
College, Indore (B.A.), and at Northwood Institute, Midland, U.S.A.
1979/1980.
- HH Maharana Sahib MANVENDRA SINGH (see
above)
© Rajkumar
Divyaraj Singh,
2002 |
