PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded in 1746. Rulers were...
- Thakur KESHRI SINGH 1746/1768, born
1728, youngest
son of Thakur Shardul Singh of the Panchpana in Shekhawati, married and
had
issue.
He died 1768.
- Thakur SURAJ MAL (qv)
- Thakur HANUMAT SINGH of Dundlod.
- Thakur SURAJ MAL 1768/1787, born
1755,
one of the
most outstanding warriors of his time who led the victorious Rajputs
and
died valiantly fighting in the battle of Tunga against the Marathas led
by Mahji Scindhia, founded Surajgarh in 1778, constructed the Fort of
Surajgarh; married the daughter of
Kunwar Dip
Singh of Dhariawad, and had issue. He died 28th July 1787.
- Thakur SHYAM SINGH 1787/1831, born
1771, the most
famous of all the rulers of Bissau, he brought fame and fortune to the
state of Bissau, he was considered amongst the best warriors of his
time
and aligned with the French in his constant battles with the British.
Had
also maintained very close ties with the Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the
Punjab.
He died 20th July 1833.
- Thakur HAMIR SINGH (qv)
- Thakur Chain Singh of Surajgarh
1833/-, married and
had issue.
- Thakur Chiman Singh of Surajgarh, died 1906.
- Thakur Govind Singh of Surajgarh, served
with
the Jaipur forces
during 1857, married and had issue, four sons.
- Thakur CHANDRA SINGH (qv)
- Kunwar Hari Singh, died sp.
- Thakur VIJAY SINGH of Surajgarh, married and had
adoptive issue. He died sp.
- (A) Maj.Rawal
RAGHUBIR SINGHJI (see below)
- Thakur Jiwan Singh of
Surajgarh,
born about 1862, died 1916.
- Maharani Gulab Kanwar, married
Maharao RAM SINGH
of Bundi.
- Thakur HAMIR SINGH 1831/1865, born
1806, married
and had issue. He died 1865
- Kunwar Jawahar Singh, born 1828,
married and had
issue. He died 1862.
- Thakur CHANDRA SINGH 1865/1878,
born
1847, adopted
from Surajgarh, married and had issue. He died 1878.
- Thakur JAGAT SINGH 1878/1893, born
1875, married
the daughter of Thakur DEVI SINGH of Auwa,
and had issue. He died 1893.
- Rawal BISHAN SINGH 1893/1945, born
1891, educated
at Mayo College, Ajmer, in 1939 Surajgarh and Bissau were amalgamated
in
the person of his son who was adopted into Surajgarh, married 1stly,
Rani Abhay Kanwar, younger daughter
of Maharaj Fateh Singhji of Raoti,
married
2ndly, a daughter of the Thakur of Chandawal, and had issue. He died
31st
December 1945.
- Maj. Rawal RAGHUBIR SINGHJI (by
2nd
wife)
- Daughter (by 1st wife), married
the
Thakur of Khatoli
in Kotah.
- Daughter (by 2nd wife), married
Rao
NARAIN SINGH
of Masuda.
-
 Maj.Rawal
RAGHUBIR SINGHJI 1945/1971, born 28th December 1913 (#1),
adopted by Thakur VIJAY SINGH
of Surajgarh on 19th August 1915, thus uniting Bissau and Surajgarh,
educated privately by his tutor, F.A. Jones M.A., C.B.E. and at Mayo
College,
Ajmer, and with the Sawai Man Singh Guards of the Jaipur State Forces;
A.D.C. to the Maharaja of Jaipur; he was the noblest of all the rulers
of Bissau,
he brought Bissau back to its place of prominence after clearing the
debts
of the previous rulers. He was active both socially and politically and
was immensely popular with all; married 21st February 1932, Rani Komal
Kumari
of Banswara, and had issue. He died 21st
September
1971.
- Rawal CHAKRAPANI SINGH (qv)
- Kunwar Ajatshatru Singh, born 4th
May
1937, educated
at St. Xavier School, Jaipur and at Siddhartha College, Bombay earning
a B.Com. degree, married Kunwarani Anand Kumari of Bedla,
and has issue.
- Baiji Lal Priyadarshini Kumari,
born 28th January
1965, married Maharajkumar Ranbir Singh of Karjali.
- Daughter, married the Yuvaraj of
Jambugodha in Gujarat.
- Rawal CHAKRAPANI SINGH 1971/1978,
born
8th December
1933, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and at the Institute of Science
and
Technology in Manchester, U.K., converted Bissau House at Jaipur into a
successful hotel, married 5th February 1955 at Nagpur, Rani Sharda
Kumari
of Khairagarh, and had issue. He
died
19th July 1978.
- Rawal SANJAI SINGH (qv)
- Kunwar Pranay Singh, born 11th
July
1960, educated
at Bishop Cotton School, Simla and at St. Xavier College, Bombay;
married
27th April 1990 in Simla, Kunwarani Purnima Kumari of Bashahr,
and has issue.
- Anjaniya Singh, born 29th
December
1993.
- Tathagat Singh, born 21st
August
1998.
- Rawal SANJAI SINGH (see above)
Information courtesy of
Rawal Sanjai
Singh Bissau, 
April 2003 and Deepak Aggarwal,
November 2003. |
born
15th December 1957, educated at Bishop Cotton School at Simla and the
University
of Rajasthan, earning a B.A. (Hons.), Proprietor and Manager of
the
Bissau Palace Hotel in Jaipur, married Rani Vasundhara Kumari, daughter
of Raja
VISHWARAJ PRATAP
SINGH, Raja of Kawardha,
and has issue.