PREDECESSORS and SHORT
HISTORY:
Ancestor of the family was Raja Gambhir Chand, a son of Raja Harihar
Chand of
Chanderi
in Bandelkhand, and younger brother of Raja Bir Chand, founder of
Bilaspur,
45 Rajas ruled till 1822. Rulers were....
- Raja RAM CHAND, 32nd Raja of Chanehni, fl.c1600
- ......, married and had issue.
- Raja SHAMSHER CHAND (qv)
- Mian Jahagar Chand, married and had issue.
- Mian Badan Chand, married and had issue.
- Raja SHAMSHER CHAND fl.1760, he was granted a jagir in
Kashmir,
which remained
in the states possession till 1819, he was killed by the Raja of Nurpur.
- Raja TEGH CHAND, died spm.
- Raja KEDAR CHAND, married to a daughter of Maj.Gen. HH
Maharaja Sir PRATAP SINGH Sahib Bahadur of Jammu and Kashmir, and had
issue, three sons.
- Raja RAM CHAND (qv)
- Major Rajkumar Jai Chand, he was a great polo player,
and had represented the Jammu and Kashmir polo team in many tournaments
with HH Maharaja Hari Singh; married Kunwarani Kamla Kumari of
Basantpur state in Himachal Pradesh, and had issue, one son and one
daughter.
- Rajkumar Balbhadar Chand, married Kunwarani Prabha
Kumari of Bakhatgarh State in Madhya Pradesh, and had issue, two sons.
- Kunwar Ranvijay Chand, married Kunwarani Namrata
Chand Sahiba, daughter of Kunwar Hitendra Dev Singh of Poonch,
and his wife, Kunwarani Ravi
Prabha, and has issue, two sons.
- Kunwar Harshvardhan Chand
- Kunwar Jaivardhan Chand
- Kunwar Digvijay Chand, married, Maharajkumari
Minakshi
Kumari Sahiba [Kunwar Rani Minakshi Kumari of Chenani] of Rajpipla,
born 13th March 1968 at Bombay, and has issue, one son.
- Kunwar Ranajay Chand, born 11th March 1993,
educated at Jasudben M.L. School in Mumbai.
- Kunwarani Kanta Kumari
- Rajkumar Tirath Chand, married Kunwarani (name
unknown) of Kalhota state in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Raja RAM CHAND, married Kunwarani (name unknown) of
Shahzadpur state in Himachal Pradesh.
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Raja Tikka Prakash Chand, married Rani Indra Devi, and had
issue.
- Rajkumari Meenakshi Devi, married 20th June 1978 at New
Delhi, Lt. Col.
Mandaleshwar Shriman Lal PUSHP MITR SINGH DEO, Zamindar of Jarasingha,
and has issue, one son and one daughter.
- Kumari (name unknown), daughter of the Raja of
Chenani,
married Raja CHARHAT SINGH 1808/1844 of Chamba.
- Princess of Chanehni, married (as his second wife), Raja
BHUPAT PAL of Basohli, and had issue.
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