PREDECESSORS AND STATE HISTORY:
Predecessor
state of Dholpur was founded in circa 700AD, Raja Dholan Deo Tonwar
founded
Dholpur in 1004, his dynasty ruling till 1505, when it was merged with
GOHAD state existing as such till 1806 when Rana KHIRAT SINGH of Gohad
(1803/1805), became the first ruler of Dholpur. Rulers were...
- Maharaj Rana KHIRAT SINGH
1806/1836,
received Dholpur,
Bari, Rajakhera and the taluka of Sri Muttra in exchange for Gohad,
which
was made over to the Maharaja of Gwalior in 1806, first Jat ruler of
Dholpur, married and had
issue.
He died 21st April 1836 (Baisakh
sudi 5, 1892).
- Maharaj Rana POHAP SINGH (qv)
- Maharaj Rana BHAGWANT SINGH (qv)
- Maharaj Rana POHAP SINGH in 1836 (for eight months), died sp December 1836.
- Maharaj Rana BHAGWANT SINGH
1836/1873,
K.C.S.I.,
G.C.S.I. [cr.1869], born 1824, rendered valuable service to the British
authorities during the 1857 war of independence, married a daughter of
the Jat chieftain, Nand Kishor Rajauria, and had adoptive issue. He
died sp 9th February 1873.
- (A) Kunwar Kulendra Singh,
born as Maharaj Singh, adopted by the Rana as his successor, married
Kunwarani Basant
Kaur, daughter
of Maharaja NARENDRA SINGH of Patiala,
and had issue. He died vp
before 1873, aged 28 years.
- Maj. HH Rais ud-Daulah Sipahdar
ul-Mulk Maharajadhiraj
Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana NIHAL SINGH Lokindra Bahadur Diler Jung Jai Deo
(qv)
- [?Rani Hanumant Kaur,
married (as his second wife), Raja HARNARAYAN SINGH of Hathras.]
- Maj. HH Rais ud-Daulah Sipahdar
ul-Mulk
Maharajadhiraj
Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana NIHAL SINGH Lokindra Bahadur Diler Jung Jai Deo
1873/1901, born 4th May 1863, succeeded 9th February 1873 (#1), granted full ruling
rights in 1884, educated privately by his mother, learning English,
Hindi, Sanskrit and Persian;
Honourary Major in the Central India Horse, and received the C.B.E. and
Frontier
Medal for services in the Tirah campaign; attended the Prince of Wales
Darbar in Delhi in 1876; an enlightened ruler, he constructed
hospitals, roads and railway; married 30th April 1879, HH Maharani
Harbans Kaur, the
second daughter of Shahzada Bahadur Shah Dev Singh of Pandriganeshpur
in
Lahore, and had issue. He died 28th July 1901.
- HH Rais ud-Daulah Sipahdar
ul-Mulk
Maharajadhiraj
Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana RAM SINGH Lokindra Bahadur Diller Jang Jai Deo
(qv)
- Lt.Col. HH Rais ud-Daulah
Sipahdar
ul-Mulk Saramad
Rajha-i-Hind Maharajadhiraj Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana Sir UDAIBHAN SINGH
Lokindra
Bahadur Diler Jung Jai Deo (qv)
- Raja Birender Singh, married Rani Taptej Kaur from Kot
Fateh (sister of Rani Rajbans Kaur, married to Raja Ram Narain Singh of
Patiala).
- Kunwar Keshav Singh, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer;
married Kunwarani Kartar Kaur of Patiala, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Ajay Singh (aka Guni Raja in Dholpur), active in
social and political circles till his death, he married and had issue.
- Kunwar Ajit Singh Rana (Narsingh Dyori,
Dholpur, Rajasthan, India)
- Kunwar Upendra Singh
- HH Rais ud-Daulah Sipahdar ul-Mulk
Maharajadhiraj
Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana RAM SINGH Lokindra Bahadur Diller Jang Jai Deo
1901/1911,
born 26th May 1883, granted full ruling rights in March 1905, educated
at Mayo College, Ajmer; later joined the
Imperial
Cadet Corps; married HH Maharani Ripudaman Kaur, daughter of HH Raja
Sir HIRA SINGH Malvinder Bahadur, Maharaja of Nabha,
and had issue.
He died 2nd April 1911.
- Kunwar Devender Singh, left Dholpur before attaining his
majority and adopted the life of an ordinary individual in Badrinath.
-
 Lt.Col.
HH Rais ud-Daulah Sipahdar ul-Mulk Saramad Rajha-i-Hind Maharajadhiraj
Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana Sir UDAIBHAN SINGH Lokindra Bahadur Diler Jung
Jai
Deo 1911/1954, born 12th December 1893, G.C.I.E. [cr.1931], K.C.S.I.
[cr.1918],
K.C.V.O. [cr.1922], granted full ruling rights on 9th October 1913,
educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and the Imperial
Cadet
Corps at Dehra Dun; Honorary Colonel of 1/143rd Narsingh (Dholpur)
Infantry,
enjoys a personal gun salute of 17, married 1911, HH Maharani Malvender
Kaur, sister of the Rais of
Badrukhan in Jind, and had issue. He died 22nd October 1954.
- HH Maharani Urmilla Devi, married
25th April 1944,
HH Maharaja PRATAP SINGH Malvinder Bahadur of Nabha,
and had issue.
- HH Maharaja
HANUWANT SINGH Malvinder
Bahadur of Nabha.
- HH Rais
ud-Daulah
Sipahdar ul-Mulk
Saramad Rajha-i-Hind Maharajadhiraj Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana HEMANT SINGH
Lokindra Bahadur Diler Jung Jai Deo (qv)
- HH Rais ud-Daulah Sipahdar ul-Mulk
Saramad Rajha-i-Hind
Maharajadhiraj Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana HEMANT SINGH Lokindra Bahadur
Diler
Jung Jai Deo (see above)
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