DUMRAON (Princely State)

 
AREA: 2,330 km2 PRIVY PURSE: ??  ACCESSION DATE: ??
STATE: Bihar DYNASTY: Parmar  RELIGION: Hindu
     
PRESENT RULER: Maharaja Bahadur KAMAL SINGH
born 1926, married Maharani Usha Rani, daughter of Raja Bahadur BISHWANATH SARAN SINGH of Tiloi, and has issue, 2 sons and 1 daughter.
  • Rani Mridula Kumari, married Maharaj Samar Singh of Dungarpur, and has issue, 2 sons.
  • Yuvraj Chandra Vijay Singh, born 1947, married 1stly, 1972, Rajkumari Ahalya Devi of Champrajpur in Gujarat, married 2ndly, Maharajkumari Kanika Deb Burman [Yuvrani Kanika Devi] of Tripura, and has issue. 
    • Bhanwar Sumair Vijay Singh (by first marriage), born 1974, married Bhanwar Baisa Pritika Kumari, third daughter of Shrimant Raja NARENDRA SINGHJI of Jamnia, and his wife, Shreemati Rani Kanak Devi, and has issue.
      • Siddhangna Kumari
    • Bhanwar Shivang Vijay Singh (by second marriage), currently being educated at Sela Qui School in Dehradun.
    • Bhanwar Samridh Vijay Singh (by second marriage), currently being educated at Sela Qui School in Dehradun.
  • Maharajkumar Manvijay Singh, married Kumari Arunima Jamwal of Akhnoor in Jammu, and has issue, 2 daughters.
    • Aakriti Kumari, educated at Mayo College Girl's School, Ajmer.
    • Rohini Kumari, currently being educated at Mayo College Girl's School, Ajmer.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Rulers were....
  1. Raja NARAYAN MAL 1604/1622, a descendant of Raja BHOJ of Dhar, Raja [cr.1604]

  2. Raja .....

  3. Raja .....

  4. Raja HARIL SINGH fl.1720, married and had issue.
    • Raja CHHATARDHARI SINGH (qv)

  5. Raja CHHATARDHARI SINGH fl.1746, married and had issue.
    • Raja VIKRAMADITYA SINGH (qv)

  6. Raja VIKRAMADITYA SINGH fl.1771, married and had issue.
    • Maharaja JAI PRAKASH SINGH (qv)

  7. Maharaja JAI PRAKASH SINGH -/1838, Maharaja [cr.1816], married and had issue. He died 1838.
    • Yuvaraj (name unknown) Singh, married, and had issue. He died vp.
      • Maharaja JANAKI PRASAD SINGH (qv)
      • Maharaja MAHESHWAR BAKSH SINGH (qv)

  8. Maharaja JANAKI PRASAD SINGH 1838/1844

  9. Maharaja MAHESHWAR BAKSH SINGH 1844/1881, born 20th October 1803, married and had issue. He died 1881.

  10. Maharaja Sir RADHA PRASAD SINGH Bahadur 1881/- , born 14th August 1841 (#1), Maharaja Bahadur (personal) [cr.1882], K.C.I.E, married (amongst others), (a), Maharani Beni Prasad Kuari (see below), married (b), Maharani (name unknown) Kunwar, second daughter of Raja RAGHUNATH SHAH of Agori Barhar, and had issue. He died 1894?
    • Daughter (by the Agori Barhar Rani), married Lt.Col. HH Samrajya Maharajadhiraja Bandhresh Shri Maharaja Sir VENKAT RAMAN RAMANUJ PRASAD SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur of Rewah.
    • Daughter, married Raja RAMPRATAP SINGH of Manda.

  11. Maharani Beni Prasad Kuari 1894/- (regent)

  12. Hon. Maharaja Bahadur Sir KESHAV PRASAD SINGH, C.B.E. (civil) [cr.1919], Member of the Council of State, India; married and had issue.
    • Maharajkumar Vishwanath Prasad Singh, born 23rd August 1923, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; the Benaras Hindu University, and the Allahabad University, married Rani Padmini Devi of Sajjanpur Darbar of Morvi state, born 1928, and had issue, three children. He died 1990.
      • Rajkumar Divyadip Singh, born 1945, educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun; Allahabad University and the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; this highly qualified gentleman has been instrumental in setting up various textile, ceramic and chemical industries all over india, married to Kumari Shri Nila Devi of Lathi-Gujarat, born 1947, and has issue, 3 children.
        • Rajkumar Mrinal Singh, born 1971, married Harshaeta Jamwal of Barnai (Jammu), born 1977, and has issue.
          • Kunwar Dhiraj Raj Singh Dumraon, aged 9 years (2006)
          • Kumari Tejasvi Kumari Singh Dumraon, aged 18 months (2006)
        • Rajkumar Pushpraj Singh, born 1972, married Rajkumar Rani Bharti Kumari, born 1980, and has issue, one daughter.
          • Kumari Riddhima Kumari, born 12th February 2004 .
        • Rajkumari Mandakini Singh, born 1975, married Rajkumar Aditya Singh of Thikana Dabri in Kotah State, and has issue, one daughter.
      • Wng-Cdr. (ret'd.) Rajkumar Kanak Singh, born 1947, educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun and the National Defence Academy, went on to join the Indian Air Force and retired as Wing Commander in 1991, he headed the 'Adventure Cell' of the Indian Air Force, has sailed around the world on a 20 foot sailboat, been a land survival trainer for army commandos and a poultry farmer, amongst other things, married Maharajkumari Shri Urvashi Devi, born 22nd July 1949 in Devgadh-Baria, daughter of HH Maharawal JAIDEEPSINHJI SOBHAGSINHJI of Baria, and has issue.
        • Kunwar Tushar Singh [Kumar Shri Tusharsinhji Kanaksinhji], born 1970, educated at boarding schools in Shimla, a District Panchayat Member, Chairman of the Panchayat Construction Committee, married Maharajkumari Ambika Devi of Awagadh State, born 1977.
      • Rajkumar Mayur Singh, born 1952, educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun and at St. Xavier's College, Calcutta; has worked with Dumraon Textiles Ltd and has been a full time farmer since 1980, now presently making forays into Real Estate development, married Kumari Nirmala Devi of Jabadee (Sitamarhi), born 1956, and has issue, 2 sons. 
        • Kunwar Sidharth Singh, born 1980, educated at Welham Boys' School, Dehra Dun and at Hindu College, Delhi University, an independent filmmaker, presently working with a television production house called Procam Mediatel in Mumbai.
        • Kunwar Anshuman Singh, born 1983, educated at Welham Boys' School, Dehra Dun and at Pune University, formerly with the human resources department of Ananda in the Himalayas- a luxury spa; presently studying Law at the Faculty of Law at Delhi University.

  13. Maharaja Bahadur RAM RAN VIJAY PRASAD SINGH, married Maharani Kanak Kumari of Baria, and had issue.
    • Maharaja Bahadur KAMAL SINGH (qv)
    • Maharajkumari Sangeeta Kumari
    • Wing Cdr. (retd.) Maharajkumar Ran Vijay Singh, born 1928, served with the Indian Air Force, retiring as Wing Commander, married 1956, Rajkumari Indumati Devi, born 1933, daughter of Darbar Shri ALA VAJSUR KHACHAR of Jasdan, and had issue. He died 1994.
      • Rajkumar Vir Vijay Singh, born in 1958, died in a motor cycle accident in 1979.
      • Rajkumari Urvishi Devi, born 1959, married 1986, Mr. Bommie Cooper, a Parsi gentleman from Mumbai, and has issue, 2 children, a boy and a girl.
      • Rajkumar Karan Vijay Singh, born 1963. 
    • Maharajkumari Ujjalla Kumari [Rani Ujjalla Kumari of Tiloi], born 7th October 1933, married 21st May 1952, Raja Bahadur PASUPATI NATH SARAN SINGH of Tiloi, and has issue.

  14. Maharaja Bahadur KAMAL SINGH (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Rani Krishna Kumari, married Rawat Sangram Singh of Deogarh.
  • HH Maharani Meghraj Kumari, married 1932, HH Maharawat RAM SINGH II of Pratapgarh.
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