PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
in 1750. Rulers were...
- Thakur KESHRI SINGH 1750/1768, born
1728, the fifth
son of Thakur Sardul Singh Shekhawat of Jhunjhunu, ancestor of the
families
of Bissau, Surajgarh and Dundlod, constructed the fort of Dundlod in
1750,
married 4 wives, and had issue. He died 1768 at Jhunjhunu.
- Kunwar Fateh Singh, died vpsp.
- Thakur HANUMAT SINGH (qv)
- Thakur SURAJ MAL of Bissau.
- Thakur HANUMAT SINGH 1768/1784,
married, as his only
wife, a lady of Dhariawad, and had issue.
He died 1784 at Jhunjhunu.
- Thakur RANJIT SINGH 1784/1808,
married 1stly, Thakurani
Ratan Kanwar of Pokhran, married
2ndly,
daughter of the Thakur of Khimsar,
married 3rdly, Thakurani Nath
Kanwar,
daughter of Thakur Akhai Singh of Janiwara
in Jodhpur, and had issue. He
died
21st December 1808.
- Kunwar Pratap Singh (by Thakurani Ratan
Kanwar), married a daughter of Thakur Indra Singh of Geejgarh. He died
sp 21st
December 1808.
- Thakur SHIV SINGH (by Thakurani Karamsotji)
(qv)
- Maharani Raj Kanwar (by Thakurani Ratan
Kanwar), married 1806,
Maharajkumar RATAN SINGH of Bikaner,
and
had issue. She died 20th December 1852.
- Thakur SHIV SINGH 1808/1850, married
and had issue.
He died 1850.
- Kunwar Chiman Singh, died vpsp.
- Thakur JAI SINGH (qv)
- Thakur JAI SINGH 1850/1875, born 1st
Janauary 1838,
married and had issue. He died 7th September 1875.
- Thakur PANEY SINGH (qv)
- Thakur CHANDER SINGH (qv)
- Thakur PANEY SINGH 1875/1897, born
15th September
1855, succeded to a half share in Dundlod, which was inherited by his
brother
on his death. He died sp 18th April 1897.
- Thakur CHANDER SINGH 1897/1905, born
9th October
1858, adopted Kanwar Harnath Singh, son of Thakur CHATTAR SINGH of Malsisar.
He died sp 1903.
INTERREGNUM
1903/1905
- Rawal HARNATH SINGHJI Bahadur
1905/1976, born 17th
September 1893, (granted the personal title of Rawal by HH Maharaja
Sawai
Man Singh II of Jaipur in 1947), married 26th January 1913 at Bera,
Rani
Sireh Kanwar, died 25th
January
1967, daughter of Rao Bahadur Thakur SHIVNATH SINGHJI of Bera in Jodhpur, and
his wife, Rani
Roop Kanwar, and had issue. He died 26th
January 1976 at Dundlod.
- Rani Mohan Kanwar, married Rawat KARAN SINGH of Kanore.
- Thakur Ratan Singh, born 3rd December 1918, educated at
Mayo College,
Ajmer;
married Kumari Shashi Prabhawati Kumari [Thakurani Shashi
Prabha Devi], the eldest daughter of Maharaj Ranzor Singh of Sirmur,
and had issue. He died 1999.
- Kanwar Rajendra Singh, born 29th November 1939,
educated at Mayo
College,
Ajmer; married Kanwarani Shreelekha Kumari, daughter of Shri Narain Rao
alias Shri Fateh Singh Rao Patankar of Gwalior, and had issue. He died
27th May
1993
in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Thakur Randeep Singh, married Thakurani Namrata
Kumari, daughter of the Maharaj Sahib of Dhonswas in Ratlam, and his
wife, Rani Usha Kiran.
- Thakur Rajat Singh, 15th September 1971 in Assam,
educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, then completed a Bachelor of Arts
degree in English Honours, and a Masters in Business administration;
employed with the Taj Group of hotels in Sales and Marketing for
some years, he is presently (2009), along with his wife, the proprietor
and manager of "SUVASA", an apparel and home furnishing company.
- Thakur Veer Vijay Singh, educated at Mayo College,
Ajmer; married
Kanwarani
Savita Kumari of Kelwa in Mewar, and has issue.
- Kanwar Suryaveer Singh
- Kanwar Vishwaveer Singh
- Baiji Lal Loveleena Kumari, married Someshwar Bahadur
Singh.
- Rani Navneeta Kumari, married Raja Baleshwar Singh of
Birwa.
- Lt.Col. Thakur Raghuvir Singh, born 19th March
1920 in Bera, Jodhpur, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer. During World
War
II served in the Western Desert, Egypt. He also served in 19 Inf. Div.
in Kashmir in 1948 as well as in the Defence Service Staff College in
Wellington,
India and in HQ Eastern Command in Calcutta. Later became the Military
Secretary to HH the Rajpramukh of Rajasthan after independence. He was
awarded the Meritorious Service Medal Class I of Jaipur State. He has
had
the honour of being cavalry officer with the Jaipur Lancers, Rajendra
Hazari
Guards, Kachhawa Horse, Gwalior Lancers and the 61st Cavalary of the
integrated
Indian Army; married April 1947, Thakurani Bharati Devi, daughter of
Maharaj Champaksinhji of Rajpipla,
and has issue.
- Kanwar Ranjit Singh, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer
and St
Xaviers
College,
Bombay; married Kanwarani Brita Maitra and has issue.
- Bhanwar Vijit Singh, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer.
- Kanwar Raghuvendra Singh, educated at Mayo College,
Ajmer;
married
Kanwarani
Ganga Pande, and has issue.
- Thakurani Urwashi Devi, married Thakur Digvijay Singh
Champawat of Rohet.
- Rajkumarani Brijraj Kanwar, married Rajkumar Bikram
Bahadur
Singh of Khairagarh.
- Rani Raghuraj Kanwar, married Lt.-Col. Maharaj
Ranbirsinhji of Nawanagar.
- Thakur Ranbir Singh, born 7th July 1929, educated at Mayo
College, Ajmer;
Executive Secretary of Bharatiya Natya Sangh 1962/1965, Vice Chairman
of
Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Academy for two terms, Cultural Advisor to the
Government of Mauritius 1976/1981, married the eldest daughter of Shri
Prakram Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and has issue.
- Kanwar Ranvijay Singh, married Kanwarani Bhawna Kumari
of Halwapur, and
has issue.
- Baiji Lal Kavita Kumari, married Maj. Shri Bishambhar
Narsingh Rana.
- Thakur Rajvir Singh, born 1st December 1930, educated at
Mayo College,
Ajmer;
married a daughter of Maharaj Narain Singh of Jodhpur, and has issue.
- Kanwar Rishiraj Singh, married Kanwarani Neeta, and has
issue.
- Bhanwar Rahulraj Singh
- Bhanwar Jairraj Singh
- Kanwar Ridhiraj Singh
- Thakurani Gulab Kanwar, married Lt.-Col. Thakur Rajendra
Singh
of Rohet.
- Thakurani Chand Kanwar, married Lt.-Col. Thakur Narendra
Singh
Bhist.
- Rani Rajendra Kunwar, married 7th March 1962 in
Jaipur, Rawat
Thakur DIGVIJAI SINGH of Ajabpur, and
has issue.
The help of Kanwar Raghuvendra Singh 
September 2003 and Deepak Aggarwal
November 2003, is gratefully acknowledged. |
