GHANERAO (Thikana)

 
VILLAGES:  37 REVENUE:  xx  ACCESSION:  xx
STATE:  Jodhpur DYNASTY:  Rathore (Mertia clan) RELIGION:  Hindu
     
PRESENT RULER:  Thakur SAJJAN SINGHJI, 17th Thakur Sahib of Ghanerao since 1982.
one of 16 Sirayat (Feudal Barons) of Mewar, 4th in the order of Precedence in the Durbar, as well as a First Class Sirayat of Marwar, married Thakurani Sushila Kumari, daughter of Col.Thakur MOHAN SINGHJI of Osian, and his wife, Thakurani Dasot Kunwar, and has issue.
  • Kunwar Himmat Singh, married Kunwarani Sarita Kumari of Amarkot, and has issue, two sons.
    • Bhanwar Shakti Singh
    • Bhanwar Janmejay Singh
  • Kunwar Suryabhan Singh Rathore, married Kunwarani Jairaj Kumari, daughter of Rao INDRAJIT SINGH of Garhi, and his wife, Rani Sampat Kumari, and has issue.
    • Bhanwar Karanveer Singh, born 30th November 1985, educated at Cavendish College London (Diploma in Business Management) and at Kingston University, Greater London (Honours degree in International Business).
  • Kunwarani Seema Kumari, married Kunwar Amar Jaswal from Gigret (brother of HH Maharani Sahiba of Kishangarh), and has issue, three children, two daughters and one son.
PREDECESSORS and SHORT HISTORY:  Founded in 1552 when the thikana was granted to Thakur Pratap Singhji I, son of Rao Viram Deoji of Merta, himself a grandson of Rao Jodha of Marwar. Due to it’s strategic nature, Ghanerao had the unique distinction of a having a seat of nobility in both the houses of Mewar (Udaipur) and Marwar (Jodhpur). Rulers were.....
  • Thakur PRATAP SINGHJI 1552/1568, married and had issue.
    • Thakur GOPALDASJI (qv)
  • Thakur GOPALDASJI 1568/1626, married and had issue.
    • Thakur KISHAN SINGHJI [Kishandasji] (qv)
  • Thakur KISHAN SINGHJI [Kishandasji] 1626/1649, married and had issue.
    • Thakur DURJAN SINGHJI I (qv)
  • Thakur DURJAN SINGHJI I 1649/1675, married and had issue.
    • Thakur GOPINATHJI (qv)
  • Thakur GOPINATHJI 1675/1704, married and had issue.
    • Thakur SURAT SINGHJI (qv)
  • Thakur SURAT SINGHJI 1704/1714, married and had issue.
    • Thakur PRATAP SINGHJI II (qv)
  • Thakur PRATAP SINGHJI II 1714/1720, married and had issue.
    • Thakur PADAM SINGHJI (qv)
  • Thakur PADAM SINGHJI 1720/1742, married and had issue.
    • Thakur VIRAM DEOJI (qv)
  • Thakur VIRAM DEOJI 1743/1778, the Thikana was transferred to Marwar about this time; married and had issue.
    • Thakur DURJAN SINGHJI II (qv)
    • Baijilal (name unknown), married (as his first wife), Raja HAMEER SINGH of Banera, and had issue.
  • Thakur DURJAN SINGHJI II 1778/1799
    • Thakur HAMIR SINGHJI (qv)
    • Thakur AJEET SINGHJI (qv)
  • Thakur HAMIR SINGHJI 1799/1800
  • Thakur AJEET SINGHJI 1800/1856, married and had issue.
    • Thakur NAHAR SINGHJI (qv)
    • Thakur HIMMAT SINGHJI (qv)
  • Thakur NAHAR SINGHJI 1856/1866
  • Thakur HIMMAT SINGHJI 1866/1874, married and had issue.
    • Thakur JODH SINGHJI (qv)
  • Thakur JODH SINGHJI 1874/1929, married Thakurani Jadhav Kunwar, daughter HH Raja Rawat BALBHADRA SINGH of Rajgarh, and his wife, Rani Uday Kunwar, and had issue.
    • Thakur LAXMAN SINGHJI
  • Thakur LAXMAN SINGHJI 1929/1982, born 1909, adopted from Kotri; educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; exercises First Class Judicial powers, married Thakurani Prem Kumari of Kanod, and had issue, 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died 1982.
    • Thakur Sahib SAJJAN SINGH (qv)
    • Thakur Sahib Pushpendra Singh, married Thakurani Rajeshwari Kumari, daughter of Raja Padam Dev Singh of Poonch, and his wife, Rani Manek Kunwar, and had issue. He died 1998.
      • Thakur Khem Singh
      • Kunwarani Bhavna Kumari married to Kunwar Shatrunjai Singh of Deogarh.
    • Thakur Sahib Mahendra Singh of Kotri, married Kumari Pratap Kanwar [now Thakurani Pratap Kumari], daughter of Rawat Shri KHUMAN SINGH of Salumber, and has issue.
      • Thakur Sahib Lokendra Singh of Kotri, married 27th March 1995, Thakurani Bhargavi Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Arvind Singh of Udaipur, and his wife, Rani Raj Vijayraj Kumari, and has issue, one daughter.
        • Baiji Lal Kumari Lokaviaa Rathore, born 1997.
      • Thakurani Gayatri Kumari married to Thakur Veer Vijay Singh of Umaidnagar.
    • Thakur Sahib Mahabir Singh married to Rani Devendra Kumari of Barwara, and has issue.
      • Kunwar Aayush Singh married Kunwarani Shivali Kumari, and has issue, one daughter.
        • Baiji Lal Samriddhi Kumari, born 27th April 2003.
        • Bhanwar Sanat Singh Rathore
      • Kunwar Siddharth Singh
      • Kunwarani Shivani Kumari married to Maharaj Kushalpal Singh Jadeja of Jamnagar.
    • Kunwarani Daulat Kumari, married 1949, Kunwar Sangram Singh of Nawalgarh, and has issue.
    • Baiji Lal Phulendra Kumari (+), married Bad Kumar Shri Pratap Gang Deo, second son of Raja DIBYASHANKAR SUDHAL DEB of Bamra, and had issue, four sons.
    • Baiji Lal Prafullat Kumari married to Khejarla.
    • Thakurani Jaswant Kumari married to Apji Thakur Jaswant Singhji of Palaitha.
    • Thakurani Jitendra Kumari married to Thakur Devendra Singh of Kudsu.
  • Thakur SAJJAN SINGHJI (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Baisa (name unknown), married (as his first wife), Thakur Chaman Singh of Tana.
  • Thakur (name unknown), younger brother of the Thakur Sahib of Ghanerao, married the elder daughter of Raj Rana DEVI SINGH of Tana, and his second wife, Rani Naval Kunwar.
The generous help of Kunwar Suryabhan Singh Rathore is gratefully acknowledged, March 2010.
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