PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Predecessor
state founded about 1200. Rulers were...
- Raja ANAND SINGH 1729/1753, with the help of his brother
Rai Singh and
a few horseman from Palanpur and the Kolis of Gadwara, he established
himself
in Idar without difficulty in 1728 or 1729. He died 1753.
- Raja SHIV SINGH 1753/1791, born 1736, lost Vijapur, Modasa,
Harsol and
more to the Peshwa, married and had issue, five sons. He died 1791.
- Raja BHAWANI SINGH (qv)
- Raja SANGRAM SINGH, Raja of Ahmednagar 1791/1798, assumed
independence
in 1791, married and had issue. He died 1798.
- Raja KARAN SINGH, Raja of Ahmednagar 1798/1835, and had
issue. He died
1835.
- Raja PRITHI SINGH, Raja of Ahmednagar 1835/1839,
married and had issue.
He died 1839.
- Raja (.......) , Raja of Ahmednagar 1839/1841, an
unnamed posthumous
son,
born 1839, died 1841.
- Maharaja TAKHAT SINGH, Raja of Ahmednagar 1841/1843
and Jodhpur,
married (amongst others), a lady of Pratapgarh, and had issue.
- HH Maharaja Sir PRATAP SINGH (see below)
- Maharaj Bhopal Singh, married and had issue.
- HH Maharaja DAULAT SINGH (see below)
- Raja PRATAP SINGH, Raja of Modasa 1806/1821, adopted by
the widow of
Raja
Zalim Singh (his uncle), on his death Modasa was united with
Ahmednagar.
He died sp 1821.
- Raja ZALIM SINGH, Raja of Modasa 1791/1806, died sp
circa 1806.
- Raja AMIR SINGH, Raja of Bayar/Baad 1791/1826, died circa
1826.
- Raja INDRA SINGH, blind and received the Jagir of Soor
(Sur) and three other villages for his support, married and had
issue.
- Raja BHAWANI SINGH 1791, born 1755, survived his father by
only a few
days, married and had issue.
He died 1791.
- Raja GAMBHIR SINGH 1791/1833, born 1781, married and had
issue. He died 1833.
- Maharaja Shri Sir JAWAN SINGH (qv)
- Maharaja Shri Sir JAWAN SINGH 1833/1868 (Photo),
born 1830,
K.C.S.I.,
Maharaja [cr.1843]
(personal use only), confirmed in his possession of Bayad, Modasa and
Ahmednagar
in 1848 by the British Government, married (amongst others), Maharani
Jiji Kunwarba
Sahiba
of Dhrangadhra, and had issue. He
died 26th December
1868.
- HH Maharaja Shri Sir KESRI SINGH (qv)
- HH Maharaja Shri Sir KESRI SINGH 1868/1901 (Photo),
born 1861
(1864), succeeded
26th December 1868 (#1),
K.C.S.I., educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; married (amongst
others), HH Maharani
Udai
Kunwarba Sahiba of Sokhada in Dhrangadhra,
and had issue. He died 20th February 1901.
- HH Maharaja Shri KRISHNA SINGH (qv)
- Kunwari Shri Nandkunwarba, married 1910 (as his first
wife), HH Thakore Sahib Shri DIGVIJAYSINHJI DAULATSINHJI of Limbdi, and had issue.
- HH Maharaja Shri KRISHNA SINGH 1901 (October 4th to
November 30th), born posthumously 4th
October 1901,
died 30th November 1901.
INTERREGNUM 1901/1902
 HH Maharaja Sir PRATAP SINGH
1902/1911, born October 1845 ,
K.C.S.I. [cr.1886]
, G.C.S.I. [cr.1897] , G.C.V.O. [cr.1911] , K.C.B. [Hon.Mil. cr.1901] ,
Hon. LL.D., ADC, Prime Minister of Jodhpur 1878/1881, Musahib Ala
(First
Minister) of Jodhpur 1882/1895 and 1897/1900 Regent of Jodhpur
1895/1897
and 1911/1914 and 1918/1922, son of HH Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur,
married 1stly, HH Maharani Ratan Kunwar, daughter of the Thakur Saheb
of Jhakan,
married
2ndly, a daughter of Thakur Chattar Singh of Jaisalmer, married 3rdly,
HH
Maharani Bakhtawar Kunwar, daughter of Thakur MOHAN SINGH of Nawalgarh, married
4thly, HH Maharani Kishan Kunwar, younger daughter of the Thakur Saheb
of
Jhakan,
married 5thly, HH Maharani Mahtab Kunwar, daughter of Thakur BHABHUT SINGH of Osian,
and had issue, as well as issue by secondary wives. He died dspml
9th September 1922 and was succeeded by his nephew and adopted son,
Kunwar Daulat Singh, son of Maharaj Bhupal Singh of Jodhpur.
- (A) Lt.Col. HH Maharaja Sir DAULAT SINGH (qv)
- Maharajkumari Majit Kunwar (by Maharani Ratan Kunwar),
died young.
- Rani Roop Kanwar (by Maharani Kishan Kunwar),
married (as his first wife), Rao Bahadur
Thakur
SHIVNATH
SINGH of Bera, and had issue.
- Rao Raja NARPAT SINGH (by a daughter of Maharaja Madho
Singh II of
Jaipur),
granted the Jagirs of Palri-Marwar and Bithian
in 1947.
- Rao Raja Hanut Singh, born 1900, married 1stly, a
daughter
of HH Maharaja
Sawai Madho Singh II of Jaipur, married 2ndly, Rani Priya Devi, born
1910,
daughter of HH Maharaja AMAR PRAKASH Bahadur of Sirmur, and had issue.
He died 1982.
- Rao Raja Bijai Singh (by 1st wife), married Rani Kamal
Kumari, and has issue.
- Rao Raja Lakshman Singh [Prince Bunny], born 1951,
married Rani Lata
Kaiker,
and has issue, two sons.
- Kunwar Arjun Singh
- Kunwar Ranjit Singh
- Rani Harsh Kumari, born 1953, married (as his first
wife), Raja CHANDRA
VIJAY SINGH of Sahaspur, and
has
issue.
- Rao Raja Hari Singh (by 1st wife), married Rani Nawal
Kanwar, and has
adopted
issue.
- Rajkumari Kalyan Kanwar (by 1st wife)
- Rao Raja Daljit Singh (by 2nd wife), married Rani
Shakti Kumari from
Bundi,
and has issue.
- Kunwar Dalpat Singh
- Kunwar Digvijay Singh, married Kunwarani Mahima Rana
from Nahan.
- Rajkumari Mamta Kumari, married Kunwar Martand Singh
from
Kumaon.
- Rao Raja Sagat Singh, married a daughter of HH Sir Sawai
Maharaja MADHO
SINGH II Bahadur of Jaipur and had
issue.
- Rao Raja Devi Singh, married Rani Padma Devi, daughter
of Lt.Col. HH
Sir
Maharaja NARENDRA SHAH Sahib Bahadur of Tehri-Garhwal, and has issue.
- Rao Raja Abhai Singh, married a daughter of Maharaja
Madho Singh II of
Jaipur, and had issue.
- Kunwar Chander Singh, married, and has
issue, two daughters.
- Kunwar Dulip Singh
 Lt.Col. HH Maharaja Sir DAULAT SINGH 1911/1931, born
12th May 1878,
K.C.S.I.
[cr.1920], son of Maharaj Bhupal Singh of Jodhpur, adopted by HH
Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh; married HH Maharaniji Shri Poonglianiji of
Sattasar, and had
issue.
He died 14th April 1931 in Bomaby.
- HH Rani Tej Kunwar Ba Sahiba, born 13th June 1897 in
Himmatnagar,
married
1918 in Himmatnagar, Capt. HH Rana Sir RANJIT SINGH of Barwani, and had issue. She died 17th
August 1980 in Indore.
- HH Maharaja HIMMAT SINGH (see below)
- Maharaj Shri Man Singhji, born 26th June 1906, married
and had
issue.
- Maharaj Umed Singhji, married and had issue. (Dowlat
Villas
Palace, Himmatnagar, Dist Sabarkanta, Gujarat, India).
- Maharaj Bhagirath Singhji, married a Princess of
Nepal, and has issue, one daughter and one son.
- Rajkumari Maheshwari Devi
- Rajkumar Suryavir Singh, married March 2008,
Rajkumarani Gitanjali Kumari, daughter of Maharajkumar Jagdeshwar Saran
Singh Deo of Surguja, and his wife,
Kurani
Saheb Rajshree Singh Deo.
- Maharaj Ranvir Singhji
- Maharaj Narendra Singhji
- Maharaj Sahib Narpat Singhji, married Rani Sahib
Jogmaya Devi of Dhenkanal, daughter
of Maharajkumar Pattayet Sahib Narsingh Pratap Singh Deo of Dhenkanal,
and his wife, Pattayet Rani Jatan Kumari Devi, and had issue. He died
24th February 2003.
- Maharaj Prithviraj Singh, married 25th April 1993
(sep'd.),
Rani Saheb Yogeshwari Bhati of Idar [Baijilal Yogheswari Bhati of Jaisalmer].
- Kunwarani Rajeswari Kanwar [Rani Rajeswari Singh],
born 1960, married
1988,
Kunwar Jaideep Singh of Tana, and has
issue.
- Maharaj Shri Madan Singhji, born 4th February 1912.
-
 HH
Maharaja HIMMAT SINGH 1931/1960, born 2nd September 1899 in Jodhpur,
educated
at Mayo College, Ajmer; married 1stly, HH Maharani Jawahar Kunwar,
elder daughter of Raja HAMIR SINGH of
Khandela-Senior by his first wife, Rani Mertiji,
married 2ndly, 1916, HH Maharani Tej Kunwar, daughter of HH Swasti Sir
Raja KIRTI SHAH of Tehri-Garhwal,
married 3rdly, HH Maharani Megh Kunwar of Sabalwad, and had issue. He
died
24th November 1960.
- HH Maharaja DALJIT SINGH (qv)
- Maharaj Shri Amar Singh, born 1919, he was granted the
jagir of Daljitgarh, comprising 10 villages, by his father on 27th
October 1933 (abolished 1st August 1954), married Rani Surendra
Kunwar of Osian.
- HH Maharaja DALJIT SINGH 1960/1992, born 10th July 1917 in
Jodhpur,
married 1939,
HH Maharani Manhar Kunwar, daughter of Maharaj Shri Mohansinhji
Jiwansinhji Jadeja of Jamnagar, and
had issue. He died 17th May 1992.
- HH Maharaja RAJENDRA SINGH (qv)
- HH Maharaja RAJENDRA SINGH (see above)
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