PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The
rulers of this former Princely State are Songara Chauhans, with their
ancestry
stemming from Chaturbhuj Chauhan "Offspring of Fire", the first Chauhan
King who ruled a greater part of India in legendary antiquity. A
descendant was Raja Anihul or Agnipal who ruled around 600BC, and was
ancestor of Raja Vasudev who came to Sanbhar from Nagor in Marwar
around 550AD. Raja Govind I of Guwak was honoured with the title of Veer (Hero) around 756AD, and was
the ancestor of Raja Anaraja, an ally of the famous Raja Prithviraj III
Chauhan in 1191. Raja Sonaji was the founder of the Songara Chauhan
clan, and ancestor of the rulers of Jhalore, Jamnia, Namli in Ratlam
and Jojawar in Jodhpur. The
state of Jamnia was founded in 1555 and consisted of 86 villages, a
number of
which were surrendered to Gwalior,
Dhar
and Indore, during British rule. Under the direct control of the Malwa
Agency, Indore.
The
title of Raja was granted during the Mughal period by Padshah Jahangir.
Rulers
were...
- Raja SILHARDEV [Seruji or Silhadi], a descendant of Rao
Sonaji, founder of the Songara Chauhan clan, he was the Raja of Songadh
(Mandu) and Raisen, married and had issue. He died in the battle of
Khanwa on 17th March 1527.
- Raja Bhupatraji, killed in an attack by Padshah Humayum
on the gates of Mandu Fort, married and had issue.
- Raja Karanji, migrated to Mewar to seek his fortune
there, married and had issue.
- Raja Nanaji, founder of Jamnia state (see below).
- Raja NANAJI 1555/-, in 1555 he sought the help of Mughal
forces from Agra in defeating Raja Bajbadhur
of Mandu at the battle of Sarangpur; Songadh Fort and eight parganas
of Betma, Sagor, Hasalpur, Digthan, Dharampuri, Nalcha, Maheshwar and
Chikhalda were allotted to him by Padshah Akbar, he thus regained the
subedhari of Songadh Fort in Mandu, married and had issue.
- Rao Dhanaji, he was killed, along with his four sons in
the battle of Asirgarh.
- Raja BHANAJI (qv)
- Raja BHANAJI, married and had issue.
- Raja TANANJI, fought in the second battle of Asirgarh in
1601, married and had issue.
- Raja KESHAVDAS (qv)
- Rao Sunderji, stayed with Shahzada
Khurram, during his Deccan Victory, he revolted against Padshah
Jahangir, and was killed in the battle of Agra, after which his head
was
cut off and brought before Padshah Jahangir on a golden platter.
- Raja KESHAVDAS, he was granted the titles of Raja and Miraj-e-Jung by Padshah Jahangir,
married and had issue.
- Raja BHERUJI, married and had issue.
- Raja JASHWANT SINGHJI (qv)
- Raja NAYDAR SINGHJI fl.1800
- Shrimant Raja BHIMANJI 1815/1820, during his reign, a
settlement was arranged between the British raj and Jamnia State.
- Shrimant Raja MOTI SINGHJI fl.1857
- Shrimant Raja HAMIR SINGHJI 1863/1924, born 1855, educated
at Daly
College, Indore;
married and had issue. He died 1924.
- Shrimant Raja RAGHUNATH SINGHJI (qv)
- Kunwar (name unknown)
Singh, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Jagmohan Singh
- Shrimant Raja RAGHUNATH SINGHJI 1924/1943, born 3rd October
1890,
married and had
issue. He died 1943.
- Shrimant Raja NARENDRA SINGHJI (qv)
- Shrimant Raja NARENDRA SINGHJI 1943/2005, born 28th August
1940, married Shreemati Rani Kanak Devi
[now Shreemati Rajmata Kanak Devi of Jamnia], daughter of HH Raja
Shrimant MAHENDRA SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur of Nagod,
and his second wife, HH Rani Shyam Kumari, and had issue. He died 19th
August 2005.
- Shrimant Raja SHALIWAHAN VATS (qv)
- HH Shreemati Maharani Kaviteshwari Devi, married HH
Maharaja Saheb CHARNAMIRIT SINGHJI of Maihar.
- Shreemati Yuvrani Kadambari Devi, married Shreeman Yuvraj
Saheb Mandhattasinhji Manoharsinhji of Rajkot,
and has issue.
- Shreemati Bhanwar Baisa Pritika Kumari, married
Bhanwar Sumair Vijay Singh of Dumraon,
and has issue.
- Shrimant Raja SHALIWAHAN VATS (see
above)
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