PALITANA (Princely State)

(9 gun salute)

  
AREA: 777 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 180,000R  ACCESSION: 15th February 1948
STATE: Saurashtra  REVENUE: 744,416 Rs  RELIGION: Hindu
VILLAGES: 91 POPULATION: 58,000 (1921)  DYNASTY: Gohil 
     
PRESENT RULER: Thakur Sahib Shri SHIVENDRASINHJI BAHADURSINHJI (19??/-)(The Palace, Palitana - 464270, Gujarat, India)
born 23rd September 1936, married 1stly? (div.), Eva Bartok [née Eva Ivanovna Szöke], born 18th June 1927, died 1st August 1998 in London, married 2ndly, Sonia Sahni. He died sp 1990's?
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded in 1194. A Second Class State. Rulers were...
  1. Thakur Sahib SEJAKI 1194/1226, Thakur of Sejakpur 1194/1254, married and had issue. He died 1254.
    • Thakur Sahib SHAHJI SEJAKI (qv)
    • Kumari Shri Amar Kunwarba Sahiba, married Kumar Shri Khengarji of Junagadh.

  2. Thakur Sahib SHAHJI SEJAKI 1226/1246

  3. Thakur Sahib SARTANJI SHAHJI 1246/1250 

  4. Thakur Sahib ARJANJI SARTANJI 1250/1300

  5. Thakur Sahib NONGHANJI I ARJANJI 1300/1360

  6. Thakur Sahib JASAJI NONGHANJI 1360/1400

  7. Thakur Sahib BANAJI JASAJI 1400/1455

  8. Thakur Sahib SAVAJI I BANAJI 1455/1487

  9. Thakur Sahib HADAJI SAVAJI 1487/1519

  10. Thakur Sahib KANDHAJI I HADAJI 1519/1579

  11. Thakur Sahib NONGHANJI II KANDHAJI 1579/-

  12. Thakur Sahib ARJANJI II NONGHANJI 

  13. Thakur Sahib KANDHAJI II ARJANJI

  14. Thakur Sahib SAVAJI II KANDHAJI 

  15. Thakur Sahib SARTANJI I SAVAJI

  16. Thakur Sahib KANDHAJI III SARTANJI 

  17. Thakur Sahib PRITHVIRAJJI KANDHAJI 1697/1734

  18. Thakur Sahib NONGHANJI III PRITHVIRAJJI 1734/-, married and had issue.
    • Thakur Sahib SARTANJI II NONGHANJI (qv)
    • Thakur Sahib UNADJI NONGHANJI (qv)
    • Kumar Shri Alubhai Nonghanji 1766/1770, married and had issue.
      • Kumar Shri Khodaji Alubhai

  19. Thakur Sahib SARTANJI II NONGHANJI -/1766

  20. Thakur Sahib UNADJI NONGHANJI 1770/1820, married and had issue.
    • Thakur Sahib KANDHAJI IV UNADJI (qv)
    • Rani Vakhtuba Sahiba, married Raj Sahib AMARSINHJI RAISINHJI of Dhrangadhra.

  21. Thakur Sahib KANDHAJI IV UNADJI 1820/1840

  22. Thakur Sahib NONGHANJI IV KANDHAJI 1840/1860

  23. Thakur Sahib PRATAPSINHJI NONGHANJI 1860 (8 months), married and had issue. He died 1860.
    • Thakur Sahib SURSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI (qv)
    • HH Rani Kasi Kunwarba Sahiba, married, HH Raj Sahib MANSINHJI II RANMALSINHJI of Dhrangadhra, and had issue.

  24. Thakur Sahib SURSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI 1860/1885, born 1844, succeeded 1st June 1860, married and had issue. He died 1885.
    • Thakur Sahib Shri Sir MANSINHJI SURSINHJI (qv)
    • Rani Kesaba Kumari Sahiba, born 1869, married HH Raj Sahib MANSINHJI II RANMALSINHJI of Dhrangadhra, and had issue. She died 1895.

  25. Thakur Sahib Shri Sir MANSINHJI SURSINHJI 1885/1905, born 7th June 1862, succeeded 24th November 1885 (#1), K.C.S.I. [cr.1896], educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; married and had issue. He died 29th August 1905.
    • Thakur Sahib Shri BAHADURSINHJI MANSINHJI (qv)
    • Rani Hari Kunwarba Sahiba, married 1912, Capt. HH Rana Sir RANJIT SINGH of Barwani. She died sp.

  26. Thakur Sahib Shri Sir BAHADURSINHJI MANSINHJI 1905/- , born 3rd April 1900, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., married 2nd December 1919, Kunwari Shri Sitaba Saheba of Gondal and had issue. He died before 1971.
    • HH Maharani Indira Devi, married 12th December 1941, Lt. HH Maharaja RAJENDRA PRAKASH Bahadur of Sirmur.
    • HH Rani Saheb Drupad Kumari, married 20th February 1944, HH Maharaja Shri SUDHANSU SHEKHAR SINGH DEO of Sonepur.
    • HH Maharani Gita Kumari, married 30th January 1948, HH Umdae Rajhae Buland Makan Maharajadhiraja Maharaja SUMAR SINGH of Kishangarh.
    • Kumari Rajendra Kumari
    • Kumari Brinda Kumari, married Maharajkumar Yashwant Singh of Alwar, and has issue.
    • Kumari Gayatri Kumari [HH Maharani Gayatri Devi of Chhota-Udaipur], married 1960, HH Maharawal Shri VIRENDRASINHJI NATWARSINHJI Sahib of Chhota-Udaipur.
    • Thakur Sahib Shri SHIVENDRASINHJI BAHADURSINHJI (qv)

  27. Thakur Sahib Shri SHIVENDRASINHJI BAHADURSINHJI (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Maharajkumar Sujjansinhji Samantsinhji, Tilayat of Adpur and Pachegani, Bhayat of Palitana, married Rani Vijayaba Sahiba of Ganod-Gondal, and had issue.
    • Rani Bhagwatiba Sahiba, married Maharaj Mahavir Singh of Amleta.
  • Thakur S. Sinhji of Adpur, married Thakurani Makunvarba Sahiba of Dharampur, and had issue.
    • Kumari Shri Jayvant Kunvar Ba Sahiba, married Thakur Harishchandrasinhji of Malia, and had issue.
      • Kumari Shri Pramila Kunvar Ba Sahiba, married Kumar Shri Balwantsinhji Sahebsinhji (see below)
    • Kumari Shri Chandra Kunvar Ba Sahiba, married Thakur Sahebsinhji Vaghela of Gangad, and had issue.
      • Kumar Shri Balwantsinhji Sahebsinhji, married Kumari Shri Pramila Kunvar Ba Sahiba of Malia (see above).
  • Kumar Shri Sir Jayvantsinhji Gohil, C.B.E., married and had issue. He died 1995.
    • Kumar Shri Mayurdhwajsinhji Jayvantsinhji Gohel, Director and CEO of the Asia-Pacific Foundation, Associate Fellow with RUSI, member of the University of Paris, International Scientific Advisory Board, member of the United Nations ‘Roster of Experts’ at its Terrorism Prevention Branch, Secretary of the South Asia secretariat of the Next Century Foundation; married 19th February 1973, Maharaj Kumari Rajyashree Kumari, born 4th June 1953, daughter of HH Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Narendra Shiromani Maharajah Sri Dr. KARNI SINGH Bahadur of Bikaner, and his wife, HH Maharani Sushila Kumari, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
      • Kumari Shri Anupama Kumari, born 24th April 1974.
      • Kumar Shri Sajjansinhji Mayurdhwajsinhji Gohel, born 16th May 1980, educated at the London School of Economics; Director of International Security for the London-based Asia-Pacific Foundation.
 
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