PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: A
First
Class state. Predecessor state was founded in 1193, renamed Ranpur in
1307,
then Chhaya in 1574 and finally Porbandar in 1785. Rulers were...
- 106. Rana SAGHJI, 106th Jethwa ruler and 1st Rana.
- 160. Rana BHANJI 1307/1360
- Rana RAMDEVJI IV 1550/1574, mother was a daughter of Jam
VIBHAJI of Nawanagar.
He died 1574.
- Rana KHIMAJI II (grandson) 1574/1626, died 1626.
- Rana KHIMAJI III, married and had issue.
- Rani As Kunwarba Sahiba, married Raj
Sahib
MEGHRAJJI
II AMARSINHJI of Dhrangadhra.
- Rana BHIMSINHJI, married and had issue.
- Rani Manba Sahiba, married (as
his
10th wife), Raj
Sahib MEGHRAJJI II AMARSINHJI of Dhrangadhra.
- Rana SULTANJI, married and had issue.
- Rana KHIMAJI IV (grandson) 1709/1728, died 1728.
- Rana VIKMATJI KHIMAJI III 1728/1759
- Rana SULTANJI IV VIKMATJI 1759/1804 and? 1812/1813, married
(amongst others),
Rani Bonjiba Sahiba of Dhrangadhra, and had issue. He died 1813.
- Rana HALAJI SULTANJI (qv)
- Kumar Shri Abhaisinhji Sultanji, of the Kathevana branch,
married and
had
issue.
- Kumar Shri Meghrajji Abhaisinhji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Kalubha Meghrajji, died sp.
- Kumar Shri Gagjibhai Abhaisinhji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Nagsinhji Gagjibhai, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Balubha Nagsinhji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Mohansinhji Balubha, married and had
issue.
- Kumar Shri Sardarsinhji Nagsinhji, married and had
issue.
- Kumar Shri Samatsinhji Nagsinhji, married and had
issue.
- Kumar Shri Devubha Nagsinhji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Mobatsinhji Devubha
- Kumar Shri Manubha Nagsinhji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Mangalsinhji Manubha
- Kumar Shri Abhairaji Gagjibhai, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Gagubha Abhairaji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Mahipatsinhji Gagubha
- Rana HALAJI SULTANJI 1804/1812, of the Shrinagar branch,
married and had
issue. He died 1812.
- Rana KHIMAJI HALAJI (qv)
- Kumar Shri Ramsinhji Halaji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Naransinhji Ramsinhji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Motiji Naransinhji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Shivsinhji Motiji
- Kumar Shri Kesubha Motiji
- Kumar Shri Ramsinhji Motiji
- Rana KHIMAJI HALOJI [Pratirajji] (1812?) 1813/1831
- HH Rana Sahib VIKMATJI IV KHIMAJI 1831/1894, born 1st April
1819, succeeded
20th June 1831 (#1),
married
(amongst others), HH Rani Bonjiba Sahiba of Dhrangadhra, and had issue.
He
died 21st April 1900.
- Yuvraj Saheb Madhavsinhji Vikmatji, married and had
issue. He died vp
before 1900.
- HH Rana Sahib BHAVSINHJI MADHAVSINHJI Bahadur (qv)
- Kumar Shri Pratapsinhji Vikmatji, died sp.
- Kumar Shri Hamirsinhji Vikmatji of Bapodar, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Vajesinhji Hamirsinhji, married and had
issue.
- Kumar Shri Dadubha Vajesinhji Jethwa
INTERREGNUM 1894/1900
- HH Rana Sahib BHAVSINHJI MADHAVSINHJI Bahadur 1900/1908,
educated at Rajkumar
College, Rajkot; succeeded to the gaddi 15th September 1900,
married
1902, a daughter of the Thakur Sahib TAKHATSINHJI of Bhavnagar, and had issue.
He died 10th December 1908.
- Lt.Col. HH Maharaja Rana Sahib Shri Sir NATWARSINHJI
BHAVSINHJI Bahadur (qv)
 - Lt.Col. HH Maharaja Rana Sahib Shri Sir NATWARSINHJI
BHAVSINHJI Bahadur
1908/1979, born 30th June 1901, Investiture was held on 26th January
1920,
K.C.S.I.,
Maharaja Rana Sahib [cr.1918], 180th Jethwa ruler, educated at Rajkumar
College, Rajkot (Diploma 1918); Captain of the All India Cricket Team
in
1932; married 1stly, 5th February 1920, HH Maharani Shri Rupaliba
Sahiba of Limbdi,
M.B.E., died 1943, daughter of Thakur Saheb Shri Sir DAULATSINHJI
JASHWANTSINHJI, married 2ndly, 20th November 1954, Maharani Anant
Kunverba
(a Welsh lady), died 1989. He died sp 4th October 1979 at
Porbandar (#2).
His heir was a distant cousin, Udaybhan Sinhji Bahadur, who died sp
1973, as a result, there is no representative of the Royal Family
presently
known, although a number of young nobles of the Morana, Ratdi,
Shrinagar,
Pandavadar and Baredia branches were eligible for adoption. The
property
was inherited by the second family of Maharani Anant Kunverba.
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