SITAMAU (Princely State)

(11 gun salute)

 
AREA: 523 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 480,000R  ACCESSION: 15th June 1948
STATE: Madhya Pradesh  DYNASTY: Rathore  RELIGION: Hindu
     
PRESENT RULER: HH Raja PURANJAY SINH, Raja Saheb of Sitamau since May 2008.
General Manager of the Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi; married February 2002 at New Delhi, HH Rani Arunima Kumari, born 26th March 1980 at The Lady Reading Hospital in Simla, daughter of Rana ARUN CHAND of Kuthar, and his wife, Rani Sahiba Nirmala Devi.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded in 1701 when Raja Kesho Das of Ratlam lost his state but was compensated by the jagir of Sailana. Rulers were.......
  • Raja KESHO DAS 1701/1748, during his reign in Ratlam prior to 1701, an important Mughal officer was killed in Ratlam by the state employees, as a result, the Mughal Emperor confiscated Ratlam and Maharaja Keshav Das went to Sitamau, which was given in jagir to him when he was forgiven by Padshah Aurangzeb, and he thus became the 1st Raja of Sitamau in 1701, he married and had issue.
    • Raja GAJ SINGH (qv)
     
  • Raja GAJ SINGH 1748/1752, married and had issue.
    • Raja FATEH SINGH (qv)
  • Raja FATEH SINGH 1752/1802, married and had issue.
    • Raja RAJ RAM SINH I (qv)
     
  • Raja RAJ RAM SINH I 1802/1867, married and had issue.
    • Rajkumar (name unknown) Sinh, married and had issue.
      • Raja BHAWANI SINH (qv)
     
  • Raja BHAWANI SINH 1867/1885, married and had adoptive issue.
    • (A) HH Raja BAHADUR SINH (qv)
     
  • HH Raja BAHADUR SINH 1885/1899, born 1833, succeeded to the gaddi by adoption on 8th December 1885 (#1), married and had adoptive issue.
    • (A) HH Raja SHARDUL SINH (qv)
     
  • HH Raja SHARDUL SINH 1899/1900, succeeded to the gaddi by adoption in 1899.
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  • HH Raja Sir RAM SINH II Bahadur 1900/1967, adopted by his predecessor, son of Thakur DALEL SINH of Kachhi-Baroda, born 1880, K.C.I.E. [cr.1911], married 1stly, 1902, HH Chauhaniji Sahiba died 1903, daughter of Maharawal Shri MOTISINHJI JITSINHJI of Chhota-Udaipur, married 2ndly, 1903, HH Rajawatiji Sahiba, died 1915, daughter of the Thakur of Baleri in Bikaner, married 3rdly, 1915, HH Natyaniji Sahib, grand-daughter of the Thakur of Marauli in Udaipur, and had issue. He died 25th May 1967.
    • Rajkumar Dr. Raghubir Sinh, born 23rd February 1908, M.A., LL.B., D.Litt., declined succession to the gaddi in favour of his eldest son, President of the Sitamau State Raiya Parishad (Legislature) 1939/1941 and 1945/1946, Member of the Rajya Sabha 1952/1960, author of a large number of books in Hindi and English; married HH Rani Mohan Kumari, daughter of Yuvraj Man Singh of Pratapgarh, and his second wife, Yuvrani Bhuvaneshwari Devi, and had issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died 21st February 1991.
      • HH Raja KRISHAN SINH (qv)
      • Kunwar Brijraj Singh, born 12th March 1939, married 6th May 1967, Kunwar Rani Shrimati Rama Devi, daughter of HH Raja LAKSHMAN SEN of Suket, and his wife, HH Rani Kalawati. He died 20th May 1967.
      • Maharani (name unknown) Kumari, married Maharawal DIGVIRENDRA SINGH of Bansda
      • Rani Rama Kumari, married Raja Ramkrishnaju Deo of Jeypore (Orissa).
    • H.E. Rajkumar Raghunath Sinh, born 6th February 1912, with the Indian Foreign Service, serving as Ambassador to many countries around the world, married Raj Kumarani Indumati Sinh, and had issue.
      • Kunwar Sahib Jay Sinhji, worked with Air India and retired as the Deputy Commercial Director in 1997, married Kunwar Rani Sahiba Asha Kumari, daughter of the Raja Sahib of Chaugain in Bihar and his wife, Rani Sushila Kumari of Churhat, and has issue. 
        • Ajatshatru Sinhji, educated in the U.K., married 22nd November 2002, Kumari Taruna Kumari, born 1972, daughter of Rajkumar Dalip Singh of Keonthal, and his wife, Rajkumar Rani Mankya Kumari, and has issue. 
          • Abhyudai Sinh
        • Ambika Kumari [Tikka Rani Sahiba Ambika Kumari of Mandi], born in Lusaka, Zambia, educated in Rome, Italy and the U.K. for five years, married 25th November 2001, Tikka Omeshwar Singh of Mandi.
      • Kunwar Sahib Ajai Sinhji, married Kunwarani Sahiba Shashi Kumari of Palaitha in Kotah, and has issue, two children. 
        • Ratan Sinh Rathore, married Rohini Singh from Una in Himachal Pradesh. 
        • Anshuman Sinh Rathore
      • Kunwar Sahib Raj Sinhji, married Maharaj Kumari Sahiba Brijraj Kumari, daughter of HH Maharajadhiraj Mirzan Maharao Shri MADANSINGHJI VIJAYRAJJI Sawai Bahadur of Kutch, and his wife, HH Maharani Rajendra Kunverba, and has issue.
        • Dhananjay Sinh
        • Baijilal Aparajita Kumari
        • Baijilal Vijayeta Kumari
      • Baijilal Abhilasha Kumari 
  • HH Raja KRISHAN SINH 1967/2008, joined the Indian Police Service in 1959 and was a distinguished officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. He had an abiding interest in equitation and owned a number of horses; he married HH Rani Yogeshwari Kumari, daughter of Colonel HH 108 Sri Maharaj Adhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Ravi Kula Bushana-Mahi Mahindra Yavadarya Kula Kamaldhivakara Chattis Rajkul Singar Maharana Shri BHAGWAT SINGH Bahadur Hindua Suraj Hindupati of Udaipur, and his wife, HH Maharani Sushila Kunwari, and had issue. He died May 2008.
    • Rajkumari Vindhyeshwari Kumari 
    • HH Raja PURANJAY SINH (qv)
    • Rajkumar Mritunjay Sinh
  • HH Raja PURANJAY SINH (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Princess of Sitamau, married Sawai Rao KESRI SINGH of Bijolian, and had issue.
 
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