BHARATPUR

GENEALOGY

H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Sir Jaswant Singhji Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur, GCSI (1.1.1877). b. at Deeg, 1^st March 1851, only son of H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Balwant Singhji Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 21^st March 1853. Ascended the gadi, 8^th July 1853, reigning under a Council of Regency until he came of age. Assumed limited ruling powers, 10^th June 1869 and was invested with full ruling powers, 28^th March 1872. Received a sanad of adoption, 11^th March 1862. Attended the Imperial Durbar at Delhi, where he received January 1877. Received a personal salute of 19-guns in 1890. The Maharaj Phaltan Regiment of Infantry raised in his name in 1857. Rcvd. POW’s gold medal (1876) and the KIH gold medal (1877). m. (first) at Patiala, December 1859, H.H. Maharani Sri Bakhtawar Kaurji Sahiba (b. at Patiala, 1849; d. there, 17^th February 1870), née Maharajkumari Bibiji Bishan Kaur Sahiba, third daughter of H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir ul-Umara, Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bushan Sri Maharaja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sir Narendra Singh Mahendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Patiala, GCSI, by his third wife, H.H. Maharani Sri Maji Sahiba. m. (second) H.H. Maharani Sri Nihal Kaurji Sahiba, daughter of Shri Roop Singh, of Attari, Punjab. m. (third) at Deeg, 187x, H.H. Maharani Sri Maaji Daryab Kaur Sahiba (d. at Khas Kothi, Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 1892), daughter of Chaudhuri Narain Singh, of Beda, in UP. m. (fourth) H.H. Maharani Sri Ajmat Kaurji Sahiba (d.s.p. at Khas Mahal, Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 1954), daughter of Shri Inder Singh, of Balipur, UP. m. (fifth) H.H. Maharani Sri Gokul Kaurji Sahiba [Maaji Jaginewali] (d. at Deeg, 12^th December 1893), daughter of Shri Bholey Singhji, and sister of Chaudhuri Birbal Singh, of Jagina, in Bharatpur state. He d. at the Deeg Palace, 12^th December 1893, having had issue, four sons and three daughters:

• 1) Maharajkumar Sri Bhagwant Singhji Bahadur. b. at the Deeg Palace, 26^th January 1868 (s/o Bakhtawar Kaur). He d.v.p. during a visit with his mother to his maternal grand parents, at Patiala, 5^th December 1869.
• 2) Maharajkumar Sri Ram Singhji Bahadur, who succeeded as H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Ram Singhji Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur (s/o Nihal Kaur) – see below.
• 3) Maharajkumar Sri Narain Singhji Bahadur. b. at Sewar Fort, Bharatpur, 30^th November 1886 (s/o Gokul Kaurji). He d.v.p. at Deeg, 18^th April 1892.
• 4) Rao Raja Sri Raghunath Singhji Sahib. b. at Khas Kothi, Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 7^th January 1887 (s/o Daryab Kaur), educ. Mayo Coll, Ajmer, and with the Imperial Cadet Corps, Dehradun. MSC Bharatpur 1911-1922 and 1929-1932, Sec to the Administrator 1922-1929. He was responsible for developing Ghana Keola Deo now known as Ghana National Park, a world heritage site, which has a Bundh named Rao Ji Bundh in his honour. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911). m. at Bharatpur, 1907, Rani Mohan Kaurji Sahiba (b. at Barkoli, 8^th February 1892; d. at Raghunath Niwas, Bharatpur, 16^th March 1960), daughter of Chaudhuri Shri Bansidharji, of Barkoli, and sister of Sardar Raj Chaudhuri Shriramji Dhankar. He d. 10^th August 1943, having had issue, one son and three daughters:
  • a) Rao Raja Sri Yaduraj Singh. b. at Sewar Fort, Bharatpur, 30^th November 1913, educ. Mayo Coll, Ajmer. m. 1935, Rani Harinder Kaur Sahiba (b. at Gharbara, Aligarh, UP, 9^th January 1914), daughter of Chaudhuri Udai Singh Rau, of Gharbara, Aligarh dist, UP. He d. at Bharatpur, 8^th May 1970, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
    • i) Rao Raja Sri Raghuraj Singh. b. at Raghunath Niwas, Bharatpur, 26^th October 1940, educ. Mayo Coll, Ajmer, and St Peter’s Sch, Rajasthan Univ (BA), Jaipur, and Agra Univ (MA Econ, LLB). Presdt Bharat Krishak Samaj, Hon Wild Life Warden of Keola Deo National Park, keen ornithologist and member of various birding societies. m. 14^th July 1967, Rani Rita Kaur Sahiba, daughter of Rai Bahadur Amarjit Singhji, of Kuchesar, Bulandshahar district of UP. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
      • (1) Kanwar Shivraj Singh. b. at Kuchesar Fort, UP, 6^th February 1972, educ. at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, at the Univ of Rajasthan (BA), and the Sch of Business Administration, New Delhi (MBA). m. 22^nd May 1997, Kanwarani Kanak Kaur, née Kumari Nidhi, daughter of Shri K.K. Singh, of Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh. He d.v.p. 31^st August 2002, having had issue, one son:
        • (a) Kanwar Pukhraj Singh. b. 15^th February 1999.Copyright©Christopher Buyers
      • (2) Kanwar Deepraj Singh. b. at Kuchesar Fort, UP, 8^th August 1973, educ. Colonel Brown’s Sch, Dehra Dun, and Delhi Univ (BA). m. Kanwarani Suchitra Singh, daughter of Chaudhuri Satveer Singh, of Delhi.
      • (1) Kanwarani Bibiji Kiran Kaur. b. at Raghunath Niwas, Bharatpur, 21^st August 1968. m. 27^th January 1989, Kanwar Sanjay Lamba (b. at Jallandar, Punjab), of Daulatpur, educ. at the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun, and Rajasthan Univ (LLB), Jaipur, son of Shri T.S. Lamba, sometime Chief Engineer Haryana state PWD. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
        • (a) Dhananjaya Lamba. b. at Delhi, 16^th January 1995.
        • (a) Pooja Lamba. b. at Delhi, 10^th December 1990.Copyright©Christopher Buyers
      • (2) Kanwarani Bibiji Meenakshi Kaur. b. at Raghunath Niwas, Bharatpur, 13^th November 1969. m. 22^nd January 1991, Kanwar Vivek Chaudhary (b. at Jaipur, 20^th January 1963), educ. at Mayo Coll, Ajmer, and Thapar Engineering Coll, Patiala, Punjab (B.Sc. Eng.), Production Mngr ITC, Calcutta, son of Shri Dalip Chaudhary, sometime Chief Engineer Rajasthan state Irrigation dept. She has issue, two daughters:
        • (a) Bibiji Vasantika.
        • (b) Bibiji Vinaka.Copyright©Christopher Buyers
    • ii) Kanwar Brijraj Singh. b. at Raghunath Niwas, Bharatpur, 1942. He d. there, 1945.
    • i) Bibiji Yaduvansh Kaur. b. at Raghunath Niwas, Bharatpur, 1937. m. Colonel Hira Singh, of Dadrim, UP. She had issue, one son and two daughters.
    • ii) Bibiji Brichand Kaur. b. at Raghunath Niwas, Bharatpur, 1938. m. Sardar Gajinder Pal Singh, of Lakhimpur Kheri, UP. She d. at Delhi, 1994, having had issue, and two sons and one daughter. a) Rajkumari Sri Bibiji Ratan Kaur. b. at Mahal Khas, Bharatpur, 1908. m. Shri Ram Kumar Singh, of Bijnor, UP. She d.s.p. 1974.Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  • a) Rajkumari Sri Bibiji Brijraj Kaur. b. at Mahal Khas, Bharatpur, 1910. m. Sri Raghunath Singhji (d. at Bhugwara, 6^th June 1979), Qiladar of Bhagwara, Madhya Pradesh, educ. Benares Hindu Univ (MA), a freedom fighter who was jailed for five years alongside Mahatma Gandhi and Jawarlal Nehru, MP (Lok Sabha) for Chindwara. She d. at Bhugwara, 18^th September 1989, having had issue, an only daughter:
    • i) Bibiji Shail Kumari. b. at Bhugwara, 10^th September 1942. m. Shri Narain Singh Dhoralia, from Madhya Pradesh. She had issue, three sons.Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  • b) Rajkumari Sri Bibiji Harcharan Kaur. b. at Sewar Fort, Bharatpur, 1912. m. Sardar Gurbaksh Singh, son of Sardar Bahadur Birpal Singh, of Khureti, in Rae Bareli, UP. She d. at Bharatpur, 1994, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
    • i) Sardar Maharaj Singh. b. at Dehra Dun, 8^th July 1937. m. Sardarni Manvarinder Kaur, daughter of Sardar Kartar Singh, of Ludhiana. He has issue, two sons.
    • ii) Sardar Rajinder Singh. b. at Mount Abu, 29^th April 1939. m. Sardarni Kamaljit Kaur, daughter of Sardar G. Singh Randhawa, of Ranchi. He has issue, two daughters.
    • i) Bibiji Inderjit Kaur. b. at Raghunath Niwas, Bharatpur, 18^th July 1935. m. Sardar Ravinder Singh (b. at Patiala, 16^th July 1932), educ. Mahendra Coll, Patiala (BSc) and Univ of Roorkee, Civil Engineer, formerly Principal Chief Engineer Indian Railways and Gen Mngr RITES. She has issue, three daughters:
      • (1) Bibiji Satwant Kaur. b. 12^th November 1962.
      • (2) Bibiji Sukhpreet Kaur. b. 7^th June 1967.
      • (3) Bibiji Kiranjit Kaut. b. 7^th November 1970.
• 1) Maharajkumari Sri Bibaji ... Kaurji Sahiba. b.at Khas Kothi, Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 1876.
• 2) Maharajkumari Sri Bibaji Umrao Kaurji Sahiba [Sardarni Umrao Kaurji Sahiba, of Shahzadpur]. b. at Khas Kothi, Lohagarh, Bharatpur, ca. 1889 (d/o Daryab Kaur). m. at Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 22^nd November 1901, Colonel Meherban-i-Dostan, Sardar Bahadur Ram Singh (b. at Lahore, 1893), sometime Military Sec to the Maharaja of Patiala, elder son of Colonel Meherban-i-Dostan, Sardar Jiwan Singh Bahadur, CSI, of Shahzadpur, in the Ambala dist of the Punjab, by his wife, Sardarni Bachtiar Kaur Sahiba, daughter of H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir ul-Umara, Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bushan Sri Maharaja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sir Mahendra Singh Mahendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Patiala, GCSI. She had issue, two sons - see India Pensioners (Patiala).
• 3) Maharajkumari Sri Bibaji Sajjan Kaurji Sahiba [Sardarni Sajjan Kaur Sahiba, of Raja Sansi]. b. at Khas Kothi, Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 1890 (d/o Gokul Kaurji). m. at Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 16^th February 1900, Sardar Bahadur Raghbir Singh Sandhawalia, of Raja Sansi, CIE, OBE (b. 1889; m. second, 1945, Sardarni Ahalya Bai, and d. at Merlin Park, Tutikandi, Simla, 1965), sometime Presdt Khalsa Defence League of India, only son of Raja Bakshish Singh Sandhawalia, of Raja Sansi, in the Amritsar dist of the Punjab, by his second wife, a cousin of the Raja of Faridkot. She d. 1943, having had issue, an only son - see India Pensioners (Punjab).

1893 – 1900 H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Ram Singhji Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur. b. at Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 21^st September 1873, second son of H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Sir Jaswant Singhji Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur, GCSI, by his second wife, H.H. Maharani Sri Darya Kaurji Maji Sahiba [Dadiji Jaginewali], educ. Mayo Coll, Ajmer. Succeeded on the death of his father, 12^th December 1893. Ascended the gadi, at Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 25^th December 1893. In consequence of his intemperate habits, he was deprived of his administrative powers in 1895. The administration was conducted, first by the Diwan wih the assistance of a consultative council, and later by a council under the general control of the Political Agent. His ruling powers were suspended on 10^th August 1900, following the murder of one of his personal servants. After an enquiry he was deposed and exiled to Agra, 27^th August 1900. m. (first) at Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 17^th April 1884, H.H. Maharani Sri Kishan Kaurji Sahiba, a daughter of a Zamindar of Sappairah, in the Aligarh district. m. (second) H.H. Maharani Sri Maaji Giriraj Kaurji Sahiba, CI (1.1.1918) (d. at Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 24^th August 1922), Regent for her son from 27^th August 1900 to 28^th November 1918, rcvd: Delhi Durbar gold medals (1903 and 1911), daughter of a Zamindar of Deoli, in Bharatpur state. He d. in exile at Agra, September 1929, having had issue:

• 1) H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Sir Kishan Singhji Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur (s/o Girraj Kaur) – see below.>).

• 1) Kanwar Girraj Singh Sahib. b. at Bharatpur, ca. 1896, educ. Mayo Coll, Ajmer. Lieut Bharatpur State Forces. He d. at Bharatpur, 1975.
• 1) Bibiji Gokul Kaur [Sardarni Gokul Kaur, of Shahzadpur]. b. at Agra, after 1900. m. at Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 1913, Sardar Kartar Singh (b. 1899), younger son of Colonel Meherban-i-Dostan, Sardar Jiwan Singh Bahadur, CSI, of Shahzadpur, in the Ambala dist of the Punjab, by his wife, Sardarni Bachtiar Kaur Sahiba, daughter of H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir ul-Umara, Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bushan Sri Maharaja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sir Mahendra Singh Mahendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Patiala, GCSI - see India Pensioners (Patiala).
• 2) Bibiji Gajendra Kaur. b. at Bharatpur. m. Sardar Shamsher Singh, of Rae Bareli, UP. She had issue, three children.

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