BHARATPUR

GENEALOGY

1900 - 1929 Colonel H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Sir Kishan Singhji Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur, KCSI (1.1.1926). b. at the Mahal Khas, Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 4^th October 1899, elder son of H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Ram Singhji Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur, by his second wife,H.H. Maharani Sri Maji Sahiba Bibiji Giriraj Kaurji, CI, educ. Mayo Coll, Ajmer, and Wellington Sch, Somserset. Succeeded on the deposition of his father, 27^th August 1900. Installed on the gadi, at Jawahar Burj, Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 30^th August 1900. Reigned under the Regency of his mother until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers, 28^th November 1918. Cmsnd as Hon Lieut British Army 1/1/1918, prom Hon Major 1/1/1921, and Hon Lieut-Col 25/10/1921. Hon Col 1^st Btn, 144^th (Bharatpur) Infantry, IA 10/1/1919. Colonel-in-Chief Kishan Singh’s Own Brijendra Lancers 1921-1929. Attended the funeral of the King-Emperor Edward VII, 1910. Page-of-Honour to the King-Emperor at the Delhi Durbar, 1911. Granted a permanent salute of 19-guns, in recognition of the services of his troops in the Great War, 1^st January 1921. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar gold medal (1911), and GO of the Order of the Crown of Belgian (12.2.1926). m. at Qila Mubaraqat, Faridkot, 3^rd March 1913, H.H. Maharani Sri Maji Sahiba Bibiji Rajendra Kaurji Sahiba (b. at Qila Mubaraqat, Faridkot, 190x; d. at Deeg, 18^th August 1929), Col-in-Chief Brijendra Elephant Artillery, youngest daughter of H.H. Farzand-i-Sadaat Nishan Hazrat-i-Kaiser-i-Hind Raja Balbir Singh, Brar Bans Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Faridkot. He d. at Agra, 27^th March 1929, having had issue, four sons and three daughters:

• 1) H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Brijendra Singhji Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur - see below.
• 2) Rao Raja Sri Girrendra Raj Singhji Bahadur. b. 23^rd December 1920, educ. Haileybury, Hertfordshire. Hon Lieut 1^st Muthoo Infantry, Bharatpur State Forces. He d. unm. from typhoid fever at Bharatpur, 20^th September 1940.
• 3) Major Raja Sri Edward Man Singhji Bahadur. b. 4^th December 1921 (for whom the King-Emperor Edward VIII stood sponsor), educ. Malvern Coll, Worcestershire, Loughborough Coll, Leicestershire, and RMA Sandhurst. Cmsnd as 2^nd Lieut IA 29/5/1943 attached 2^nd Royal Lancers (Gardener’s Horse), prom Lieut 29/11/1943, prom actg Capt, served in WW2, prom Hon Maj Bharatpur State Forces 1946, MSC and General Minister 1946-1948, MLA for Deeg in the Rajasthan state assembly 1952-1985. Styled Rao Raja at birth and prom to the title of Raja in late 1946. Rcvd: Brijendra Order 1^st class, 1939/45 Star, British War and India Service medals (1945). m. at the Royal Palace, Kolhapur, 9^th March 1945, Rani Vaijayanti Raje Sahiba, née Shrimant Anantmala Bai Sahib Ghatge, second daughter of Meherban Shrimant Chiranjiva Rajashri Dattajirao Ghatge [Bala Sahib], Sarjerao, Desmukh, Chief of Kagal (Junior). He was k. (shot in the back six times by police while alighting from his jeep during the election campaign), at Deeg, 21^st February 1985, having had issue, three daughters:
  • a) Rajkumari Sri Bibiji Gijender Kaur Sahiba. m. Brigadier Jitender Pal Singh, of Sirohi, in UP. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
  • b) Rajkumari Sri Bibiji Praveena Kaur Sahiba. unm. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  • c) Rajkumari Sri Bibiji Krishnendra Kaur Sahiba [Shrimathi Deepa Singh]. b. at Bharatpur, 10^th April 1954, educ. Maharani Gayatri Devi Public Sch, Jaipur. MLA for Deeg in the Rajasthan state assembly 1985-1993 and for Nadbai since 2003, MP (Lok Sabha) for Bharatpur City 1991-1996. m. 26^th April 1982, Shri Vijay Singh, of Sirohi, in UP, a cousin of Brigadier Jitender Pal Singh. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
• 4) Squadron Leader Raja Sri Girraj Saran Singhji Bahadur [Bachhu Singh]. b. at Bharatpur, 30^th November 1922, educ. Wellington Sch., Somerset, and RIAF Coll, Lahore, Punjab. Cmsnd as Pilot Officer RIAF 6/2/1940, prom Flying Officer RIAFVR 6/6/1942, served in WW2, retd as Squadron Leader 1946, Military Sec 1946-1948, Hon Capt Ram Risala 1946, MP (Lok Sabha) for Bharatpur City 1952-1957 and for Mathura 1967-1969. Styled Rao Raja at birth and prom to the title of Raja in late 1946. Rcvd: Brijendra Order 1^st class, 1939/45 Star, British War and India Service medals (1945). m. (first) at Kapurthala, 19^th February 1942 (div. 1958), Maharajkumari Bibiji Sushila Devi Sahiba (b. at Kapurthala, 14^th December 1918; d. at Simla, 16^th November 1974), second daughter of Colonel H.H. Farzand-i-dilband, Rasikh ul-Itikad Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajgan Maharaja Shri Paramjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, by his first wife, H.H. Maharani Sri Brinda Devi, daughter of Raj Kumar Shri Gambhir Chand, of Jubbal. m. (second) 1961, Shrimathi Pamela Nandini Singh, a divorcee, daughter of Ramdas Krishna Naidu, by his wife, Dorothy, daughter of Dr Manmohan Lal Agarwala. He d. from cirrhosis of the liver, at New Delhi, 16^th December 1969, having had issue, two sons:
  • a) Raja Sri Anup Singhji Sahib. b. 25^th December 1942 (or 1944) (s/o Sushila Devi), educ. Welham Sch, Dehradun, Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla, and Cornell Univ (B.Sc. Agricultural Econ.), Ithaca, New York, USA. m. (first) at Simla, December 1969 (div. 1974), Kumari Vijaya Kumari, daughter of Thakur Gopal Singh, of Bhajji State in Himachal Pradesh. m. (second) at Patiala, Punjab, 19^th April 1980, Rani Sri Surrinder Kaur Sahiba (b. at Patiala, 24^th April 1947), educ. Tara Hall, Simla, daughter of Tikka Jagjit Singh, of Shahzadpur, Haryana, by his wife, Tikkarani Inderjit Kaur, daughter of Colonel Sardar Gurcharan Singh, of Bhadaur. No issue.
  • b) Rajkumar Sri Arun Singhji Sahib. b. at Delhi, 13^th February 1947 (s/o Sushila Devi), educ. Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla, and St Stephen’s Coll, Univ of Delhi (BA). MLA for Deeg Rajasthan State Assembly 1993-2006. He d. unm. from kidney failure, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 15^th March 2006.
• 1) Maharajkumari Sri Bibaji Kusum Kaur Sahiba [Rani Kaila Deviji Sahiba, of Unchagaon]. b. at Savar Mahal, Bharatpur, 10^th September 1916, educ. privately. m. at Bharatpur, 26^th February 1933 (sep.) Raja Surendra Pal Singh, of Unchagaon (b. at Unchagaon Fort, 17^th May 1917), sometime Union Minister of State for External Affairs, son of Jagat Singh, of Unchagaon, in the Bulandshahr district of UP. She had issue.
• 2) Maharajkumari Sri Bibaji Brij Kaur Sahiba. b. at Savar Mahal, Bharatpur, 12^th January 1918 (?), educ. privately. She d. unm. 19^th May 1930.
• 3) Maharajkumari Sri Bibaji Padma Kaur Sahiba [Kanwarani Vrish Bhan Kunwar Sahiba]. b. at Savar Mahal, Bharatpur, 18^th September 1919), educ. privately. m. at Bharatpur, 11^th March 1934, Kanwar Brijendra Singh (b. at Moradabad, 29^th September 1918; m. second, at Lucknow, July 1945 (div.), Anna Singh, and d. at New Delhi, 4^th November 1996, leaving further issue by his second wife), of Moradabad, UP, Minister-in-Waiting to the Maharaja of Bharatpur 1944, son of Rao Bahadur Kunwar Sardar Singh, of Moradabad, UP. She d. at Mysore, 4^th July 1944, having had issue, three daughters.

1929 - [1995] Colonel H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Brijendra Singhji Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur. b. at Sewar Fort Palace, Lohagarh, Bharatpur, 1^st December 1918, eldest son of Colonel H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Sir Kishan Singhji Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur, KCSI, by his wife, H.H. Maharani Sri Maji Sahiba Bibiji Rajendra Kaurji Sahiba, educ. Bryanston Sch, Blandford, Dorset, and Wellington Sch, Somerset. Succeeded on the death of his father, 27^th March 1929. Ascended the gadi 14^th April 1929 and reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age. Invested with limited ruling powers, 22^nd October 1939. Invested with full ruling powers, 19xx. Hon Lieut Bharatpur Mechanical Transport Troop 1919, Colonel-in-Chief Kishan Singh’s Own Brijendra Lancers 1929-1950. Cmsnd as Hon Lieut Indian Army 21/7/1942, attached 21^st KGVO Central India Horse, prom Hon Capt 11/7/1944, Hon Lt-Col 15/8/1945, and Hon Col 15/10/1946. Signed the instrument of accession to the Dominion of India, August 1947. Entered into a covenant with his fellow rulers to form the United State of Matsya on 28^th February 1948, by which his state merged with that union effective from 17^th March 1948. Consented to a further covenant creating the Greater Rajasthan union on 10^th March 1949, by which his state merged with that union effective 15^th May 1949 (when he ceased to enjoy sovereign powers). MP (Lok Sabha) 1962-1971. The GOI amended the Indian Constitution to remove his position as a "ruler" and his right to receive privy-purse payments, 28^th December 1971. Rcvd: Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron. (1937) and Indian Independence (1947) medals. m. (first) at the Amba Vilas Palace, Mysore 18^th June 1941, H.H. Maharani Sri Jayachamunda Ammani Avaru (b. at Mysore, 30^th October 1927; d. in childbirth, at Bangalore Palace, Mysore, 1954), third daughter of H.H. Maharajkumar Sri Sir Kanthirava Narasimharaja Wadiyar Bahadur, Yuvaraja of Mysore, GCIE, by his wife H.H. Soubhagyavati Yuvarani Sri Kempu Chelvaja Ammani Avaru, fourth daughter of The Hon Sardar Delavoi Devaraj Urs. m. (second) at Bharatpur, June 1961 (div. 1972), H.H. Maharani Sri Videh Kaurji Sahiba (b. 5^th February 19xx; d. at the Mahal Khas, Bharatpur, 5^th February 1985), née Sri Sushila Laksha Ammani Avaru of the Tiruveker Urs family of Mysore. He d. 8^th July 1995, having had issue, five daughters by his first wife, one son and one daughter by his second:

• 1) H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Vishvendra Singhji Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur (s/o Videh Kaurji) - see below.
• 1) Maharajkumari Sri Bibiji Parvat Kaurji Sahiba. b. at the Chamundivihar Palace, Mysore,, 25^th October 1942 (d/o Jaya Chamundammani), educ. Loretto Convent-Tara Hall, Simla, and the Nazareth Convent, Ootacamund. m. Kanwar Harinderjit Singh. She had issue, two sons and one daughter:
  • a) Kanwar Gurinderjit Singh.
  • b) Kanwar Jagjit Singh.
  • a) Bibiji Kiran Kaur. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
• 2) Maharajkumari Sri Bibiji Pushpendra Kaurji Sahiba. b. at the Moti Mahal Palace, Bharatpur, 12^th December 1944 (d/o Jaya Chamundammani), educ. Loretto Convent-Tara Hall, Simla, and the Nazareth Convent, Ootacamund. m. May 1969, Krishna Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana, son of Major-General Sri Sri Sri Maharajkumar Shanta Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, of Nepal, by his wife, Sri Rani Achala Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of H.M. Svasti Sri Giriraja Chakra Chudamani Narayanetyadi Vividha Virudavali Virajamana Manonnata Parama-Ojaswi-Rajanya Parama-Projjwala-Nepal-Tara Parama-Pavitra-Om-Ram-Patta Parama-Jyotirmaya-Subikhyata-Tri-Shakti-Patta Parama-Suprasiddha-Prabala-Gorkha-Dakshina-Bahu Mahadhipati Shriman Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Maharajadhiraja Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Jang Bahadur Shah Bahadur Shamsher Jang Devanam Sada Samaja Vijayinam, King of Nepal - see Nepal (Lambjang & Kaski).
• 3) Maharajkumari Sri Bibiji Renuka Kaurji Sahiba. b. at the Moti Mahal Palace, Bharatpur, 11^th March 1947 (d/o Jaya Chamundammani), educ. Loretto Convent-Tara Hall, Simla, and the Nazareth Convent, Ootacamund. m. at the Golbagh Palace, Bharatpur, 11^th December 1969, Raja Shri Mahendra Singh, of Pisawa, in the Aligarh dist. of UP.
• 4) Maharajkumari Sri Bibiji Deergh Kaurji Sahiba [H.H. the Maharani of Nabha]. b. at the Moti Mahal Palace, Bharatpur, 1954 (d/o Jaya Chamundammani), educ. privately. m. at Bharatpur, 12^th December 1970, H.H. Farzand-i-Arjumand, Aqidat-Paiwand-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Barar Bans Sarmur, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Shri Hanuwant Singh Malvendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Nabha (b. at Dholpur, 5^th December 1948), eldest son of Colonel H.H. Farzand-i-Arjumand, Aqidat-Paiwand-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Barar Bans Sarmur, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Shri Sir Pratap Singh Malvendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Nabha, KCSI, by his wife, H.H. Dholpurwala Maharani Shri Urmila Devi Sahib, only daughter of Colonel H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad Rajha-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraj Sri Sawai Maharaja Rana Sir Udai Bhan Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jung Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, GCIE, KCSI, KCVO. She had issue, two sons - see India (Nabha).
• 5) Maharajkumari Sri Bibiji Rohini Kaurji Sahiba [Ganga Kaur]. b. at Bharatpur, 1963 (d/o Videh Kaurji) educ. privately. m. Sardar Rabindrabir Singh Grewal, son of Sardar B. Singh Grewal, sometime Chief Minister of Faridkot, by his wife, Maharajkumari Ruby Rajbir Kaur Sahiba, third daughter of Brigadier H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband, Rasikh-ul-Itiqad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sir Ranbir Singh Rajendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Jind, GCSI, GCIE. She had issue, a son:
  • a) Kanwar Govind Singh Grewal.
• 6) Maharajkumari Sri Bibiji Bhanu Shankari Devi Sahiba. b. at Bangalore, 1965 (d/o Videh Kaurji).

• 1) Yuvraj Sri Maharajkumar Anirudh Singh Bahadur Sahib [Anirudh Vishvendra Bharatpur]. b. 19^th June 1992, educ. The Leys Sch, Cambridge, and Univ Coll, London (UCL) (BSc 2012). Employed with The Oberoi, Dubai 2014-2015, Global Public Relations at One & Only Resorts since 2015.

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