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BIKANER

The Rathore Dynasty

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[1988 - 2003] H.H. Sri Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Narendra Maharaja Shiromani Sri Narendra Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Bikaner and Head of the Royal House of Bikaner. b. at Karni Niwas, Lallgarh Palace, Bikaner, 13^th January 1946, eldest son of Colonel H.H. Sri Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Narendra Maharaja Shiromani Karni Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Bikaner, by his wife, H.H. Sisodiji Maharani Sri Sushila Kanwarji Sahiba, second daughter of H.H. Rai-i-Rayan, Mahimahendra, Maharajadhiraj Maharawal Shri Sir Lakshman Singh Sahib Bahadur, Maharawal of Dungarpur, GCIE, KCSl, educ. Mayo Coll., Ajmer and Sriram Coll., Delhi. Succeeded on the death of his father as Head of the Royal House of Bikaner, 4^th September 1988. Ascended the gadi at the Karan Mahal, Junagarh, Bikaner, 29^th September 1988. m. at New Delhi, 27^th April 1971, H.H. Maharani Sri Padma Kanwarji Sahiba (b. at Chamba, 1^st January 1953), younger daughter of Major H.H. Raja Sri Lakshman Singh, Raja of Chamba, by his wife, Rani Shrimati Bai Sahib Shri Davendra Kumariji Sahiba, eldest daughter of H.H. Maharajadhiraj Maharawat Shri Sir Ram Singh II Bahadur, Maharawat of Partabgarh, KCSI. He d. at Apollo Hospital, Delhi, 24^th October 2003 (cremated at Devi Kund Sagar, Bikaner), having had issue, three daughters (and without adopting a male heir or successor):

1) Maharajkumari Sri Daksha Kumari Sahiba. b. at New Delhi, 13^th July 1972. Severely disabled. She d. at the Apollo Hospital, Delhi, 6^th June 2000. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
2) Maharajkumari Sri Siddhi Kumari Sahiba. b. 6^th October 1973.
3) Maharajkumari Sri Mahima Kumari Sahiba. b. at New Delhi, 23^rd December 1975. m. at New Delhi, 13^th March 1997, Shri Sumit Sharma (b. at Amritsar, Punjab, 28^th September 1972), son of Shri Shyam Sunder Sharma, late ICS, a Brahmin gentleman, by his wife, Shrimathi Rani Sharma. She has issue, one daughter:
- a) Sanjana Sharma. b. at New Delhi, 12^th July 2000.

[2003] H.H. Sri Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Narendra Sawai Maharaja Shiromani Ravi Raj Singhji Bahadur, Maharaja of Bikaner and Head of the Royal House of Bikaner. b. 5^th April 1977, only son of Rajkumar Sri Chandra Shekhar Singhji, by his wife, Kanwarani Anasuya Devi Sahiba, of Bansda, educ. Mayo Coll., Ajmer, and St Xavier's Coll., Mumbai. Executive employed by ICICI Bank Ltd. at Jaipur. Succeeded on the death of his paternal cousin as Head of the Royal House of Bikaner, 24^th October 2003 (the widow and mother of Maharaja Narendra Singh having declined to exercise the right of adoption). Invested at the Dhanni Nath Giri Math's Panach temple, Bikaner, 20^th April 2004. m. at Jodhpur, 12^th December 2006, H.H. Maharani Sri Shiprarani Kanwarji Sahiba, from Dhulia, in Maharashtra.

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