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DHOLPUR

The Bamrolia Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1835 - 1873 H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad-i-Rajhai-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraja Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana Sir Bhagwat Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang, Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, GCSI (2.6.1869). b. at Dholpur, 1823, younger son of H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Maharajadhiraja Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana Kirat Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang, Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, educ privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 12^th November 1835. Ascended the gadi, at Dholpur, 13^th November 1835. Installed at Dholpur, August 1836. Reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers. Assisted the British during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, by giving protection to refugee civilians and by supplying a contingent of 1,500 foot, some horse and artillery for service at Agra. Rewarded for his services with the title of Saramad-i-Rajhai-i-Hind 1858. Granted a sanad of adoption, March 1862. Raised to a permanent salute of 15-guns, 1867. m. H.H. Sri Rajauria Maharani Sahiba (d. at Dholpur, 24^th October 1878), daughter of Sardar Nand Kishore Rajauria. He d. at Dholpur, 7^th February 1873, having hand issue a only son and successor:

1) Raja Shri Kulendra Singh Jai Deo Bahadur, Yuvraj Sahib of Dholpur. b. at Dholpur, 1845, educ. privately. m. at Patiala, 1857, H.H. Sidh Sri Patialawala Maharani Sateha Devi Bhawa Sahiba, CI (2.5.1882) (b. at Patiala, 1845; d. at Dholpur, 22^nd October 1888), née Maharajkumari Bibiji Basant Kaur Sahiba, served as Maharani Regent for her son 7^th February 1873 to 1884, 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. He d.v.p. at Dholpur, 1873, having had issue, one son:
- a) H.H. Maharaj Rana Shri Nihal Singh Lokendra Bahadur, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur - see below.

Maharaj Rana Sir Bhagwat Singh, also left further natural issue, a son by a Muslim lady:

2) Nawab Khwaja Muhammad Khan. Mbr. Dholpur Advisory Cncl. 1905-1911.

1873 - 1901 Major H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad-i-Rajhai-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraja Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana Nihal Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang, Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, CB (m 20.5.1898). b. at Patiala, 4^th May 1863, son of Raja Shri Kulendra Singh Jai Deo Bahadur, Yuvraj of Dholpur, by his wife, H.H. Sidh Sri Patialawala Maharani Sateha Devi Bhawa Sahiba, CI, sometime Maharani Regent of Dholpur, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his grandfather, 7^th February 1873. Ascended the gadi, 9^th February 1873. Reigned under the regency of his mother, until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers, 1884. Attended the Prince of Wales's Durbar at Delhi in 1876 and the Imperial Durbar in 1877. Hon. Maj. IA 8/2/1882, attached 2^nd Regiment, Central India Horse 4/8/1882, served in the Tirah campaign 1898 (rcvd: MID, CB, India medal with Tirah clasp). He was a popular ruler who modernised the administration and organised public works on a grand scale, the restoration of monuments, building hospitals, dispenseries, tanks and an extensive road and rail network. Rcvd: the Prince of Wales's gold medal (1876) and KIH gold medal (1877). m. (first) 30^th April 1879, H.H. Sri Pundrikganeshpuri Maharani Habans Kaur Sahiba, second daughter of Shahzada Shahdeo Singhji Bahadur, of Pundrik-Ganeshpur, in the Rae Bareli dist., Oudh, of the house of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Punjab, by his wife, a daughter of Sardar Fateh Singh, of Suga, in Thanesar dist., Punjab. m. (second) …He d. at Mashohra, 20^th July 1901, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:

1) H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad Rajha-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraja Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana Sir Ram Singh Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang, Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur (s/o Habans Kaur) - see below. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
2) H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad Rajha-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraja Shri Sawai Maharaj Rana Sir Udai Bhan Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur (s/o Habans Kaur) - see below.
3) Raja Shri Birendra Singh. m. Rani Taptej Kaur, daughter of Sardar Harnam Singh, of Fatehkot. He had issue, two sons (sons of the younger brother of the late ruler in 1954):
- a) Kunwar Shri Vir Rajendra Singh. Contested the succession of Hemant Singh October 1954-September 1969.
- b) Kunwar Shri … Singh.
1) Maharajkumari Shri …Devi Sahiba. m. at Dholpur 8^th March 1908, Lieutenant-Colonel Mahamanyabar Maharajkumar Shri Brajendra Kishore Deb Barman Bahadur (b. at Agartala, 1880), second son of H.H. Maharaja Manikya Sri Sri Sri Radha Kishore Deb Barman Bahadur, Raja of Tripura - see India (Tripura).
2) Maharajkumari Shri …Devi Sahiba. m. at Dholpur, as his second wife (the husband of her half sister) Lieutenant-Colonel Mahamanyabar Maharajkumar Shri Brajendra Kishore Deb Barman Bahadur (b. at Agartala, 1880), second son of H.H. Maharaja Manikya Sri Sri Sri Radha Kishore Deb Barman Bahadur, Raja of Tripura - see India (Tripura).

1901 - 1911 Captain H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad Rajha-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraja Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana Sir Ram Singh Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang, Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, KCIE (1.1.1909). b. at Dholpur, 26^th May 1883, eldest son of Major H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad-i-Rajhai-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraja Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana Nihal Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang, Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, CB, by his first wife, H.H. Sri Pundrikganeshpuri Maharani Habans Kaur Sahiba, educ. Mayo Coll., Ajmer and with the Imperial Cadet Corps, Dehra Dun. Succeeded on the death of his father, 20^th July 1901. Ascended the gadi, 28^th July 1901. Reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age. Invested with full ruling powers, March 1905. He reorganised the administration and revenue collection within the state, dividing it into six parganas. Hon. Capt. IA 5/2/1908. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar gold medal (1903). m. at Nabha, 1905, H.H. Sidh Sri Nabhawala Maharani Ripudaman Devi Sahiba (b. at before 1882; d.s.p. at Dehra Dun, 26^th December 1911), daughter of Colonel H.H. Farzand-i-Arjumand, Aqidat-Paiwand-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Barar Bans Sarmur, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Shri Sir Hira Singh Malvendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Nabha, GCSI, GCIE, by his wife, H.H. Longwalia Maharani Sri Jasmir Kaur Sahiba, daughter of Sardar Anukh Singh Longwalia. He d.s.p.l. at Dholpur, 29^th March 1911 (succ. by his younger brother).

1911 - 1954 Colonel H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad Rajha-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraja Shri Sawai Maharaj Rana Sir Udai Bhan Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, GCIE (1.1.1931), KCSI (1.1.1918), KCVO (17.3.1922). b. at Dholpur, 12^th February 1893, second son of Major H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad-i-Rajhai-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraja Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana Nihal Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang, Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, CB, by his first wife, H.H. Sri Pundrikganeshpuri Maharani Habans Kaur Sahiba, educ Mayo Coll., Ajmer, and with the Imperial Cadet Corps, Dehra Dun. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother, 29^th March 1911. Reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers, 9^th October 1913. Granted a personal salute of 17-guns, 1^st January 1921. Hon. Maj. IA 1/1/1921, prom. Hon. Lieut-Col. 24/10/1921, Hon. ADC to the Prince of Wales during his Indian tour 1921-1922. Hon. Col. 1^st Btn., 143^rd Narsingh (Dholpur) Infantry, IA 10/1/1919, Col-in-Chief 1^st Patiala Inf. (Rajendra Sikhs). Delegate to the Indian Round Table Conference in London 1931. Signed the instrument of accession to the Dominion of India, 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 (when he ceased to enjoy any sovereign powers). Installed as Rajpramukh of the Matsya Union. Consented to a further co venant creating the Greater Rajasthan union on 10^th March 1949, by which his state merged with that union effective on 15^th May 1949. Author of "Eastern Light of Sanasan Culture" (1946). Presdt. General Cncl. of Mayo Coll., Ajmer 1931-1932 & 1941-1942, and the All-India Sanatan Dharm Sabha (Lahore) 1924. Pro-Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes 1936. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar gold (1911), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron. (1937) and Indian Independence (1947) medals. m. April 1911, H.H. Sri Badrukhanwala Maharani Malvender Kaur Sahiba (b. 15^th January 1893; d. 12^th December 1981), daughter of Sardar Shamsher Singh, of Badrukhan, in Jind state. He d. at Dholpur, 22^nd October 1954 (succ. by his adopted son), having had issue, an only daughter:

1) Maharajkumari Shri Urmila Devi Sahiba [H.H. Maharani Urmila Devi Sahiba]. b. at the Raj Niwas Palace, Dholpur, 5^th May 1924. m. at Dholpur 25^th April 1944, 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 (b. at Nabha, 21^st September 1919; d. at New Delhi, 22^nd July 1995), eldest son of H.H. Farzand-i-Arjumand, Aqidat-Paiwand-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Barar Bans Sarmur, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Shri Ripudaman Singh Malvendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Nabha, by his second wife, H.H. Maharani Sarojini Devi Sahiba, daughter of Major Sardar Prem Singh Grewal, of Raiparia, an officer in Hyderabad state service. She d. 1997, having had issue, three sons and one daughter - see India (Nabha), including the second son:
- a) H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad Rajha-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraja Shri Sawai Maharaj Rana Hemant Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur - see below.

1954 H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad Rajha-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraja Shri Sawai Maharaj Rana Shri Hemant Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur. b. 5^th January 1951, second 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. Maharani Urmila Devi Sahiba, only daughter of Colonel H.H. Maharaja Rana Sir Udai Bhan Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, GCIE, KCSI, KCVO, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun, and Hindu Coll., Delhi Univ. (BA 1971). Adopted by his maternal grandmother, after the death of her husband, 5^th November 1954. Recognised by the GOI as successor to his grandfather, 13^th December 1956 (with effect from 22^nd October 1954). Reigned under the guardianship of his grandmother, until he came of age. 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. Settled permanently at Panchsheel Park in Delhi 1973, and handed over the Dholpur palaces, lands and state jewellery to the care of his son in 17^th May 2007. m. at Padma Vilas Palace, Poona, 17^th November 1972 (sep. 1973), H.H. Sri Scindiawala Maharani Vasundhara Raje Sahiba (b. at Bombay, 8^th March 1953), née Maharajkumari Shrimant Vasundhara Raje Sahib Scindia, educ. Presentation Convent Sch., Kodaikanal, and Sophia Coll., Bombay Univ. (BA), MLA for Dholpur in the Rajasthan state assembly 1985-1989 and for Jhalarapatan since 2003, MP (Lok Sabha) for Jhalawar 1989-2003, Union Minister of State for External Affairs 1998-1999, and for Small Scale Industries 1999-2003, Agro & Rural Industries 1999-2001, and Personnel, Training, Pensions, Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, Planning, Dept. of Nuclear Energy and Dept. of Space 2001-2003, Chief Minister of Rajasthan since 2003, Presdt. BJP (Rajasthan) since 2002 (Vice-Presdt. 1987-1989), Vice-Presdt. Yuva Morcha, BJP (Rajasthan) 1984-1986, Joint-Sec. BJP Parliamentary Party 1997-1998, Trustee Vijayaraje Scindia Trust, etc. third daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Maharaja Sir George Jivaji Rao Scindia Bahadur, Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, by his wife H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Maharani Vijaya Raja Bai Sahiba, daughter of Shrimant Thakur Mahendra Singhji. He had issue, one son:

1) Raja Shri Dushyant Singh Jai Deo Bahadur, Yuvraj Sahib of Dholpur. b. at Bombay, 11^th September 1973 (s/o Vasundhara Raje), educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun, St Stephen's Coll., Delhi Univ. (BA), Johnson & Wales Univ., Providence, Rhode Island, USA (MBA), and IHTTI Sch. of Management, Neuchatel, Switzerland (dipl. Hotel Ops.). Intern with J. Thomas & Co. Pvt. Ltd. in Calcutta 1994-1995, Hotel Beau Rivage in Geneva 1997, and the Hyatt Regency Hilton Head in South Carolina 1998-1999, Mngr. with She raton Hotels in USA 1999-2002, and Hospitality Valuation Servies (HVS) in New Delhi 2002, MLA for Jhalawar in the Rajasthan state assembly 2002-2004, MP (Lok Sabha) for Jhalawar since 2004. m. 11^th December 2000, Yuvrani Niharika Raje Sahiba, daughter of H.H. Maharaja Shri Ranjit Singh Ju Deo Bahadur Bar-Gujar, Raja of Samthar. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
- a) Rajkumar Shri Nihal Singh Jai Deo. b. at New Delhi, 27^th July 2004.
- a) Rajkumari Shri Bhairawi Raje Sahiba. b. at New Delhi, 2001.

Maharaj Rana Shri Hemant Singh also has issue by a princess from Vana, in Gujarat, a daughter:

1) Rudrani Singh.

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