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The Holkar Dynasty
GENEALOGY
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1886 - 1903 H.H. Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Shivajirao [Bala Sahib] Holkar XII Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, GCSI (30.6.1887). b. at the Juna Rajwada Palace, Indore, 11^th November 1859, third son of General H.H. Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Tukojirao II Holkar XI Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, GCSI, CIE, by his fourth wife, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Parvatibai Sahiba, educ. Indore High Sch, and Daly Coll, Indore. Succeeded on the death of his father, 17^th June 1886. Installed on the gadi, at the Juna Rajwada Palace, Indore, 12^th July 1886. Attended the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria in London 1887, and the Delhi Coronation Durbar 1903. Abdicated in favour of his eldest son, 31^st January 1903. Granted an allowance of Rs 4 lakhs p.a. and resided thereafter at the Daryava Mahal, Barwaha. Patron Holkar Science Coll. Vice-Patron The National Indian Assoc 1887-1903. Life Mbr Bombay Natural History Soc. Rcvd: Golden Jubilee medal (1887 and bar 1897), and Delhi Durbar gold medal (1903). m. (first) at Indore, 20^th May 1865, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Varanasibai Masahib Holkar [Senior Maharani] (d. at Indore, 1968). m. (second) H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Girjabai Sahib Holkar (b. 23^rd May 1875). m. (third) at Indore, 18xx, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Chandrabhagabai Masahiba Holkar]. m. (fourth) at Indore, 18xx, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sitabai Masahiba Holkar (d. at Maheshwar Fort, 12^th December 1890). He d. at the Daryava Mahal, Barwaha, 13^th October 1908, having had issue, two sons and six daughters:

1) H.H. Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Tukojirao III Holkar XIII Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore (s/o Sitabai) - see below.

2) Maharajkumar Shrimant Khanderao Holkar Bahadur. b. at the Lal Bagh Palace, Indore, 28^th October 1895 (s/o Chandrabhagabai). He d. February 1897.

1) Maharajkumari Shrimant Sitabai Raje Sahib Holkar [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sitabai Raje Sahib Bhagwat, of Barlai]. b. at Indore, 14^th November 1876, educ. privately. Granted the jagir of Barlai 7^th October 1886 (resumed by the state of Madhya Bharat 1952). m. at Indore, 27^th March 1891, Rao Sahib Shrimant Sardar Narayanrao Bhagwat Sahib (d. 25^th April 1924), Huzur Privy Counsellor 1895-1914. She d. 1^st Februry 1956, having had issue, one son and one daughter:

a) Colonel Shrimant Sardar Martandrao Narayanrao Bhagwat Sahib, Diler Jung. b. 14^th October 1895, educ. Daly Coll, Indore, and Christ Church, Oxford (BA). Joined Holkar State Service 1930, Hon ADC to the Maharaja of Indore 1934, Deputy Assist QMG 1935, Cdt 1^st Btn, Holkar Infantry. m. 16^th March 1921, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Radhabai Sahiba Bhagwat, Municipal Councillor Indore 1937, Presdt Apli Sahakari Sanstha, Dir Indore Co-operative Central Assoc, and Mahila Vastra Bhandar, daughter of Shrimant Krishnarao Anandrao Bargal, jagirdar, of Talode, in the West Khandesh district of the Bombay Presidency. He d. before 27^th November 1961, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
- i) Shrimant Bhimdeorao Martandrao Bhagwat Sahib. b. 17^th April 1922.
b) Shrimant Indirabai Narayanrao Bhagwat, Muntazim Bahadur. b. 21^st October 1897, educ. Oxford Univ (BA). Dir of Girls’ Education, Assist Dir of Sch Education (Officiating Dir 1935), Vice-Presdt Indore Municipality. Mbr Indore Hindu Univ Assoc 1935, Women’s Role in Planned Economy Sub-Cttee, etc. Author of “Ya Sadashiv”. She d. unm. 1942.

2) Maharajkumari Shrimant Savitribai Raje Sahib Holkar [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Savitribai Raje Sahib Bansude] [Princess Savitribai Sahib Bansude]. b. at Indore, 6^th May 1881, educ. privately. Presdt All-India Women’s Conference (AIWC), Indore Branch. Mbr Asiatic Soc of Bombay 1917. m. at Indore, 20^th March 1889 (div. 1902), Shrimant Sardar Santajirao Bansude Sahib (d. 28^th May 1921), rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911).

3) Maharajkumari Shrimant Bhimabai Raje Sahib Holkar [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Bhimabai Raje Sahib Changin]. b. at Indore, 30^th September 1882, educ. privately. m. at Indore, 9^th March 1889, Shrimant Sardar Shankarrao Babaji Changan Sahib (b. 18^th September 1881), educ. Barr-at-Law, State Treasurer, Mbr Huzur Privy Council, Huzur Karjanchi 1912, granted the personal title of Sardar 21^st August 1930, rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911), the Order of the Ahilya Holkar Sultanat 1^st class (Yamin us-Sultanat) (24.11.1923, 2^nd class Sotun us-Sultanat 26.11.1920). She had issue, a daughter:

a) Shrimant Shakuntalabai Sahib Changan [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Shakuntalabai Bolia]. b. 5^th December 1893. m. at Indore, 11^th February 1912, as his third wife, Viqar ul-Umrao Shrimant Sardar Narayanrao Bolia Sahib (b. 1889; d.s.p.m. at Indore, 30^th March 1932), widower of her paternal aunt, Princess Sundarabai Raje – see below. She had issue, two daughters:
- i) Shrimant Madalasabai Bolia. b. 21^st June 1914. m. 17^th February 1925, Sivappa, son of Tippana Sivappa, of Pandharpur.

4) Maharajkumari Shrimant Lilabai Raje Sahib Holkar [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Lilabai Raje Sahib Matkar]. b. at Indore, 10^th October 1889, educ. privately. m. at Indore, 4^th March 1895, Shrimant Sardar Kondaji Rao Matkar Sahib (d. 14^th January 1928), Huzur Privy Counsellor 1895-1926, rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911). She d. 27^th December 1971, having had issue, one son and one daughter:

a) Shrimant Sardar Fatehsinghrao Matkar Sahib. b. 1^st August 1904, educ. Daly Coll, Indore. m. at Indore, 13^th June 1927, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Viramati Bai Matkar, daughter of Dajiba Vithoji Karde.

a) Shrimant Narmadabai Matkar [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Jijibai Shinde]. b. at Indore, 10^th September 1910. m. 5^th July 1927, Shrimant Eknath Rao Shinde Sahib, son of Shrimant Bapuji Rao Shinde Sahib. She had issue, a son:

i) Shrimant Chandrakant Shinde, educ. Shahu Boarding House, Satara, Maharashtra.

5) Maharajkumari Shrimant Sundrabai Raje Sahib Holkar [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sundrabai Raje Sahib Bolia]. b. at Maheshwar Fort, 26^th November 1890, educ. privately. m. at Indore, 1905, Viqar ul-Umra, Shrimant Sardar Narayanrao Govindrao Bolia Sahib (b. 1889; m. second, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Laxmibai Bolia. m. third, at Indore, 11^th February 1912, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Shakuntalabai Bolia, and d.s.p.m. at Indore, 30^th March 1932), educ. City High Sch, and Daly Coll, Indore, and Mayo Coll, Ajmer, Rajputana, attended the Coronation of the King-Emperor George V at Westminster Abbey, London 1911, MSC Indore 1921, Army Minister 1923-1928, rcvd: Coron (1903 & 1911) and Delhi Durbar (1911) medals, adopted son of Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Manjulabai Sahib, widow of Viqar ul-Umrao Shrimant Sardar Govindrao Chimnaji Bolia Sahib. She d. 1906, having had issue, an only daughter:

a) Shrimant Tillotama Bai Bolia [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Tilottama Bai Bingley, Mashir Bahadur]. b. at Indore, 3^rd November 1906. Chief Lady-in-Waiting to the Maharani. Raised to the personal title of Mashir Bahadur 9^th September 1935. m. at Indore, 22^nd May 1926 (div. at Reno, Nevada, USA, 6^th February 1940), Captain Baburao Ramchandra Bingley (b. 14^th November 1905), educ. Daly Coll, Indore, and the Coll of St Gregory & St Martin at Wye (Wye Coll) (Dip. Agric. 1929), Wye, Kent, joined Holkar State Service 1930, Registrar of Co-operative Socs 1933, Hon ADC to the Maharaja 1930, Hon Capt Holkar State Forces attached Mahesh Guard, Hon Chief Cmsnr Holkar State Scouts, Mbr Indian Central Cotton Cttee. She had issue, two sons:

i) Shrimant Rawindra Baburao Bingley. b. at Sevenoaks, Kent, Apr-Jun 1929. m. as her second husband (div.), Maharajkumari Shrimant Sumitra Raje Sahib Holkar (b. at Indore, 14^th November 1932; m. third, Prabhakar Dalvi, by whom she had a further son), former wife of Rajadhiraj Sri Raghavender Singhji Sahib [David], of Patiala, and fifth daughter of H.H. Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Tukojirao III Holkar XIII Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, GCIE, by his third wife, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sharmistabai Sahib Holkar [Sharmista Devi], née Nancy Anne Miller, daughter of John Miller, of Seattle, Washington, USA. He had issue, a son – see below.

ii) Viqar ul-Umra, Shrimant Sardar Wirendra Singh Narayanrao Bolia. b. at Indore, 1930, educ. Daly Coll, Indore. Adopted by his maternal step-grandmother, Laxmibai Bolia, and succeeded to the Bolia family estates 1932. Dir Madhya Pradesh Flying Club Ltd since 1957, Mbr Indian Rose Fed, etc. m. at the Daryava Mahal, Barwaha, 20^th February 1957, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sushri Sushila Raje Bolia]. b. at Maheshwar Fort, January 1937), youngest daughter of H.H. Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Tukojirao III Holkar XIII Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, GCIE, by his third wife, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sharmistabai Sahib Holkar [Sharmista Devi], née Nancy Anne Miller, daughter of John Miller, of Seattle, Washington, USA. He had issue – see below.

6) Maharajkumari Shrimant Thakubai Raje Sahib Holkar [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Thakubai Raje Sahib Zanane]. b. 20^th November 1897 (d/o Varanasi Maa Sahib Holkar), educ. privately. m. at Indore, 23^rd December 1913, Shrimant Sardar Ramchandra Rao Khanderao Zanane Sahib, educ. Univ of Allahabad (BA 1915), Allahabad, UP, Home Minister 1934-1941, Officiating Prime Minister & Presdt of the Council 1936-1937, Vice-Presdt Indore State Council 1941-1942, Foreign Minister 1942-1944, granted the personal title of Sardar 21^st August 1930, rcvd: Silver Jubilee (1935), and Coron (1937) medals, the Order of the Ahilya Holkar Sultanat 1^st class (Yamin us-Sultanat) (24.11.1923, 2^nd class Sotun us-Sultanat 26.11.1920). She d. at Indore, 1968, having had issue, one son and four daughters:

a) Shrimant Sharadchandra Rao Ramchandrarao Zanane. b. at Indore, October 1914. He had issue, a son and a daughter:

i) Shrimant Subhashchandra Sharadchandrarao Zanane.

i) Kumari Chandralekha Zanane, educ. Univ of Indore (MB BS 1967). Mbr Medical Council of India 1968.

a) Shrimant Chandraprabhabai Zanane. b. at Indore, April 1919.

b) Shrimant Indumatibai Zanane. b. at Indore, April 1921. m. Jayavant Vinayakrao Talcherkar (b. at Bombay, 1909; d. at Indore, 1976), educ. Deccan Coll, Poona, Bombay Univ (BA), Edinburgh Univ (B.Com. 1934), and Lincoln’s Inn, London, son of Shrimant Vinayakrao Anandrao Talcherkar, Muntazim Bahadur, LME, LTM, sometime Textile Expert to the Holkar State (younger s/o Rao Bahadur Anandrao Ramkrishna Talcherkar, of Bandra, Bombay, sometime Cashier of H.M. Dockyard, RIM), by his wife, Shrimati Krishna. She d. at Indore, 2005, having had issue, a daughter:

i) Shrimant Ranjana Talcherkar [Ms Ranjana Talcherkar Clark]. b. 8^th June 1950, educ. All Saints’ Coll, Nainital. m. at Roanoke, Virginia, USA, 6^th July 1974 (div. at Danville, Virginia, USA, 4^th June 2004), Carl Victor Clark (b. at Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 1^st September 1949; d. at Richmond, Virginia, USA, 29^th October 2006), son of Robert Carl Clark, of Richmond, Virginia, USA, by his wife, Jean Clara Bond. She had issue, one daughter.

c) Shrimant Kumudini Zannane [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Kumudini Holkar]. b. at Indore, 17^th June 1923. m. Shrimant Martand Rao Holkar (b. at Indore, 30^th January 1919; d. there, 2003), son of Maharaj Shrimant Yadavrao Holkar [Bhaiya Sahib], sometime Deputy Minister for Revenue and Supt of the Court of Wards. She d. at Indore, 2003, having had issue, a daughter – see above.

d) Shrimant Varanashibai Zanane. b. at Indore, 5^th June 1927.

1903 - 1926 H.H. Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Tukojirao III Holkar XIII Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, GCIE (1.1.1918). b. at Maheshwar Fort, 26^th November 1890, eldest son of H.H. Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Shivajirao [Bala Sahib] Holkar XII Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, GCSI, by his third wife, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sitabai Sahib Holkar, educ. Daly Coll, Indore, Mayo Coll, Ajmer, and with the Imperial Cadet Corps (ICC), Dehradun. Succeeded on the abdication of his father, 31^st January 1903. Reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers, 6^th November 1911. Recieved TRH the Prince and Princess of Wales (the future King-Emperor George V and Queen-Empress Mary) at Indore 1905. Attended the Coronation of the King-Emperor George V at Westminster Abbey, London, 1911. Field Marshal and C-in-C, Indore State Forces 1903-1926. Abdicated in favour of his only son, 26^th February 1926. Patron Holkar Science Coll, Maharaja Shivaji Rao High Sch 1918-1926, Indian Gymkhana Club 1920, All-India Library Congress 1968, etc. Vice-Patron National Indian Assoc in Aid of Social Progress & Education in India. Vice-Presdt East India Assoc (London). Mbr Royal Asiatic Soc of GB & Ire (MRS) 1911, Bombay Natural History Soc, etc. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver (1903), Prince of Wales’s Visit (1905), Coron (1911), and Delhi Durbar gold (1911) medals, DGBStJ (25.11.1911). m. (first) at Indore, 16^th March 1895, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Chandrawatibai Masahiba Holkar (b. 24^th September 1887; d. at Shiv Vilas Palace, after 1947), educ. privately, attended the Coronation of the King-Emperor George V at Westminster Abbey, London, 1911, rcvd: the Holkar Order of Merit (1914), Prince of Wales’s Visit (1905), Coron (1911), Silver Jubilee (1935) and Coron (1937) medals, daughter of Raoji Gawade. m. (second) at Indore, 8^th December 1913, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Indirabai Sahib Holkar (b. at Bombay, 11^th June 1896; d. at the Old Palace, Indore, after 1968), Mgr Education, Medical, Charitable & Household depts 1923-1924, Chair All-India Women’s Cttee 1953, Patron Shree Ahilya Seva Sadan, Rajwade Historical Research Inst, Ramdas Research Institution of Dhulla, Maharastra Sahitva Parishad, Vedic Research Soc (Poona), Dharmakosha Karvalaya (Wai), All India History of Indian Philosophy, Village Uplift Soc of India, Red Cross Soc of India (Indore Branch), All India Women’s Home Industries Exhibition (Indore) 1945, etc. Founded the Holkar Order of Merit in February 1914 and the Order of the Ahilya Holkar Sultanat on 22^nd November 1920. rcvd: the Holkar Order of Merit (1914), Silver Jubilee (1935) and Coron (1937) medals, daughter of Rao Bahadur Mukundrao Ramachandra Talcherkar, of Bombay. m. (third) at the Dariya Mahal, Barwaha, 17^th March 1928, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sharmistabai Sahib Holkar [Sharmista Devi] (b. at Seattle, Washington, USA, 9^th September 1907; d. at the Sukh Niwas Palace, Indore, 1995), educ. Univ of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, became a member of the Dhanar caste and adopted by Princess Tarabai and Colonel Hanumant Rao Lambhate before her marriage, née Nancy Anne Miller, daughter of John Miller, of Seattle, Washington, USA, by his wife, Mrs Jennie Miller, daughter of Louis Schaeffer, of Lausanne, Switzerland, by whom he had issue four daughters. He d. at Lal Bagh Palace, Indore, 21^st May 1978, having had issue, one son and six daughters:

1) H.H. Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Yeshwantrao II Holkar XIV Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore (s/o Chandrawatibai) - see below.
1) Maharajkumari Manoramabai Raje Sahib Holkar. b. at Maheshwar, 1909 (d/o Chandrawatibai), educ. in England. She d. from tuberculosis, at Lonavala, Bombay Presidency, 26^th January 1936.
2) Maharajkumari Shrimant Snehalata Raje Sahib Holkar. b. at Maheshwar, 1915 (d/o Indirabai). She d. from septicaemia after receiving severe burns when her clothes accidentally caught fire, at Indore, 31^st October 1925.
3) Maharajkumari Shrimant Sushri Sharada Raje Sahib Holkar. b. at Château Holkar, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France, 26^th January 1929 (d/o Sharmistabai), educ. in France.
4) Maharajkumari Shrimant Sita Raje Sahib Holkar [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sita Raje Ghatge]. b. at Château Holkar (Château d’Hannemont), Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France, 8^th November 1930 (d/o Sharmista Bai). Dir Sangeeta Hotels & Properties Pvt Ltd since 1987. m. Shrimant Fatehsingh Rao Ghatge [Bhawu Sahib] (b. 9^th July 1922), sometime Lieut Indore State Forces and ADC to the Maharaja Holkar, third son of Meherban Shrimant Chiranjiva Rajashri Dattajirao Ghatge [Bala Sahib], Sarjerao, Desmukh, Chief of Kagal (Junior), by his third wife, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Shakutala Bai Sahib Ghatge, a lady from the Rana family of Nepal. She had issue, a son and a daughter - see India Vassals (Kagal).

5) Maharajkumari Shrimant Sumitra Raje Sahib Holkar [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sumitra Raje Dalvi]. b. at the Dariya Mahal, Barwaha, 14^th November 1932 (d/o Sharmistabai). m. (first) at Mussoorie, UP, 1947, Rajadhiraj Sri Raghavender Singhji Sahib [David] (b. 18^th July 1926; d. 9^th March 1985), son of Lieutenant-General H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir ul-Umara, Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bushan 108 Sri Maharaja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sir Bhupinder Singh Mahendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Patiala, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, by his fourth wife, H.H. Maharani Sri Vimalavati Kaur Sahiba. She had issue, one daughter - see India (Patiala). m. (second) Shrimant Rawindra Baburao Bingley (b. at Sevenoaks, Kent, Apr-Jun 1929), elder son of Captain Baburao Ramchandra Bingley, sometime Hon ADC to the Maharaja Holkar, by his wife, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Tilottama Bai Bingley, Mashir Bahadur, sometime Chief Lady-in-Waiting to the Maharani Holkar, daughter of Viqar ul-Umra, Shrimant Sardar Narayanrao Govindrao Bolia Sahib. m. (third) Prabhakar Dalvi. She had further issue, a son by each of her second and third husbands:

a) Shrimant Jagat Rao Bingley. Dir Oson Construction Private Ltd since 2012. Settled in Bombay. m. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Deepika Raje Bingley [Dipika Jagat Bingley]. He had issue, a son and a daughter:
- i) Shrimant Jaideep Rao Bingley. b. at Indore, 5^th April 198x. m. at Indore, 28^th February 2017, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Avantika Raje Bingley (b. at Jammu), educ. St Mary’s Presentation Convent Sch, Jammu, Designer at Attitude Fashion House 2007-2009, and at Aura by Gunjan 2010-2011, Mngr at Rohit Bal Designs Pvt Ltd 2011-2014, twin daughter of Rajinder Singh Kotwal, by his wife, Charu.
- i) Shrimant Deveena Raje Bingley [Devina].
b) Shrimant Ashish Dalvi.

6) Maharajkumari Shrimant Sushri Sushila Raje Sahib Holkar [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sushri Sushila Raje Bolia]. b. at Maheshwar Fort, January 1937 (d/o Sharmistabai), educ. in France. m. at the Dariya Mahal, Barwaha, 20^th February 1957, Viqar ul-Umra, Shrimant Sardar Wirendra Singh Narayanrao Bolia (b. at Indore, 1930), educ. Daly Coll, Indore, Dir Madhya Pradesh Flying Club Ltd since 1957, Mbr Indian Rose Fed, etc, adopted son of his maternal step-grandmother Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Laxmibai Bolia, and younger son of Captain Baburao Ramchandra Bingley, sometime Hon ADC to the Maharaja Holkar, by his wife, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Tilottama Bai Bingley, Mashir Bahadur, sometime Chief Lady-in-Waiting to the Maharani Holkar, daughter of Viqar ul-Umra, Shrimant Sardar Narayanrao Govindrao Bolia Sahib. She had issue:
- a) A daughter. m. a military officer from Jaipur.

1926 - 1961 H.H. Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Yeshwantrao II Holkar XIV Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, GCIE (1.1.1935). b. at Indore, 6^th September 1908, only son of H.H. Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Tukojirao III Holkar XIII Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, GCIE, by his first wife, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Chandrawatibai Sahib Holkar, educ. Cheam Sch, Headley, Hampshire, Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey, Christ Church, Oxford (MA), and the Plant Industry Inst, Indore. Succeeded on the abdication of his father, 26^th February 1926. Installed on the gadi at the Juna Rajwada Palace, Indore, 11^th March 1926. Reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age. Invested with full ruling powers, at King Edward Durbar Hall, Indore, 9^th May 1930. Mbr Second Indian Round Table Conference in London 1931. Inaugurated a Legislative Council enjoying a wide franchise and representing diverse interests within the state. Established cabinet government and consisting of a Prime Minister and three Ministers of State. Field Marshal and C-in-C Indore State Forces 1926-1961. Hon Maj-Gen, IA 15/10/1946. Hon Col The Mahratta Light Infantry, IA and Hon Col 15th Btn (Indore), The Kumaon Regt, IA. Signed the instrument of accession to the Dominion of India, 11^th August 1947. Merged his state into the Madhya Bharat Union, 28^th May 1948, installed as Senior Up-Rajpramukh on the same date and served in that capacity until 31^st October 1956. He subsequently worked for the UNO. Hon LLD. Presdt Indian Red Cross Soc (Holkar State), and General Council of Daly Coll, Indore 1933-1940 & 1949-1955. Vice-Presdt East India Assoc (London). Patron Holkar Coll, Holkar State Cricket Assoc 1940, All-India Educational Conference (Indore) 1942, Soc for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Holkar State), Yeshwant Club, etc. Vice-Patron Club of Central India (Mhow). Life Mbr Bombay Natural History Soc 1930-1961. Rcvd: Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron (1937) and Indian Independence (1948) medals. m. (first) at Indore, 9^th February 1924, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sanyogitabai Sahib Holkar (b. at Kolhapur, 10^th December 1915; d. while undergoing surgery for a sudden illness, at the Kreisspital Oberengadin, Samedan, Graubünden, Switzerland, 13^th July 1937), educ. St Elphin’s Church of England Sch for Girls, Darley Dale, Matlock, Derbyshire, and Moira House, Eastbourne, Sussex, Presdt Junior Red Cross, and Indore Sch of Art, ascended the Khasgi gadi at the Juna Rajwada Palace, Indore, 11^th March 1926, rcvd: the Holkar Order of Merit, Silver Jubilee Medal (1935), née Shrimant Chandraprabhabai Sahib Ghatge [Akka Sahib], eldest daughter Meherban Shrimant Chiranjiva Rajashri Dattajirao [Bala Sahib] Ghatge, Sarjerao, Desmukh, Chief of Kagal (Junior), by his third wife, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Shakutalabai Sahib Ghatge, a lady from the Rana family of Nepal. m. (1) (morganatic) at Mexico City, Mexico, 19^th September 1938 (div. at Reno, Nevada, USA, 6^th July 1943) Marguerite Lawler [Peggy] (b. at Fargo, North Dakota, USA, 13^th July 1904; m. third, at Las Vegas, Nevada, 15^th January 1945 (div. 6^th July 1945), Charles Wolfe Masters, and d. at Corona del Mar, California, USA, 2^nd May 1963), educ. Sacred Heart Convent, Lake Forest, Illinois, Romona Convent, Alhambra, California, St Margaret’s Acad, Minneapolis, and Hunter Coll, New York, trained as a nurse at St Mary’s Hospital, Minneapolis, later employed with the Union Pacific Railway and at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, personal nurse to Mrs Alexander Pantages 1927-1937, and to the Maharaja Holkar 1937-1938, styled Maharani Holkar without the style of Her Highness 1939-1943 (the Maharaja having simultaneously declared that any issue from the marrige would not have rights of succession), volunteer with the Women Approved For Volunteer Emergency Service, USN (WAVES) 1943-1945, former wife of John Paul Branyen, and eldest daughter of Thomas Francis Lawler, Snr, of Minnesota, USA, sometime switchman for the Northern Pacific Railroad Co, by his wife, Anastasia, daughter of Lawrence Larkin, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. m. (2) (morganatic) at Reno, Nevada, USA, 6^th July 1943 (div. 1960), Mrs Euphemia [Fay] Watt Holkar (b. at Portland, Oregon, USA, 1^st July 1914; d. at Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, USA, 6^th September 1994), aka Fay Stevenson, styled Lady Fay Holkar 1943-1960, former wife of Frank Arthur Crane, airline employee in India, fourth daughter of Andrew Watt Stevenson, of Los Angeles, California, USA, sometime Real Estate Agent, originally from Milton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, by his wife, Jean (or Jane) E. Stevenson, nee Pritchard, originally from Wales. He d. at Breach Candy Hospital, Bombay, 5^th December 1961, having had issue, one son and one daughter:

1) Maharajkumar Shrimant Richard Shivajirao Yeshwant Rao Holkar Bahadur [Bhaiya Sahib]. b. at Manik Bagh Palace, Indore, 18^th May 1944 (s/o Fay), educ. The Hotchkiss Sch, Lakeville, Connecticut, Black Foxe Military Inst, Hollywood, Los Angeles, and Stanford Univ (BA 1966), Stanford, California, USA. Excluded from the succession 1950, on account of the irregular nature of his parents’ marriage according to Hindu custom. Chair Rehwa Co-Op Soc since 1977, The Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Charities (Khasgi) Trust, Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Memorial Charitable Trust, etc. MD & CEO Richard Holkar Jewellers Pvt Ltd 1982-1994 (Dir since 1994). MD of Rehwa Employment Development Pvt Ltd since 1995, and Tiger Top Cultural & Adventure Tours Private Ltd since 2005. Dir Ahilya Hospitality & Travel Private Ltd since 2004, and Holkar Designs Private Ltd since 2004. Partner Ahilya Experiental Hospitality & Services LLP since 2014. Mbr Bombay Natural History Soc, Landmarks Fndn, Indian Head Injury Fndn since 2007, etc. Co-author “The Cooking of the Maharajas” (1975). m. (first) at Dallas, Texas, USA, 11^th August 1966, and at Manik Bagh Palace, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, 21^st December 1966 (div.), Shrimant Shalini Devi Holkar (b. in the USA, 11^th August 1945), educ. Hillcrest High Sch, Dallas, Texas, and Stanford Univ (BA 1967), Stanford, California, USA, Dir Rehwa Co-Op Soc since 1977, and Women Weave since 2003, Co-author of “The Cooking of the Maharajas” (1975), and “Almond Eyes, Lotus Feet: Indian Traditions in Beauty and Health” (2005), née Sally Sue Budd, daughter of Clyde Burcham Budd, Jnr, of Dallas, Texas, USA, sometime tax lawyer, late USAF, by his first wife, Mrs Sally Jean Grumme Budd, daughter of Frederick Julius Grumme, of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, sometime Sec Cooling-Grumme-Mumford Co Inc, Fire & Casualty Insurance. m. (a) 2003 (common law), Pamela Juneja Rooks (b. at Calcutta, West Bengal, 1958; d. from heart failure after four years in a coma, at Defense Colony, New Delhi, 1^st October 2010, crem. there at Lodhi Road Crematorium), educ. at boarding schools in Nainital and Simla, film maker and producer of “Miss Beatty’s Children” (1992), “Train to Pakistan” (1998), “Dance Like a Man” (2003), Dir Ahilya Hospitality & Travel Private Ltd, former wife of Conrad Russell Rooks, the American film producer, and daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Amar Nath Juneja, a Hindu, from Lahore, Punjab, by his wife, Mrs Guddi Juneja, née Harbaksh Kaur Ahluwalia, a Sikh, from Rawalpindi, Punjab. He has issue, one son and one daughter, by his first wife:
- a) Shrimant Yeshwant Rao Randall Holkar. b. 3^rdNovember 1983, educ. American Embassy Sch, New Delhi, and Franklin & Marshall Coll (BA 2003), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Analyst with Artha Capital Management Inc in New York City. Dir Richard Holkar Jewellers Pvt Ltd since 2007, Tiger Top Cultural & Adventure Tours Pvt Ltd since 2011, Ahilya Hospitality & Travel Pvt Ltd since 2011, Holkar Designs Pvt Ltd since 2011, and Rehwa Employment Development Pvt Ltd since 2011, Umoja Travels Pvt Ltd since 2014. Partner Ahilya Experiental Hospitality & Services LLP since 2014. m. at Ahilya Fort, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, 29^th December 2015, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Nyrika Sahib Holkar (b. 1983), educ. Colorado Coll, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, daughter of Vijay Crishna, of Bombay, Exec Dir of Lawkim Motors Group and Dir of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd, by his wife, Shrimati Smita Crishna Godrej, Dir Godrej Holdings Ltd, daughter of Seth Naoroji Pirojsha Godrej, of Bombay, Maharashtra, sometime Chair Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd.
- a) Shrimant Sabrina Sanyogita Raje Holkar [Sabrina Holkar-Ellis]. b. at Bombay, Maharashtra, 25^th October 1979, educ. American Embassy Sch, New Delhi, and Columbia Univ (BA 2001), New York City, USA. Yoga teacher. m. at Maheshwar Fort, Madhya Pradesh, 23rd February 2006, Ari Kanakdari Ellis (b. 19th September 1970), educ. St Andrew’s Sch, Middleetown, Delaware, and Cornell Univ, Ithaca, New York, a real estate agent, from Manhattan, New York, USA, only son of David J. Ellis, of Syosset, Nassau, New York, USA, a US citizen of Russian-Rumanian extraction, by his wife, Mary Leela K. Ellis (K=Kehgana???), the first female Indian Olympian, daughter of M. Kanakadin Rao, mechanical engineer, sometime Presdt Bombay State Amateur Athletic Assoc, from a Brahmin family in Andhra Pradesh, by his wife, Maria Annalia, eldest daughter of the Goan artist, António Xavier Trindade (‘the Rembrandt of the East’), from Goa, Portuguese India. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
  - i) Arjun Ellis.
  - i) Ahilya Ellis.
1) Maharajkumari Shrimant Usha Devi Raje Sahib Holkar, who succeeded as H.H. Maharanidhiraja Rani Rajeshwar Sawai Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Usha Devi Maharaj Sahiba Holkar XV Bahadur, Maharani of Indore (d/o Sanyogita Bai) - see below.

1961 H.H. Maharanidhiraja Rani Rajeshwar Sawai Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Usha Devi Maharaj Sahiba Holkar XV Bahadur, Maharani of Indore. b. at Paris, France, 20^th October 1933, only daughter and heiress of H.H. Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Yeshwantrao II Holkar XIV Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, GCIE, by his first wife, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sanyogita Bai Sahib Holkar, daughter Meherban Shrimant Chiranjiva Rajashri Dattajirao Ghatge, Sarjerao, Desmukh, Chief of Kagal (Junior), educ. Hoover Elementary Sch, Santa Ana, California, USA, and privately in India, France and Switzerland. Declared Heiress-Apparent, in preference to her only brother, by special gazette of the Government of India, March 1950. Succeeded on the death of her father, 5^th December 1961 (formally recognised by the President of India, 2^nd May 1962). The GOI amended the Indian Constitution to remove her position as a “ruler” and her right to receive privy-purse payments, 28^th December 1971. Presdt Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Education Trust. Patron Yeshwant Club (Indore), Daly Coll (Indore), All-India Librry Congress 1968, etc. Life Mbr Madhya Pradesh Cricket Assoc (MPCA). Dir Empire Industries Ltd since 1963, Empire International Pvt Ltd since 1991, and Arjun Transport Co Pvt Ltd since 2014. m. at Bombay, 12^th December 1956, Shrimant Kumar Satish Chandra Malhotra (b. 1933), educ. Daly Coll, Indore, and the Doon Sch, Dehradun, Chief Exec Kohinoor Mills Division of Killick Industries Ltd 1957-1963, Chair Empire Industries Ltd since 1963 (MD 1963-1981), Swan Press Pte Ltd, Empire Institute of Learning, Brd of Governors Daly Coll, Indore, Presdt Madhya Pradesh Cricket Assoc (MPCA) until 1983, All-India Federation of Master Printers, Snr Vice-Presdt Cricket Control Brd until 1983, Founder Trustee Ahilyabai Holkar Educational Trust, Dir Empire International Pvt Ltd since 1991, Empire-Ace Eduction Counselling Private Ltd since 2002, Arjun Transport Co Pvt Ltd since 2014, etc, eldest son of Thakur Das Malhotra. She had issue, two sons (not in the line of succession):

1) Shrimant Kumar Ranjit Satish Malhotra. b. at Bombay, 1957, educ. Univ of Texas (MBA), USA. MD Empire Industries Ltd since 1981, Vice-Chair Empire Industries Ltd since 1998. Dir Empire International Pvt Ltd since 1996, Renoir Investments Pvt Ltd since 1989, Bach Investments Pvt Ltd since 1989, Elton Investments Pvt Ltd since 1989, Empire-Ace Edu-Counselling Pvt Ltd since 2002, Empire Technical Services Pvt Ltd since 2014, etc. Additional Dir Randil Trading Co Pvt Ltd since 2013, and Arjun Transport Co Pvt Ltd since 2013. Trustee Karo Trust since 2015. m. Kumarani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Uma, Mrs Ranjit Malhotra, educ. St Xavier’s Coll, Bombay, Maharshtra, teacher Westwind Nursery Sch, Dir First Steps playschool since 1985, Trustee K. C. Mahindra Education Trust (KCMET), and Karo Trust since 2015, Dir Empire International Pvt Ltd since 2014, and Arjun Transport Co Pvt Ltd, daughter of Keshub Chandra Mahindra, sometime Chair Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Presdt Employers’ Fed of India, and Indo-American Soc, by his wife, Shrimati Sudha, Mrs Keshub Malhotra, daughter of Y. Varde. He has issue, two sons and one daughter:
- a) Shrimant Kumar Karen Ranjit Malhotra.
- b) Shrimant Kumar Kabir Ranjit Malhotra. Trustee Karo Trust since 2015.
- a) Shrimant Kumri Angali Malhotra. Trustee Karo Trust since 2015.
2) Shrimant Kumar Dileep Satish Malhotra. b. at Bombay, 1964, educ. Le High Univ (MBA), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. Joined Empire Industries Ltd 1991, Joint MD & Exec Dir Empire Industries Ltd since 1991. Dir Empire International Pvt Ltd since 1988, Elton Investments Pvt Ltd since 1989, Bach Investments Pvt Ltd since 1989, Renoir Investments Pvt Ltd since 1989, Empire-Ace Edu-Counselling Pvt Ltd since 2002, Empire Technical Services Pvt Ltd since 2014, Chosen Finance Pvt Ltd since 2015. Additional Dir Randil Trading Co Pvt Ltd since 2013, and Arjun Transport Co Pvt Ltd since 2013. m. a lady from the Nanda family (Escort Group).

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