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1871 - 1911 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 (29.7.1879), GCIE (1.1.1903). b. at Badrukhan, Jind, 18^th December 1843, second and younger son of Sardar Sukha Singh, of Badrukhan - see India (Jind), educ. privately. Selected by his brother rulers of Patiala and Jhind as successor, on the death of his predecessor, 9^th June 1871. Installed on the gadi at Nabha, 10^th August 1871. Raised to an increased permanent salute of 13-guns, 1^st January 1877. Granted a personal salute of 15-guns, 21^st May 1898. Hon. Colonel 14^th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs, 13/5/1904. Granted the hereditary titles of Raja-i-Rajagan on 26^th May 1894 and Maharaja on 12^th December 1911. Attended the Coronation Durbars at Delhi in 1903 and 1911. A great and popular ruler who transformed his capital and state. He built great monuments and public buildings, constructed roads, railways, hospitals, schools and palaces, modernised the administration and agriculture. Mbr. Akal Coll. Management Cttee., etc. Rcvd: Prince of Wales's (1876), KIH (1877), Delhi Durbar (1903) gold medals, Delhi Durbar medal (posthumous 1911). m. (first) 1858, H.H. Karangarhwalia Maharani Sahib, daughter of the Sardar of Karangarh. m. (second) Aonanliwali Rani Sahib. m. (third) 1880, H.H. Longwalia Maharani Sri Jasmir Kaur Sahiba (d. at Nabha, 29^th October 1921), daughter of Sardar Anukh Singh Longwalia. m. (fourth) …He d. at Hira Mahal, Nabha, 24^th December 1911, having had issue, one son and one daughter:

1) 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 (s/o Jasmir Kaur) - see below.
1) H.H. Sidh Sri Nabhawala Maharani Ripudaman Devi Sahiba. b. at Nabha. before 1882, educ. privately. m. at Nabha, 1905, Captain H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Saramad Rajha-i-Hind, Maharajadhiraja Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana Sir Ram Singh Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jung, Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, KCIE (b. 26^th May 1883; d.s.p. 29^th March 1911), elder 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 Jung, Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, CB, by his first wife, the second daughter of Shahzada Shahdeo Singh Bahadur, of Pandriganeshpur, in Oudh, of the house of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Punjab. She d.s.p. at Dehra Dun, 26^th December 1911 - see India (Dholpur).

1911 - 1928 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. b. at the Palace of the Aonanliwali Rani Sahib, Nabha, 4^th March 1883, son 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 third wife, H.H. Longwalia Maharani Sri Jasmir Kaur Sahiba, educ. privately. Mbr. Imperial Legislative Cncl. 1906-1908, Presdt. Indian National Social Conference held at Lahore 1909. Attended the Coronation of the King-Emperor George V and Queen-Empress Mary at Westminster Abbey in London in 1911. Succeeded on the death of his father, 24^th December 1911. Ascended the gadi at Nabha, 24^th January 1912. Formally invested with full ruling powers 20^th December 1912. Granted a local salute of 15-guns 1^st January 1921. He took great interest in legal affairs, reformed the courts and codified the laws, enacting many pieces of legislation within the state that had been promulgated in British India, several of which he had helped draft or sponsor. He also created a legislature and appointed an executive council to run the government. Relinquished control over his state, following a negative report on a far reaching investigation into disputes with Patiala, including a case of kidnapping, 17^th July 1923. Settled at Dehra Dun, leaving the state to be governed by an Administrator appointed by the GOI, 8^th July 1923. He went on pilgrimage to Sri Abichal Nagar Hazur Sahib, in Nanded, where he retook the Khalsa pahul initiation rites and assumed the name of Gurcharan Singh 6^th February 1927. Formally deposed by the GOI for violating the undertakings he had given four years earlier, 2^nd February 1928. Thereafter known as Sardar Gurcharan Singh. Exiled to Kodaikanal, in the Madras Presidency. FRGS. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar medal (1903), and Coron. medal (1911 with Durbar clasp). m. (first) at Nabha, 1901, H.H. Maharani Bibi Jagdish Kaur Sahiba (b. 1884; d. at Nabha, (20^th?) February 1925), daughter of Sardar Gurdial Singh Mann, a judicial official in the Punjab. m. (second) at Nabha, 10^th October 1918, H.H. Maharani Sarojni Devi Sahiba [H.H. Rajmata Sarojni Devi Sahiba of Nabha] (b. at Hyderabad, Deccan, 6^th February 1898; d. 19xx), née Sarojan Kaur, daughter of Major Sardar Prem Singh Grewal, of Raiparia, an officer in Hyderabad state service. m. (a) at Dehra Dun, 1923, Sardarni Gurcharan Kaur (b. 14^th August 1904; d. at Delhi, 16^th December 1983), educ. Queen Mary’s and Govt Ladies Colls, Lahore (BSc, MA), daughter of an MD. He d. at Corrie, Kodaikanal, 12^th December 1942, having had issue, three sons and three daughters:

1) 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 (s/o Sarojini Devi) - see below.
2) Maharajkumar Shri Kharak Singh Sahib (s/o Sarojini Devi). Settled in Canada. He d. 1970.
3) Maharajkumar Shri Gurbaksh Singh Sahib (s/o Sarojini Devi). m. 1950, Maharajkumarani Bapu Maharajkumarani Chandra Prabha Kumari Sahiba (b. at Vijay Palace, Nandod, 1932), fourth daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Maharana Shri Sir Vijayasinhji Chhatrasinhji Sahib, Maharaja of Rajpipla, GBE, KCSI, by his second wife, H.H. Maharani Shri Padmini Kunverba Sahiba, younger daughter of Rao Raja Khuman Singh Ju Deo Sahib Bahadur, of Panna. He d. November 1963, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
- a) Rajkumar Vivek Singh.
- a) Krishna Kumari. b. 1962. She was k. 1994.
- b) Tuhina Kumari. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
1) Maharajkumari Bibiji Amar Kaur Sahiba [Rani Amar Kaur Sahiba of Kalsia]. b. at Nabha, 8^th October 1907 (d/o Jagdish Kaur), educ. privately. m. at Delhi, 16^th February 1925, Raja Ravi Sher Singh Sahib, Raja of Kalsia Bahadur (b. at Fort Chhachrauli, 30^th October 1902; d. at Ravi Mahal, Chhachrauli, 4^th February 1947), son of Raja Ranjit Singh Sahib, Rais of Kalsia Bahadur. She had issue, two sons - see India Non-salute (Kalsia).
2) Maharajkumari Bibiji Kamla Devi Sahiba (d/o Sarojini Devi).
3) Maharajkumari Bibiji Vimla Devi Sahiba (d/o Sarojini Devi?).

Sardar Gurcharan Singh, had further issue:

4) Raja Shri Narinder Singh. b. at Nabha, 2^nd December 1924 (s/o Gurucharan Kaur?). Nominated Member SGPC from Pepsu, Elected Member of SGPC from the Punjab in 1958, MLC Punjab 1962-1969 & 1997-2002, Minister of State for Public Works 1967-1968, for Excise & Taxation 1970-1971, and for Public Health & Civil Aviation 1997-2002. m. Rani Shiv Dev Kaur. He had issue, one son and one daughter.
5) Raja Shri Fateh Singh [Fateh S. Nabha]. b. 1935 (s/o Gurucharan Kaur), educ. Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla, Allahabad Univ (BSc), St.George’s Coll, Mussourie, and the Technical Univ., Stuttgart, Germany. CEO Fateh Singh and Assoc. Mechanical Electrical & Civil Engineers. m. at New Delhi, 1964, Rani Sohinder Kaur [Sohinder S. Nabha], daughter of Shri Khazan Singh Chaudhuri. He had issue, two sons:
- a) Rajkumar Ranjeet J. B. Singh [Ranjeet J.B.S. Nabha]. b. at New Delhi, 1965, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, California (BA Finance & Actcy.), and the Tuck Sch. of Business, Dartmouth Coll., USA (MBA). Employed as investment banker with SG Warburg, Braxton Assocs., Vice-Presdt. Mergers & Acquisitions at JP Morgan & Co., CEO Voicemate Inc 1999-2003, MD & CEO for WL Ross & Co LLC in India since 2006. m. at New Delhi, 1995, Rajkumarani Udita Kaur [Uditya S. Nabha], daughter of Shri Jayant Kumar Malhoutra, MP (Raj Sabha), Leader of the United Parliamentary Group, and Founder Chair. of the JKM Group, by his wife, Shrimati Barota Malhoutra. He has issue, one daughter:
  - i) Naia Kumari Nabha. b. 13^th July 2003.
- b) Rajkumar Rajeet Singh [Rajeet S. Nabha]. b. at New Delhi, 1968, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun, and Haas Sch. of Business, Univ. of California, Berkeley, California, USA (BSc Business Admin). Practice Mngr. Oracle Corp. Worldwide Strategic Services Group, Management Consultant for Bain & Company in San Francisco, MD Arzai Outsourcing Inc.
6) Rajkumar Shri Jasmer Singh.
7) Rajkumar Shri Shamsher Singh. Joined IPS, later settled in Canada.
4) Rajkumari Shri Vijay Kaur. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
5) Rajkumari Shri Charanjeet Kaur [Princess Jeet Nabha Khemka]. Patron V&A Museum (London), m. Nand Khemka, educ. Co;umbia Univ., New York (MBA 1956), Chair. Khemka Group/SUN Group of companies, Hon. Consul-Gen. for Iceland in New Delhi, Patron V&A Museum (London), Mbr. Foreign Investment Advisory Cttee. (Moscow), etc. She had issue:
- a) Shiv Vikram Khemka. b. at New Delhi, 1962, educ. Eton, Berks. and Brown Univ. (BA 1985), Wharton Sch. of Business (MBA 1990), and the Lauder Inst. (M. Intnl. Studies 1990), Exec. Dir. SUN Group in Moscow 1999-2002, Chair. Confed. of Indian Industry (Russia Cttee.); Mbr. EMEA Brd. of Wharton Business Sch., Brd. of Governors of the Lauder Inst., Visiting Cttee. Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard Univ., Advisory Brd. of the Centre for International Business & Management at Cambridge, and of the Young President's Org., etc. m. 1995, Urvashi Rajya Lakshmi, elder daughter of H.E. Suprasidha-Prabala-Gorkha-Dakshina-Bahu The Rt. Hon. Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Bahadur Rana, sometime Nepalese Minister for Water Resources, by his wife, Sri Rani Usha Raje Rana, second daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Ali Jah, Umdat ul-Umara, Husam us-Sultanat, Mukhtar ul-Mulk, Azim ul-Iktidar, Rafi-us-Shan Wala Shukoh, Muhtasham-i-Dauran, Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sir George Jivaji Rao Scindia Bahadur, Srinath Mansur-i-Zaman, Fidvi-i-Hazrat-i-Malikha-i-Muazzam-i-Rafi-ud-Darja-i-Inglistan, Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ. He has issue, three daughters:
  - i) Gayatri Khemka. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  - ii) Bhavani Khemka.
  - iii) Jayashree Khemka.
- b) Uday H. Khemka, educ. Cambridge Univ. (BA), and Harvard Univ. (MBA). Employed by Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley before joining the family firm, MD & CEO Vesta Group Ltd, CEO SUN Technology Ltd, Vice-Chair. SUN Group of companies, Dir. SUN Securities Ltd., SUN F&C Asset Management, SUN Interbrew, Khemka Fndn., Synergos Inst. (New York), etc. Founder Chair. Youthreach India 1998, etc.
- c) Chandi Khemka. Hon. Consul for Iceland in Chennai.
6) Rajkumari Shri Nandhem Kaur.

1928 - [1995] 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 (1.1.1946). b. at Nabha, 21^st September 1919, 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, educ. Badingham Coll., near Leatherhead, Surrey, and RMA, Sandhurst. Succeeded on the deposition of his father, 2^nd February 1928. Installed on the gadi, at Nabha, 23^rd February 1928. Reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers, 5^th March 1941. Cmsnd. as Hon. Lieut. 4/7/1941, served in WW2 1941-1944, prom. Capt. 1/1/1944,Hon Lt-Col. 15/8/1945, and Hon Col. 15/10/1946. Col. The Sikh Regiment. ADC to the Presdt. of India 1950. Signed the Instrument of accession to the Dominion of India, 15^th August 1947. Signed the covenant with his fellow rulers forming the Patiala and East Punjab States Union on 5^th May 1948, and merged his state into PEPSU effective 20^th August 1948 (ceasing to be sovereign from that date). 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. Presdt. Wildlife Soc. of India, Vintage Automobile Assoc.of India, etc. Rcvd: Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron. (1937), 39/45 star, British War and India Service medals (1945), and Indian Independence (1947) medals. m. at Dholpur, 25^th April 1944, H.H. Dholpurwala Maharani Shri Urmila Devi Sahiba (b. at the Raj Niwas Palace, Dholpur, 5^th May 1924; d. 1997), only daughter of 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, KCSI, KCVO, by his first wife, H.H. Sri Badrukhanwala Maharani Malvender Kaur Sahiba, daughter of Sardar Shamsher Singh, of Badrukhan, in Jind state. He d. at New Delhi, 22^nd July 1995, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:

1) 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 - see below.
2) 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 India (Dholpur).
3) Maharajkumar Shri Himmat Singhji. b. 1952, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun. m. at Lucknow, December 1976, Maharajkumarani Uma Rajya Lakshmi Sahiba [Rani Sahib Shrimati Uma Singhji], younger daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sahadeb Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana by his wife, Sri Rani Shobhana Rajya Lakshmi, daughter of H.H. Raja Shrimant Mahendra Singh Ju Deo Bahadur, Raja of Nagod. He has issue, one son and one daughter.
1) Maharajkumari Bibiji Sneh Lata Kaur Sahiba [H.H. Maharani Sneh Lata Kaur Sahiba]. b. 1947, educ. Miranda House, Delhi Univ. (B. Econ. 1968). m. at New Delhi, 1971, H.H. Saramad-i-Rajaha-i-Bundelkhand, Sawai Mahendra, Maharaja Madukhar Shah Ju Deo Bahadur, Maharaja of Orchha (b. at Tikamgarh, 8^th December 1944), only son of H.H. Saramad-i-Rajaha-i-Bundelkhand, Sawai Mahendra, Maharaja Shri Devendra Singh Ju Deo Bahadur, Maharaja Mushfik Mihrban Sahib of Orchha, by his wife, H.H. Maharani Urmila Devi Sahi ba, eldest daughter of Meherban Mushpaku Kadaradan Karampharmayi Mokhalesan Maharaja Mirza Raja Sri Pasupati Alakh Narayan Gajapatti Raj Manney Sultan Garu Bahadur, Raja of Vizianagram. She has issue, one son and three daughters - see India (Orcha).

[1995] 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, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun, and Hindu Coll., Delhi Univ. (BA 1969) and the Sch. of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), London. Succeeded on the death of his father as Head of the Royal House of Nabha, 22^nd July 1995. Installed on the gadi, at Nabha, 24^th July 1995. Dir. Bharat Hotels Ltd, Nabha Holdings Pvt Ltd, Nabha Investments Pvt Ltd, Premium Exports Ltd, Subros Ltd, etc. m. at Bharatpur, 12^th December 1970, H.H. Maharani Sri Bibiji Deergh Kaur Sahiba (b. at Moti Mahal Palace, Bharatpur), fourth daughter of Colonel H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Brijendra Singhji Bahadur Jung, Maharaja of Bharatpur, by his first wife, H.H. Maharani Sri Jaya Chamunda Ammani Avaru, third daughter of H.H. Maharajkumar Sri Sir Kanthirava Narasimharaja Wadiyar Bahadur, Yuvaraja of Mysore, GCIE. He has issue, two sons:

1) Tikka Sahib Shri Yudhister Singh. b. at New Delhi, 5^th December 1972. m. 16^th February 1997, Tikka Rani Uma Kaur Sahiba, née Rajkumari Jahnavi Kumari Sahiba, twin daughter of Kumar Shri Atmanayadevsinhji Surendrasinhji Jhala, by his wife, Soubhagyavati Maharajkumari Sri Kamakshi Ammani Deviyavaru, daughter of Major-General H.H. Maharaja Sri Sir Jaya Chamarajendra Wodeyar Bahadur, Maharaja of Mysore, GCB, GCSI. He has issue, a son:
- a) Rajkumar Shri Sangram Singh. b. 26^th March 1998.
2) Maharajkumar Shri Kirat Singh Bahadur. b. at New Delhi, 17^th December 1975. m. 9^th May 1997, Maharajkumarani Gautam Devi Sahiba, twin daughter of Kumar Shri Atmanayadevsinhji Surendrasinhji Jhala, by his wife, Soubhagyavati Maharajkumari Sri Kamakshi Ammani Deviyavaru, daughter of Major-General H.H. Maharaja Sri Sir Jaya Chamarajendra Wodeyar Bahadur, Maharaja of Mysore, GCB, GCSI. He has issue, a son:
- a) Rajkumar Shri Samar Singh. b. 10^th February 2000.

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