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PATIALA

The Phulkian Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1938 - [1974] Lieutenant-General H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir ul-Umara, Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar, 108 Sri Maharaja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sir Yadavindra Singh, Mahendra Bahadur, Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bushan, Maharaja of Patiala, GCIE (1.1.1946), GBE (c 1.1.1942). b. at Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, 7^th January1913, eldest son of Lieutenant-General H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir ul-Umara, Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar, 108 Sri Maharaja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sir Bhupinder Singh, Mahendra Bahadur, Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bushan, Maharaja of Patiala, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, by his wife, H.H. Maharani Sri Bakhtawar Kaur Sahib Rajomajrewale, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore and Police Training Coll, Phillaur. Supt Patiala State Police 1932-1933, Insp-Gen of Police 1933-1935, prom Col Patiala State Forces 1935, cdt 2^nd Patiala Infantry1935-1938, served on NWFP and Baluchistan, Sec Dept of Forests and Horticulture 1937-1938. Succeeded on the death of his father, 23^rd March 1938. Ascended the gadi, 6^th April 1938. Cmsnd as temp Hon 2^nd-Lieut IA attached 2^nd Royal Btn (Ludhiana Sikhs), 11^th Sikh Regiment 1/4/1935-1/12/1935, prom Hon Capt 19/7/1939, served in WW2 1939-1945 in Malaya, N Africa, Burma and Italy, prom Hon Maj 21/7/1942, prom Hon Lt-Col11/7/1944, prom Hon Maj-Gen 15/8/1945, prom Hon Lieut-Gen IA 15/10/1946. Col 1^st (Skinner’s) Horse IA, and Col 2^nd Royal Btn (Ludhiana Sikhs), The Sikh Regiment 1/8/1946-1974, Hon Col The Sikh Regt 5/9/1946-1974, Hon ADC to the King-Emperor George VI 25/1/1946-1952. Signed the instrument of accession to the Dominion of India, 15th August 1947. Merged his state into the Patiala and Eastern Punjab States Union 15^th July, and served as Rajpramukh thereof from 20^th August 1948 to 31^st October 1956. C-in-C Patiala State Forces 1938-1948, and PEPSU 1948-1954, Pro-Chancellor and Chancellor Chamber of Princes 1943-1944, Indian delegate UN General Assembly New York 1956-1957, and UNESCO Paris 1958 and Leader of the delegation to FAO in Rome 1959, 1961-1963, 1967 and 1969, MLA Punjab 1967-1968, Ambassador to Italy 1965-1966, and the Netherlands 1971-1974. 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. Chancellor and Chief Patron Khalsa Coll, Amritsar 1933; Chair Punjabi Univ Cmsn 1960-1962, and Horticulture Development Council 1970; Founder and Life Presdt Asian Games Fdn, Presdt Indian Olympic Cttee 1938-1960, All-India Sports Council 1960-1965, and West Asiatic Games Council, of Sikh Educational Conference 1949 (Patiala), 1952 (Delhi) and 1961 (Indore), Guru Gobind Singh Fdn (1967), and Guru Nanak Fdn (1969). Founder of West Asiatic Assoc. Hon Mbr United Service Institution of India. Hon LL.D (Benares Hindu Univ 1939 and Punjab Univ 1949). Rcvd: 39/45 Star, Burma, Africa, and Italy stars, Defence, British War, India Service (1945), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron (1937) and Indian Independence (1947) medals, GC of a Rumanian Order, and six other foreign decorations, GC of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy (1966). m. (first) March 1933, H.H. Maharani Sri Hem Prabha Devi Sahiba [Bare Seraekilewale Sri Maharani Sahib-ji] (b. at Seraikella, 16^th November 1913), third daughter of Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo, Raja of Seraikella, by his wife, Rani Padma Kumari Sahiba, only daughter of Maharaja Ram Chandra Singh Deo, Maharaja of Patna. m. (second) at Chail, 9^th August 1938, H.H. Maharani Sri Mohinder Kaur Sahiba [Chote Churalwale Sri Maharani Sahib-ji] (b. at Ludhiana, Punjab, 14^th September 1922; d. after a prolonged illness, at Moti Mahal, Patiala, 24^th July 2017, crem. there at Shahi Samadhan), née Mehtab Kaur, educ. Queen Mary’s Coll, Lahore, Punjab, Chair PEPSU Women’s Savings Cttee 1953-1957, State Welfare Brd 1954-1955, and Social Welfare Advisory Brd 1957-1960, Presdt Assoc for Moral and Social Hygiene 1965 (Vice-Presdt 1963-1965), etc, MP (Raj Sabha) 1964-1967, MP (Lok Sabha) for Patiala 1967-1971, daughter of Sardar Harchand Singh Jeji, of Chural Kalan, under Patiala. He d. suddenly from heart failure, at The Hague, Netherlands 17^th June 1974 (crem. at Shahi Samadhan, Patiala), having had issue (the Yadavindri Brar Sidhu), two sons and two daughters by his second wife:

1) H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir ul-Umara, Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar, 108 Sri Maharaja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Amarinder Singh, Mahendra Bahadur, Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bushan, Maharaja of Patiala (s/o Mehtab Kaur) - see below.
2) Rajadhiraj Sri Malvinder Singh. b. at Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, 20^th June 1944 (s/o Mohinder Kaur), educ. at the Lawrence Sch, Sanawar, and the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun. Presdt Chandigarh Golf Club 1996-1998 & 2002-2003; Chair Indo-Pakistan Games Organising Cttee 2004; Convenor INTACH (Patiala Chapter); Mbr Patiala Heritage Soc since 2002, etc. m. 6^th June 1968, Rani Harpriya Kaur Sahiba, Mbr Punjab Pradesh Congress Exec Ctee since 1999, daughter of Sardar Sukhinder Pal Singh Mann, of Mughalchak, and later of Mannawala, Shekhopura district, West Punjab, by his wife, Sardarni Raminder Kaur. He has issue, two daughters:
- a) Rajkumari Bibiji Amininder Kaur Sahiba. b. 17^th March 1969. m. 17^th February 1991, Sardar Nirvan Singh Gill (b. 5^th May 1962), elder son of Wing Commander Sardar Paramprit Singh Gill, of Layallpur, West Punjab, by his wife, Sardarni Gurramat Kaur. She has issue, two sons:
  - i) Kanwar Karam Singh Gill.
  - ii) Kanwar Jaiprtap Singh Gill. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- b) Rajkumari Bibiji Ramneetinder Kaur Sahiba. b. 21^st January 1972. m. 28^th February 1996, Sardar Vivan Singh Gill (b. at Bareilly, UP, 3^rd May 1968), younger Wing Commander Sardar Paramprit Singh Gill, of Layallpur, West Punjab, by his wife, Sardarni Gurramat Kaur. She has issue, two daughters:
  - i) Mehtab Kaur.
  - ii) Sahiba Kaur.
1) Maharajkumari Bibiji Heminder Kumari Sahiba. b. at Ranbïr Villa Palace, Chail, 1^st June 1939 (d/o Mohinder Kaur). m. 21^st August 1967, Padma Bushan Kanwar Shri Natwar Singh (b. at Deeg, Bharatpur, 16^th May 1921), educ. Mayo Coll, Ajmer, Scindia Sch, Gwalior, St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi Univ, New Delgi, Corpus Christi Coll, Cambridge, and Peking Univ, Peking, China, joined Indian Foreign Service 1953, attached to Prime Minister's Secretariat 1969-1971, Ambassador to Poland 1971- 1973, and Pakistan 1980-1982, Deputy High Cmsnr UK 1973-1977, High Cmsnr to Botswana and Zambia 1977-1980, Permanent Sec Ministry of External Affairs 1982-1984, MP (Lok Sabha) 1985, MP (Raj Sabha) since 2002, Dir Air India Ltd 1984-1989, Union Minister of State for Steel, Mines & Coal 1985-1986, Fertilizers 1986-1989, and for External Affairs 1998-1999, Leader Indian delegation to United Nations General Assembly in New York 1987, Presdt UN Conference on Dissarmament & Development 1987, Minister for External Affairs 2004-2005, historian and author of “Maharaja Surajmal” (1981), “Curtain Raisers” (1984), “Profiles and Letters" (1997), "The Magnificent Maharaja” (1998), etc, rcvd: Padma Bushan (1984), fourth son of Thakur Govind Singhji, of Deeg, in Bharatpur State, by his wife, Thakurani Prayag Kaur. She had issue, one son and one daughter:
- a) Kanwar SriJagat Singh. b. 8^th August 1968, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun, and the Univ of Bristol. MLA Rajasthan state assembly, Gen-Sec All India Youth Congress. m. October 1993 (Arya Samaj rite) (legally registered 1995) (sep. July 2001), Kanwarani Natasha Kaur (b. at Delhi, 1971; d. by suicide after leaping from a seventh floor air-conditioning plant, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Delhi, 17^th March 2002), educ. the British Sch, Jesus & Mary Convent, and St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi, sometime teacher at Vasant Valley Sch, daughter of Dr Samir Masri, a Jordanian national, by his wife, Urmila, a Christian lady from South India. He had issue, two sons:
  - i) Hanut Singh. b. at Delhi, 1995, educ. Sanskriti Sch, Chanakyapuri.
  - ii) Himmat Singh. b. at Delhi, July 1997, educ. Sanskriti Sch, Chanakyapuri.
- a) Kumari Sri Ritu Kaur Sahiba. b. 11^th November 1970, educ. the British Sch, Delhi. She d. unm. by suicide, at Vasant Vihar, Delhi, 30^th July 2002.
2) Maharajkumari Bibiji Rupinder Kumari Sahib. b. at Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, 12^th December 1940 (d/o Mohinder Kaur). m. Major Sardar Kawaljeet Singh Dhillon, late Hodson's Horse, IA, son of Major-General Sardar Gurjit Singh Dhillon, IA, by his wife, Sardarni Rajinder Kaur. She had issue, one son and one daughter:
- a) Kanwar Sri Harshdip Singh Dhillon. b. 23^rd August 1972. m. 8^th March 2003, Kanwarani Manvi Kaur (b. 2^nd April 1974), daughter of Shri Jyoti Kumar Sinha, by his wife, Rashmi. He has issue, one daughter:
  - i) Tahira Kaur Dhillon. b. 13^th January 2005.
- a) Kumari Sri Namrata Kaur. b. 5^th March 1975. m. 8^th November 2002, Amit Choudhry (b. 9^th March 1972), son of Shri Mohan Choudhry, by his wife, Parphullat. She has issue, a daughter:
  - i) Dia Choudhry. b. 17^th April 2005.

Maharaja Sir Yadavindra Singh, had further issue by eight morganatic unions, including:

3) Rajkumar Sri …endar Singh [Ivan]. b. 193x. He d. from the effects of an operation on his liver, 194x.
3) Rajkumari Bibiji Radhesh Kumari Sahiba [Rosemary]. b. 4^th January 193x. She d. 28^th September 1955.

[1974] Colonel H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir ul-Umara, Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar, 108 Sri Maharaja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Amarinder Singh, Mahendra Bahadur, Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bushan, Maharaja of Patiala. b. at Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, 11^th March 1942, eldest son of Lieutenant-General H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir ul-Umara, Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar, 108 Sri Maharaja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sir Yadavindra Singh, Mahendra Bahadur, Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bushan, Maharaja of Patiala, GCIE, GBE, by his first wife, H.H. Maharani Sri Hem Prabha Devi Sahiba, educ. Lawrence Sch, Sanawar, the Doon Sch, Dehradun, National Defence Acad, Kharakvasala, and the Rashtriya Indian Military Coll (RIMA), Dehradun. Cmsnd as 2^nd Lieut IA 1/6/1963 attached 2^nd Btn, The Sikh Regt, served Indo-Tibet Border 1963-1965, prom Lieut 1964, ADC to GOC Western Command 1965, prom Capt 1965, resigd 1965, rejoined the colours and served in the 2^nd Indo-Pak War 1965-1966, Hon Col The Punjab Regt, IA. Succeeded on the death of his father as Head of the Royal House of Patiala, 17^th June 1974. MP (Lok Sabha) for Patiala 1980-1984, Convenor Sikh Forum 1985, MLA in the Punjab state assembly since 1985, for Samana since 1992, State Minister for Agriculture, Forrestry Development & Panchayats 1985-1986, Leader Shiromani Akali Dal Legislative Party 1986-1988, Convenor Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthik) 1991-1992, Chair Shiromani Akali Dal Parliamentary Brd 1992-1997, and Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthik) 1997-1998, Presdt Punjab Pradesh Congress Cttee. (I) since 1998, Chief Minister of the Punjab 2002-2007. Author “A Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil Heights” (1999), “Lest We Forget: The History of the Indian Army from 1947-65” (2001), and “The Last Sunset: The Rise and Fall of the Lahore Durbar” (2010). Chair Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage (INTACH) 1998-2001, Cttee of World Wide Fund for Nature, India (Punjab, HP & Chandigarh) since 1995. Mbr Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Naval & Military Club (London), Aero Club of India (Delhi), Equestrian Fed of India (Delhi), India International Centre (Delhi), Indian Parliamentary Group Ex-MP’s Assoc (Delhi), Army Golf Club (Patiala), Defence Officers’ Inst (Patiala), Indian Mushroom Grower’s Assoc (Solan, HP), Mushroom Grower’s Assoc. (Stanford, Lincs.), etc. m. at Patiala, 31^st October 1964, H.H. Maharani Prineet Kaurji Sahib (b. at Oakland, Simla, 3^rd October 1944), educ. Jesus & Mary Convent, and St Bede’s Teachers’ Coll (BA), Simla, MP (Lok Sabha) for Patiala since 1999, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 2009, Chair Patiala Heritage Soc 2002, Harijan Sevak Samaj, State Committee on Female Foeticide, Patiala Division &Urban Planning Authority, and Patiala Polo & Riding Club, Presdt Citizen Welfare Council of Patiala, Mbr Punjab Pradesh Congress Exec Ctee since 1999, Animal Welfare Brd of India 2000-2001, Punjab Univ Syndicate 2004-2005, Regional Direct Taxes Advisory and SBOP District Level Review Cttees, Dept of Personnel and Adminsitrative Reforms Advisory and Punjab State Bet Areas Advisory Councils, Punjab State Sub Mountain and Kandi Areas Council, Mbr Patiala, New Delhi and Chandigarh Golf Clubs, rcvd: President’s Red Cross Medal, younger daughter of Sardar Gian Singh Kahlon, ICS, sometime Chief Sec. of the Punjab, by his wife, Sardarni Satinder Kaur. He had issue (the Amarindri Brar Sidhu), one son and one daughter:

1) Yuvraj Sri Raninder Singh Sahib-ji. b. at the New Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, 2^nd August 1967, educ. Yadavindra Public Sch, Patiala, the Doon Sch, Dehradun, St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi Unov, and the Univ of Buckingham (BASc 1989). Gen-Sec Punjab Pradesh Congress Cttee (PPCC) since 2006. Trap shooter, competed at ISSF World Cups and National Championships. Presdt National Rifle Assoc of India (NRAI) since 2010. Chair Prince Raninder Singh Trust. Hon Mbr Forest Hill Golf and Country Club. Mbr Punjab Rifle Shooting Assoc (PRSA), etc. m. at the New Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, 3^rd January 1995, Yuvrani Sri Rishma Kaur Sahiba (b. 1972), educ. Mater Dei Convent, New Delhi, International Pioneer Summer Camp, Ulaan Bator, Mongolia, the Univ of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, and the Univ of Buckingham (BSc Hons 1994), Management Trainee with Deutsche Bank 1994, Mngr Export Dept of UK Paints (India) Ltd in New Delhi 1994-1997, Presdt Council for Allied Products and Export Promotion India Ltd (CAPEXIL) 1997-1999, Dir Rajdoot Paints (P) Ltd, Dir Berger Paints India Ltd 1997-2003, Consultant Malibu Estates Pvt Ltd since 2001, Alternative Dir and National Business Development Mngr since 2009, Dir Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd since 2013, sister of Raminder Singh Takkar. He has issue, one son and two daughters:
- a) Yuvrajkumar Sri Yaduinder Singh Sahib. b. April 2003, educ. Vasant Valley Sch, Vasant Kunj, Delhi.
- a) Yuvrajkumari Bibiji Sehar Inder Kaur Sahiba. b. 1996.
- b) Yuvrajkumari Bibiji Inayat Inder Kaur Sahiba. b. 1999.
1) Maharajkumari Bibiji Jai Inder Kaur Sahiba [Sadarni Jaya Devi, of Raja Sansi]. b. at the New Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, 15^th January 1966. m. 20^th December 1985, Sardar Bahadur Gurpal Singh Sandhu, of Raja Sansi, adopted son of Major Sardar Bahadur Harinder Singh Sindhanwalia, of Raja Sansi, sometime MLA, and son of Gurpal Singh Sandhu, of New Delhi, by his wife, Yadvinder Kaur. She has issue, two sons - see India Pensioners (Punjab).

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