SIRMUR

The Plassia Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1898 - 1911 H.H. Sri Raja Sir Surendra Bikram Prakash Bahadur, Raja of Sirmur, KCSI (9.11.1901). b. at Nahan Palace, 14^th November 1867, elder son of H.H. Sri Raja Sir Shamsher Prakash Bahadur, Raja of Sirmur, GCSI, educ. privately. Assumed the administration of the state during the incapacity of his father. Succeeded on the death of his father, 2^nd October 1898. Ascended the gadi, at the Shish Mahal, Nahan, 27^th October 1898. Attended the Coronation Durbar at Delhi in 1903. Mbr of the Imperial Legislative Council in Calcutta, 1902-1907. Granted unrestricted judicial powers to pass sentences of death, December 1906. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar gold medal (1903). m. at Suket, 1883, H.H. Sri Suketwala Rani Subhadra Deviji Sahiba (b. at Mandi, 1865; d. at Nahan Palace, 1907), daughter of H.H. Raja Sri Rudra Sen Bahadur, Raja of Suket, by his second wife, H.H. Sri Kuhlari Rani Sahiba. He d. at Mussoorie, 4^th July 1911, having had issue, one son:

• 1) Sri Tikka Amar Singh Sahib, who became H.H. Sri Maharaja Sir Amar Prakash Bahadur, Maharaja of Sirmur (s/o Suketwala Rani) - see below.

• 2) Major Sri Rao Raja Rom Harshan Singh. b. at Nahan, 16^th February 1906, educ. privately. Hon. Maj. Sirmur State Forces 1944, Sec. to the Maharaja, Comptroller of the Household 1938-1944, and of the Civil Supplies Dept. 1944-1948. Mngr. Sirmur Cold Storage at Dehra Dun, Presdt. Nahan Cricket Club, etc. m. at Katmandu, Nepal, 28^th November 1938, Sri Rani Pushpa Kumari (b. 16^th Jun 1924), daughter of General Samar Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, of Nepal, by his second wife, Mandakini Devi, a Thakuri lady. He d. at Dehra Dun, 30^th December 1980, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
  • a) Sri Rao Raja Mrigindra Singh. b. at Nahan, 10^th March 1944. Joint proprietor of the Durga Mines in Sirmur. m. 12^th October 1975, Sri Rao Rani Subhadra Kumari (b. at Kotkhai, in Jubbal, 12^th May 1954), daughter of Kunwar Mohan Lal Singh, of Ghund, in the Simla district of HP, by his wife, Kunwarani Kalawati Devi, elder daughter of Rana Shri Shiv Singh, Rana of Darkoti. He has issue, one son and two daughters:
    • i) Kunwar Hemang Singh. b. 18^th September 1979.
    • i) Kunveri Nidhi Kumari. b. 25^th October 1976.
    • ii) Kunveri Aparna Kumari. b. 23^rd July 1984.
  • a) Kunveri Rajani Kumari. b. at Nahan, 28^th February 1940.
  • b) Kunveri Niranjani Kumari. b. at Nahan, 22^nd November 1942.
• 3) Sri Rajkumari Padmawati Deviji Sahiba [H.H. Rani Sri Padmawati Deviji Sahiba, Rani of Suket]. m. H.H. Raja Sri Sir Bhim Sen Sen Bahadur, Raja of Suket, KCIE (b. at Suket, 26^th November 1885; d.s.p. at Suket, 12^th October 1919), elder son of H.H. Raja Sri Dusht Nikandan Sen Bahadur, Raja of Suket, by his wife, a daughter of Mian Jai Singh, of Baghal. She d. May 1959 - see India (Suket).
• 4) Sri Rajkumari … Deviji Sahiba. m. at Nahan, a kunwar from Chamba.
• 5) Sri Rajkumari … Deviji Sahiba. m. at Nahan, a kunwar from the Mewar family, of UP.

1911 - 1933 Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Sri Maharaja Sir Amar Prakash Bahadur, Maharaja of Sirmur, KCSI (3.6.1915), KCIE (1.1.1921). b. at Nahan Palace, 26^th January 1888, eldest son of H.H. Sri Raja Sir Surendra Bikram Prakash Bahadur, Raja of Sirmur, KCSI, by his wife, H.H. Sri Suketwala Rani Subhadra Deviji Sahiba, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 4^th July 1911. Ascended the gadi, at Nahan, 26^th October 1911. Cmsnd. as Hon. Major 3/6/1915, prom. Hon. Lieut-Col. 1/1/1918 aached King George's Own Sappers and Miners, IA. Granted the hereditary title of Maharaja, 1^st January 1918. Granted a personal salute of 13-guns 1931. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar gold medal (1911). m. 4^th March 1910, H.H. Sri Maharani Mandalasa Deviji Sahiba (b. at Katmandu, 1896; d. at Nahan, February 1973), née Sri Sri Sri Maharajkumari Mandalasa Rajya Lakshmi, eldest daughter of Field Marshal H.H. Swasti Sri-Madarti-prachandra-bhujadandetyadi Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Deva Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Maharaja of Lambjang and Kaski and Prime Minister of Nepal, by his first wife, the sister of Sahibju Bir Bikram Shah. He d. at the Wiennier Cottage Sanatorium, Vienna, Austria, 13^th August 1933, having had issue, one son and two daughters:

• 1) Sri Tikka Rajendra Singh Sahib, who succeeded as H.H. Sri Maharaja Sir Rajendra Prakash Bahadur, Maharaja of Sirmur - see below.
• 1) Sri Maharajkumari Premlata Kumari Deviji Sahiba [Maharani Premlata Devi Sahiba of Chote Udaipur]. b. 26^th August 1917 (d/o Madalasa Devi). m. at Nahan, 14^th December 1945, as his third wife, Maharaol Shri Natwarsinhji Fatehsinhji Sahib, Raja of Chote Udepur (b. at Chote Udepur, 16^th November 1906; d. at Lisbon, Portugal, 15^th October 1946), eldest son of Maharaol Shri Fatehsinhji Motisinhji Sahib, Raja of Chote Udepur. She d.s.p. 1986 - see India (Chote Udaipur).
• 2) Sri Maharajkumari Mahima Kumari Deviji Sahiba (d/o Madalasa Devi). She d. young, at Nahan, 1929.

• 2) Major Sri Rao Raja Birendra Singh. b. 15^th June 1920, educ. Mayo Coll., Ajmer. 2^nd class jagirdar. Cmsnd. 2^nd Lieut. Sirmur State Forces, served in WW2 in the Middle East and North Africa, Assist. Comptroller of the Household 1944-1948, ADC to the Maharaja, prom. Hon. Maj. 1947, Supt. Annfield Tea Estate, Dehra Dun dist., UP. Raised to the hereditary title of Sri Rao Raja 1945. m. 1949, Sri Rao Rani Prabha Devi Sahiba (b. 1933; d. 30^th April 1964), daughter of Sri Sahibju Birendra Bikram Shah, of Nepal. He d. at Dehra Dun, 18^th January 1981, having had issue, three sons:
  • a) Kunwar (unnamed) Singh. Stillborn at Dehra Dun, 1^st November 1949.
  • b) Sri Rao Raja Alark Singh. b. at Dehra Dun, 1^st April 1951, educ. Mayo Coll., Ajmer, and St Stephen's Coll., Delhi Univ. (BA). m. 14^th June 1974, Sri Rao Rani Bijoya Devi (b. 15^th November 1949), educ. Loreto Convent., Shillong, and Delhi Univ. (MA), eldest daughter of Lisiman Sawain Singh, of Shillong, by his wife, the daughter of Mr. B. K. Dey, of Bengal. He has issue, two sons:
    • i) Kunwar Salim Singh. b. 30^th November 1980, educ. Montessori Sch., Dehra Dun.
    • ii) Kunwar Saasha Singh [Chaitanya Pratap Singh]. b. 4^th October 1982, educ. Montessori Sch., Dehra Dun, and St. Stephen's Coll., Delhi Univ.
  • c) Kunwar Mandhatta Singh. b. at Dehra Dun, 1953, educ. Mayo Coll., Ajmer, and St Stephen's Coll., Delhi Univ. m. … He was k. in a motor crash, having had issue, two children.
• 3) Kunveri Priya Devi [Rao Rani Nahan Deviji Sahiba]. b. 1910. m. at Nahan, 1934, as his second wife, Brigadier Rao Bahadur Rao Raja Hanut Singhji (b. at the Ship House, Jodhpur, 20^th March 1900; d. at Jodhpur, 12^th October 1982), third son of Lieutenant-General H.H. Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir Pratap Singhji Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, KIH, by a secondary wife. She had issue, three sons - see India (Idar).
• 4) Kunveri Yukta Devi [Thakurani Yukta Devi, of Shivpur]]. b. 1920. m. at Nahan, Thakur Vijay Bahadur Singh, of Shivpur, in Gorakhpur, UP. She had issue, one son and one daughter.

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