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The Deora Dynasty

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1875 - 1920 H.H. Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Maharao Shri Sir Keshri Singhji Bahadur, Maharao of Sirohi, GCIE (9.11.1901), KCSI (1.1.1895). b. at the Fort, Sirohi, 20^th June 1857, only son of H.H. Maharao Shri Umed Singhji Bahadur, Rao Sahib of Sirohi, by his wife, H.H. Rathorji Rani Sahib, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 16^th September 1875. Installed on the gadi, at Sirohi, 24^th November 1875. Attended all three Delhi Darbars, 1877, 1903 and 1911. Raised to the personal title of Raj Rajeshwar, the hereditary territorial title of Maharao 1^st July 1889, and the hereditary title of Maharajadhiraj 11^th December 1911. Concluded the permanent lease of Mount Abu to the British, 6^th October 1917. Abdicated in favour of his only surviving son, 29^th April 1920. His long and relativelt successful reign saw a huge improvement in the administration of the state and the living conditions of the people. Schools, hospitals, dispensaries, roads and communications of all kinds were built throughout his domains. Rcvd: KIH (1877), and Delhi Durbar gold medals (1903 & 1911). m. (first) 1876, H.H. Puarji Maharani Shri Mai Sahiba (d. at Sirohi, 24^th April 1899), daughter of H.H. Rajadhiraja Maharana 108 Shri Jhalam Singhji Sahib, Maharana of Danta. m. (second) 1884, H.H. Chavdaji Maharani Sahiba (d. at Sirohi, four days after the birth of her son, 1892), a daughter of Thakore Shri Kishorsinhji Motisinhji Chawda, Thakore Sahib of Varsoda, by his first wife. m. (third) at the Raj Mahal, Dharampur, 1888, H.H. Sisodiji Maharani Nand Kunverba Sahiba (b. at the Raj Mahal, Dharampur, 1871; d. at Sirohi, 1897), née Chiranjivi Maharajkumari Baiji Shri Man Kunverba Sahib, fourth daughter of H.H. Namdar Shrimant Maha Mandaleshwar Maharajadhiraj Maharana Shri Narandevji II Dharma Dev Rana Raja, Raja of Dharampur, by his fourth wife, H.H. Akhand Soubhagyavati Namdar Shrimant Maharani Baiji Shri Nawa Kunverba Sahib, daughter of the Chavada Thakore of Manekpur. m. (fourth) 1901, H.H. Rathorji Maharani Sahiba (d. at Sirohi, a few days after the birth of her son, 1^st March 1904), daughter of Rao Mangal Singh Bahadur, of Bhinai, CIE, in Ajmer-Merwara. He d. at the Keshri Vilas Palace, Sirohi, 15^th January 1925, having had issue, four sons and three daughters:

1) Maharajkumar Shri Man Singhji Sahib. b. at Sirohi, 1887 (s/o Puarji Maharani). He d. 1888.
2) Maharajkumar Shri Sarup Ram Singhji Sahib, who succeeded as H.H. Maharajadhiraj Maharao Shri Sir Sarup Ram Singhji Bahadur, Maharao of Sirohi (s/o Puarji Maharani) - see below.
3) Maharajkumar Shri Lakshman Singhji Sahib. b. at Sirohi, 1892 (s/o Sisodiji Maharani), educ. privately. He d. 26^th October 1900.
4) Maharajkumar Shri Narain Singhji Sahib. b. at Sirohi, 10^th February 1904 (s/o Rathorji Maharani). He d. 1904.
1) Maharajkumari Baiji Raj Shri Anand Kunwarba Sahiba. b. at Sirohi, 1890 (d/o Nand Kunverba). m. at Sirohi, 10^th December 1905, as his first wife, H.H. Rai-i-Rayan Mahimahendra Maharajadhiraj Maharawal Shri Sir Prithvi Singhji Bahadur, Maharawal of Banswara, KCIE (b. at Banswara, 15^th July 1888; d. at the Shrigarh Palace, Banswara, 27^th July 1944), eldest son of H.H. Rai-i-Rayan Mahimahendra Maharajadhiraj Maharawal Shri Shumbhu Singhji Sahib Bahadur, Maharawal of Banswara. She d. in childbirth, at Banswara, 24^th December 1909, having had issue, an only son - see India (Banswara).
2) Maharajkumari Baiji Raj Shri Het Kunwarba Sahiba [H.H. Maharani Deoriji Shri Hukum Kumari Sahiba]. b. at Sirohi, 12^th March 1891 (d/o Nand Kunverba). m. at Sirohi, 16^th February 1907, as his first wife, H.H. Rukn ud-Daula, Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Parama Bhattarak Shri Maharawal Ji Bairi Shalivahan Singhji Dev Bahadur, Yadukul Chandrawhal, Muzaffar Jung, Bijaimand, Maharaja of Jaisalmer (b. 12^th June 1887; d.s.p.m. at the Fort, Jaisalmer, 11^th April 1914), elder son of Meherban-i-Dostan Thakuran Raj Shri Kushal Singhji Sahib, of Lathi, and adopted son and successor of H.H. Rukn ud-Daula, Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Parama Bhattarak Shri Maharawal Ji Bairi Sal Singhji Dev Bahadur, Yadukul Chandrawhal, Muzaffar Jung, Bijaimand, Maharaja of Jaisalmer. She d.s.p. at Sirohi, after 1946 - see India (Jaisalmer).
3) Maharajkumari Baiji Raj Shri Padma Kunwarba Sahiba [H.H. Sirohiwala Maharani Akhand Soubhagyavati Baiji Shri Padma Kunwarba Sahiban]. b. at Sirohi, 4^th February 1896. m. at Sirohi, 6^th March 1907, Colonel H.H. Maharajadhiraj Maharao Mirza Shri Vijayarajji Sawai Bahadur, Maharao of Cutch, GBE (b. at Prag Mahal, Bhuj, 12^th October 1909; d. 26^th February 1948, eldest son of Colonel H.H. Maharajadhiraj Maharao Mirza Shri Khengarji III Sawai Bahadur, Maharao of Cutch, GCSI, GCIE, by his second wife, H.H. Charadwala Maharani Bai Shri Gangabai Sahib, daughter of Raj Rana Shri Jalamsinhji [Ladhubha] Amarsinhji Sahib, of Charadwa, in Dhrangadhra state. She d. 26^th November 1980, having had issue, seventeen children, including five sons and three daughters - see India (Cutch).

1920 - 1946 H.H. Maharajadhiraj Maharao Shri Sir Sarup Ram Singhji Bahadur, Maharao of Sirohi, GCIE (1.1.1932), KCSI (3.6.1924). b. at the Fort, Sirohi, 27^th September 1888, eldest surviving son of H.H. Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Maharao Shri Sir Kaishru Singhji Bahadur, Maharao of Sirohi, GCIE, KCSI, by his first wife, H.H. Puarji Maharani Shri Mai Sahiba, educ. privately. Musahib-i-Ala (Chief Minister) 1911-1920. Succeeded on the abdication of his father and ascended the gadi at the Darbargadh, Sirohi, 29^th April 1920. He continued much of his father's modernisation programme during his premiership and after his succession as ruler; extending the railroad, introducing electricity and telephones, building hospitals and schools, and opening the first airport. He also introduced many reforms during his lifetime, culminating in the establishment of a Council of State and High Court in 1940, together with a Central Advisory Committee and village panchayats in 1941. Patron the Sarup Club (Sirohi), etc. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911), Silver Jubilee (1935), and Coron. (1937) medals. m. (first) at Bhuj, 20^th November 1907, H.H. Jadeji Maharani Shri Krishna Kunverba Sahib [H.H. the Rajmata Sahiba] (b. at Prag Mahal, Bhuj; d. 1979), Regent 1946-1950, née Maharajkumari Bai Shri Takhatba Sahib, fourth and youngest daughter of Colonel H.H. Maharajadhiraj Maharao Mirza Shri Khengarji III Sawai Bahadur, Maharao of Cutch, GCSI, GCIE, by his second wife, H.H. Charadwala Maharani Bai Shri Gangabai Sahib, daughter of Raj Rana Shri Jalamsinhji [Ladhubha] Amarsinhji Sahib, of Charadwa, in Dhrangadhra state. m. (second) at Ratlam, 20^th July 1913, H.H. Rathorji Maharani Shri Gopal Kunverba Sahiba (b. posthumously at Ranjit Bilas Palace, Ratlam, 30^th April 1893; d. at Sirohi, 1^st March 1915), née Shrimati Rajkumari Bapu Lalji Gopal Kunverba Sahiba, youngest daughter of H.H. Raja Shri Sir Ranjit Singhji Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Ratlam, KCIE, by his second wife, H.H. Jhaliji Maharani Ba Shri Baijiba Anup Kunverba Sahiba, daughter of Patvi Namdar Rajkumar Shri Jaswantsinhji Mansinhji Sahib. m. (third) at Sirohi, 12^th December 1915, H.H. Waghelji Maharani Shri Man Kunverba Sahiba, daughter of the Thakur of Kunvar, in Sanand state, Gujarat. m. (fourth) 1926, H.H. Chota Rathorji Maharani Shri Sajjan Kunverba Sahiba (d. at Sirohi, 1943), daughter of the Thakur of Junia, in Ajmer-Merwara. m. (i) at Bahucharaji, 15^th February 1916 ('khanda' rite), Raj Shri Chavdiji Lilavantiba Sahiba (b. at Ratlam, 12^th April 1899), former wife of Hazuri Balu Valji, from Ratlam, and eldest daughter of Khawas Bhagwanji Gova, by his wife, Khawasan Mewabai, daughter of Khawas Gova Kala, of Sitapur, by whom he had issue one son (incapable of succeeding) and one daughter. m. (ii) at Lila Niwas, Bombay, 1931 (Muslim rite) Mussamat Said un-nisa Begum Sahiba, a Hindu convert to Islam. He d. from dyspnoea, at 24 Alipore Road, Delhi, 23^rd January 1946 (bur. there according to Muslim rites*), having had issue, three daughters by his first wife:

1) Maharajkumari Baiji Raj Shri Jeet Kunwarba Sahiba. b. at Sirohi, 1909 (d/o Krishna Kunwarba). She d. 1929, before the celebration of her intended marriage to H.H. Shri Huzur Raja Sir Vikramsinhji Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Narsingarh, KCIE.
2) Maharajkumari Baiji Raj Shri Kanchan Kunwarba Sahiba [H.H. Deoriji Maharani Shri Gulab Kunwarba Sahib]. b. at Bhuj, Cutch, 26^th September 1910 (d/o Krishna Kunwarba), educ. privately. Regent of the state during her husband's absences abroad 1941 and 1942-1943. m. at Sirohi, 7^th March 1935, Lieutenant-General H.H. Maharaja Jam Shri Sir Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, GCSI, GCIE (b. at Sarodar, 18^th September 1895; d. at Bombay, 3^rd February 1966), son of Maharaj Shri Jawansinhji Sahib, of Sarodar, She d. 1994, having had issue, one son and three daughters - see India (Nawanagar).
3) Maharajkumari Baiji Raj Shri Arbud [Jayawant] Kunwarba Sahiba. b. at Sirohi, 1920 (d/o Krishna Kunwarba). She d. before 1938, before the celebration of her intended marriage to H.H. Maharana Shri Devi Singhji Sahib Bahadur, Maharana of Barwani.

Maharao Shri Sir Sarup Ram Singhji, also had issue by Raj Shri Chavdiji Lilavantiba Sahiba, one son and one daughter:

1) Captain Kunwar Shri Lakhpat Ram Singhji Sahib. b. at Sirohi, 3^rd October 1917, educ. Mayo Coll., Ajmer, St Xavier's Coll., Bombay (BA) and the Indian Historical Research Inst., Bombay (MA). Granted the title of Kunwar Sahib for himself and his male descendants 26^th September 1944, and the personal title of Rao Raja (never used) 10^th October 1945. Staff Officer to the Maharaja of Baroda, Hon. Capt. Baroda State Forces 1945. He petitioned the Indian Government in 1947 and put forward his claim to the succession, but these were rejected in favour of the Thakur of Manadar. m. at Lakhpat Bhavan, Malabar Hill., Bombay, 7^th March 1943, Kunwarani Soma Deveshwari Rajya Lakshmi, third daughter of Major-General Lila Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, of Nepal, by his wife, Sri Rani Bakti Devi, sister of Karna Bikram Shah. He had issue, several children.
4) Baiji Shri Jam Kunwarba Sahiba. b. at Bombay, 5^th December 1921.

* Maharao Shri Sir Sarup Ram Singhji, secretly converted to Islam at Indore in 1927. He confirmed both his marriage according to Muslim rites and his conversion, in a will dated 4^th July 1941 and witnessed by Maharaja Sir Tej Singhji of Alwar. After Independence in 1947, his tomb was destroyed and his body removed and burned on the spot.

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