PATIALA

The Phulkian Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1900 - 1938 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 (1.1.1921), GCIE (12.12.1911), GCVO (17.3.1922), GBE (m 1.1.1918). b. at Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, 12^th October 1891, eldest son of H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir ul-Umara, Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar, Sri Maharaja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sir Rajinder Singh, Mahendra Bahadur, Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bushan, Maharaja of Patiala, GCSI, by his first wife, H.H. Maharani Sri Jasmer Kaur Sahiba, educ. Aitchison Coll., Lahore. Succeeded on the death of his father, 9^th November 1900. Reigned under a Council of Regency, until he came of age and was invested with partial ruling powers, 1^st October 1909. Invested with full ruling powers by the Viceroy, the Earl of Minto, in person, 3^rd November 1910. Hon Lieut-Col 15/10/1914, served in the Great War on the staff in France, Belgium and Italy 1914-1918, Palestine 1918, prom Hon Maj-Gen 15/6/1918, served in 3rd Afghan War 1919 (rcvd: MID), Hon. Col. 2^nd Royal Btn, 11th Sikh Regiment (Ludhiana Sikhs), 15/6/1918 and Hon. Col. 1^st/140^th (Patiala) Infantry, 10/1/1919, Hon ADC to the King-Emperors George V 5/9/1922, prom Hon Lieut-Gen 23/5/1931, Hon Extra ADC to the King-Emperors Edward VII 23/9/1936, and George VI 11/12/1936. Mbr Cncl. of the Governor of the Punjab 1917, Mbr Imperial War Cabinet 1918, Indian representative at the League of Nations Assembly 1925, Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes 1926-1931, 1933-1935, and 1937-1938, Leader of the States delegation to the Indian Round Table Conference in London 1930. Chancellor and Chief Patron Khalsa Coll., Amritsar. Presdt Indian Olympic Assoc 1928-1938, All-India Gundog League, and Cricket Club of India 1937-1938. Chair Central Recruiting Brd 1917; Vice-Presdt of the Delhi Durbar Cttee 1911, British Humane Assoc, and The Kennel Club of India 1926-1938. Patron All-India Coursing Club. Captain the MCC at Bombay 1926. Mbr Akal Coll. Management Cttee. Freeman of the City of Cardiff (1918), and City of Edinburgh (1935); FRGS, FRHS, FRZS, FRCI, MRAS, MRSA, etc. Rcvd: 1914 Star (with 1915 bar), British War, Allied Victory, and IGS medals (with Afghanistan NWF clasp 1919), Delhi Durbar gold medals (1903 & 1911), Silver Jubilee (1935), and Coron. medals (1911 & 1937), GC of the Orders of the Crown of Italy (1918), Nile of Egypt (20.11.1918), Leopold of Belgium (mil 29.11.1918), Crown of Rumania (29.9.1922), Redeemer of Greece (x.1.1926), Carlos III of Spain (23.10.1928), White Lion of Czechoslovakia 1^st class (mil. 1.1.1930), Legion of Honour of France (30.10.1930, GO 1.8.1918), SS Maurice & Lazarus of Italy (2.4.1935), St Gregory the Great of the Vatican (6.4.1935), and the Dannebrog of Denmark. m. (first) at Bahadurgarh, Patiala Fort, 9^th March 1908, H.H. Maharani Sri Bakhtawar Kaur Sahiba [Rajomajrewale Sri Maharani Sahib-ji] (class A) (b. at Sangrur, 1892; d. at Patiala, 1960), née Basant Kaur, eldest daughter of Sardar Gurnam Singh, Sardar Bahadur, OBI, of Sangrur, sometime C-in-C Jind State Forces, she had issue seven children of whom only one son and one daughter survived. m. (second) H.H. Maharani Sri …Kaur Sahiba [Ranewale Sri Maharani Sahib-ji]* (class A) (b. 1894; d. at Dehra Dun, 1980), daughter of General Sardar Gurnam Singh, Sardar Bahadur, CIE, OBI, sometime Chief Minister of Patiala. m. (third) before 14^th February 1910, H.H. Maharani Sri Dilip Kaur Sahiba [Ubhawalwale Bare Sri Maharani Sahib-ji] (b. 1894; d. at Patiala, 1992), former second wife of Sardar Lal Singh, and daughter of Sardar Jagat Singh Ubowal, by whom he had three daughters. m. (fourth) at Bahadurgarh, Patiala Fort, before 14^th February 1910, H.H. Maharani Sri Vimalavati Kaur Sahiba [Ubhawalwale Chhote Sri Maharani Sahib-ji] (b. 1906; d. at Dehra Dun, 1992) (class A), youner daughter of Sardar Jagat Singh Ubowal. m. (fifth) at Bahadurgarh, Patiala Fort, 28^th October 1912, H.H. Maharani Sri …Kaur Sahiba [Kaulgarhiwale Sri Maharani Sahib-ji] (d. from tuberculosis, at the Baradari Palace, Patiala, 1915), daughter of Sardar …Singh, of  Kaulgarh. m. (sixth) at Mahendra Palace, Patiala, 18^th January 1932, H.H. Maharani Sri …Kaur Sahiba [Gulerwale Sri Maharani Sahib-ji] (b. 1910), daughter of Sardar Inder Singh? m. (seventh) H.H. Maharani Sri …Kaur Sahiba [Darkhotiwale Bare Sri Maharani Sahib-ji] (b. 1913; d. at New Delhi Hospital, Locemia, 30^th October 1970, crem. at Dehra Dun, UP). m. (eighth) H.H. Maharani Sri …Kaur Sahiba [Darkhotiwale Duje Sri Maharani Sahib-ji] (b. 1918; k. at her home in Dehra Dun, UP, 197x). m. (ninth) H.H. Maharani Sri …Kaur Sahiba [Darkhotiwale Tije Sri Maharani Sahib-ji (b. 1919), daughter of Rana Raghunath Singh, of Darkoti. m. (tenth) H.H. Maharani Sri …Kaur Sahiba [Darkhotiwale Chauthe Sri Maharani Sahib-ji (b. 1922), daughter of Rana Raghunath Singh, of Darkoti, by his second wife. The names of three of these ladies were (i) H.H. Maharani Sri Jashodha Devi Sahib, (ii) H.H. Maharani Sri Rewati Devi Sahib, and (iii) H.H. Maharani Sri Rupwant Devi Sahib. The third and fourth maharanis were married before 14^th February 1910, another wife on 28^th October 1912. m. (a) the wife of Sardar Sunder Singh of Badshahpur, and daughter of Sardar Jwala Singh, of Narru, in Patiala. m. (b) a lady from Sirmur. m. (c) a Belgian lady. m. (c) Darshan Kaur. He d. from heart failure, at the Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, 23^rd March 1938 (cremated there at Shahi Samadhan), having fathered eighty eight children (the Bhupendri Brar Sidhu), by various wives and concubines, of whom fifty-three survived:

• 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 Sir Yadavindra Singh, Mahendra Bahadur, Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bushan, Maharaja of Patiala [Ticky] (s/o Bakhtawar Kaur) - see below.
• 2) Rajadhiraj Sri Bhalendra Singh [Peter]. b. at Chail, 8^th August 1919, educ. Royal Schs at Patiala and Chail, Patiala House Sch, Bishop Stove, and Aitchison Coll, Lahore, Punjab, and Magdalene Coll, Cambridge (BA). Sec for Education, and Home Affairs, MLA Punjab 1958-1962, Presdt Amateur Athletic Federation of India 1952-1968, Indian Olympic Assoc 1960-1975 and 1980-1992, and Asian Games Fedn. 1980-1982, Mbr. IOC 1947-1992. m. (first) 1945, Rani Pushpalata Kumari Sahiba (b. at Dehradun, 15^th October 1925; d. from the effects of childbirth, 6^th September 1953), daughter of Rai Bahadur Kunwar Charat Singh, Shamsher Jang, of Sahanpur, sometime MLA for Bijnor District West, UP, by his wife, Kunwarani Mohini Devi, daughter of Rai Hari Kishan Singh, of Mursan, Mathura. m. (second) at Kasauli, 1956, Rani Herminder Kaur Sahiba (b. at Sangrur, 1932; d. at Indraprasth, 1^st August 2000), from a Canadian Sikh family, originally from Sangrur. He d. at New Delhi, 16^th April 1992, having had issue, one son and one daughter by his first wife, and two daughters by his second wife
  • a) Padma Bushan Raja Sri Randhir Singh. b. at Patiala, 18^th October 1946 (s/o Pushpalata Kumari),educ. Yadavindra Public Sch, Patiala, and St Stephen’s Coll, Univ of Delhi. MLA Punjab 1958, Dir State Bank of Patiala, Vice-Presdt Punjab Olympic Assoc 1957-1984, Presdt Amateur Athletics Fdn of India 1953-1960, Indian Olympic Assoc 1959-1975 & 1978-1984, and Asian Games Fed 1982, Indian and Olympic clay-pigeon shooting champion. Gold medalist, Asian Games, Bangkok 1978, Commonwealth Games Edmonton 1978, Silver and bronze medalist; Asian Games 1982. Competed in Mixed Trap at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Mexico, Munich, Montreal and Moscow. Sec-Gen Indian Olympic Assoc 1987, Olympic Council of Asia since 1991, and Afro-Asian Games Council 1998-2007. Vice-Chair Organizing Cttee XIX Commonwealth Games (Delhi) 2010. Mbr IOC since 2001, Assoc of National Olympic Cttees Executive Brd since 2002, World Anti-Doping Agency Foundation Brd 2003-2005, Olympic Games Study Cmsn 2002-2003, Sport for All Cmsn since 2004, Cmsn for Women & Sport since 2006, Co-ordination for the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games (Singapore) 2008-2010, and Olympic Truce Fndn since 2007. Life Patron Bowling Fed of India since 2006 (Presdt until 2005). Hon D.Litt. (Sports Sci) Lakshmibai National Inst of Physical Education. Rcvd: Padma Bushan, Arjuna Award (1978), and Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award (1978). m. (first) 25^th May 1971, Rani Uma Kumari (b. 24^th April 1945), elder daughter of Kanwar Pratap Singh, of Sirmur, by his wife, Kanwarani Usha Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Piari Singh, of Darkoti. m. (second) Vinita Khanna [Rani Randhir Singh], only daughter of Major Vipin Kumar Khanna, by his wife, MaharajkumariBibaji Nagender Kumari Sahiba [Greeta], daughter 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. He has issue, two daughters by his first and one daughter by his second wife:
    • a) Rajkumari Sri Mahima Kumari. b. 1973 (d/o Uma), educ. Welham Girls’ Sch, Dehradun.
    • b) Rajkumari Sri Sunaina Kumari. b. 1976 (d/o Uma), educ. Welham Girls’ Sch, Dehradun, and Delhi Univ (BA Hons Soc). Employed with UN as HR Assist in New Delhi. Presdt Bowling Fed of India (BFI) since 2005 (Vice-Presdt until 2005). Vice-Presdt Asian Lawn Bowls Fed (ALBF) since 2012.
    • c) Rajkumari Sri Ria Rajeshwari Kumari.b. 1992 (d/o Vinita). m. at Chattarpur, Delhi, 17^th November 2013, Mehtab Singh, son of Sultan Singh, by his wife, Kiran Kaur.
  • a) Rajkumari Sri … Kaur [Chotoo] (d/o Herminder Kaur).
  • b) Rajkumari Sri … Kaur [Niki] (d/o Herminder Kaur). m. and had twins, of whom only one survived.
  • c) Rajkumari Sri Padmesh Kaur [Rani Padmesh Kaur Sahiba]. b. at Patiala, 2^nd September 1953 (d/o Pushpalata Kumari). m. (first) 1971 (div. 1982) Vinod Khanna (b. 21^st March 1950; m. second, and had further issue, one son), son of Om Prakash Khanna, by his wife, Nirmal. m. (second) at Dehra Dun, UP, 1982, as his second wife (div. 2001), Lieutenant-Colonel Shri Raja Ajay Bahadur Singh (b. at Nahan, 7^th October 1947), sometime MLA for Nahan in the Himachal Pradesh State Assembly, elder son of Maharaj Shri Jagat Bahadur Singh, of Sirmur, by his wife, Rani Leela Devi Sahiba, daughter of Rai Bahadur Babu Sri Kamlapat Prasad Singh, Taluqdar of Makhari (Makrai), in the Fyzabad district of UP. She was k. at the Cedar Wood Guesthouse, Tutu, near Simla, 30^th May 2003 (crem. at Lodhi Road Cemetery, New Delhi), having had issue, two children by her first husband:
    • i) Arjun Singh. b. 3^rd March 1972, educ. Modern Sch., Mussooorie.
    • i) Shagun Kumari [Shrimant Shagun Khanna]. b. 7^th February 1973, educ. Jesus & Mary Convent Sch, Chelsea, Simla, and Univ of Delhi (B.Com.). m. at Delhi, ca. 1995, Arvind Khanna (b. at Delhi, 29^th May 1967), son of Colonel Vipan Khanna, IA, by his wife, Maharajkumari Bibiji Nagendra Kumari Sahiba, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir ul-Umara, Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bu shan 108 Shri Maharaja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sir Bhupinder Singh Mahendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Patiala, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, GBE. She had issue, two sons - see below.
• 3) Rajadhiraj Sri Bhartinder Singh [Billy]. b. at Patiala, 30^th October 1919, educ. Royal Schs at Patiala and Chail, Patiala House Sch, Bishop Stove, and Aitchison Coll, Lahore, Punjab, and Magdalene Coll, Cambridge (BA). Military Sec to the Maharaja 1946-1949. unm.
• 4) Rajadhiraj Sri Padaminder Singh [Michael]. b. 11^th March 1925 (s/o Maharani Sri Vimalavati Kaur), educ. Royal Schs at Patiala and Chail, Patiala House Sch, Bishop Stove, and Aitchison Coll, Lahore, Punjab, and London Univ (B.Eng.). He d. unm. at Dehra Dun, UP, 30^th July 2002.
• 5) Rajadhiraj Sri Raghavender Singh [David]. b. 18^th July 1926 (s/o Maharani Sri Vimalavati Kaur), educ. Royal Schs at Patiala and Chail, Patiala House Sch, Bishop Stove, and Aitchison Coll, Lahore, Punjab. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut IA, prom Lieut, resigned. m.  at Mussoorie, UP, 1947, Rani Sri Summitara Raje Sahiba (b. at Indore, 14^th November 1932), née Maharajkumari Shrimant Sumitra Raje Sahib Holkar, youngest daughter of H.H. Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Tukojirao III Holkar XIII Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, GCIE, by his wife, H.H. Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sharmista Devi Sahib Holkar, née Nancy Anne Miller, of Seattle, Washington, USA. He d. 9^th March 1985, having had issue, one daughter:
  • a) Rajkumari Gangesh Kumariji. b. 24^th June 1951. m. Colonel …
• 6) Rajadhiraj Sri Kirninder Singh [Dicky]. b. 29^th November 1928, educ. Royal Schs at Patiala and Chail, Patiala House Sch, Bishop Stove, and Aitchison Coll, Lahore. Tea planter in Kangra. m. Rani Doreen (b. 29^th December 19xx; d. March 1989), daughter of the Raja of Kuchesar, Bulandshahar dist., UP (by "Maharani" Vinokshi Kumari?). He had issue, one son:
  • a) Rajkumar Sri …Singh [Pat]. b. at Patiala, 18^th October 19xx. m. a daughter of General Sant Singh, IA retd.
• 7) Rajadhiraj Sri Kumadendra Singh [John II]. b. 17^th December 1929, educ. Royal Schs at Patiala and Chail, Patiala House Sch, Bishop Stove, and Aitchison Coll, Lahore, Punjab. m. Rani Sri … Kaur, daughter of Sardar …Singh, of Kishangarh. He d. 196x, having had issue, one son and one daughter.
• 8) Rajadhiraj Sri Mohaninder Singh [Jimmy]. b. 29^th December 1931, educ. Royal Schs at Patiala and Chail, Patiala House Sch, Bishop Stove, and the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun, UP. Farming at Patiala. d. unm. at Philoli, Patiala, 30^th January 2014.
• 1) Maharajkumari Bibiji Surinder Kumariji Sahiba. b. at Patiala, 1913 (d/o Bakhtawar Kaur). She d. from tuberculosis, 1922.
• 2) Maharajkumari Bibiji Kailash Kumariji Sahiba [Pip] [H.H. Maharani Kailash Kumariji Sahiba, Rajmata of Patna]. b. 22^nd May 1914 (d/o Dilip Kaur). m. at Patiala, 23^rd April 1932, H.H. Maharaja Sir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, Maharaja of Patna, KCIE (b. 31^st March 1912; d. 23^rd February 1975), second son of Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo, Raja of Seraikela, and adopted son and successor of Maharaja Shri Prithviraj Singh Deo, Maharaja of Patna. She had issue, two sons and four daughters - see India (Patna).
• 3) Maharajkumari Bibiji Ramesh Kaur Sahiba [Peggy]. b. 29^th November 1916. m. at Patiala, 18^th February 1942, Rajkumar Suresh Prakash Singh (b. 28^th March 1913), younger son of Raja Rajendra Singh, of Tikra, UP. She had issue, one daughter:
  • a) Rajkumari Era Kumari. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 4) Maharajkumari Bibiji Yadunandan Kaur Sahiba [Honey] [Rani Yaduvandan Kumari Sahiba, Rajmata of Nalagarh]. b. 20^th November 1920 (d/o Bakhtawar Kaur). m. at Patiala, 7^th January 1944, Colonel Raja Shri Surendra Singh, Raja of Nalagarh (b. 13^th January 1922; d. 5^th May 1971), eldest son of Raja Shri Joginder Singh, Raja of Nalagarh, by his wife, Rani Prathiba Kumari Sahiba, daughter of Rana Shri Raghunath Chand, Thakur of Mahlog. She had issue, two sons and one daughter - see India (Nalagarh).
• 5) Maharajkumari Bibiji Yadhuvansh Kaur Sahiba [Alice] [H.H. Rani Yadhuvansh Kumari Sahiba, Rani of Maihar]. b. 9^th September 1921 (d/o Maharani Sri Vimalavati Kaur). m. 30^th April 1937, as his first wife, H.H. Raja Shri Govind Singh Ju Deo Bahadur, Raja of Maihar (b. 21^st March 1924; d. 1987), eldest son of H.H. Maharaja Shri Sir Brijnath Singh Ju Deo Bahadur, Raja of Maihar, KCIE, by his second wife, the daughter of Maharaj Chattar Singh, of Semlia, in Sailana. She d. 200x, having had issue, three daughters - see India (Maihar).
• 6) MaharajkumariBibiji Shailendra Kumariji Sahiba [Joy/Kuku] [Rani Shri Shailendra Kumari Sahiba, of Jodhpur]. b. at the Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, 22^nd June 1929 (d/o Maharani Sri Vimalavati Kaur). m. at the Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, 1951, Colonel Maharajadhiraj Shri Himmat Singhji Sahib (b. at London, 21^st June 1925), second son of Lieutenant-General H.H. Raj Rajeshwar Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Hindustan Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Umaid Singhji Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Jodhpur, GCSI, GCIE, KCVO, KStJ, by his wife, H.H. Maharani Sri Badan Kanwar Baiji Sahiba, daughter of Rao Bahadur Thakur Jai Singh, of Osian in Umednagar. She d. 21^st July 2016, having had issue, two sons - see India (Jodhpur).
• 7) Maharajkumari Bibiji Kumudesh Kumari Sahiba [Ruby]. b. 5^th January 1931. m. Shri Romesh Bhandari (b. at Lahore, 29^th March 1928), educ. Atchison College, Lahore, Punjab Univ (BA 1947), and Trinity Coll, Cambridge (MA), Presdt Cambridge Indian Majlis in 1948-1949, joined lndian Foreign Service 1950, Vice-Consul New York 1950, Private Sec. to the Minister without Portfolio 1956-1957 and the Defence Minister 1957-1962, two years with the Minerals & Metals Trading Corporation of India, Minister at Indian Embassy in Moscow 1970-1971 Ambassador to Thailand 1971-1974, and to Iraq 1974-1976, Additional Sec MEA 1977-1979, Sec 1979-1985, and Foreign Sec 1985-1986, Lieut-Governor of Delhi 1988-1990, Governor of Tripura 1993-1995, Goa 1995-1996, and Uttar Pradesh 1996-1998, Chair Foreign Affairs Dept All-India Congress Cttee (Indira), Presdt All-India Village Development Council, Patron All-India Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes of Congress (Indira), son of The Hon Amar Nath Bhandari, sometime Chief Justice of the Punjab High Court. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
• 8) Maharajkumari Bibaji Umesh Kumari Sahiba [Diamond]. b. 14^th November 1932. m. at Chail, near Simla, 22^nd October 1952, Colonel Kanwar Bharat Singh (b. at Deeg, Bharatpur, 21^st September 1919), sometime Cdt. President's Bodyguard, the famous Polo player, eldest son of son of Thakur Govind Singhji, of Deeg, in Bharatpur State, by his wife, Thakurani Prayag Kaur. She had issue, one son and two daughters:
  • a) Kanwar Yoginder Singh. b. 12^th April 1955. m. at Delhi, 24^th January 1981, Giri Raj Kaur (b. 9^th October 1956), daughter of Thakur Sumear Singh Sirohi, by his wife, Thakurani Taravati Devi. She has issue, one son:
    • i) Angad Singh. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • a) Kavita Kumari. b. 14^th February 1958. m. at Bharatpur, 31^st December 1985, Navin Khanna (b. 1^st April 1962), eldest son of Major Vipin Kumar Khanna, by his wife, Maharajkumari Bibaji Nagender Kumari Sahiba, daughter 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. She has issue, one son and one daughter - see below.
  • b) Shabnum Kumari. b. 3^rd June 1966. m. at Delhi, 12^th December 1990, Captain Sanjay Dey (b. 23^rd December 1964). She has issue, one daughter:
    • i) Sanya Dey.
• 9) Maharajkumari Bibaji Nagender Kumari Sahiba [Greeta]. b. 4^th April 1937. m. Major Vipin Kumar Khanna (b. 14^th November 1937), Presdt Dynamic Sales Service International Pvt Ltd (DSSI), Chair FiNoble Advisors Pvt Ltd, MD TSL Defence Technologies, Hon Consul for Luxembourg in New Delhi 1996-2005, Mbr Delhi Gymkhana Club, etc. rcvd. Knt of the Order of Merit of Luxembourg, elder brother of Colonel Ravi Khanna, and son of Shanti Lal Khanna, by his wife, Vidya Devi. She had issue, three sons and one daughter:
  • a) Navin Khanna. b. 1^st April 1962. Dir of Coal, Steel, Commodities & Export for Dynamic Sales Service International Pvt Ltd (DSSI). m. at Bharatpur, 31^st December 1985, Kavita Kumari (b. 14^th February 1958), elder daughter of Colonel Kanwar Bharat Singh, by his wife, Maharajkumari Bibaji Umesh Kumari Sahiba [Diamond], daughter 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. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) Rahul Khanna.
    • i) Ahilya Khanna.
  • b) Arvind Khanna. b. at Delhi, 29^th May 1967, educ. Milfield Sch, Street, Somerset, and Pepperdien Univ, California, USA (B. Com. 1989). Gen-Sec Shiromani Akali Dal Youth Wing 1997, joined Congress 1998, Treasurer PPCC, MLA for Sangrur in the Punjab state assembly since 2002. Dir Clan Morgan Holdings Pvt Ltd. Presdt & MD TSL Technologies Pvt Ltd. Chair Umeed Khanna Fndtn. Sec-Gen Punjab Olympic Assoc. Chair Punjab Sports Persons Welfare Assoc. Presdt Professional Golfers' Assoc of India, Fencing Assoc of India, etc. m. at Delhi, ca. 1995, Shagun Kumari [Shrimati Shagun Khanna] (b. 7^th February 1973), educ. Jesus & Mary Convent Sch, Chelsea, Simla, and Delhi Univ. (B.Com.), daughter of Vinod Khanna, by his wife, Padmesh Kaur Sahiba, eldest daughter of Rajadhiraj Sri Bhalendra Singh, of Patiala, sometime Presdt Indian Olympic Assoc. He has issue, two sons:.
    • i) Adhiraj Khanna.
    • ii) Suryaveer Khanna.
  • c) Aditya Khanna. MD DSSI Group (London), Pipal Software Solutions, Dir. FiNoble Advisors Pvt Ltd, Hamadan Exports, Indrus Trading Co (Jersey) Ltd since 1999, Tamarind Restaurants Ltd, etc.
  • a) Ms Vinita Khanna [Rani Randhir Singh]. m. as his second wife, Padma Bushan Raja Sri Randhir Singh (b. at Patiala, 18^th October 1946), Sec-Gen Indian Olympic Assoc, only son of Rajadhiraj Sri Bhalendra Singh [Peter], sometime Presdt Indian Olympic Assoc, by his second wife, Rani Herminder Kaur Sahiba - see above.
• 10) Maharajkumari Bibiji Nirpendra Kumari Sahiba [Reeny]. b. posthumously, 20^th July 1938. unm.