PATIALA

The Phulkian Dynasty

GENEALOGY

• 9) Raja Sri Brijindra Singh [John I]. b. 7^th August 1912 (s/o Sardar Jwala Singh's daughter), educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore, and the Forest Research Inst, Dehra Dun, UP. m. Rani Rama Kumari Devi (b. 1912), of Kakrauya, UP. He d. 1958, having had issue, three sons and five daughters:
  • a) Rajkumar Puspendra Singh [Dhruv]. b. 20^th February 1937. He d. by suicide, 1966.
  • b) Rajkumar Kirtendra Singh [Bharat]. b. 29^th April 1941. m. …
  • c) Rajkumar Jai Singh. b. 10^th April 1944. Adopted by his maternal uncle.
  • a) Rajkumari Durgesh Nandini Devi [Rani Srimathi Durgesh Nandini Devi, of Ranpur]. b. 3^rd February 1934, educ. Queen Mary's Coll., Lahore. m. Raja Sri Birabar Brajendra Chandra Singh Deo Bajradhar Narendra Mahapatra, Raja of Ranpur (b. at Ranpurgarh, 22^nd October 1928; d. before 11^th February 1980), son of Jubraj Sri Biranchi Narayan Singh Deo, Heir Apparent of Ranpur, in Orissa, by his wife, Jubrani Srimathi Basanta Manjari Devi, Rajmata Sahiba of Ranpur, sometime Minister of Health of Orissa, daughter of Raja Shyam Chandra Mardraj Harichandan, Raja of Nilgiri. She had issue, three sons and one daughter - see India (Ranpur).
  • b) Rajkumari Umarani [Srimati Rani Umarani Sainchar]. b. 10^th August 1935. m. Sri Raja Ratan Gopal Sainchar (b. 1934; d. before 12^th October 1995), of Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Deccan, elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Madan Gopal Sainchar, IMS, sometime Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Osmania Univ, by his wife, Sultan Kunwar Bibi, daughter and heiress of H.E. Yamin us-Sultanat, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Peshkar Sir Kishan Parshad Bahadur, GCIE, sometime Presdt Nizam’s Exec Council, Hyderabad, Deccan.
  • c) Rajkumari Asha Kumari. b. 9^th February 1939. m. Shri Bhabesh Das, from Mayurbhanj, Orissa. She had issue, one son and one daughter. 
  • d) Rajkumari Rekha Kumari. b. 8^th November 1946. unm. Settled in the USA. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • e) Rajkumari Sudha Kumari [Srimati Rani Sudha Kumari Sahiba, of Gangpur]. b. 5^th May 1947. Settled in the USA. m. 1967, as his first wife (div.), Sri Raja Birendra Shekhar Deo, Raja of Gangpur (b. 10^th March 1945; d.s.p.. 2002), elder son of Sri Raja Udit Pratap Shekhar Deo, Raja of Gangpur, by his wife, Srimati Rani Rukmini Devi Sahiba, elder daughter of Sri Sri Sri Vyricharla Narayana Gajapathi Raju Bahadur Garu, Zamindar of Chemudu. She had issue, a daughter - see India Non-Salute (Gangpur).
• 10) Raja Sri Gamendra Singh [Richard]. b. 12^th February 1926, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore, and Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla. Cmsnd as Sub-Lieut Indian Navy. Ascetic. unm.
• 11) Raja Sri Hitendra Singh [Robert]. b. 22^nd September 1927, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore, and Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut. IA. m. Rani Pushpender Kaur, daughter of Sardar … Singh, of Talwardi. He had issue, a son:
  • a) Rajkumar …Singh [Micky]. b. at Patiala, 11^th December 1962. He d. in an accident, 1997, having had issue, two sons.
• 12) Raja Sri Dr. Mrigender Singh [William]. b. at Rajgarh Villas, Chail, 21^st July 1928, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore, and Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla, Punjab Univ, Patiala (BA add. Phil), and the Yale Divinity Sch (MAR), New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Gandharv Maha Vidyalay (M.Mus.), Bombay, and Guru Nanak Univ (PhD), Punjab. Assist Professor of Ethnomusic at Yale Music Sch 1972-1974, Assoc Professor City Coll of New York City Univ (CUNY) 1974-1983, at State Univ of New York Coll at Mount Vernon 1975-1980, and at Perchase 1980-1984, Professor Emeritus. Tagore Fellow Sangeet Natak Acad. Music artist and musicologist. Author of “Shri Jaap Nishaan”, “The Patiala Gharana Music Tradition”, “Patiala Gharane ka Sangit ka Udgam aur Vikas”, “North India's Patiala Classical Musical Traditions”, “Mughal Shahi Gavaiya Khan Sahib Tan-Ras Khan”. m. at Patiala, 3^rd August 1954, Rani Harinder Kaur (b. at Changaliwala, 27^th May 1934), daughter of Sardar Gurnam Singh Sekhon, of Burj Bhaghel-Singhwala, Kalbanjara, Bachoana and Bhuchon. He d. in hospital at New York, USA, 24^th March 2014, having had issue, one son and three daughters
  • a) Raja Sri Karmendra Singh Sidhu. b. at Patiala, 13^th July 1958, educ. New York City Univ (CUNY). Businessman. m. at Huntington House Long Island, New York, USA, 30^th January 1993 (div.) Mandeep Kaur, daughter of Sardar Harpal Singh Sandhu, of Amritsar. He had issue, three daughters:
    • i) Rajkumari Kirnendra Kaur Sidhu. b. at Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA, 29^th December 1993.
    • ii) Rajkumari Sharnendra Kaur Sidhu. b. at Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA, 23^rd July 1995.
    • iii) Rajkumari Hememdra Kaur Sidhu. b. at Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA, 21^st May 1997.
  • a) Rajkumari Gianesh Kumari [Thakurain Gianesh Kumari, of Nimkhera]. b. at the Old Motibagh Annexe, Patiala, 27^th January 1956, educ. St Sophia Coll, Ajmer, Rajasthan. m. at Searingtown, Long Island, New York, USA,10^th September 1983, Thakur Dr. Sarva Daman Singh Jadon, of Nimkhera (b. at Nimkhera, UP, 27^th May 1955), MD, of New York, USA, son of Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh Jadon, of Nimkhera, UP. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) Kunwar Arush Pratap Singh. b. at the Bronx, New York, USA, 6^th February 1987.
    • i) Kunveri Anjani Kumari Singh. b. at the Bronx, New York, USA, 27^th July 1989.
  • b) Rajkumari Madhavendra Kumari. b. at the Old Motibagh Annexe, Patiala, 18^th November 1960, educ. New York City Univ (CUNY). m. at Huntington House, Long Island, New York, USA,21^st January 1995 (div.) Sardar Jasbir Singh Chahal (b. at Chandigarh, Punjab, 8^th July 1960), son of Sardar Harsroop Singh Chahal. She had issue, one son:
    • i) Kunwar Darshbir Singh Chahal. b. Newark, New Jersey, USA, 12^th May 1996.
  • c) Rajkumari Amarendra Kumari-Sidhu. b. at the Old Motibagh Annexe, Patiala, 21^st December 1961, educ. New York City Univ (CUNY). Businesswoman
• 13) Raja Sri Gianinder Singh [George]. b. at Patiala, 25^th March 1930, educ. Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla. Chief Airline Pilot. m. Rani Jaspal Kaur, daughter of Sardar Mehar Singh Billa, sometime Sardar Nafar to Maharaja Bhupinder Singh. He d. 2^nd September 2011, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
  • a) Rajkumar Gajayinder Singh [Gajay Singh]. b. at Patiala, 3^rd October 1974, educ. Yadvindra Public Sch, and Mahindra Coll (B.Com. 1993), Patiala. Horse breeder and stud farmer in Delhi. unm.
  • a) Rajkumari Tripurantika Kumari [Smt Tripurantika Kaur Dang] [Tripu Sidhu]. b. at Patiala, 12^th June 1969, educ. Yadvindra Public Sch, and Modi Coll (B.Com. 1988), Patiala. Settled in California, USA. m. at Patiala, 6^th June 1989, Haninder Singh Dang (b. 31^st December 1962), real estate agent, Broker with Real Estate Solutions since 2012 in Fresno, California, USA. She has issue, one daughter.
• 14) Raja Sri Kamalender Singh [Neville]. b. 17^th February 1932. He d. at Chandigarh, East Punjab, 11^th February 1972.
• 15) Raja Sri Kamender Singh [Ralph]. b. 9^th May 1932, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun. Aviation Adviser to the Punjab Govt. m. Rani Harmal Kaur (b. 18^th December 1950), daughter of Sardar … Singh Kaulgarh. He d. in an air crash, 3^rd June 1993, having had issue, one son:
  • a) Rajkumar Gaganendra Singh. [Chandigarh].
• 16) Raja Sri Kharginder Singh [Stanley]. b. 15^th August 1932, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun. Settled in Germany. m. and had issue, a daughter. [Germany].
• 17) Raja Sri Khaginder Singh [Edward]. b. 12^th September 1932, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun. m. twice.
• 18) Raja Sri Raminder Singh [Roy]. b. at Patiala, 23^rd December 1932 (s/o the Sirmur lady). m. Rani Kamini Kaur, from Chandigarh, East Punjab. He had issue, one son:
  • a) Rajkumar … Singh [Robby]. b. at Chandigarh, Punjab, 19^th July 1962. Settled in Chicago, USA. m. Kunwarani Rajbaljinder Kaur, daughter of Dhanraj Singh Boparai, sometime Dep. Advocate General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He has issue, two sons:
    • i) Kunwar Harsukhraj Singh Sidhu. b. at Chandigarh, East Punjab, 2^nd November 1985.
    • ii) Kunwar Parupkar Singh Sidhu. b. at Chicago, Illinois, USA, 17^th August 1988.
• 19) Raja Sri Devinder Singh [Brian]. b. 14^th July 1933 (s/o a Belgian lady), educ. the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun. m. Rani …Kaur, from Sahjadpur. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 20) Raja Sri Jeotinder Singh [Bobby]. b. 12^th September 1933, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun. He d. unm. at Village Grog, Distt Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 14^th January 2014.
• 21) Raja Sri Hemindra Singh [Mervyn] [Hemindra Singh Sidhu]. b. 6^th December 1933 (s/o Darshan Kaur), educ. Colonel Brown’s Cambridge Sch, Dehra Dun and St. Joseph's Coll, Darjeeling and Calcutta Univ. Settled in England. m. 1969, Franciane Louise Sidhu, a French national. He had issue, two daughters:
• a) Annabelle Rejane Sidhu. b. at Eton, Bucks, 1^st September 1972, educ. Trinity Hall, Cambridge (BA). m. in Surrey, May 2001, Jeremy Theodore Berenzweig (b. at Hatfield, Herts, 1972), Dir Cummins Power Generation (UK) Ltd, son of Stanley A. Berenzweig, of Islington, London. She has issue, one son and one daughter.
• b) Stephanie Louise Sidhu. b. at Eton, Bucks, 9^th December 1973, educ. Manchester Univ. m. Rémi Brun. She has issue, one son and two daughters.
• 22) Raja Sri Amarinder Singh [Jeoffrey]. b. 6^th June 1934, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun and Darjeeling. m. Rani …He was k. at his farm, in UP, 12^th November 1984, having had issue, one son.
• 23) Raja Sri Himender Singh [Maurice]. b. 8^th August 1934 (full-brother of Nagendra), educ. the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun. He d. at Calcutta, 1982.
• 24) Raja Sri Harendra Singh [Malcolm]. b. 4^th July 1935, educ. Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla. m. Rani Veronica, a French lady. He d. at London, having had issue, a son.
• 25) Raja Sri Nagendra Singh [Eric]. b. 1^st July 1936 (full-brother of Himendra), educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun. m. Rani …He d. in Assam, 1997, having had issue, one son.
• 26) Raja Sri Divindra Singh [Cecil]. b. at Lahore, 29^th September 1936, educ. Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla. m. Rani Amarjit Kaur (b. 13^th September 1939), MP (Raj Sabha) 1976-1988, Joint Sec All-India Congress Cttee, daughter of Colonel Sardar Raghbir Singh, sometime Chief Minister of PEPSU. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
  • a) Rajkumar Ominder Singh. b. at the Old Moti Bagh Annexe, Patiala, 19^th November 1968. unm.
  • b) Rajkumar Pavanendra Singh. b. at the Old Moti Bagh Annexe, Patiala, 1^st July 1978. m. (div.) … He d. in a motor car crash, 12^th February 2011.
  • a) Rajkumari Gitanjali Kumari. b. at the Old Moti Bagh Annexe, Patiala, 2^nd November 1966, educ. Sanawar Sch, Simla. m. … [Australia].
• 27) Raja Sri Hirindra Singh [Leslie]. b. 18^th April 1937, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun (Ph.D.). Vedic astrologer, numerologist and teacher. unm. [USA].
• 28) Raja Sri Umendra Singh [Ferdie]. b. 7^th June 1937 (s/o Darshan Kaur), educ. m. Rani …Kaur, daughter of Sardar …Singh Bhareli. He d.s.p. 196x. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 29) Raja Sri Yatendra Singh [Denzil]. b. at Kandhaghat, 18^th August 1937, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun. unm.
• 11) Rajkumari Bibiji Hemant Kumari Sahiba [Pretty] [Sri Rani Hemanta Kumari]. b. 21^st August 1912. m. Parakrama Jang Bahadur Rana, eldest son of Yuvaraj Jang Bahadur Rana, of Phaphamau Castle, Allahabad, UP. She had issue, three sons and two daughters - see Nepal (Lambjang & Kaski).
• 12) Rajkumari Bibiji Dinesh Kumari Sahiba [Browny]. b. 29^th May 1913. m. at Patiala, 20^th April 1931, Maharajkumar Shri Aman Singh Bahadur (b. 1911; d. before 1983), eldest son of H.H. Bharat Dharmendu Sawai Maharaja Sir Savant Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Bijawar, KCIE, by his second wife, Rani Maida Kunwar, alias Musammat Maida. She had issue, two sons and three daughters - see India (Bijawar).
• 13) Rajkumari Bibiji Shashanak Kumari Sahiba [Rani Shashank Kumari Sahiba] [Betty]. b. 17^th June 1913. m. 1937, Raja Pasupati Bahadur Singh, Rai of Dalippur (Adharganj) (b. 1918), elder son of Raja Amar Pal Singh, Rai of Dalippur (Adharganj), MBE, in the Partabgarh dist. of UP. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
• 14) Rajkumari Bibiji Surendra Kumari Sahiba [Birdie]. b. 14^th November 1926. m. Colonel (Ranbir?) Singh Randhawa, of Amritsar, Punjab. She had issue, two sons.
• 15) Rajkumari Bibiji Devendra Kumari Sahiba [Dawn]. b. 26^th June 1932. m. Captain Kishan Singh Lohan, Indian Navy. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
• 16) Rajkumari Bibiji Upendra Kumari Sahiba [Edna]. b. 15^th November 1932. m. and had issue, three daughters.  Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 17) Rajkumari Bibiji Bhuvenesh Kumari Sahiba [Lena]. b. 22^nd January 1933, educ. Woodstock, Dehra Dun, and Yale Univ., New Haven, Connecticut, USA (LL.M.). unm. [New Delhi].
• 18) Rajkumari Bibiji Kamlesh Kumari Sahiba [Pamela]. b. 2^nd April 1933. m. 19xx, Sardar Jasbir Singh (b. 1^st November 1930), MD of several transport companies, son of Sardar Makhan Singh. She was k. at Dehra Dun, having had issue, one daughter.
• 19) Rajkumari Bibiji Jayanti Kumari Sahiba [Maureen]. b. 28^th September 1933. m. Colonel G.A. Singh. She had issue, three sons.
• 20) Rajkumari Bibiji Gangesh Kumari Sahiba [Elsie]. b. 18^th January 1934 (d/o Nirmo Devi). m. Sardar Mohinder Singh Chawla (b. 1920; d. 2001), sometime Head of Indian Railways. She d. 2002, having had issue, one son and one daughter.
• 21) Rajkumari Bibiji Girendra Kumari Sahiba [Jean]. b. 9^th September 1935. m. … She d. from cancer, having had issue, sons.
• 22) Rajkumari Bibiji Bhartendra Kumari Sahiba [Nancy]. b. 4^th July 1936. m. and had issue, one son and one daughter.
• 23) Rajkumari Bibiji Padmendra Kumari Sahiba [Angela]. b. at Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, 23^rd July 1936 (d/o Nirmo Devi). m. 25^th October 1952, Major Harbir Singh [Harry] (b. at Bharatpur, 17^th August 1926), late 11^th Rajputana Rifles, IA, of Hodal, Haryana, son of Chaudhuri Ratan Singh, of Bharatpur. She had issue, two sons and two daughters:
  • a) Hanuwant Singh. b. at Delhi, 24^th June 1963. Settled in Mumbai. m. Sujata. No issue.
  • b) Pradhuman Singh [Baba]. b. at Ahmedabad, 14^th Feburary 1971. Settled in Ahmedabad. unm.
  • a) Anita Singh. b. at Kanpur, 19^th Feburary 1954. Settled in Gurgaon. m. (div.) …No issue.
  • b) Reena Desai. b. at Bombay, 2^nd September 1956. Settled in Mumbai. m. Monal Desai. She has issue, one son.
• 24) Rajkumari Bibiji Gauris Kumari Sahiba [Roseland]. b. 10^th December 1937. m. Colonel K.L. Bhagat. She had issue, two sons.
• 25) Rajkumari Bibiji Urvasi Amrit Kumari Sahiba [Wendy]. b. 21^st September 1938 (posthumous). m. Colonel Ravi Khanna (d. 19xx), younger brother of Major Vipin Kumar Khanna, and son of Shanti Lal Khanna, by his wife, Vidya Devi. She had issue, two sons. [Greater Kailash, New Delhi].

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