AMARKOT (Jagir) 

 
AREA:  48.6 km REVENUE:  xx  ACCESSION:  19xx
STATE:  Pakistan (Sindh Prov.)
DYNASTY:  Sodha Rajput  RELIGION:  Hindu 

POPULATION: ~12,000
     
PRESENT RULER:  Rana CHANDER SINGH, the Rana Saheb of Amarkot since 1947.
born 1931 in Rana Jagir, Tharparkar District, elected Minister in the Pakistan Assembly 1985/1992 (a record 9 times), married Rani Subhadra Kumari, daughter of Rawat TEJ SINGHJI of Rawatsar in Bikaner, and his wife, Rani Lakshmi Kumariji, and has issue. 
  • Rajkumar Jungvijay Singh, born 5th February 1956.
  • Kunwar Hamir Singh, born March 1957, Minister for Agriculture in the Sindh Government, married a lady from the Ajmer Royal Family, and has issue, three daughters.
    • Kumari Deval Sodha, married 10th February 2004, Bhanwar Rudra Pratap Singh, son of Kanwar Gajendra Singh of Auwa, and his wife, Kanwarani Vishalakshi Devi, and has issue, one son.
    • Kumari Maha Sodha, married February 2008, Maharaj Kumar Jayendra Pratap Singh, son and heir of Maharaja Bahadur DHARMENDRA PRASAD SINGH of Balrampur, and his wife, Maharani Vandana Rajya Lakshmi.
  • Kunwar Bhopal Singh, born 7th October 1959. 
  • Kunwar Dr. Pritipal Singh Sodha, married Kunwarani Ronilla Singh Ranawat, daughter of Col. Thakur Ran Vijay Singh Ranawat of Kankarwa, and has issue, two sons.
    • Bhanwar Shivdan Singh Sodha
    • Bhanwar Bhawani Singh Sodha
  • Rajkumari Sangeeta Kumari, married to Thakur Narpat Singh Ranawat of Shahpura in Jaipur, and has issue, two children.
    • Kunwar Shatrunjay Pratap Singh, Conservationist working for the survival of tigers in India.
    • Kunwar Aditya Singh 
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:  Also known as Rana Jagir, the story of the protection and assistance extended by the Amarkot Ranas to the Mughal Emperor Humayun when he was escaping the Afghan usurper Sher Shah Suri, is legendary and it became the birthplace of Padshahzada Akbar, future Emperor of Delhi. Rulers were...  
  • Rana PARSHAD SINGH a contemporary of the Mughal Emperor Humayum (1530/1556) 
  • ....... 
  • Rana BAHABUT SINGH, ancestor of the later Thakurs.
  • ....... 
  • Rana MEHRAJ SINGH, married and had issue.
    • Rana ARJUN SINGH (qv)
  • Rana ARJUN SINGH -/1947, married and had issue. He died January 1947 (#1)
    • Rana CHANDER SINGH (see above) 
    • Thakur Saheb Inder Singhji, born 1934. 
    • Thakur Saheb Balbeer Singhji, born 1938, married Rani Indira Kumari, youngest daughter of Rawat JAI SINGHJI, 3rd Rawat Saheb of Meja
OTHER MEMBERS: 
  • Thakur Aidan Singh, born about 1893 in Rana Jagir, married and had issue. 
    • Kunwar Jagat Singh 
  • Thakur Bher Singh, married and had issue.
    • HH Maharani Sahib Hawa Kanwar, married 1927 (as his second wife), HH Maharajadhiraj Maharawal GIRDHAR SINGH of Jaisalmer, and had issue. She died 1991.
  • Kunwar Rajvir Singh, nephew of Rana Chander Singh, married Kanwarani Uma Kanwar, daughter of Rawat Sawai HARI SINGH II of Begun, and his first wife, Rani Kanchan Kunwar.
  • Kunwarani Sarita Kumari, married Kunwar Himmat Singh, son of Thakur SAJJAN SINGH of Ghanerao.
  • HH Maharani Sahib Jadau [Het] Kanwar of Amarkot(?Umarkot), married (as his second wife), HH Maharajadhiraj Maharawal Sir JAWAHIR SINGH Bahadur of Jaisalmer.
  • Kaurani Prakash Kanwar Sodha ji, married Maharaj Chanderveer Singhji of Ratlam.
  • Thakur Verishal Singhji, married and had issue.
    • Rani Nain Kanwar Sodisa, married Capt. Maharaj Mohan Singhji of Raoti, and has issue.
 
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LAST MODIFIED:   
1. "Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan"  , Edition 1960-61 , Lahore, p.261
2. Photo, courtesy of Kamal Siddiqi  2002