JHABUA (Princely State)

(11 gun salute)

 
AREA:  3,460 km2 PRIVY PURSE:  127,000Rs  ACCESSION:  15th June 1948
STATE:  Madhya Pradesh  DYNASTY:  Rathore  RELIGION:  Hindu
  POPULATION:  80,889 (1901)  REVENUE:  110,000Rs 
     
PRESENT RULER:  HH Raja NARENDRA SINGH, 15th Raja of Jhabua (2002/-) ("Jhabua Kothi", Ravindra Nath Tagore Marg, Indore 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India)
married, and has issue, two sons.
  • Yuvraj Kamlendra Singh, married 25th November 2007 in New Delhi, Maharajkumari Vindeshwari Shah, eldest daughter of HH Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Bundelkhand Maharaja Mabindra Sawai Shri MADHUKAR SHAH Ju Deo Bahadur, Maharaja Saheb of Orchha, and his wife, HH Maharani Snehlata Devi.
  • Maharajkumar Jai Singh
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:  Founded by Kunwar Kesho Das of Jodhpur in 1584. Rulers were...
  1. Raja KESHO DAS 1584/1607, married and had issue.
    • Raja KARAN SINGH (qv)

  2. Raja KARAN SINGH 1607/1610, married and had issue.
    • Raja MAH SINGH (qv)

  3. Raja MAH SINGH 1610/1677, married and had issue.
    • Raja KUSHAL SINGH (qv)

  4. Raja KUSHAL SINGH 1677/1723, married and had issue.
    • Raja ANUP SINGH (qv)
    • Kunwar Indar Singh of Bhagor, married and had issue.
      • Raja BAHADUR SINGH (qv)

  5. Raja ANUP SINGH 1723/1727, married and had issue.
    • Raja SHEO SINGH (qv)

  6. Raja SHEO SINGH 1727/1758, adopted Kunwar Bahadur Singh, married and had adoptive issue. He died sp 1758.
    • (A) Raja BAHADUR SINGH (qv)

  7. Raja BAHADUR SINGH 1758/1770, adopted by his predecessor, married and had issue.
    • Raja BHIM SINGH (qv)

  8. Raja BHIM SINGH 1770/1829, married and had issue. He died 4th April 1829 (#2).
    • Raja PRATAP SINGH (qv)
    • Maharaj MOTI SINGH, founded Khawasa in 1826.
    • Maharaj Salim Singh, married and had issue.
      • Raja RATAN SINGH (qv)
    • Maharaj Gulab Singh

  9. Raja PRATAP SINGH 1829/1832, adopted Kunwar Ratan Singh, married and had issue. He died sp 1832.
    • (A) Raja RATAN SINGH (qv)

  10. Raja RATAN SINGH 1832/1840, adopted by his predecessor, he was granted a khilat by the Bengal Government in 1834; married (amongst others), Rani Pratap Kunwar, daughter of Raja BHIM SINGH II of Banera, and his wife, Rani Mertaniji, and had issue. He died 1840.
    • HH Raja GOPAL SINGH (qv)

  11. HH Raja GOPAL SINGH 1841/1895, born 22nd February 1841, succeeded October 1841 (#1), married and had adoptive issue. He died spm 1895.
    • Baisa (name unknown), married Colonel HH Maharao Raja Shri Sir RAGHUBIR SINGH Sahib Bahadur of Bundi.
    • (A) HH Raja UDAI SINGH (qv)

  12. HH Raja UDAI SINGH 1895/1942, born 6th May 1875, son of Maharaj Raghunath Singh of Khawasa, married and had adoptive issue. He dspm after 1945.
    • (A) HH Raja DILIP SINGH (qv)

  13. HH Raja DILIP SINGH 1942/1965 , born 26th February 1905, son of Maharaj Kesar Singh of Khawasa, educated at Agra and Aligarh, Kamdar of Ratanmal, President of the Council of administration, Jhabua; married HH Rani Gopal Kumari, and had issue. He died 1965.
    • HH Raja AJIT SINGH (qv)
    • Rajkumari Girija Devi [Rajmata Saheba of Balsan], born 31st August 1931, educated at St. Raphael's School, Indore; married Rana VIDYABUSHN SINGH of Balsan, and has issue, two sons.
    • Maharaj Gajendrapal Singh, educated at Daly College, Indore; adopted 15th July 1946, by the two widows of Thakur Narayan Singh of Jhaknavda Thikana in Jhabua, who died 11th November 1945; he married Rajkumari Somlata Kumari, born 2nd April 1943, daughter of Rana RAN BAHADUR SINGH Jandaive of Balsan, and has issue.
      • Rajkumari Chandrika Kumari, married January 1991 (div. 1992), Yuvaraj Shri Manvendrasinhji Raghubirsinhji Sahib of Rajpipla.
    • Maharaj Devendra Pal Singh, married 24th November 1968 at Wankaner in Gujarat, Rajkumari Bhagyawanti Devi [Rani Bhagyawanti Devi of Jhabua], daughter of Maharaj Saheb Chandra Bhanu Singhji of Wankaner, and his wife, Rani Kumud Manjli, and has issue, one son.
      • Rajkumar Bhriguraj Singh, married Rajkumari Mahima Singh, daughter of Raja Dr. SANJAY SINGH of Amethi, and his first wife, Rani Garima Singh.
    • Rani Krishna Kumari, married Rao RAN BAHADUR SINGH of Churhat, and has issue.

  14. HH Raja AJIT SINGH 1965/2002, educated at Daly College, Indore, married and had issue, three sons. He died 8th November 2002.
    • HH Raja NARENDRA SINGH (qv)
    • Maharaj Gopal Singh, married 1980, Rajkumari Prfaulla Singh of Rajpar, Saurasthra,  and has issue. (Jhabua Farms, Indore)
      • Rajkumar Mayur singh Jhabua, married 2006, Kumari Maheshwari of Dhank, and has issue.
        • Kumari Bhavika Singh Jhabua
    • Maharaj Ganesh Singh, married Ranu Arunima Kumari, and has issue.
      • Rajkumari Nandini Kumari, married, and has issue, one son.
      • Rajkumari Vijaya Kumari, married 25th February 2008 at Nahan in Sirmur, Kunwar Sangram Singh, son of Kunwar Abhay Singh of Sirmur, and his wife, Kumari Kunjana Devi.

  15. HH Raja NARENDRA SINGH (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Rajkumar Gopal Singh fl.1990, educated at Daly College, Indore.
 
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LAST MODIFIED:  
1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 , p.213
2. ref.  IOR/F/4/1326/52488  - date: Apr 1829-Oct 1830