PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
in 1730. Rulers were....
- Raja JAI SINGH 1730/1757, took revenge against his uncle
for
the murder of his father, and with
his elder brother they shared the three estates amongst themselves,
with his brother receiving Dharad (Ratlam) and Dhamnod, whilst he
retained the estate of Raoti in
1730, later in 1730, he built the present capital of Sailana, and became
its first ruler in 1730, married and had issue.
- Raja JASWANT SINGH (qv)
- Raja AJAB SINGH (qv)
- Raja JASWANT SINGH 1757/1772, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Daulat Singh, received Semalia/Semlia/Semilya,
as
his share of his father's property.
- Raja AJAB SINGH 1772/1782, married and had issue.
- Raja MOKHAM SINGH 1782/1797, married and had issue.
- Raja LAKSHMAN SINGH (qv)
- Rajkumar (name unknown)
Singh, married and had issue.
- Raja LAKSHMAN SINGH 1797/1826, married and had issue.
- Raja RATAN SINGH 1826/1827
- Raja NAHAR SINGH 1827/1842, married and had issue.
- Raja TAKHAT SINGH 1842/1850, married and had issue.
- Raja DULEH SINGH (qv)
- Rani Ejan Kanwar, married (as his first wife), 1841, Raj
Rana SHIV SINGH of Bari-Sadri.
- Raja DULEH SINGH 1850/1895, adopted Kunwar Jashwant Singh
of Semlia as his successor.
- (A) HH Raja Sir JASHWANT SINGH Bahadur (qv)
- HH Raja Sir JASHWANT SINGH Bahadur Sahib 1895/1919, son of
Maharaj Bhawani Singhji,
Jagirdar of Semlia, born 1864, K.C.S.I. [cr.1904], received the
Kaiser-i-Hind
Medal in 1901, married 1stly, HH Ranawatiji, daughter of the Rao of
Dhariawad,
married 2ndly, HH Rani Govind Kanwar, died 1906, daughter of the Raja
of
Machhand,
married 3rdly, HH Rani Chandra Kunwar Baiji Sahiba, daughter of Rana
INDRAJIT SINGH of Barwani,
and had issue, five sons and three daughters. He died 4th August 1919.
- HH Raja Sir DILEEP SINGH Bahadur (qv)
- Rajkumar Bharat Singh, adopted to Multhan and
succeeded there on 26th August 1901, as Dharmalankar Dharm-Bhushan
Dharm-Diwaker Shreeman
Maharaj BHARAT SINHJI
Sahib of Multhan.
- Maharaj Ramchandra Singh, educated at Mayo Collge, Ajmer
(Class-Captain
1919/20).
- Maharaj Mandhata Singhji, with his brother, he left
Sailana
and moved to Bikaner in 1919, where he joined the Bikaner State
services under HH Maharaja Ganga Singhji, and
worked with him till his end as his last Prime Minister.
- Maharaj Ajatshatru Singhji of Mordar, born 11th November
1904 in Jaswant Vilas Palace, Sailana, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer
(where he was awarded the Viceroy’s medal for
Excellence in Academics), and at Benaras Hindu University; with his
brother he left Sailana and moved to Bikaner in 1919; married Shrimati
Rani Krishna Kumari, only daughter and heiress of
Rai Bahadur Choudhary Ranjit Singh, and his wife, Shrimati Rani Phool
Kumari
Sahiba of Dhampur in Bijnor District, U.P., and had issue,
three sons.
- Maharaj Rajendra Singh Sahib of Dhampur
- Maharaj Virendra Singh Sahib of Dhampur, born 8th
November 1930, married 1949 in Varanasi, Rani Shashi Kiran Kumari
Sahiba, second daughter of Maharaja AMBIKESHWAR SARAN SINGH Deo,
Maharaja of Surguja, and his
second wife, Maharani Krishna Kumari, daughter of HH Raja Sir RAM SINH
II Bahadur of Sitamau, and had issue, two
sons. He died 17th January 2000.
- Colonel Maharaj Ranvir Vikram Singh, born 23 March
1951, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and at St. Stephen's College, New
Delhi; he was commissioned into the Poona Horse in
1973, one of the most decorated
cavalry regiments of the world; married 17th February 1976, Rani
Padmini Kumari of Dared,
District Bhavnagar, youngest daughter of Durbar Saheb Ranvir Sinhji
Gohil, and his wife, Rani Kishore Kumari Ba Saheb, and has issue, one
son and one daughter.
- Rajkumari Rukmani Kumari, born 22nd June 1981,
educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi.
- Rajkumar Narpat Singh, born 20th October 1983,
educated at Mayo College, Ajmer.
- Maharaj Ajit Vikram Singh, born November 1955,
educated at Mayo
College, Ajmer and St. Stephen's College, New Delhi; married 1982, Rani
Rati
Kumari, and has issue, two sons.
- Rajkumar Jairaj Singh, born 1986.
- Rajkumar Udairaj Singh, born 1987.
- Maharaj
Narendra Singh Sahib of Dhampur
- HH Rani Shiv Kanwar, married 1907, HH Shri Huzur Raja Sir
ARJUN SINGHJI
Sahib Bahadur of Narsingarh.
- HH Maharani Devendra Kunwar, married 19th January 1907,
HH Maharawal
BIJAYA
SINGHJI of Dungarpur.
- HH Raja Sir DILEEP SINGH Bahadur, 1919/1961, born 18th
March 1891,
K.C.I.E.,
married 1stly, 1909, HH Rani Raj Kunwar, daughter of HH Maharawat Sir
RAGHUNATH
SINGH Bahadur of Pratapgarh,
married
2ndly, 1915, HH Rani Preetam Kanwar, daughter of Rawat RAJ SINGHJI, 2nd
Rawat Saheb of Meja, and his wife, Rani Devsharan Kanwar of Bhinga, and
had issue, two
sons and three daughters. He died 8th February 1961.
- HH Raja DIGVIJAYA SINGH (qv)
- Rajkumar Laxman Singh, born 20th February 1921,
married
Kumari Hemant
Kumari, born 1918, daughter of Kanwar Ranzore Singh Sahib of Sirmur, and has issue, five daughters and a son.
- Rani Lakshmi Kuwar, married Raja UDAI RAJ SINGH of Birsinghpur, and had issue.
- HH Raja DIGVIJAYA SINGH Bahadur, 1961/- , born 15th October
1918.
- HH Raja VIKRAM SINGH Bahadur (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Rajkumar Rani Madhvi Devi, married 23rd May 1975, Rajkumar
Shri Dilip Singh Ju Deo of Jashpur,
and has issue, three sons.
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