PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Predecessor
state founded in 823AD and lasted till 1804, when the Gurkhas invaded
the
area, remaining in control until 1815. Raja PRADYUMAN SHAH, the last
Raja of Garhwal, was the father of
Raja SUDARSHAN SHAH, the first Raja of Tehri-Garhwal.
- Raja SUDARSHAN SHAH 1815/1859 (Photo), born 1784,
he built the
Puranadarbar Palace in 1815, the first after the Gurkha invasion;
married (amongst others), two
daughters of Raja
SANSAR CHAND II of Kangra, and had
issue.
He died 7th June 1859.
- Rajkumar Surjan Shah, died young.
- Raja BHAWANI SHAH (qv)
- Raja BHAWANI SHAH 1859/1871 (Photo), married
(amongst others), the
daughter of Mian
Udai Singh
of
Mandi, and had issue. He died December 1871.
 Raja PRATAP SHAH
1871/1887, born 1850, founder of the
township of
Pratap Nagar, married (amongst others) Rani Guleriya, a daughter of
Raja JAI SINGH of Guler,
she was Regent of Tehri-Garhwal 1886/1892, and had issue. He died
February 1887.
- HH Swasti Sir Raja KIRTI SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumar Surendra Shah, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Dev Indra Shah, died 1908 in a hunting accident.
- Rajkumar Vichatra Shah (Photo), he was granted the
Puranadarbar
Palace and a jagir consisting of the lands of Uttarkash, Dhanolti,
Chamba and Gansali in 1893, he married and had issue.
- Capt. Rao Shoor Beer Singhji (Photo), served as
Magistrate
within the state, and, after the merger in 1949, he served as an I.A.S.
Officer in the United Provinces; he married and had issue.
- Rao Samar Beer Singhji (Photo), I.P.S., D.G. of
Police,
Rajasthan, served in the Royal Garhwal Rifles with the rank of Captain,
married Rani Preeti Kumari, and had issue. He died 1999.
- Rao Kirti Pratap Singhji (Photo)
- Thakur Bhawani Pratap Singhji B.A. (Photo), born 13th
June
1977, educated at Rajasthan Universirty (B.A.); with his brother, he is
a hotelier in Uttarakhand and co-owner of the Puranadarbar Palace;
married 6th February 2006 in Udaipur, Thakurani Neha Singh of Thikana
Thana in Mewar, and has issue.
- Kanwar Nilay Pratap Singh Panwar
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja BALDEV SINGH
of Guler, and had
issue.
 HH Swasti Sir Raja
KIRTI SHAH 1887/1913, born 19th January
1874,
married
(amongst others), HH Rani Nepaliya, daughter of Shri Padam Shumsher
Jung Bahadur Rana of
Nepal, and had issue. He died 25th April 1913.
- Lt.Col. HH Sir Maharaja NARENDRA SHAH Sahib Bahadur (qv)
- HH Maharani Rukmini Devi, married 1907, HH
Sawai Maharaja PUNYA PRATAP SINGH of Ajaigarh,
son of HH Sawai Maharaja BHOPAL SINGH, and his wife, HH Maharani
Beni Kunwar, and had issue.
- HH Maharani Shri Tej Kunwar, married 1916, HH
Maharajadhiraj Shri
HIMMAT
SINGH Saheb of Idar, son of Lt.Col. HH
Maharaja Sir DAULAT SINGH of Idar, and had issue.
- Raj Kumari Sashi Prabha Kumari [Rani Sashi Prabha Kumari
of Baghat], born 1905, married 28th
November 1917,
Raja DURGA SINGH of Baghat, born 12th
September 1901, died 30th March 1977, son of Rana DALIP SINGH of
Baghat.
She died spm
April 1947.
 Lt.Col. HH Sir
Maharaja NARENDRA SHAH Sahib Bahadur
1913/1946, born 3rd
August 1898 and succeeded 25th April 1913, created Maharaja in 1913,
C.S.I. [cr.1.1.1922], K.C.S.I. [cr.1.1.1932],
LL.D. (Benares), educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; abdicated 26th May
1946,
but allowed to retain the use of his title, His Highness, entitled to a
personal salute of 11 guns, founded the new township of Narendra Nagar;
married 1stly, February 1916, Rajkumari Kamlendu Mati
Devi
[HH Maharani Kamlendu Mati Devi Sahiba of Tehri-Garhwal], born 20th
March 1901, died 15th July 1999, daughter of Raja BIJEY SEN of Keonthal, married 2ndly, February 1916,
HH
Maharani Indu Mati
Devi
Sahiba, born 1902, died in an automobile accident in 1932, daughter of
Raja BIJEY SEN of Keonthal, married
3rdly, Rani Gulbadan, married 4thly, Rani Krishna Devi Bist, married
5thly, Rani Uma, and had
issue, seven sons and nine daughters.
He died 22nd September 1950.
- Lt. Col. HH Maharaja MANABENDRA SHAH Sahib Bahadur (by
Maharani Indu Mati Devi) (qv)
- H.E. Lt.Col. Maharajkumar Shardul Bikram Shah (by
Maharani Kamlendu Mati Devi) (Photo),
born 29th
May 1921, as a young Captain, he joined the armoured Corps (Hodsons
Horse
and then the 19th Lancers), and fought the Japanese in Burma during
World War II; later he was appointed Military Attache to General Sir
Roy Boucher, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Indian Army; joined the
Indian Foreign Service in 1947 and served as Indian Ambassador to
Ireland, Laos, Ghana, Finland, Spain and Turkey, also served as Chief
of Protocol in New Delhi; married Rani Jaya Rajya Lakshmi, daughter of
General Shri Tunga Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and
had issue, five sons. He died 2003.
- Rajkumar Sagar Bikram Shah, married December 1966 at
Hyderabad
House in New
Delhi,
Rajkumari Mahima Kumari, daughter of Raja Saheb MAHESHWARI PRASAD
SINGH, Talukdar of Makrai in Uttar Pradesh, and his wife, Rani Bimla
Kumari, daughter of Maharaja Bahadur CHANDRA MOULESHWAR PRASAD SINGH of
Gidhaur in Bihar, and has
issue, one son and one daughter.
-
Kanwar Nripendra Bikram Shah, married and has
issue, three children.
-
Kumari Neerja Shah, married and has issue, two
children.
 Flt. Lt. Rajkumar Samar Bikram Shah VrC., VM (IAF)
Ret'd., B.Sc. (Aero.), born 21st April
1945 in Mussoorie; recipient of the Vayu Sena Medal in 1970; only
member of the Garhwal Royal family to be awarded the Vir Chakra Medal
in 1971 for having served in two India-Pakistan wars and for downing an
enemy aircraft during the conflict; served as Staff Officer to the
Chief of Air Staff 1973; married 19th May 1967 in New Delhi, Mrs.
Persis Shah, and has issue.
- Kanwar Shaurya Bikram Shah, Senior Constable of
Police with the South Australian Police Force in South Australia;
married Kanwarani Vicky Shah (née Vicky Lester), and has issue.
- Kumari Kavita Bikram Shah, born 30th October 1996.
- Kanwar Navin Bikram Shah, born 23rd April 2000.
- Kanwar Nakul Bikram Shah
- Kumari Shalini Bikram Shah
- Rajkumar Sanat Bikram Shah, born 1948, educated at
Scindia
School, Gwalior,
M.P.,
graduated in 1969, from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University,
married
Rajkumarani Meera (Shah), and has issue, three daughters.
-
Kumari Sneh Shah, married and has issue, two
children living in Nepal.
-
Kumari Namrata Shah, married and has issue, two
children living in U.S.A.
-
Kumari Shreya Shah, married and has issue, two
children living in India.
- Rajkumar Vigyan Bikram Shah, born 8th February 1949 in
New Delhi, educated at St. George's College, Mussoorie, at Scindia
School, Gwalior and graduated in 1969 from Colegio San Juan, Barcelona,
Spain; undertook a Hotel Management Course (three years) from
Barcelona, Spain; married 14th June 1990 in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand,
Kunwarani Anju Shah, and has
issue, two children.
- Kumari Aakriti Shah, born 16th October 1992.
- Kanwar Vishal Bikram Shah, born 13th December
1993.
- Rajkumar Narvir Shah, born 5th December 1952, married
21st February
1977,
Rajkumari Rajlakshmi, daughter of Raja PRATAP SINGH of Kuchaman, and his wife, Rani Prem
Kumari, and
has issue, a son and a daughter.
- Kumari Smriti Shah, born 31st March 1979, married
Kunwar
Nagendra Singh
Rathore, and has issue, two children. (Delhi and Kuchaman)
- Dhruvaryaa Rathore
- Anouska Rathore
- Kunwar Vivekraj Shah, born 27th January 1981,
presently working and residing in
New York.
- Maharajkumar Balendu Shah (by Maharani Kamlendu Mati
Devi),
born 1923, joined the French
foreign legion in 1946, served in Saigon and later joined Air
India and was Regional Director in Hong Kong; a versatile
cricketer, he captained Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy in 1954;
married and had
issue. He died
1998.
- Rajkumar Jai Vikram Shah, born 1943, married Rajkumari
Shrimant Ujjwala Raje Bikram Shah (née Gaekwad), daughter of
Major Maharaj Udaysinghrao Shivajirao Gaekwad of Baroda, and his wife, Ranisaheb Shrimant
Sharda Raje Gaekwad (née Patankar), and has
issue, one
son and two daughters.
- Kanwar Raviraj Vikram Shah, married Kanwarani Smriti
Kumari of Sailana, and has issue, one
son.
- Kumari Nayana Kumari Shah
- Kumari Menaka Kumari Shah
- Rajkumari Kumodini Shah, born 1945, married Admiral
(retd.) Manvendhra
Singh, a Rajput from Rajasthan.
- Rajkumar Abhaya Vikram Shah, married and has issue.
- Rajkumar Nirbhey Shah, married 19th April 1980 (div.),
Rajkumari
Rajeshwari
Kumari, born March 1959, daughter of Raja Saheb Shri MAHENDRA PALJI
Bahadur
of Kutlehar, and his first wife, Rani
Lalita Devi, and has issue.
- Kumari Rupangna Shah, born 1982.
- Kanwar Leeneshwar Shah, born 9th February 1984.
- Thakur Kishore Singh (by Rani Gulbadan)
- Thakur Man Singh (by Rani Krishna Devi), born 6th April
1935, married and has issue.
- Kanwar Madhav Singh
- Kanwar Manoj Singh
- Thakur Yogeshwar Singh (by Rani Uma)
- Thakur Niranjan Singh (by Rani Uma), married Thakurani
Promila Singh-Panwar, and has issue, three children.
- Kumari Kartika Panwar
- Kunwar Samar Singh-Panwar, married and has issue, two
children.
- Bhanwar Jaidev Singh-Panwar
- Bhanwar Jatin Singh-Panwar
- Kunwar Rohan Singh-Panwar
- Maharani Girija Kumari (by Maharani Indu Mati Devi),
born 1920, married Maharaj
Bahadur
CHANDRA
CHUR SINGH of Gidhaur, and had issue.
She
died 2002.
- Shrimati Rani Neelima Kumari (by Maharani Indu Mati
Devi),
married Raja DINESH SINGH
of Kalakankar.
- Shrimati Rani Narendra Kumari (by Maharani Kamlendu Mati
Devi), married Raja DHRUV DEV
CHAND of Kangra-Lambagraon,
and has issue.
- Kumari Masanti Devi (by Rani Gulbadan) [Shrimati
Kanwarani Shanta Devi of Sirmur], married Kanwar Jitendra
Singh of
Sirmur,
and had issue.
- Kumari Rameshwari Devi (by Rani Gulbadan)
- Kumari Hari Devi (by Rani Gulbadan)
- Shrimati Rani Padma Devi (by Rani Krishna Devi), born 2nd
August 1933, married Rao Raja Devi Singh of Idar,
and has issue.
- Shrimati Rani Sudha Devi (by Rani Krishna Devi), born
15th June 1936 in Narendra
Nagar, Tehri-Garhwal, married 1947 in Narendra Nagar, Rao Raja V. B.
Rathore, and has issue, 1 son and 5 daughters.
- Kumari Usha Devi (by Rani Uma)
 Lt.
Col. HH Maharaja MANABENDRA SHAH Sahib Bahadur 1946/2007, born 26th
May 1921 in Pratapnagar, Tehri-Garhwal District, Uttar Pradesh and
succeeded
1946 on his fathers abdication; educated at Government College, Lahore
(now in Pakistan) and I.C.S. Camp, Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh. Member of
the
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha. Chairman of
the
Committee on Health and Drinking Water for the Hills, member of the
Committee
on Estimates; and Chairman of its Sub-Committee on Estimates, member of
the Committee on Finance 1991/93 and 1995/96, member of the
Consultative
Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport 1991/96, Member of the
Committee
on Public Undertakings and Committee on External Affairs and
Consultative
Committee, Ministry of Power 1996/97, Chairman of the Committee on
Public
Undertakings and member of the General Purposes Committee and the
Committee
on Transport and Tourism and the Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Defence
1998/99, member of the Committee of Home Affairs 1999/2004. Ambassador
to Ireland 1980-83, Patron of the Badri-Kedar Shrines, President of the
Temple Board of Management, Tehri Garhwal. Trustee of the Maharaja
Narendra
Shah Trust and the Maharaja Kirti Shah Trust. Interests include
reading,
photography and travelling, member of the following sports clubs..
Cricket
Club; Gymkhana Club; Golf Club; Army Golf Club; National Sports Club;
Royal
Western India Turf Club; and Rotary Club. Married 4th February
1937,
HH Maharani Suraj Kanwar, daughter of HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan
Maharawal Sir
PRITHVI SINGH Bahadur of Banswara,
and
had issue, one son and three daughters. He died 5th January 2007 in New
Delhi after a long illness, and was accorded a state funeral at
Narendranagar,
Tehri-Garhwal on the 7th January 2007.
- HH
Maharaja MANUJENDRA SHAH Sahib
Bahadur (qv)
- Maharajkumari Anupama Kumari, born 1939, married 1963,
Maharajkumar Jai
Singh of Dungarpur.
- HH Maharani Nirupama Kumari, married HH 108 Sri
Maharaj Adhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Ravi Kula
Bushana-Mahi
Mahindra Yavadarya Kula Kamaldhivakara Chattis Rajkul Singar Maharana
Shri MAHENDRA SINGH Bahadur Hindua Suraj Hindupati of Udaipur, and has issue.
- HH Maharani Swarupa Kumari, married 4th April 1968 at New
Delhi, HH
Maharaja
Rana Shri INDRAJIT SINGHJI of Jhalwar,
and has issue.
- HH
Maharaja MANUJENDRA SHAH Sahib
Bahadur (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Yuvrani Bhuvaneshwari Devi, married 13th October 1910,
Yuvraj Man Singh
of Pratapgarh. She died 9th
August
1913.
- 'Prince of Tehri-Garhwal', married 30th May 1999, Daughter
of the Raja
of Mandawa (sic!)
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born 1948,
educated at Modern
School, New
Delhi, and graduated from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi, passing out
in 1969, the raj tilak
ceremony as successor to the gadi
was performed on 16th April 2007; married to a princess of Nepal, and
has issue, one daughter.
