PRESENT RULER: Maharaj Shri ABHIMANYU SINGHJI Sahib, 11th Thakur
Sahib of Bambolia, since January 1991.
born 1948, he was recognized by HH Maharao Bhim Singh of
Kotah as the Maharaj Saheb of
Bambolia with rang-ka-dastoor
in September 1991 at the Umed Bhawan
Palace; educated at Mayo College, Ajmer 1954/1965 where he
represented Ajmer House in basketball, hockey, and football and at
Government College, Kota in 1965, where he was elected as Vice
President of the Students’ Union there in 1968; he joined the
Government of Rajasthan Secretariat as Private
Secretary to the Minister of Rajasthan, Canals & Tourism, and
subsequently as Private Secretary to the
Minister of Agriculture and Public Relations; in 1986 he entered the
service of the Maharana of
Udaipur, Shriji
Arvind
Singh, in public relations at Lake Palace Hotels & Motels Pvt.
Ltd., while there
he was a member of the jury of the internationally
recognized Maharana Mewar Foundation awards. After leaving Udaipur in
1993, he was appointed a Consultant to the Rambagh Palace Hotel,
Jaipur,
by Maharaj Prithviraj of Jaipur. He is presently serving as; Trustee of
Rao Madho Singh Museum Trust (City Palace) Kota; Vice President
Ravinder Public School, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur; Consultant Hi Tech Gears
Pvt Ltd , RIICO, Bhiwadi. In addition he has served as; Consultant, to
Hindustan Pre-Fab Ltd. Government of India Enterprises, Jangpura, New
Delhi Ltd.; Corporate Consultant, Meridian Minerals India Ltd, Indian
subsidiary of Meridian Minerals Ltd. (Canada); DES Energy wing of DLF
sole selling agents for Gas Turbines of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
Bangalore; Asscociated Stone Industries Pvt. Ltd., Ramganj Mandi, Kota;
Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Shahpur Jat, New Delhi; Aryaman Financial
Services,(Merchant Bankers) Nariman Point, Mumbai; MGRM Pvt Ltd
Safdarjung Development Area, New Delhi. The Maharaj Sahib has worked
closely with local government officials in
facilitating and implementing various government funded development
schemes in Bambolia and the surrounding area; married 10th
December 1981, Rani Meena Kanwar,
daughter of Thakur Raghubir Singh of Kankarwa,
Chittaurgarh and grand
daughter of the Late Thakur Jawan Singhji, Chief Justice of Rajasthan
High Court, and has issue, three daughters.
- Baiji Lal Girija Kumari, born 4th December 1981.
- Baiji Lal Neerja Kunwar, born 7th July 1987.
- Baiji Lal Ojasvni Singh, born 5th July
1994.
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PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Also
known as Aton, it was founded in the early 18th century by
a scion of the Kotah Royal family, who
was granted the jagir by Maharao Durjansal of Kotah (ruled 1723/1756).
The holders of this jagir are thus direct descendants of
several of Kotah’s earliest rulers and have remained closely related
kinsmen of this royal dynasty ever since. Estate holders were....
- Maharaj SOORAJMAL,
1st Thakur Sahib of Aton/Bambolia 1721/1764;
he was granted the jagir of
Aton/Bambolia (12 villages and 40,000Rs) by Maharao Durjansal of Kotah
in 1721(?), he was the third son of Maharaj Prithvi Singh of Antah and
the
great-grand son of Maharao Kishore Singh of Kotah, after his elder
brother succeeded to the Kotah gadi,
he became Tikayat-Sardar of the Kishore Singhot Hada family; he had the
Aton Fort repaired and the fortifications were
strengthened and an efficient water harvesting/storing system was
constructed in which water was lifted from the river Parwan which
flowed below
the fort; in 1761, along with other jagirdars, he sided with the
Maharao of Kotah in repulsing an army of 60,000 sent by the Maharaja of
Jaipur, he recieved more than a dozen wounds in this battle, and
afterwards he was rewarded with many gifts from the Maharao; married
1stly, Rani Kishore Kunwar Chandrawat of Dhabla, married 2ndly, Rani
Jayant Kunwar Sisodia, daughter of the Raja of Umri, and
had issue, two sons. He died 1764 in Aton.
- Maharaj Deo Singh (qv)
- Maharaj Sawant Singh, married Rani Sajjan Kunwar Rajawat
of
Jalwada, and had issue, one son.
- Maharaj Kishen Singh of Aton, married Rani Ranawatji
of Bhadora, and had issue, two sons.
- Maharaj Bhagwat Singh,
married Rani Guman Kunwar Sisodia.
- Maharaj Mehtab Singh, he was adopted by Maharaja
Zorawar Singh of Bambolia in 1839, married a
grand-daughter of Raja Kushal Singh Sisodia of Umri (see below).
- Maharaj DEO SINGH,
2nd Thakur Sahib of Aton/Bambolia 1764/1804; he had a beautiful temple
of Laxmi Narainji constructed
in Aton which still exists today; later Maharao
Guman Singh of Kotah, increased the revenue of the Aton Jagir to Rs.
60,000; in 1777, Zalim Singh, Regent of Kotah, sent forces under the
French adventurer, Major Pulleite (also popularly
known as Moosa Madat), as well as Kotah forces under Maharaj Baijnath
Singh of
Gainta against him, after months of siege, the latter was killed by
gunfire from Aton Fort, and in the ensuing confusion, Maharaj Deo Singh
escaped to Uniara where the Rao Raja there granted
him the estate of Ajitgarh with twelve villages; Zalim Singh put
pressure on the Uniara ruler to turn over Maharaj Deo Singh, but he
went to Gwalior where he was warmly received, pressure from the Gwalior
rulers on Zalim Singh, resulted in a grant of a jagir worth Rs. 15,000
in 1804 with Bambolia as its main town with four
other villages, namely Nareda, Pipalda, Amritkhedi and Charelia;
married 1stly, Rani Fateh Kunwar, daughter of Rajawat Thakur of
Ratan Singh of Jalwada, married 2ndly, Rani Bacchav Kunwar, another
daughter of Rajawat of Ratan Singh of
Jalwada, married 3rdly, Rani Man Kunwar
Sisodia, and had issue, two sons.
- Maharaj Zorawer Singh (qv)
- Maharaj Udai Singh
- Maharaj ZORAWAR SINGH,
3rd Thakur Sahib of Bambolia 1804/1840; born 1783, the Gwalior ruler
performed the Matami ceremony, recognising Zorawar Singh as the
rightful successor; after Aton was
sacked by forces from Kotah, he was sent to Bambolia; he started
construction work of the present Bambolia fort at the end of year 1804;
in 1821, Maharao
Kishore Singh II gave a call to all his brethren to
join his forces to oust Zalim Singh the Regent of Kotah whose tyranny
continued, he joined the forces
of the Maharao and fought in the famous battle at Bhatwara near
Mangrol,
which took
place against the combined armed forces of Kotah State assisted by
British Cavalry called from Nasirabad, however they lost and
all the participants fled from Kotah State, their jagirs were
confiscated but later the British authorities pardoned them and Maharaj
Zorawer
Singh was restored to the jagir of Bambolia; married Rani Takhat
Kunwar Mansinghot of Jaloda, she built the temple
of Dauji and a stepwell next to the temple in Bambolia, which still
exists; and had issue, two daughters, as well as
an adoptive son. He died in 1840.
- Rajkumari Kundan Bai, married the Rao of Darda.
- Rajkumari Raj
Bai, married in Jaloda village, Kunwar Ajit Singh Rajawat, son of
Thakur Nathu Singh Rajawat of Jaloda.
- (A) Maharaj Mehtab
Singh I (qv)
- Maharaj MEHTAB SINGH I,
4th Thakur Sahib of Bambolia 1840/1856; born as Kunwar Mehtab Singh,
son of Maharaj Kishen Singh of Aton (see above), he succeeded by
adoption; he accompanied Maharaj Zorawer Singh in
the battle of Bhatwara near Mangrol in 1821; he constructed the dome on
the third floor of the main
building of the
fort, as well as the rest of the buildings in the zenana portion and
the stables inside the fort; he also built a temple at Mehtabpura
and also established a small settlement there; he had the
beautiful cenotaph of Zorawer Singh constructed at Bambolia, which
still exists in the kshar bagh at Bambolia; married Rani Mangal Kunwar,
daughter of Bahadur Singh/Kushal
Singh Raja
of Umri, and had issue, two sons and two daughters.
- Maharaj Bhim Singh (qv)
- Maharaj Narsingh
Singh (qv)
- Rajkumari Raj Bai
- Rajkumari Gulab Bai
- One of these daughters
was married to (a son of?) Thakur of Kosithal in Mewar.
- Maharaj BHIM SINGH,
5th Thakur Sahib of Bambolia 1856/1872; he
constructed his father’s cenotaph, which still exists in Bambolia kshar
bagh; married Rani Mehtab Kunwar,
daughter of the Raja of Bhadora. He died sp in 1872.
- Maharaj NARSINGH SINGH,
6th Thakur Sahib of Bambolia 1872/1888, he was a patron of art and
music and many miniature paintings were painted during his tenure; he
also
wrote many bhajans in Indian
classical style and are still popular today; he had the Nazar Niwas
Bagh laid out and also organized
the Gangaur festival here on a grand scale; married 1stly, Rani
Chandrawatji of Dhabla, married 2ndly, 1885, Rani Mehtab Kunwar,
daughter of Thakur Kushal Singh/Pratap Singh of
village Khedli Tawran, and had adoptive issue. He was poisoned sp in June 1888 at village Dhaturia
while returning in
the barat of Kunwar Onkar Singh of Palaitha from village Both near
Mangrol.
- (A) Maharaj Jai
Singh, adopted in 1887. (qv)
- Maharaj JAI SINGH,
7th Thakur Sahib of Bambolia 1888/1905, born in 1872 as Kunwar Jai
Singh, eldest son of Maharaj Chaggan Singh of Kotra (see Kotah), he succeeded by adoption in June
1888; educated
at Mayo College, Ajmer from 1892 where he
received the Viceroy’s medal for the best student;
he played polo for
the Kotah State team; he was granted a personal jagir of Rs. 10,000 by
Maharao Umed Singh
at which the total revenue of the Bambolia Jagir became Rs. 25,000; he
was appointed by His Highness as Senior Superintendent of Police of
Kotah with Rs. 500/pm allowance and later he was also appointed as
member of the Kotah State Council, as a result the Bambolia seat in
Kotah Darbar hierarchy now
became 1st on the right hand of the Maharao along with Palaitha and
Koela; married 1894, Rani Jadav Kunwar, daughter of Maharaj Jagannath
Singh of
Karauli, and had issue, one son and two daughters as well as an
adoptive son. He died 1905 as the result of a leg-wound.
- Maharaj Bhim Singh II (qv)
- Rajkumari Daulat Kunwar, married Kunwar Chander Sen, son
of
Raj Bijai Singh of Kunadi.
- Rajkumari Roop Kunwar, married Maharajkumar Godji of Kutch, and had issue.
- (A) Kunwar Deo Singh
of Amli, he refused to go to Mayo College for his education, so he was
sent back to Amli.
- (A) Kunwar Mehtab
Singh, son of Maharah Mod Singh of Naponiya, he succeeded as Maharaj
Mehtab Singh II of Bambolia (see below)
- Maharaj BHIM SINGH II,
8th Thakur Sahib of Bambolia 1905/1908, born 1895, he was sent to Mayo
College, Ajmer where he died prematurely. He died 1908 in Kotah House.
On his death HH Maharao
Umed Singh II of Kotah gave consent to Rani Jadonji, wife of late
Maharaj Jai
Singh, to adopt a son to her late husband.
INTERREGNUM
1908/1910
- Maharaj MEHTAB SINGH II,
9th Thakur Sahib of Bambolia
1910/1934, he succeeded by adoption in 1910; educated at Mayo College,
Ajmer where he became captain of the Mayo College football team and
represented
the school in cricket and hockey, he was also a member of the Mayo
College Horse Squadron; married Rani Suraj Kunwar, daughter of Thakur
Fateh Singh of Kherwa in Marwar, and had issue, one son and four
daughters. He died
1934.
- Maharaj Keshav Singh (qv)
- Rajkumari Pushpa Kunwar, married to Air Commodore Maharaj
Bahadur Singh of Bikaner.
- Rajkumari Tej Kunwar [Rani Phul Kunwar of Sagrod],
married Maharaj Digvijay Singhji of Sagrod in Banswara,
and had issue, one
son
and three daughters.
- Rajkumari Gyan Kunwar,
married in Sadelkhedi in Madhya Pradesh, and had issue, one daughter.
She died within a year of the marriage.
- Rajkumari Suresh Kunwar, married Capt. Gajendra Singh
Rawat of Haldwani, he served as Lt.-Gen. in the Indian Army and retired
as the Vice-Chief of
the Indian Army.
- Maharaj KESHAV SINGH,
10th Thakur Sahib of Bambolia 1934/1991, he succeeded as a minor and
the Maharao of Kotah appointed Thakur Mulayam Singh Jadon as
manager of the jagir and later was put under the Court of Wards with
Apji
Takhat Singh of Kuradia as over-all in-charge; he was brought up his
aunt in Kunadi, and after her passing, he and his sisters were invited
to stay at the Umed Bhawan Palace in Kotah; educated at Mayo College,
Ajmer where he represented the College in cricket and tennis; after
passing
out from Mayo College, he was given revenue training under Nazim Shri
Ralaram Chaturvedi and then given charge of his jagir after his
marriage; married Rani Sampat Kunwar,
daughter of Thakur
Bhan Singh of Sankhu in Bikaner, and had issue, one son and one
daughter. He died in January 1991 in
Bikaner, where he had been living with his wife and
daughter.
- Maharaj Abhimanyu
Singh (qv)
- Rajkumari Jayanti Kunwar
- Maharaj ABHIMANYU SINGH
(see above)
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