PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The
ancestor
of the family was Rawal Patai, last Chauhan King of Champaner around
1484. His son Rawal Raisinghji, had two sons, of whom the elder
succeeded to Chhota-Udaipur, and the younger, Raja Dungarsinghji,
became the founder of Baria in around 1524. A Second
Class
state in the Rewa Kantha Agency. In 1893, the Raja was allowed to
maintain a military force of 38 cavalry, 250 infantry and 3 guns.
Rulers were....
- Raja DUNGARSINHJI I,
1st Raja of Baria, married and had
issue. He lived around 1524.
- Raja Udaisinhji Dungarsinhji (qv)
- Raja UDAISINHJI
DUNGARSINHJI, 2nd Raja of Baria, married
and had issue.
- Raja Rayasinhji Udaisinhji (qv)
- Raja RAYASINHJI UDAISINHJI,
3rd Raja of Baria, married and
had issue.
- Raja Vijaysinhji Rayasinhji (qv)
- Raja VIJAYSINHJI RAYASINHJI,
4th Raja of Baria, married and
had issue.
- Raja Mansinhji Vijaysinhji (qv)
- Raja MANSINHJI VIJAYSINHJI,
5th Raja of Baria, married and
had issue. He died about 1720 (#2).
- Raja Prithvirajji Mansinhji (qv)
- Raja PRITHVIRAJJI MANSINHJI,
6th Raja of Baria, married and had issue. He died after 1732.
- Raja Rayadharji Prithvirajji (qv)
- Raja RAYADHARJI
PRITHVIRAJJI, 7th
Raja of Baria, married and had issue. (#3)
- Raja Gangadasji Rayadharji (qv)
- Raja GANGADASJI I
RAYADHARJI, 8th
Raja of Baria, married and had isssue.
- Raja Gambhirsinhji Gangadasji (qv)
- Raja GAMBHIRSINHJI
GANGADASJI, 9th Raja of Baria, married
and had issue.
- Raja Dhiratsinhji Gambhirsinhji (qv)
- Kumar Shri Sahebsinhji Gambhirsinhji, married and had
issue.
- Raja Jashwantsinhji Sahebsinhji (qv)
- Raja DHIRATSINHJI
GAMBHIRSINHJI, 10th Raja of Baria (#4)
- Raja JASHWANTSINHJI
SAHEBSINHJI, 11th Raja of Baria,
married and had issue. He lived around 1803.
- Raja Gangadasji II Jashwantsinhji (qv)
- Raja GANGADASJI II
JASHWANTSINHJI, 12th Raja of Baria
-/1819,
married and had issue. He died in August
1819.
- Raja Bhimsinhji Gangadasji (qv)
- Raja Prithvirajji Gangadasji (qv)
- Raja BHIMSINHJI GANGADASJI,
13th Raja of Baria 1819/1820
- Raja PRITHVIRAJJI
GANGADASJI, 14th Raja of Baria 1820/1864,
married and had
issue. He died 1864.
- HH Maharawal Shri Mansinhji II Prithvirajji (qv)
- HH Maharawal Shri
MANSINHJI
II PRITHVIRAJJI, 15th Raja of Baria 1864/1908,
born 4th October 1855, succeeded 5th March 1864 (#1),
educated at Ahmedabad Talukdari School and at Rajkumar College, Rajkot,
married 1873, HH Maharani Chandra
Kunverba Sahiba, daughter of Maharana Vairisalji Naharsinhji of Rajpipla,
and had issue. He died 25th February 1908.
- Lt.-Col. HH Maharawal Sir Shri Ranjitsinhji Mansinhji (qv)
- Maharaj Shri Naharsinhji Mansinhji Sahib, married Rani
Drupad
Kunverba Sahiba, died 1980, daughter of Maharana
Shri Gambhirsinhji Vairisalji of Rajpipla,
and had issue.
- Maharaj Shri Prithisinhji Naharsinhji Sahib, married
Bai Shri Ajit Kunverba Sahib [Rani Ajit Kunverba Sahiba
of Baria], daughter of Thakore Sahib Shri Dipsinhji Vibhaji, 4th
Thakore Saheb of Sajjanpur in Morvi,
and his third wife, Thakorani Shri Jhaliji Sahib, and had issue.
- Rajkumari Niranjana Devi, born 14th November 1929,
married (as his second wife), Rao Harendra Singhji, 18th Rao of Kushalgarh, born 11th May 1924, died
21st February 1967, and has issue.
- Maharaj Virvijaysinhji Prithisinhji, married and had
issue.
- Rajkumari Preeti Singh, married Rawal Raja
Raghvendra
Singh of Samode, and has issue, a son
and a daughter.
- HH Maharani Suraj Kunverb Sahiba, married HH Maharaja
Shri Sir
Lakhdirji
Waghji Bahadur of Morvi, and had issue.
- HH Maharani Dev Kunverba Sahiba, married 1893 (as his
first wife), HH
Maharaja Rao
Bhavsinhji
II Takhatsinghji of Bhavnagar, and had
issue.
- Lt.-Col. HH Maharawal Sir
Shri RANJITSINHJI MANSINHJI, 16th
Raja of Baria
1908/1949, born 10th
July 1886, K.C.S.I. [cr.1.1.1922], served in France and Flanders during
WWI
and on the N.W. Frontier during the Afghan War 1919, married 1stly, HH
Maharani Takhat Kunverba Sahiba, died 1916, daughter of HH Maharana
Shri
Sir Chhatrasinhji Gambhirsinhji of Rajpipla,
married 2ndly, HH Maharani Dilhar Kunverba Sahiba, daughter of Maharana
Shri Gambhirsinhji Vairisalji of Rajpipla,
and had issue. He died 7th September 1949.
- Yuvaraj Sobhagsinhji Ranjitsinhji (by Maharani Takhat
Kunverba), married
Yuvarani
Bibhasprabha
Devi, daughter of HH Maharaja Birendra Kishore Dev Varman Manikya
Bahadur
of Tripura, and had issue. He died
in January 1934.
- HH Maharawal Jaideepsinhji Sobhagsinhji (qv)
- Maharaj Pradeepsinhji Sobhagsinhji, married and had
issue.
- Maharaj Jitendrasinhji Pradeepsinhji, educated at
Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1980), married and has issue, two sons.
- Rajkumar Varun Singh Chauhan
- Rajkumar Aditya Singh Chauhan
- Maharaj Udayendrasinhji Pradeepsinhji
- Maharaj Shri Hirasinhji Ranjitsinhji (by Maharani Dilhar
Kunverba),
married Rani
Ranjana
Devi of Rajpipla, and had issue.
- Rajkumar Prithviraj Singh, died 1985.
- Rajkumari Geeta Devi, married Dr. Uday Saraiya.
- Kunwari Sahiba Rajendra Kunwar Ba, engaged 19th July
1915, to Yuvraj Fateh Singh of Alirajpur.
 HH Maharawal
JAIDEEPSINHJI SOBHAGSINHJI, 17th Raja of
Baria 1949/1987, born
1929, Member of
the 8th Lok Sabha, a renowned polo player, married 27th May 1948, HH
Maharani
Prem Kumari, daughter of HH Saramad-i-Rajahai Hindustan Raj Rajendra
Shri Maharajadhiraj Sir
Sawai
Man Singhji II Bahadur of Jaipur, and
his
first wife, HH Maharani Marudhar Kunwar, and had issue.
He
died 1987?
- Maharajkumari Urvashi Devi [Princess Bambi], born 22nd
July 1949 in
Devgadh-Baria,
Dahod; B.A. (Hons.), Member of the 8th Gujarat Legislative Assembly,
married
Rajkumar Kanak Singh of Dumraon, and
has
issue, one son.
- Rajkumar Tushar Singh (Baba) [Kumar
Shri
Tusharsinhji Kanaksinhji],
born 19th April 1973, educated at boarding schools in Shimla, a
District
Panchayat
Member, Chairman of the Panchayat Construction Committee, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Gujarat from Devgadh Baria; married
Maharajkumari Ambika Kumari, born 17th January 1977, daughter of Raja
Aniruddh Pal
Singh of Awagadh, and his wife, Rani
Anjali Devi, and has issue, two sons.
- Kunwar Arunoday Singh, born 9th July 2002.
- Kunwar Nirbhay Singh, born 15th December 2005.
- HH Maharawal (name unknown)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Maharani Kanak Kumari, married Maharaja Bahadur Ram Ran
Vijay
Prasad
Singh of Dumraon, and had issue.
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