BHADARWA (Princely State)

 
AREA: 69.93 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 29,300Rs ACCESSION: 10th June 1948
STATE: Gujarat DYNASTY: Vaghela  RELIGION: Hindu
POPULATION: 11,048 REVENUE: 108,271Rs  
     
PRESENT RULER: Apparently vacant.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Bhadarwa is the largest of the Pandu Mewas States and Estates located in the former Rewa Kantha Agency until 1948, and is a Fourth Class State. The state was founded in 1483. Rulers were....
  • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Shri ADESINHJI I, Thakore Saheb of Bhadarwa 1722/1781, married and had issue.
    • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Shri Pratapsinhji Adesinhji (qv)
    INTERREGNUM 1781/1783
  • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Shri PRATAPSINHJI ADESINHJI, Thakore Saheb of Bhadarwa 1783/1825, married and had adoptive issue.
    • (A) Shrimant Thakore Saheb Shri Jhalamsinhji Pratapsinhji (qv)
    • (A) Shrimant Thakore Saheb Shri Sardarsinhji Pratapsinhji (qv)
  • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Shri JHALAMSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI, Thakore Saheb of Bhadarwa 1826/1842, he succeeded to the gadi by adoption; married and had issue.
    • Kumar Shri Takhatsinhji Jhalamsinhji, married and had issue.
      • Kumari Shri Majirajba Sahiba, married 1871, Yuvaraj Jaswantsinhi Mansinhji of Dhrangadhra.
    • HH Rani Baijiba Sahiba [Rup Kunwarba], married 1851, HH Raj Sahib Mansinhji II Ranmalsinhji of Dhrangadhra, and had issue.
  • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Shri SARDARSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI, Thakore Saheb of Bhadarwa 1842/1879, born 1812, during his reign the estate of Vankaner was merged into Bhadarwa; married and had issue. He died 1879.
    • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Shri Adesinhji II Sardarsinhji (qv)
    • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Shri Fatehsinhji Sardarsinhji (qv)
  • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Shri ADESINHJI II SARDARSINHJI, Thakore Saheb of Bhadarwa 1880/1888
  • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Shri FATEHSINHJI SARDARSINHJI, Thakore Saheb of Bhadarwa 1883/1912, born 1847, succeeded 26th January 1888 (#1), married and had issue. He died 1912.
    • HH Maharani Vijay Kunwarba Sahiba, born 1890, married 1909 (separated 1912), Major HH Maharana Shri Maharaja Shri Raj Sir Ghanshyamsinhji Ajitsinhji Sahib Bahadur of Dhrangadhra. She died 1963.
    AGENCY MANAGER [1912] - [25.10.1917]
  • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Rana Shri AMARSINHJI, Thakore Saheb of Bhadarwa 1912/1917, born about 1900, he was granted the title of Rana on 25th October 1917. He died sp on 25th October 1917.
  • AGENCY MANAGER [25.10.1917] - [27.2.1918]
  • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Rana Shri RANJITSINHJI AMARSINHJI, Thakore Saheb of Bhadarwa 1917/1935, born 2nd October 1875, succeeded 14th December 1917 and installed on 27th February 1918; married and had issue. He died 1935.
    • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Rana Shri Natwarsinhji Ranjitsinhji (qv)
  • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Rana Shri NATWARSINHJI RANJITSINHJI, Thakore Saheb of Bhadarwa 1935/1950, born 19th November 1903 (#2) and succeeded 26th April 1935, married and had issue. He died 7th October 1950.
    • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Rana Shri Samarvijaysinhji Natwarsinhji (qv)
  • Shrimant Thakore Saheb Rana Shri SAMARVIJAYSINHJI NATWARSINHJI, Thakore Saheb of Bhadarwa 1950/-, born 21st October 1942, married and has issue.
    • Kumari Reena Kumari, married Kunwar Dhrupad Singh of Nawalgarh - Pana 3, and has issue, two daughters.
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Kumar Shri Jagdevji Kanaksinhji, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1964).
  • HH Rani Baiji Kunwarba Sahiba, married (as his second wife), HH Raj Sahib Mansinhji II Ranmalsinhji of Dhrangadhra.
  • Rani Karniba Sahiba, married (as his ninth wife), Raj Sahib Pratapsinhji Jaswantsinhji of Dhrangadhra.
The help of John Duncan McMeekin, is gratefully acknowledged, July 2014.
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 , p.68
2. "Indian Annual Register" , N. N. Nitra, Calcutta 1945
3. "The Rewa Kantha Directory" 1921