PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded in 1342 by Rao Devaji, a descendant of Rao
Visaladeva, King of Ajmer. The rulers were ...
- Rao DEVAJI, 1st
Rao of Bundi 1342/1343, founder of Bundi in 1342,
married and had
issue.
- Rao Napuji (qv)
- Rao Harpal, married and had issue.
- Rao Jaetsi
- Rao NAPUJI, 2nd
Rao of Bundi 1343/- ; married and had issue.
- Rao HAMUJI, 3rd
Rao of Bundi 1384/1400, married and
had
issue. He died
1400.
- Rao Birsinghji (qv)
- Rao Lalla, married and had issue.
- Rao Novarma, married and had
issue.
- Rao Jaita, married and had
issue.
- Rao BIRSINGHJI,
4th Rao of Bundi 1400/1415, married and
had
issue.
- Rao Biruji (qv)
- Rao Nima
- Rao Jubdu, married and had issue.
- Rao Bacha, married and had
issue.
- Rao Sewaji, ancestor of the
Mewawat Hada Chauhan
clan.
- Rao Seranji, ancestor of the
Sawant Hada Chauhan
clan.
- Rao BIRUJI, 5th
Rao of Bundi 1415/1470, married and had
issue. He died about 1470.
- Rao Banduji (qv)
- Rao Sanda
- Rao Aka
- Rao Udoh
- Rao Chanda
- Rao Samar
- Rao Amar
- Rao BANDUJI, 6th
Rao of Bundi 1470/1491, married and
had
issue. He died
1491.
- Rao Narayan Das (qv)
- Rao Nirbudh [Narbad Singh], married and had
issue.
- Rao Raja Surjan Singh (qv)
- Rani Lakhu Devi, married (as his first wife), Maharana
Sangram Singhji I of Udaipur
(Mewar), and had issue.
- Rani Karmavati Devi, married (as his second wife),
Maharana Sangram Singhji I of Udaipur
(Mewar), and had issue.
- Rao NARAYAN DAS,
7th Rao of Bundi 1491/1527, married and had
issue.
- Rao Suraj Mal (qv)
- Maharani Suja Bai, married
Maharana
Ratan Singhji of Udaipur (Mewar).
- Rao SURAJ MAL, 8th
Rao of Bundi 1527/1531, married (amongst others),
a
daughter of Maharana
Sangram Singhji I of Mewar,
and
had
issue.
- Rao SURTAN SINGH,
9th Rao of Bundi 1531/1544, married (amongst
others), (a), Rani Sahiba Sisodniji,
daughter of Kunwar
Shakta Singh of Udaipur (Mewar). He
died sp.
- Rao Raja SURJAN SINGH, 10th Rao of Bundi
1544/1585,
married
and had issue.
- Rao Raja Bhoj Singh (qv)
- Rao Duda
- Rao Raimal, ancestor of the
Raimalot
Hada Chauhan
clan, married and had issue.
- Rao (name unknown),
married
and
had
issue.
- Rao Hari Singh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Daulat Singh of Kachnaoda
- Rao Raja BHOJ SINGH,
11th
Rao of Bundi 1585/1608, married and
had
issue.
- Rao Raja Ratan Singh (qv)
- Rao Narayan Singh, married and had issue.
- Rao (name unknown),
married
and
had
issue.
- Thakur Khushal Singh of Karwar, fl.1649
- Rao (name unknown),
married
and
had
issue.
- Maharaj Amar Singh of Gainta
- Maharaj Jagat Singh of Phasud
- Maharaj Daulat Singh of Pipalda
- Rao Kesho Das, ancestor of the
Dhipri
family.
- Rao Raja RATAN SINGH,
12th
Rao of Bundi 1608/1632,
married
and had issue.
He died 1632.
- Kunwar Gopinath Singh, married
and
had issue.
- Rao Raja Chhatra Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Indra Sal of Indargarh,
married
and
had
issue
(Jalodi,
Indargarh and Nimola families).
- Maharaj Gaj Singh of
Indargarh,
married and had issue.
- Maharaj Amar Singh, founder
of Khatoli.
- Kunwar Bairi Sal of Balwan,
Raidhan, Filodi, Karwar
and Pipalda, married and had issue.
- Several Generations
- Maharaj Indar Sal of
Raidhan
(conferred in 1759,
Revenue: 10,550Rs in 1893), born about 1833.
- Kunwar Mokham Singh of Anterdeh
and
Maghana, married
and had issue.
- Several Generations
- Maharaj Balwant Singh,
married
and had issue.
- Maharaj Hanwant Singh of
Maghana (conferred in 1824,
Revenue: 5,251Rs in 1893), (adoptive son), born 1836, Kiladar of
Nainwa,
Member of the State Council, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Kalyan Singh,
born
1868.
- Kunwar Maha Singh of Thanoh.
- Kunwar Mohan Singh of Jitgarh,
married and had issue.
- Maharaj Gordhan Singh,
married
and had issue.
- Maharaj Daulat Singh of
Rajgarh, married and had
issue.
- SON, married and had
issue.
- Maharaj Nath Singh,
married
and had issue.
- SON, married and had
issue.
- Maharaj Deo Singh
of
Rajgarh
- Rao Madho Singh of Kotah.
- Kunwar Hari Singh of Googore.
- Kunwar Jaganath Singh, dsp.
- Rao Raja CHHATRA SINGH,
13th
Rao of Bundi 1632/1658,
married and had
issue. He died 1658.
- Rao Raja Bhao Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Bhim Singh of Googore,
married
and had issue.
- Kunwar Kishen Singh of Googore,
married and had issue.
- Rao Raja Anirudh Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Bhagwant Singh of Mow.
- Kunwar Bharat Singh, died 1658.
- Maharani Ganga Kunwar, married
Maharana Amar Singhji
II of Udaipur.
- Rani Lakshman Kanwar, married Raja
Bahadur Singh of Khandela.
- Rao Raja BHAO SINGH,
14th
Rao of Bundi 1658/1682, died
1682 sp.
- Rao Raja ANIRUDH SINGH,
15th
Rao of Bundi 1682/1696,
married and had
issue.
- Rao Raja Budh Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Jogh Singh, [married
a
daughter
of
Raja
Bhim
Singhji I of Banera.]
- Rao Raja BUDH SINGH,
16th
Rao of Bundi 1696/1735,
married
1stly, a daughter
of Raja Bishan Singhji of Amber,
married
2ndly, a
Chundawat
Princess of Begun, and had issue (by 2nd wife). He died 1739 at Begun.
- Rajkumar Padam Singh, dvpsp.
- Rao Raja Umaid Singh (by Rani Chundawatiji) (qv)
- Rajkumar Dip Singh, born 173x, he was granted the estate
of Kapren
and the title of Maharajdhiraj, and succeeded there as Maharajdhiraj
Shri Dip Singhji of Kapren; married and had issue.
- Several generations
- Maharaj Sahib Dhanurdhar Singh of Kapren, married and
had issue.
- Rajkumar Bahadur Singh, adopted by Major HH Maharao
Raja Shri Sir Ishwari Singhji Bahadur in 1933, and succeeded there as
Col. HH Maharao
Raja Shri Bahadur Singhji Bahadur of Bundi (see below)
- Capt. Maharaj
Kesri Singh of Kapren, adopted by Major HH Maharao Raja Shri Sir
Ishwari Singhji Bahadur of Bundi in 1933, educated at Mayo College,
Ajmer; married 1946,
Rani Devendra Kanwar,
born 1928, elder daughter of Rawat Himmat Singhji of Bhainsrorgarh, and his first wife, Rani
Suraj Kanwar, and had issue.
- Maharaj Balbhadra Singhji of Kapren, married
Rani Rohini Kumari of Baghera, and has
issue, one son and three
daughters.
- Rajkumar Vanshvardhan Singh, educated at Daly
College, Indore, M.P., and did his graduation from De Montfort
University in Leicester,
U.K., he represented his school in cricket, football and Rifle
Shooting, and won a gold medal in the state championship and
represented the Madhya Pradesh team in the Shooting Nationals, three
times, he also
represented his University for cricket in Leicester, U.K.
- Rajkumari Mridula Kumari, married Rajkumar
Prabal
Pratap Singhji of Banswara, and has issue,
one son.
- Rajkumari Kaushika Kumari, married Kunwar
Shakti
Singh
of Dungarpur, son of Maharaj Anirudh
Singh of Dungarpur, and his wife, Baiji Lal Veena Kumari of Diggi.
- Rajkumari Kritika Kumari, educated at Daly
College, Indore, M.P., and did her Masters degree in Economics from
Bangalore University, she is a keen squash player and has represented
her state at
the national level.
- Thakurani Shrimati Narendra Kumari, married
Thakur
Narendra Singhji of Bidwal, and has issue.
- Rajkumar Bhawani Singh, born
1720, putative son of
the first wife, but the paternity was questioned and eventually the
child was put to
death
in 1729.
- Rao Raja DALEL SINGH,
17th
Rao of Bundi 1735/1749, son
of
Maharaj Salim Singh
Hada of Karwar, married (amongst others), a daughter of Sri Sawai
Maharaja Jai Singhji I
of Jaipur.
- Rao Raja UMAID SINGHJI,
18th
Rao of Bundi 1749/1770 and
again 1773/1804, born 14th June 1729, married and had issue. He
died 1804.
- Rao Raja Ajit Singhji (qv)
- SON, married and had issue.
- Several generations
- SON, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Onkar Singh of
Dugari
(conferred in 1874,
Revenue: 20,000Rs in 1893), born about 1867, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Shiv Singh, born about 1883.
- Maharaj Shivdan Singh,
married
and had issue.
- Rao Raja AJIT SINGHJI,
19th
Rao of Bundi 1770/1773, married and had
issue. He
died
1773.
- Rao Raja Bishen Singhji (qv)
- Rao Raja BISHEN SINGHJI,
20th
Rao of Bundi 1804/1821,
married (amongst others), a
Princess of Kishangarh (as well as three others), and had issue. He
died
1821.
- HH Maharao Raja Ram Singhji Sahib Bahadur (by Kishangarh
Rani) (qv)
- Maharaj Gopal Singh, born 1812.
 HH
Maharao
Raja RAM SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur, 21st Maharao of Bundi
1821/1889,
born 1811, married
(amongst others) (a), HH Maharani Gulab Kanwar, daughter of Raja Abhai
Singh
of Khandela-Senior,
married (b), HH Maharani Chandrabhan
Kunwari, daughter of Raja Balbhadra Singh of Nagod,
married
(c), another Maharani from Nagod, and had issue, as well as
natural
issue.
He died 1889.
- HH Maharao Raja Raghubir Singhji
Sahib
Bahadur (by
a Nagod Maharani) (qv)
- Maharaj Rangraj Singh of
Bamangaon
(conferred in
1884, Revenue: 20,000Rs in 1893), born 1871, married and had issue.
- HH Maharani Kalyan Kanwar,
married
(as his third
wife), HH Maharajadhiraj Maharawal Sir Jawahir Singhji Bahadur of Jaisalmer,
and had issue.
- Maharaj Raghuraj Singh of Bansi
(conferred in 1884,
Revenue: 20,000Rs in 1893), born 1875, married Rani Suraj Kanwar,
daughter of Maharaj Shri Zorawar Singhji of Raoti,
and
had
issue.
- Major HH Maharao Raja Shri Sir Ishwari Singhji Bahadur
(qv)
- Maharaj Arjun Singh of Gudha
(natural
son) (conferred
in 1884, Revenue: 10,000Rs in 1893), born 1831, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Ranbir Singh, born 1882.
- Maharaj Gordhan Singh of Nimana
(natural son) (conferred
in 1886, Revenue: 10,000Rs in 1893), born 1835.
- Maharaj Jagannath Singh of
Matonda
(natural son) (conferred
in 1854, Revenue: 10,000Rs in 1893), born 1850, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Harnath Singh, born
1872.
- Maharaj Randhir Singh, born
1882.
- Colonel HH Maharao
Raja Shri Sir RAGHUBIR SINGHJI
Sahib
Bahadur, 22nd Maharao of Bundi 1889/1927 (Photo),
born
21st
September
1869,
K.C.I.E.
[cr.1894], K.C.S.I.
[cr.1897], G.C.I.E. [cr.1.1.1901], G.C.V.O. [cr.10.1.1912], G.C.S.I.
[cr.3.6.1919], married 1stly, HH Maharani (name unknown) Sahiba,
a daughter of HH Maharaja Takhat Singhji of Jodhpur,
married
2ndly,
HH
Maharani
(name unknown) Sahiba, a daughter of
Rathore Maharaj Mohabat Singh of Jodhpur
(a niece of the first wife),
married 3rdly, HH Maharani (name unknown) Sahiba, a daughter of
Rathore Raja Gopal Singh of Jhabua,
married 4thly, 1902 in Jodhpur, HH
Maharani (name unknown) Sahiba, a daughter of Maharaj Kishor
Singh of Jodhpur (a niece of the first
wife and cousin of the second
wife), married 5thly, 2nd February 1903, HH Maharani (name unknown)
Sahiba,
she
died
31st
December 1904 at Bundi, a daughter of HH
Maharaja Raghuraj Singh Bahadur of Rewah.
married
6thly,
in August 1906, HH
Maharani (name unknown) Sahiba, a daughter of Bhati Thakur
Himmat Singh of Bhawad in Jodhpur State in August 1906. married 7thly,
in August 1906, HH Maharani (name unknown) Sahiba, a daughter of
Bhati Thakur Jagat Singh of Phali in Jodhpur State, married 8thly, 3rd
January 1910, HH Maharani (name unknown) Sahiba, a daughter of
Solanki Thakur of Aklera in Bundi State, married 9thly, before 1916, HH
Maharani Parmariji Sahiba, a daughter of Thakore Shri Takhatsinhji of Mohanpur, married 10thly, HH Maharani (name
unknown)
Sahiba,
a daughter of Rathore Maharaj Arjun Singh, a son of Maharaj
Kishor Singh of Jodhpur (see Note), and had issue. He
died
26th July 1927.
- Maharajkumar Raghu Indar Singh,
born
1890, died young.
-
 Major HH Maharao Raja
Shri Sir ISHWARI SINGHJI
Bahadur, 23rd Maharao of Bundi
1927/1945 (Photo),
born
8th
March
1893,
G.C.I.E.
[cr. 11.5.1937], Aide-de-Camp (Honorary)
to His Majesty the King [25.1.1946], he adopted in 1933, the two sons
of Maharaj
Dhanurdhar Singhji of Kapren (see above). He died sp
on 23rd April 1945.
- (A) Col. HH Maharao
Raja Shri Bahadur Singhji Bahadur (qv)
- (A) Capt. Maharaj
Shri Kesri Singh of Kapren, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; married
1946,
Rani Devendra Kanwar,
born 1928, elder daughter of Rawat Himmat Singhji of Bhainsrorgarh, and his first wife, Rani Suraj Kanwar,
and had issue (see above).
 Col. HH Maharao Raja
Shri BAHADUR SINGHJI
Bahadur, 24th Maharao of Bundi
1945/1977,
born
17th March 1920, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; awarded the Military
Cross by the British Military for gallantry during WWII; married April
1938, a daughter of Major-General HH Maharaja
Sir
Sajjan Singhji Bahadur of Ratlam, and
had
issue. He died 24th December 1977.
- HH Maharao Raja Shri Ranjit Singhji Bahadur [Prince
Peter] (qv)
- Maharajkumari Mahendra Kumari
(Yuvarani Mahendra
Kumari of Alwar) [Princess Kitten], born 6th February 1942, Member
of the Tenth Lok Sabha 1991/1996 representing Alwar Parliamentary
Constituency
of Rajasthan; Member of the Committee on Science and Technology,
Environment
and Forests 1993/1996 and House Committee 1993/1995; a former champion
of women’s pistol shooting and had special interest in tennis, swimming
and riding; Member of the Indian Parliamentary Group of the Fourth
World
Conference on Women in Beijing, China in 1995; she married
26th April 1962, Yuvaraj Pratap Singhji of Alwar,
and
had
issue,
one
son.
She died 27th June 2002 in New Delhi.
 HH
Maharao
Raja Shri RANJIT
SINGHJI Bahadur, 25th Maharao of Bundi 1977/2010,
born 13th September 1939, married 11th
December
1969 (div.1971), Rajkumari Durga Kumari
[Princess
Pinky], born 2nd April 1946 at Pratapgarh, Rajasthan, died sp
8th April 1978 in Chamba, daughter of HH
Raja
Saheb Shri Lakshman Singh of Chamba,
and his wife, HH Rani Devendra Kumari. He died sp after a long
illness on
8th January
2010 in New Delhi.
- 26th Maharao of Bundi (see
above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Rani Sardar Kunwar, married (as his 16th wife), Raja Bhim
Singh I, Raja Saheb of Banera.
- Thakurani Saheba Hadiji, married Thakur Jashwant Singh of Bidwal, and had issue.
The help of Deepak Aggarwal
is gratefully
acknowledged, June 2011. |
