PREDECESSORS and SHORT
HISTORY: Second Class State in Kathiawar
founded in 1634, later it was raised from the 2nd class to
a 1st class state in 1887. Rulers were...
- Thakore Shri
KUMBHOJI I MEHRAMJI, Thakore Saheb of Gondal
1634/1679, son of Thakore Mehramji Vibhoji of Rajkot by his Chaudasama
Rani, married and had issue. He died 1679.
- Thakore Shri Sagramji Khumbhoji Sahib (qv)
- Thakore Shri Sangoji Khumbhoji Sahib, received six
villages and was founder of Kotda-Sangani.
- Thakore Shri
SAGRAMJI I KHUMBHOJI Sahib, Thakore Saheb of
Gondal 1679/1714, born 1664, he moved his residence
from Ardoi to Gondal in 1709, and made it his capital;
married a daughter of a Jhala Rajput of Vaghasia in
Jhalawad, and had issue. He died 1714.
- Thakore Shri Haloji Sagramji Sahib (qv)
- Kumar Shri Nathuji Sagramji Sahib, received six
villages as his share of the inheritance and was
founder of Mengni.
- Kumar Shri Hathiji Sagramji Sahib, received six
villages as his share of the inheritance.
- Kumar Shri Bharoji Sagramji Sahib, received six
villages as his share of the inheritance.
- Thakore Shri HALOJI
SAGRAMJI Sahib, Thakore Saheb of Gondal
1714/1753, received a number of villages from the
Nawab of Junagadh for his support, married a Jhala
lady of Balala, and had issue, four sons and one
daughter. He died 1753.
- Thakore Shri Kumbhoji Haloji Sahib (qv)
- Kumar Shri Hamoji Haloji Sahib
- Kumar Shri Pathoji Haloji Sahib
- Kumar Shri Jethiji Haloji Sahib
- Thakore Shri
KUMBHOJI II HALOJI Sahib, Thakore Saheb of
Gondal 1753/1790, born 1712, an accomplished ruler,
did much to further the prosperity of the state,
married 1stly, Thakorani Naniba Sahiba, daughter of
the Raizada of Soroder, married 2ndly, a daughter of a
Bhayad of Limbdi, and had issue. He died 1790.
- Kumar Shri Sagramji Kumbhoji Sahib (by Naniba),
born 1732, married 1stly, Kumari Fuliba Sahiba,
married 2ndly, Kumari Motiba Sahiba, and had issue.
He died 1780
- Thakore Shri Muluji Sagramji Sahib [Malubhai
Sahib] (by Thakorani Fuliba)(qv)
- Thakore Shri Devaji Sagramji Sahib [Devabhai
Sahib] (by Thakorani Fuliba)(qv)
- Kumar Shri Hathibhai Sagramji Sahib (by
Thakorani Fuliba)
- Kumar Shri Bhavobhai Sagramji Sahib (by
Thakorani Motiba)
- Rani Kunkabai Sahiba, marrried Raj Sahib Raj
Saheb Bharoji Kesarisinhji [Bhavaji] of Wankaner.
- Rani Baijiba Sahiba, married Raj Sahib Raisinhji
Jashwantsinhji of Dhrangadhra.
- Kumar Shri Mokaji Kumbhoji (by second wife), he
was granted the villages of Lunviyar, Analgadh and
Sidhavadar in appanage.
- Thakore Shri MULUJI
SAGRAMJI Sahib [Malubhai Sahib], Thakore
Saheb of Gondal 1790/1792, born 1755, a weak and
ineffectual ruler who was under the influence of a
court favourite, married 1stly, Thakorani Ajiba
Sahiba, daughter of Thakore Sahib Akhairajji III of Bhavnagar, married
2ndly, Thakorani Adiba Sahiba, daughter of the Raizada
of Ghorvad, and had issue. He died 1792.
- Thakor Shri Dajibhai Muluji Sahib (by Thakorani
Adiba)(qv)
- Kumar Shri Bapji Muluji Sahib (by Thakorani
Adiba), died young.
- Thakore Shri
DAJIBHAI MULUJI Sahib, Thakore Saheb of
Gondal 1792/1800, born 1776, a patron of letters and
fond of poetry, he allowed his uncle to handle the
administrative affairs of the state, married three
wives (from Vaosavey, Sayla and Porbander),
but died sp in 1800.
- Thakore Shri DEVAJI
SAGRAMJI Sahib [Devabhai Sahib], Thakore
Saheb of Gondal 1800/1812, born 1757, he was the first
ruler to discourage the practice of infanticide in his
state, married 1stly, Thakorani Kasiba Sahiba,
daughter of the Jhala Chief of Balala, married 2ndly,
Thakorani Baijiba Sahiba, [daughter of Raj Sahib
Jashwantsinhji Gajsinhji of Dhrangadhra, and
his second wife, Rani Chandar Kunwarba Sahiba],
and had issue, four sons by the second wife. He died
1812.
- Thakore Shri Nathuji Devaji Sahib [Nathubhai] (qv)
- Thakore Shri Kanuji Devaji Sahib (qv)
- Thakore Shri Chandrasinhji Devaji Sahib [Motibhai]
(qv)
- Thakore Shri Bhanabhai Devaji Sahib (qv)
- Thakore Shri
NATHUJI DEVAJI Sahib [Nathubhai Sahib],
Thakore Saheb of Gondal 1812/1814, his short reign was
uneventful, married and had issue. He died spm in 1814.
- Kumari Bai Sahiba, married into Dhrangadhra.
- Thakor Shri KANUJI
DEVAJI Sahib, Thakore Saheb of Gondal
1814/1821, he was fond of his drink and neglected
affairs of the state, married 1stly, Thakorani
Nanibaiba of Soderda, married 2ndly, a lady of Talaja,
married 3rdly, Thakorani Motibaiba of Ganod. He died sp
in 1821.
- Thakore Shri
CHANDRASINHJI DEVAJI Sahib [Motibhai Sahib],
Thakore Saheb of Gondal 1821/1841, he was a weak
administrator and allowed the finances of the state to
be depleted, married 1stly, Thakorani Sunderba of
Narichana, married 2ndly, Thakorani Anopba of
Vaniavadhar. He died spm in 1841.
- HH Rani Sundar Kunwarba Sahiba, married HH Raj
Sahib Ranmalji Amarsinhji of Dhrangadhra.
- Thakore Shri
BHANABHAI DEVAJI Sahib, Thakore Saheb of
Gondal 1841/1851, inherited a large debt from his
predecessor, married 1stly, a Jhala lady of Gundala,
died young sp,
married 2ndly, Thakorani Shri Motiba Sahiba of
Gundiali, and had issue. He died 1851.
- HH Thakore Shri Sagramji Bhanabhai Sahib [Sagramji
II] (by 2nd wife) (qv)
- Kumar Shri Muluji Bhanabhai Sahib (by 2nd wife),
married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Jalamsinhji Muluji, married and had
issue.
- Kumar Shri Balsinhji Jalamsinhji, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Bhagwansinhji Balsinhji Jadeja,
educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1946),
married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Yadvendrasinhji Bhagwansinhji
Jadeja, educated at Rajkumar College,
Rajkot.
- Kumari Manhar Kumari Devi, she was adopted
by HH Maharaja Shri Bhojrajjisinhji
Bhagwatsinhji Sahib (see below).
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![HH Thakur
Shri SAGRAMJI BHANABHAI Sahib [SAGRAMJI II]
(1822-1869)](gondal_sagramji_sml.jpg) HH
Thakore Shri SAGRAMJI BHANABHAI Sahib
[Sagramji II], Thakore Saheb of Gondal 1851/1869, born
1822, his reign was a transitional period during which
he built a court house, a jail and improved the police
force; married 1stly, HH Thakorani Raiba Sahiba, died
young, daughter of Thakore Panchaliji Jhala, married
2ndly, HH Thakorani Ramba Sahiba, daughter of Thakore
Harisinghji Jhala of Gundiyadi, she died 1857, married
3rdly, 1857 HH Thakorani Monghiba Sahiba, daughter of
Thakore Sartanji Jhala of Meenapur, and had issue. He
died 14th December 1869.
- Kumar Shri Balubha Sagramji Sahib [Bhalsinhji
Sagramsinhji] (by Ramba Sahiba), he died at the age
of two years.
- Kumar Shri Pathubha Sagramji Sahib [Prithirajji
Sagramsinhji], born 1841, died sp in 1862.
- HH Maharaja Shri Sir Bhagwatsinhji Sagramsinhji
Sahib (by Monghiba Sahiba) (qv)
- Kumari Shri Majirajba Sahiba (by Monghiba Sahiba),
married in Bhavnagar.
 HH Maharaja Shri Sir BHAGWATSINHJI
SAGRAMSINHJI Sahib, 13th Thakore Saheb of
Gondal 1869/1944, born 24th October 1865 (#1),
G.C.I.E. [cr.1897], K.C.I.E. [cr.1887] (#2),
LL.D.(Hon) [1887], D.C.L.(Hon) [1892], F.R.C.P.
[1895], F.R.S.E., M.D. [1895], M.R.A.S., he succeeded
to the gadi
on 14th December 1869, educated at Rajkumar College,
Rajkot and Edinburgh University (M.B.), a Fellow
of Bombay University, a great scholar and an
author as well. He took great interest in education
and built a large college on the boarding school
system for the education of the sons of landholders.
He also established a girls' High School in the state.
He also was the first to start a travelling dispensary
and an asylum for the maintenance of the poor. He was
elected a patron of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade,
Hindu Division, Bombay. He abolished some 40 dues
during his long reign. Gondal State was singular in
being free from rates, taxes, customs, octroi, and
export duties. It was the only state in the Western
India States Agency where female education was
complusory. Gondal was noted for the number and
excellence of its roads and was one of the pioneers of
railway enterprise in Kathiawar. The number of public
institutions and schools was a marked feature in the
State. The Golden Jubliee of His Highness was
celebrated in 1934. His Excellency, the Viceroy,
visited Gondal on 18th January 1936. He attended the
Viceroy of India's Durbar at Rajkot in November 1900,
and also the Delhi Coronation Durbar on 1st January
1903. He attended the Coronation of Their Imperial
Majesties, King George V and Queen Mary in England on
the 22nd June 1911, and the Coronation Durbar at Delhi
on 12th December 1911, married 1stly, 4th June 1881,
HH Maharani Shri Nandkunverba Sahiba, daughter
of HH Maharana Sahib Shri Narayandevji Ramdevji
of Dharampur, born
1867, died 1936, C.I., married 2ndly, 4th April 1882,
a cousin of the Raja Sahib of Wankaner, married 3rdly,
4th April 1882, Kumari Bashahiba Sahiba, his cousin,
daughter of his own maternal uncle, Thakore
Kalyansinhji Jhala of Minapur, married 4thly, HH
Maharani Nanaba Sahiba, daughter of Thakore Shri
Becharsinhji Raisinhji of Chuda,
and had issue, eight children, all by the first wife.
He died 10th March 1944.
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 HH Maharajah Shri Bhojrajjisinhji
Bhagwatsinhji Sahib (qv)
- Maharaj Kumari Shri Bakuver Ba Sahiba, born 14th
August 1884 in Gondal, died unmarried 1970 at
Mumbai.
- Maharajkumar Shri Bhupatsinhji Bhagwatsinhji
Sahib, born 1888, educated at Harrow 1901/1907
- Maharaj Kumari Leila Ba Sahiba [later Rani Bai
Shri Leila Ba Kunverba Sahiba of Jubbal] (by HH
Maharani Shri Nandkunverba Sahiba), born 14th
February 1893 in Gondal, married (as his second
wife), 11th May 1919, Rana Bhagat Chandra of Jubbal, and had issue.
She died 7th March 1975 at New Delhi.
- Maharajkumar Shri Ranjitsinhji Bhagwatsinhji Sahib
- Maharajkumar Shri Kiritsinhji Bhagwatsinhji Sahib,
educated at Harrow 1908/1912
- Maharajkumar Shri Natwarsinhji Bhagwatsinhji Sahib
- Maharajkumari Tara Ba Sahiba, born 1901 in Gondal,
died 1958 in Gondal.
 HH Maharajah Shri
BHOJRAJJISINHJI BHAGWATSINHJI Sahib, 14th
Thakore Saheb of Gondal 1944/1952, born 8th January
1883, married HH Maharani Raj Kunverba Saheb, died on
14th October 1968, and had issue, two sons and five
daughters, as well as adoptive issue. He died 31st
July 1952.
- Maharaj Kumari Sita Ba Sahiba [later HH Maharani
Bai Shri Sita Ba Kunverba Sahiba of Palitana],
married 2nd December 1919, HH Maharaja Shri
Bahadursinhji of Palitana.
- Maharaj Kumari Kamlaba Sahiba, married (as his
second wife), HH Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Bundelkhand
Maharaja Mahendra Sawai Shri Sir Vir Singh Ju Deo
Bahadu, Maharaja of Orchha,
and had issue.
- HH Maharani Vijayba Sahiba, born 19th June 1910,
married HH Maharaja Shri Sir Krishnakumarsinhji
Gohil of Bhavnagar.
She died 6th October 1990.
- HH Maharajah Shri Vikramsinhji Bhojrajjisinhji
Sahib (qv)
- Maharaj Kumari Jayaba Sahiba [HH Thakorani Sahiba
Jayaba Sahiba of Wadhwan], born 1922, married HH
Thakore Sahib Shri Surendrasinhji Jorawarsinhji of Wadhwan, and had
issue. She died 3rd March 2010 at Bangalore.
- Maharaj Kumar Shivrajsinhji Bhojrajjisinhji Sahib,
born 1925, married and had issue, two sons. He died
March 2011.
- Rajkumar Giri Raj Sinhji Shivrajsinhji Sahib,
born 14th January 1948, educated at Rajkumar
College, Rajkot (1964); married 21st November
1972, Kumari Bhuvaneshwari Kumari, daughter of
Kanwar Jagat Bahadur Singh of Sirmur.
- Rajkumar Upendra Sinhji Shivrajsinhji Sahib,
married and has issue, two sons.
- Kumar Shri Jyotirmaya Sinhji Jadeja
- Kumar Shri Padmanav Sinhji Jadeja, married
25th January 2011 in Kishangarh, Maharaj Kumari
Vaishnavi Kumari, daughter of HH Umdae Rajhae
Buland Makan Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Brajraj
Singh Bahadur of Kishangarh,
and his wife, HH Maharani Meenakshi Devi.
- (A) Maharaj Kumari Manhar Kumari Devi,
daughter of Thakore Sahib Balsinhji Jalamsinhji
(see above), married at the Darbargadh, Gondal,
Patayat Bhoopendra Singh Deo of Seraikella, and
has issue.
 - HH Maharajah Shri
VIKRAMSINHJI BHOJRAJJISINHJI Sahib, 15th
Thakore Saheb of Gondal 1952/1969, born 13th October
1914, married 12th May 1937, Kumari Shri Nainkunwarba
[HH Maharani Shri Nainkunwarba Sahiba], sister of
Thakur Sahib Shri Hari Singhji of Achrol in Jaipur,
Rajasthan, and had issue. He died 22nd August 1969.
- HH Maharajah Shri Jyotendrasinhji Vikramsinhji
Sahib (qv)
- HH Maharani Prakash Kumari [Princess Pinkie], born
October 1941, married 20th February 1960, HH
Maharajadhiraj Shri Rajendra Singhji Saheb of Idar and has issue.
- Maharajkumari Aditya Kumari, born 1943.
- Maharajkumar Ghanadityasinhji Vikramsinhji Sahib,
born 3rd March 1946 at Gondal, educated at the Doon
School, Dehra Dun, a keen sports car racer in his
younger days, having participated in various races,
both in India and abroad. He died 9th June 2010 in
Mumbai. (Mumbai, Maharashtra,
India)
- HH Maharajah Shri
JYOTENDRASINHJI VIKRAMSINHJI Sahib, 16th
Thakore Saheb of Gondal (see above)
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HH Maharajah Shri JYOTENDRASINHJI VIKRAMSINHJI
Sahib, 16th and present Thakore Saheb of Gondal
since 1969 (Naulakha Palace, Gondal,
Gujarat, India)