PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY: A
smaller estate belonging to the Champawat Rathores
(Aaidanot branch,
Tejsinhot sub-branch) in Jalor pargana, Jodhpur,
consisting of 2
villages with a revenue of Rs.
3200 and with a single tazim. It was granted to Thakur
Roop Singh,
second son of Thakur Tej Singh
of Auwa in 1708 by Maharaja
Ajit Singh of
Jodhpur, who confiscated it from his brother, Thakur
Harnath Singh, who was given the estate of Auwa instead.
Estate holders
were....
- Thakur ROOP SINGH,
Thakur of Harji 1708/-, second son of
Thakur Tej Singh of
Auwa, he was granted the estate of Harji in 1708 by
Maharaja Ajit Singh
of Jodhpur who confiscated it from his brother, Thakur
Harnath Singh, who was given Auwa instead; married
three wives, and had
issue, three sons.
- Thakur Ram Singh (qv)
- Thakur Ratan Singh, he was granted the estate of
Janiwara
(4 villages, Rs 3400, single tazim) in Pachpadra
pargana, Jodhpur by
Maharaja Bakhat Singh of Jodhpur in 1751; married
and had issue, two
sons. He died 1754 in the battle of Merta against
Jayappa Scindia.
- Thakur Akhai Singh, Thakur of Janiwara
1754/1801, married and had issue, one son and one
daughter. He died
1801 in a battle at Sakarda.
- Thakur Amar Singh, Thakur of Janiwara,
he
adopted Kunwar Nathu Singh, elder son of Thakur
Salam Singh (see
below), and had adoptive issue.
- (A) Thakur Nathu Singh, Thakur of
Janiwara,
he succeeded by adoption; married and had
issue, one son.
- Thakur Pratap Singh, Thakur of
Janiwara.
- Baisa Nath Kanwar, married Thakur Ranjit Singh
of Dundlod.
- Thakur Jalam Singh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Salam Singh, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Nathu Singh, he was adopted by Thakur
Amar
Singh of Janiwara, and succeeded there as
Thakur Nathu Singh of
Janiwara (see above).
- Kunwar Guman Singh
- Thakur RAM SINGH,
Thakur of Harji, he took part in the
battle between
Maharaja Ram Singh and his uncle Maharaja Bakhat Singh
in 1750 in
favour of the latter; married and had issue, two sons
and some
daughters. He died 1754 in the battle of Merta against
Jayappa Scindia.
- Thakur Jaitmal, he was granted the estate of
Bamsin (2
villages, Rs 4000, single tazim) in Siwana pargana,
Jodhpur by Maharaja
Vijai Singh of Jodpur in 1756 for
his father’s services; married and had issue.
- Thakur Hathi Singh, Thakur of Bamsin,
married
and had issue, four sons.
- Thakur Sohan Singh, Thakur of Bamsin,
married
and had issue, one son.
- Thakur Nawal Singh, Thakur of Bamsin,
he
adopted his cousin, Kunwar Bhabhut Singh;
married and had adoptive
issue. He died sp.
- (A) Thakur Bhabhut Singh, Thakur
of Bamsin,
succeeded by adoption, married and had
issue, five sons.
- Thakur Raghunath Singh, Thakur of
Bamsin,
married and had issue, three sons.
- Kunwar Karan Singh
- Kunwar Shivnath Singh
- Kunwar Guman Singh
- Thakur Chatar Singh, married and had issue,
one son.
- Kunwar Bhabhut Singh, he was adopted by his
cousin,
Thakur Nawal Singh, and succeded him as Thakur
Bhabhut Singh of Bamsin
(see above).
- Kunwar Shivdan Singh
- Kunwar Prithvi Singh
- Kunwar Zorawar Singh
- Kunwar Lal Singh, he was adopted
by his uncle Thakur Jawan Singh of Harji, and
succeeded there as Thakur
Lal Singh of Harji (see below).
- Thakur Jawan Singh (qv)
- Baisa Phool Kanwar, married Maharao Jagat Singh of
Sirohi.
- Thakur JAWAN SINGH,
Thakur of Harji, he adopted his nephew,
Kunwar Lal Singh
of Bamsin (see above); married and had issue, two sons
as well as
adoptive issue. He died 1787 in the battle of Tunga.
- Kunwar Prem Singh, he died vp.
- Kunwar Durjan Singh, he died vp.
- (A) Thakur Lal Singh (qv)
- Thakur LAL SINGH,
Thakur of Harji, he succeded by adoption;
married and had
issue, three sons and one daughter.
- Thakur Achal Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Durjan Singh
- Kunwar Dardar Singh
- Baisa Son Kanwar, married Solanki Thakur Kushal
Singh of
Jeelwara.
- Thakur ACHAL SINGH,
Thakur of Harji, married and had issue,
two sons and one
daughter.
- Thakur Himmat Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Kan Singh, he was adopted by Thakur Abhai
Singh of
Bithora, and succeded there as Thakur Kan Singh of
Bithora.
- Baisa Indra Kanwar, married Deora Thakur Guman
Singh of
Bisalpur.
- Thakur HIMMAT SINGH,
Thakur of Harji, married and had
issue, one son.
- Thakur DAULAT SINGH,
Thakur of Harji, married and had
issue, one son.
- Thakur RATAN SINGH,
Thakur of Harji, married and had issue.
- Thakur Chhatar Singh (qv)
- Thakur CHHATAR
SINGH,
Thakur of Harji, he was elected to
Rajasthan Assembly
in 1962 from Swatantra party; married Thakurani Prema
Kanwar, daughter of Hon. Thakur Mahendra Singhji
Ranawat of Kankarwa,
and his wife, Thakurani Gulab Kanwar Rathoriji, and
had issue, two sons and four
daughters.
- Thakur Parikshit Singh
- Thakur Abhimanyu Singh (qv)
- Thakur ABHIMANYU
SINGH,
Thakur of Harji, M.A.(History), B.A. (Hons)(History);
born 10th December 1951, he is a member of the Indian
Administrative Services (IAS), married Thakurani
Sanjeevni, and has
issue, two daughters.
The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully
acknowledged,
February 2009.
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