KACHHI BARODA (Princely State)

  
AREA: 90 km2 REVENUE: 30,000Rs  ACCESSION: 1947
STATE: Madhya Pradesh DYNASTY: Rathore RELIGION: Hindu
  POPULATION: 2,877 (1901)   
     
PRESENT RULER: Maharaj Sahib Shri RAMESHWAR PRATAP SINGH, present Thakur Saheb of Kachhi-Baroda since 1973. (Kachhi-Baroda House, Royal Park, 19/3, New Palasia, Indore 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India)
born 4th February 1926 at Indore, educated at Daly College, Indore, member of the record breaking Holkar XI Cricket Team, in the Ranji Trophy of 1945/1946, in which six centuries were scored, including a century by the Maharaj, the side declared at 8 for 912; he married 13th December 1946 at Agra, Late Rani Saheb Rukmani Kumari, daughter of Raja Suryapal Singhji of Awagarh, and has issue, two sons and one daughter.
  • Baisa Neera Kumari [HH Maharani Sahiba Rathoriji of Banswara, now HH the Rajmata Sahiba of Banswara], married 1975, HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Suryaveer Singhji of Banswara, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
  • Kunwar Tripureshwar Pratap Singh, born 30th July 1952, educated at Daly College, Indore, married Kunwarani Dipti Kumari, eldest daughter of Thakur Digvijai Singh of Bedia, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
    • Bhanwar Tejvir Singh, born 25th November 1981, educated at Daly College, Indore (graduating in 2000, being the fifth generation of his family to do so), and at Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., attaining a Degree of Bachelor of Economics, he was the first squash player from Daly College to represent India in junior squash, being ranked nationally in the top 5, later at Hobart College he captained the squash team for two years, and was part of the historic 2005 top 10 Hobart Squash finish at the National team Championships at Yale University, he is presently working as an analyst at Alpine Capital, being based in New York City.
    • Kumari Rohini Kumari, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer (2003), at Daly College, Indore and graduated from Mt. Carmel College, Banglore, she finished her Masters degree in Communications from S.B.M.J.C., Bangalore.
  • Kunwar Chandikeshwar Singh, born 10th July 1958, married Kunwarani Shilpa Kumari of Rawatpura, Bundelkhand, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
    • Bindeshwari Kumari, educated at Daly College, Indore.
    • Bhanwar Rajeshwar Pratap Singh, educated at Daly College, Indore.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: This state was a guaranteed Thikana under the Acheson Treaty of 1865, with full powers of Judiciary, Customs, Police and Excise. Rulers were...
  • Maharaj Shri RAI SINGH, Thakur of Kachhi-Baroda, second son of Raja Ratan Singh of Ratlam; married and had issue.
    • Maharaj Padma Singh (qv)
    • Kunwar Anoop Singh, he was adopted by his uncle, Maharaj Sakat Singhji of Multhan, and succeeded there as Maharaj Anoop Singhji of Multhan.
  • Maharaj Shri PADMA SINGH, Thakur of Kachhi-Baroda
  • Maharaj Shri NAHAR SINGH, Thakur of Kachhi-Baroda
  • Maharaj Shri JORAWAR SINGH, Thakur of Kachhi-Baroda
  • Maharaj Shri SOBHAL SINGH, Thakur of Kachhi-Baroda
  • Maharaj Shri BHAGWAT SINGH, Thakur of Kachhi-Baroda -/1857, on 14th December 1818, a Settlement (No. CCXXIV) was made by Sir John Malcolm with the Thakur Saheb, by which the Thakur received sixteen villages subject to an annual payment of Rupees 9,459 to the Dhar Darbar, and he also engaged to be responsible for the peace of the villages; his widow adopted his nephew as his successor. He died sp 1857 (#2).
    • (A) Kunwar Dalel Singh, he succeeded as Maharaj Dalel Singh, Thakur Saheb of Kachhi-Baroda (qv)
  • Maharaj Shri DALEL SINGH, Thakur of Kachhi-Baroda 1857/1897, born 1839, succeeded 1864 (#1), Jagirdar of Chhayan in Kachhi-Baroda, nephew of preceding, married a Rani from the Sisodia family of Kulthana, Pratapgarh, and had issue. He died 1897.
    • Maharaj Jalam Singh (qv)
    • Rajkumar Ram Singh, he was adopted by HH Raja Shardul Sinh of Sitamau and succeded there as HH Raja Sir Ram Sinh II Bahadur of Sitamau.
    • Maharaj Kishan Singh
    • Baisaheb Manak Kunverba, married Raja Bahadur Singh of Raghogarh.
  • Maharaj Shri JALAM SINGH, Thakur of Kachhi-Baroda 1897/1906, educated at Daly College, Indore, married and had issue. He died 13th June 1906.
    • Baisaheb Vishnu Kumari, born 1895, married (as his first wife), Rawat Jai Singhji, 3rd Rawat Saheb of Meja. She died sp in 1968.
    • Maharaj Beni Madho Singh (qv)
  • Maharaj Shri BENI MADHO SINGH, Thakur of Kachhi-Baroda 1906/1973, born 3rd October 1904 and succeeded 13th June 1906 (#3), educated at Daly College, Indore; married 1stly, 1924, Rani Sahiba Brijraj Kumari, daughter of Raja Saheb Lakshmi Raj Singh of Gabhana, Dist. Aligarh, U.P., married 2ndly, Rani Sushil Kunverba of Malia, died sp, and had issue. He died 1973.
    • Maharaj Sahib Rameshwar Pratap Singh (qv)
    • Kumar Deshpal Singh, born 17th April 1931, educated at Daly College, Indore.
  • Maharaj Sahib Shri RAMESHWAR PRATAP SINGH, Thakur of Kachhi-Baroda (see above)
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 , p.222
2. The Thakur died in 1856 (sic) without a direct heir. The matter was not reported to the Government of India, but under instructions from Sir R. Hamilton, then Agent to the Governor-General at Indore, the Dhar State was informed that as the Thakurate had become vacant, the guarantee of the British Government was at an end. The widow of Thakur Bhagwant Singh, however, adopted Kunwar Dalel Singh and the adoption was confirmed by the Dhar State. When the case came under the notice of Government in 1864, it was decided that the abolition of the guarantee was contrary to the policy and previous practice of the British Government, The guarantee was therefore restored.
3. "Indian Annual Register" , N. N. Nitra, Calcutta 1945