PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Raja
Prithviraj of Amber included the "Sheobramhpota" into the 12
Principal houses of Amber called
the Bara Kothri. A Tazimi thikana, it is notable that
only three of the twelve Principal
houses came from predecesors of Raja Prithvirajji. Nindar was founded
by Rao Shivbramh, the fourth son of Raja Udaikaranaji of Amber (Jaipur)
1366/1388, who received 51 villages, including Nindar, as his
inheritance. Estate holders were....
- Rao SHIVBRAMH
[Sheobramh], 1st Rao of Nindar, fourth son of Raja Udaikaranaji
of Amber, he recieved the jagir of Nindar and 50 other villages (#1), fought victoriously in three battles; married
and had issue.
- Rao BHOJRAJ, 2nd
Rao of Nindar, married and had issue.
- Rao RIDMAL, 3rd Rao
of Nindar, married and had issue.
- Rao RANMAL, 4th Rao
of Nindar, married and had issue.
- Rao Nathu, died sp.
- Rao Panchayan
(qv)
- Rao Asal
- Rao PANCHAYAN,
5th Rao of Nindar, married and had issue.
- Rao DEVIDAS
[Deidas], 6th Rao of Nindar, married and had issue.
- Rawat GOPALDAS, 7th
Rawat of Nindar, a brave and fearless warrior, by the time
he was 12 years old he had fought in three battles against the Bargujar
rajputs. He accompanied Raja Man Singh of Amber in an expedition to the
east, and killed the Faujdar of Balghata; in a campaign in the Kaimar
valley of Afghanistan, he killed Katlu Khan Pathan; and in the south in
Berar he distinguished himself in battle earning the hereditary title
of Rawat; married and had issue, three sons.
- Rawat Bhopat Singh (qv)
- Rao Khetasi
- Rao Rinmal
- Rawat BHOPAT SINGH,
8th Rawat of Nindar, also distinguished himself in battles
like his father before him; married and had issue, three sons.
- Rawat Raghodas (qv)
- Rawat Fatah Singh (qv)
- Rao Dungar Singh
- Rawat RAGHODAS, 9th
Rawat of Nindar, died without an heir.
- Rawat FATAH SINGH,
10th Rawat of Nindar, he fought victoriously against the
troublesome Bargujar rajputs as well as others; married and had issue,
nine sons.
- Rawat Keshari Singh (qv)
- Rao Chatar Singh
- Rao Sujan Singh
- Rao Achal Singh
- Rawat Devi Singh (qv)
- Rao Kushal Singh
- Rao Mohakam Singh
- Rao Ajab Singh
- Rao Hindu Singh
- Rawat KESHARI SINGH,
11th Rawat of Nindar, died without an heir and was succeeded
by his younger brother.
- Rawat DEVI SINGH,
12th Rawat of Nindar, married and had issue, three sons.
- Rao Bakhat Singh, died young.
- Rawat Jujhar Singh (qv)
- Rawat Zorawar Singh (qv)
- Rawat JUJHAR SINGH,
13th Rawat of Nindar, died without issue.
- Rawat ZORAWAR SINGH,
14th Rawat of Nindar, a prominent noble and army general in
Jaipur in the
time of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur who appointed him Meer Bakshi; fought in a number of
battles, mostly against the Jats of Bharatpur; appointed governor of
the Pargana of Rampura in Malwa, which was gifted by the Maharana of
Udaipur, during the minority of Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh; the
northern gate
of old Jaipur is named for the Rawat (Zorawar Singh gate); married
and had issue.
- Rawat SARDOOL SINGH,
15th Rawat of Nindar, married and had issue.
- Rawat BHOPAL SINGH,
16th Rawat of Nindar, married and had issue.
- Rawat HARI SINGH,
17th Rawat of Nindar, adopted a paternal relative. He died sp.
- Rawat ISHWARI SINGH,
18th Rawat of Nindar, married and had issue, three sons.
- Rawat Laxman Singh (qv)
- Rawat Zalim Singh (qv)
- Rao Jaswant Singh, married and had issue, one son.
- Rawat LAXMAN SINGH,
19th Rawat of Nindar, died without an heir and was succeeded
by the next younger brother.
- Rawat ZALIM SINGH,
20th Rawat of Nindar, married and had issue.
- Rawat MAHATAB SINGH,
21st Rawat of Nindar, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer (the
second stundent to be admitted) on 1st November 1875; married a
daughter of the Jagirdar of Mahajan in Bikaner, and had issue, two sons
and one daughter.
- Rawat Ram Singh (qv)
- Rawat Amar Singh (qv)
- Baisa (name unknown),
married the Jagirdar of Leri in Nagour district.
- Rawat RAM SINGH,
22nd Rawat of Nindar, married to a Parihar Princess of Malhajini
in Itawa, U.P. He died sp.
- Rawat AMAR SINGH,
23rd Rawat of Nindar -/1919, born 1887, married Jodhiji Rani
Sugan Kunwar, daughter of the jagirdar of Dabadi in Jodhpur, and had
issue, two sons. He died 1919.
- Rawat Raghunath Singh (qv)
- Rao Kishan Singh, born August 1914, educated
at Mayo College, Ajmer; he was a brilliant student and remained
Head Monitor there in 1931/1932; he served in the Jaipur Infantry and
the Man Singh
Guards as a commissioned officer; he left the army and joined the
Indian Civil Service in the Excise, Taxation and Customs department in
1949; married Rani Laxmi
Kunwar, eldest daughter of Apji Khuman Singh of Dabri in Kotah, and had
issue, two sons and one daughter. He died February 1967.
- Kumari Uma, married Yogendra Singh
Chundawat of Athana, M.P.
- Kunwar Mukut Singh, died young in 1959 aged 8 years
- Rao Pratap Singh Rajawat (Photo),
born 24th October 1954 at
Nindar, Jaipur Dist., Rajasthan; educated
(Graduate), studied Law for two years, presently working in Rajasthan
Government as an officer; married 12th February 1981 at Bikaner, Rani
Sheela Kanwar, and has issue.
- Kunwar Akshay Singh
- Kunwar Ajay Singh
- Kumari Sangeeta
- Rawat RAGHUNATH SINGH,
24th Rawat of Nindar 1919/1936, born 1908, the last
recognized Rawat of Nindar; educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; married
1stly, Rani Chandra Kunwar of Harasar
in Bikaner, married 2ndly, Rani
Mohan
Kunwar of Mayala in Bikaner, and had issue, two sons. He died 1936.
- Rao Surendra Singh (by Rani Chandra Kunwar), born 1930,
educated
at Mayo College, Ajmer; he joined the Indian Civil Service in the
Excise, Taxation and Customs
department in 1949, together with his uncle, Rao Kishan Singh, but soon
left the service and
remained at home; married Rani Mahendra Kumari of Budsu, and had
issue, five sons
and six daughters. He died 1980.
- Rao Ranveer Singh
- Rao Mahendra Singh
- Rao Veerendra Singh
- Rao Narendra Singh
- Rao Gajendra Singh
- Rao Hari Singh (by Rani Mohan Kunwar), born 1935,
educated at Mayo College, Ajmer (achieving a degree in
Homeopathy); worked in a private firm for few years then retired,
married Rani Shagun Kunwar, daughter of Col. Thakur Keshri Singh of Kanota, and had
issue, one son and one daughter. He died 2006.
- Rao Harshvardhan Singh, presently engaged in his own
business; married Rani Anju Kumari of Amargadh, and has issue.
- Kumari
Rajyashree
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