PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The Jagir
of Pokhran was granted to Rajshri Thakur Maha Singh in
1729 by
Maharaja Abhay Singhji of Jodhpur. Estate holders were...
- Rajshri Thakur MAHA
SINGH,
1st Thakur of Pokhran 1729/1744, born 1687, younger
son
of Thakur
Bhagwan Dasji Champawat of Bheenmal (see Daspan),
he succeeded in Bhinmal on the death of his father in
1715, which
was exchanged for Pokhran with 100 villages in 1729 by
Maharaja Abhai
Singh; married 1stly, Thakurani Bane Kanwar, daughter
of Chauhan Thakur
Fateh Singh, married 2ndly, Thakurani Hast Kanwar,
daughter of Chauhan
Thakur Benidas, married 3rdly, Thakurani Pratap
Kanwar, daughter of
Bhati Thakur Guman Singh, married 4thly, Thakurani
Kesar Kanwar,
daughter of Deora Thakur Pratap Singh, married 5thly,
Thakurani Vijai
Kanwar, daughter of Sisodia Thakur Bhagwandas, married
6thly, Thakurani
Jadav Kanwar, daughter of Chawda Thakur Surat Singh,
married 7thly,
Thakurani Fateh Kanwar, daughter of Bhati Thakur Devi
Singh of
Bikampur,
and had issue, one son. He died in 1744.
- Rajshri Thakur Devi Singh (by Thakurani Bane
Kanwar)
(qv).
- Rajshri Thakur DEVI
SINGH,
2nd Thakur of Pokhran 1744/1760, born 1721, married
1stly, Thakurani Madan Kanwar, daughter of Bhati
Thakur Sujan Singh of
Lawera, married 2ndly, Thakurani Ram Kanwar, daughter
of Sodha Thakur
Bhairu Das of Kheda, married 3rdly, Thakurani Birad
Kanwar, daughter of
Sonigra Thakur Gulab Singh, married 4thly, Thakurani
Padam Kanwar,
daughter of Bhati Thakur Sangram Singh, and had issue,
two sons and
three daughters. He was killed by Maharaja Vijai Singh
of Jodhpur in
1760.
- Rajshri Thakur Sabal Singh (by Thakurani Madan
Kanwar)
(qv)
- Thakur Shyam Singh (by Thakurani Ram Kanwar), he
defeated
the Chauhan Rajputs of Geejgarh in battle, and
established his
authority there in 1774; married and had issue (see
Geejgarh).
- Baisa Umed Kanwar (by Thakurani Madan Kanwar),
married
Shekhawat Rao Ram Singh of Kansli (Rao Puranmal was
her son who was
deposed by Rao Devi Singh of Sikar).
- Thakurani Birad Kanwar, married (as his fourth
wife), Thakur
Keshri Singh of Dundlod,
she committed sati
in 1768.
- Thakurani Shyam Kanwar (by
Thakurani
Ram Kanwar), married Thakur
Narsinghdas
of
Nawalgarh.
- Rajshri Thakur
SABAL SINGH,
3rd Thakur of Pokhran 1760/1761, born 1736, married
1stly, Thakurani Jatan Kanwar, daughter of Deora
Thakur Sagat Singh of
Adava, married 2ndly, Thakurani Jas Kanwar, daughter
of Bhati Thakur
Keerat Singh of Bikampur, married 3rdly, Thakurani
Fateh Kanwar,
daughter of Bhati Thakur Ram Chandra of Dangri,
married 4thly,
Thakurani Sringar Kanwar, daughter of the Bhati family
of Sanwana, and
had issue, one son. He died 1761.
- Rajshri Thakur Sawai Singh (by Thakurani Fateh
Kanwar)
(qv)
- Rajshri Thakur
SAWAI SINGH,
Thakur of Pokhran 1761/1808, born 1750, married
1stly, Thakurani Pane Kanwar, daughter of Bhati Thakur
Swarup Singh of
Chab, married 2ndly, Thakurani Nath Kanwar, daughter
of Bhati Thakur
Anop Singh of Jhijhanya, married 3rdly, Thakurani
Bakhtawar Kanwar,
daughter of Chundawat Rawat Arjun Singh of Kurabar,
married 4thly,
Thakurani Chiman Kanwar, daughter of Ranawat Thakur
Pahad Singh of
Sanwad, married 5thly, Thakurani Roop Kanwar, daughter
of Bhati Thakur
Aaidan Singh of Rampura, married 6thly, Thakurani Pane
Kanwar, daughter
of Bhati Hriday Singh of Uchkala, and had issue, three
sons and four
daughters. He
died 1808 in the battle of Mundwa.
- Rajshri Thakur Salam Singh (by Thakurani Pane
Kanwar) (qv)
- Thakur Himat Singh (by Thakurani Nath Kanwar),
married
Thakurani Suraj Kanwar, daughter of Solanki Thakur
Jawan Singh of Kot,
and had issue.
- Kunwar Bhabhoot Singh, he was adopted by his
uncle,
Thakur
Salam Singh and succeeded by adoption in 1821 as
Rao Bahadur Thakur
Bhabhoot Singh of Pokhran (qv).
- Thakur Jalim Singh (by Thakurani Nath Kanwar)
- Thakurani Ratan Kanwar (by Thakurani Pane Kanwar),
married (as his first wife),
Thakur Ranjit Singh of Dundlod, and
had
issue.
- Baisa Jas Kanwar (by Thakurani Pane Kanwar)
- Rani Gulab Kanwar (by Thakurani Pane Kanwar),
married
Raja Abhai Singh of Khetri,
and had issue.
- Rani Sohan Kanwar (by Thakurani Pane Kanwar),
married
Ranawat Rajadhiraj Amar Singh of Shahpura.
- Rajshri Thakur
SALAM SINGH,
Thakur of Pokhran 1808/1821, born 1773, he adopted
his nephew, Kunwar Babhoot Singh, married 1stly,
Thakurani Kundan
Kanwar, daughter of Chauhan Thakur Vijai Singh of
Roicha, married
2ndly, Thakurani Sireh Kanwar, daughter of Chauhan
Thakur Jagatram
Singh of Bapusar, married 3rdly, Thakurani Ajan
Kanwar, daughter of
Gogawat Rao Raja Shambhu Singh of Dhuni, married
4thly, Thakurani Sahai
Kanwar, daughter of Ranawat Thakur Arjun Singh, son of
Rajadhiraj
Tanjit Singh of Shahpura, married 5thly, Thakurani
Chandan Kanwar,
daughter of Bhati Thakur Karan Singh of Badu, and had
issue, as well as
adoptive issue. He died spm 1821.
- Baisa Chand Kanwar [Maharani Chand Kanwar of
Jaipur] (by
Thakurani Sireh Kanwar), married 1805, Maharaja
Jagat Singhji of Jaipur.
- Rao Bahadur Thakur
BHABHOOT SINGH, Thakur of Pokhran 1821/1876,
born 1813, he
adopted Kunwar Guman
Singh, younger son of Thakur Samel Singhji of Daspan
in 1876, married
1stly, Thakurani Anand Kanwar, daughter of Nathawat
Rawal Bairisal
(18??-38) of Samode, married 2ndly, Thakurani Phool
Kanwar, daughter of
Bhati Thakur Sardul Singh of Balarwa, married 3rdly,
Thakurani Jatan
Kanwar, daughter of Chauhan Thakur Ajit Singh of
Sointra, and had
adoptive issue. He died sp 1876.
- (A) Rao Bahadur Thakur Guman Singh (qv)
- Rao Bahadur Thakur
GUMAN
SINGH, Thakur of Pokhran 1876/1877, born
1847, as
Kunwar Guman Singh,
younger son of Thakur Samel Singhji of Daspan, adopted
by Rao Bahadur
Thakur Bhabhoot Singhji in 1876; he adopted his
nephew, Kunwar Mangal
Singhji, son of Thakur Sagat Singhji of Daspan in
1877, married 1stly,
Thakurani Indra Kanwar, daughter of Khangarot Thakur
Karan Singh of
Palri, married 2ndly, Thakurani Indra Kanwar, daughter
of Bhati Thakur
Surat Singh of Rampura, married 3rdly, Thakurani Son
Kanwar, daughter
of the Chauhan family of Kotharia, and had
adoptive issue. He died sp 1877.
- (A) Rao Bahadur Thakur Mangal Singh (qv)
- Rao Bahadur Thakur
MANGAL
SINGH, Thakur of Pokhran 1877/1928, born 1870
as
Kunwar Mangal Singhji, son of Thakur Sagat Singhji of
Daspan,
and adopted by his uncle, Thakur Guman Singh in 1877;
educated at Mayo
College,
Ajmer; hereditary Pradhan of Jodhpur State, Member of
the Maharaja's
Council,
C.I.E.; he married a daughter of Nathawat Thakur
Govind Singh
(1862-1900) of Chomu, and had issue. He died 1928.
- Rao Bahadur Thakur Chain Singh (qv)
- Thakur Sukh Singh, born 1891, he was granted the
estate
of Pato Ka Bara by his father.
- Kunwar Khushal Singh, adopted by Thakur Kanh Singh
of
Geejgarh, and
succeeded there as Thakur Khushal Singh of Geejgarh.
- Thakur Ganga Singh, born 1896, he was granted the
estate
of Rampura by his father; married and had issue.
- Thakur Anop Singh of Rampura, M.L.A. 1957/1962
- Rao Bahadur Thakur
CHAIN
SINGH, Thakur of Pokhran 1928/-, born 1889,
Thikanedar of
Pokhran and
Taluqdar
of Ralpur in Rae Bareli Distt., Oudh, Pradhan of the
Champawat
clan
(17th in descent from Rao Champa and 9th in descent
from Rao Bhagwan
Das,
1st Pradhan of the family), M.A., LL.B., F.R.E.S.,
Senior Advocate of
the
Federal Court of India, Advocate of the High Court of
Allahabad, Puisne
Judge of the Chief Court 1922/1927, Chief Judge of the
Chief Court
1927/1929,
Acting Chief Minister 1934, Member of the Agra
University Court
1930/36,
Member of the Benares University Court 1918/- ;
married and had issue,
four sons and at least two daughters.
- Rajshri Thakur Bhawani Singh (qv)
- Thakur Fateh Singh, he was granted the estate of
Dunara
by his father, married Thakurani Prem Kunwar,
daughter of the Rao Sahib
of Karjali, he adopted his nephew Kunwar Ajai Singh,
son of his younger
brother, Thakur Akhey Singhji. He died sp.
- (A) Thakur Ajai Singh of Dunara (see below).
- Thakur Akhey Singhji, married Thakurani Santosh
Kumari,
daughter of the Thakur Sahib of Chingrawali, and his
wife, a daughter
of Rana Hardev Singh of Kunihar, and had issue.
- Thakur Ajai Singh of Dunara, he was adopted by
his
uncle and succeeded him as the Thakur Sahib of
Dunara; married
Thakurani Sandhya Kumari,
daughter of Rajkumar Dr. Sajjan Singh of Churhat,
and has issue, one daughter.
- Baisa Darshika Kumari, born 6th October 1983.
- Baisa Madhulika Kumari
- Thakur Bhim Singh
- Thakur Prithvi Singh
- Rani Sohan Kunwari, married Rawat Man Singh of Kotharia.
- Rani Kishore Kanwar, married Raja Sangram Singh of
Khandela-Junior.
- Rajshri Thakur
BHAWANI
SINGH B.A. Hons. (Cantab.),
Thakur of Pokhran, born 1911, Barrister-at-Law, M.P.
1952/1957; married
and
had issue, 3 sons.
- Rajshri Thakur Bikram Singh (qv)
- Thakur Banney Singh, he was granted the estate of
Kala by
his father; married 1961, Thakurani Rajendra
Kumari, daughter of Rawat Raghuraj Singh of Bohera,
and his wife, Rani Pratap
Kanwar, and has issue, two
sons and one daughter.
- Thakur Dilip Singh of Kala
- Thakur Digvijay Singh of Kala
- Baisa Gayatri Kumari
- Thakur Birendra Singh, he was granted the estate
of
Khetolai by his father; married Thakurani Sushila
Kumari,
daughter of Raja Chattar Dev Singh of Poonch,
and has issue, two daughters.
- Baisa Poonam Singh
- Baisa Priya Singh
- Rajshri Thakur
BIKRAM SINGH,
Thakur of Pokhran, born 1930, married 1956, Thakurani
Shobha Rani of Pratapgarh
in U.P.,
and had
issue.
- Rajshri Thakur Nagendra Singh (qv)
- Baisa Urmija Kumari, born 1958.
- Baisa Urvashi Kumari, born 1966.
- Baisa Geetanjali Kumari, born 1968, married
February
1990, Rajkumar Gopendra Singh of Tiloi,
and has issue, one son and one daughter.
- Rajshri Thakur
NAGENDRA
SINGH, Thakur of Pokhran (see above)
The help of Deepak Aggarwal is
gratefully acknowledged, February 2009.
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