PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Predecessor state was founded in 1193, renamed Ranpur in
1307, then Chhaya in 1574 and finally Porbandar in 1785. A
First Class state, governed by the law of primogeniture.
Rulers were...
- Rana SAGHJI,
Jethwa ruler and 1st Rana 1120/1150
- Rana SHIYOJI,
Jethwa ruler
- Rana VIKIOJI,
154th Jethwa ruler 1193/1220
- Rana WAJSIJI,
155th Jethwa ruler 1220/1245
- Rana BHANJI,
160th Jethwa ruler and Rana of Ranpur 1307/1360
- Rana KHIMAJI I,
167th Jethwa ruler and Rana of Ranpur, married
(amongst others), a daughter of Jam Shri Vibhaji
Ravalji of Nawanagar,
and had issue.
- Rana RAMDEVJI IV,
168th Jethwa ruler and Rana of Ranpur 1550/1574,
married and had issue. He died 1574.
- Rana KHIMAJI II,
169th Jethwa ruler and Rana of Chhaya 1574/1626, died
1626.
- Rana VIKMATJI II,
170th Jethwa ruler and Rana of Chhaya 1626/1671
- Rana KHIMAJI III,
171st Jethwa ruler and Rana of Chhaya 1671/1699,
married and had issue.
- Rani As Kunwarba Sahiba, married Raj Sahib Meghrajji II Amarsinhji
of Dhrangadhra.
- Rana BHIMSINHJI,
172nd Jethwa ruler and Rana of Chhaya 1699/1709,
married and had issue.
- Rani Manba Sahiba, married
(as his 10th wife), Raj Sahib Meghrajji II Amarsinhji of Dhrangadhra.
- Rana SULTANJI,
?Rana of Chhaya?, married and had issue.
- Rana KHIMAJI IV,
173rd Jethwa ruler and Rana of Chhaya 1709/1728, died
1728.
- Rana VIKMATJI
KHIMAJI III, 174th Jethwa ruler and Rana of
Chhaya 1728/1759
- Rana SULTANJI IV
VIKMATJI, 175th Jethwa ruler and Rana of
Chhaya 1759/1785 then Rana of Porbandar 1785/1804 and
1812/1813, married (amongst others), Rani Bonjiba
Sahiba, daughter of Raj Sahib Gajsinhji Raisinhji of Dhrangadhra,
and his second wife, Rani Phuljiba Sahiba, and had
issue. He died 1813.
- Rana Halaji Sultanji (qv)
- Kumar Shri Abhaisinhji Sultanji, of the Kathevana
branch, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Meghrajji Abhaisinhji, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Kalubha Meghrajji, died sp.
- Kumar Shri Gagjibhai Abhaisinhji, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Nagsinhji Gagjibhai, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Balubha Nagsinhji, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Mohansinhji Balubha, married
and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Sardarsinhji Nagsinhji, married
and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Samatsinhji Nagsinhji, married
and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Devubha Nagsinhji, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Mobatsinhji Devubha
- Kumar Shri Manubha Nagsinhji, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Mangalsinhji Manubha
- Kumar Shri Abhairaji Gagjibhai, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Gagubha Abhairaji, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Mahipatsinhji Gagubha
- Rana HALAJI
SULTANJI, 176th Jethwa ruler and Rana of
Porbandar 1804/1812, of the Shrinagar branch, married
and had issue. He died 1812.
- Rana Khimaji Halaji (qv)
- Kumar Shri Ramsinhji Halaji, married and had
issue.
- Kumar Shri Naransinhji Ramsinhji, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Motiji Naransinhji, married and had
issue.
- Kumar Shri Shivsinhji Motiji, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Indrasinhji Shivsinhji Jethwa,
educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1949);
married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Rajendrasinhji Indrasinhji
Jethwa, educated at Rajkumar College,
Rajkot (1976)
- Kumar Shri Kishansinhji Shivsinhji Jethwa,
educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1954).
- Kumar Shri Dharmendrasinhji Shivsinhji,
educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1964).
- Kumar Shri Kesubha Motiji
- Kumar Shri Ramsinhji Motiji
- Rana KHIMAJI HALOJI
[Pratirajji], 177th Jethwa ruler and Rana of Porbandar
(1812?) 1813/1831
- HH Rana Sahib
VIKMATJI IV KHIMAJI, 178th Jethwa ruler and
Rana of Porbandar 1831/1894, born 1st April 1819,
succeeded 20th June 1831 (#1), married (amongst
others), HH Rani Bonjiba Sahiba, daughter of Raj Sahib
Amarsinhji Raisinhji of Dhrangadhra,
and his sixth wife, Rani Ram Kunwarba Sahiba, and had
issue. He died 21st April 1900.
- Yuvraj Saheb Madhavsinhji Vikmatji, married and
had issue. He died vp before 1900.
- HH Rana Sahib Bhavsinhji Madhavsinhji Bahadur
(qv)
- Kumar Shri Pratapsinhji Vikmatji, died sp.
- Kumar Shri Hamirsinhji Vikmatji of Bapodar,
married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Vajesinhji Hamirsinhji, married and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Dadubha Vajesinhji Jethwa
INTERREGNUM 1894/1900
- HH Rana Sahib
BHAVSINHJI MADHAVSINHJI Bahadur, 179th Jethwa
ruler and Rana of Porbandar 1900/1908, educated at
Rajkumar College, Rajkot; he succeeded to the gaddi
on 15th September 1900, married (a), a daughter of
Thakore Saheb Suraji II Surtanji of Virpur, married (b),
1902, a daughter of HH Thakore Sahib Takhatsinhji Jaswantsinhji of Bhavnagar, and had
issue. He died 10th December 1908.
- Lt.Col. HH Maharaja Rana Sahib Shri Sir
Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji Bahadur (qv)
 - Lt.Col. HH Maharaja
Rana Sahib Shri Sir NATWARSINHJI BHAVSINHJI Bahadur,
180th Jethwa ruler and Maharaja Rana of Porbandar
1908/1979, born 30th June 1901 (#3),
Investiture was held on 26th January 1920, K.C.S.I.,
Maharaja Rana Sahib [cr.1918], educated at
Rajkumar College, Rajkot (Diploma 1918); Captain of
the All India Cricket Team in 1932; married 1stly, 5th
February 1920 (#4), HH
Maharani Shri Rupaliba Sahiba, M.B.E., died 1943,
daughter of HH Thakore Sahib Shri Sir Daulatsinhji
Jashwantsinhji [Dadha Muluji] of Limbdi, married 2ndly,
20th November 1954, Maharani Anant Kunverba (a Welsh
lady), died 1989. He died sp on 4th October
1979 at Porbandar (#2) (NOTE).
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Maj.-Gen. Kumar Shri Chandrasinhji Desaiji Jethwa of
Morana, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1951);
I.A. (ret'd.), President of the Old Boys Association
of Rajkumar College 1997/2000, died 18th November
2001.
- Kumar Shri Hamirsinhji Takhatsinhji Jethwa, educated
at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1952)
- Rani Badan Kunwarba Sahiba, married (as his
fifteenth wife), Raj Sahib Raisinhji Pratapsinhji of Dhrangadhra.
- Kumar Shri Pratapsinhji Jethwa of Srinagar, married
1976, Kumari Kiran Kunverba, daughter of Rana Shri
Udaisinhji Mansinhji Sahib of Bhadakva, and his wife,
Rani Bharati Kunwarba Sahiba.
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