PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded in 1730. Rulers were....
- Raja JAI SINGH,
1st Raja of Sailana 1730/1757, took revenge against
his uncle for the murder of his father, and with his
elder brother they shared the three estates amongst
themselves, with his brother receiving Dharad (Ratlam)
and Dhamnod, whilst he retained the estate of Raoti in
1730, later in 1730, he built the present capital of Sailana,
and became its first ruler in 1730, married and had
issue.
- Raja Jaswant Singh (qv)
- Raja Ajab Singh (qv)
- Raja JASWANT SINGH,
2nd Raja of Sailana 1757/1772, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Shri Daulat Singh, received
Semalia/Semlia/Semilya, as his share of his father's
property, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Shri Bakhtawar Singh, Thakur Saheb of
Semalia, married and had issue.
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- Maharaj Shri Bhawani Singh, Thakur Saheb of
Semalia, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Jashwant Singh, he was adopted by
Raja Duleh Singhji, and succeeded as HH Raja
Sir Jashwant Singhji Bahadur, 10th Raja of
Sailana (see below)
- Maharaj Shri Chattar Singh, Thakur Saheb
of Semalia, 1888/-, educated at Daly
College, Indore, succeeded to Semlia on his
brothers adoption in 1888; married and had
issue.
- Maharaj Vishwanath Singh, married and
had issue.
- Maharaj Narendrasingh Vishwanathsingh,
educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot
(1947).
- Maharaj Virendrasinhji
Vishwanathsinhji, educated at Rajkumar
College, Rajkot (1948).
- Maharaj Surendrasinhji
Vishwanathsinhji, educated at Rajkumar
College, Rajkot (1949).
- Baiji Lal Rajkumari (name unknown)
[HH the Shemaliawala Rani], married (as
his first wife), HH Thakore Saheb Sir
Lakhajirajsinhji II Bavajirajsinhji of Rajkot, and
had issue.
- HH Maharani Surendra Kumari Devi,
married HH Maharaja Sir Brijnathsinhji
Randhirsinhji Ju Deo Bahadur K.C.I.E., 9th
Maharaja Saheb of Maihar, and
had issue.
- Rani Brijendra Kumari, born 1918,
married Raja Surendra Bikram Singh of Itaunja,
and had adoptive issue. She died sp
on 24th April 1978.
- HH Maharani Kesar Kunwari, married (as his
second wife), HH Maharawal Raghunath Singhji
of Pratapgarh
in Rajasthan. She died 28th April 1908.
- Baiji Lal Rajkumari (name unknown),
married Rao Sangram Singhji of Garhi.
- Raja AJAB SINGH,
3rd Raja of Sailana 1772/1782, married and had issue.
- Raja MOKHAM SINGH,
4th Raja of Sailana 1782/1797, married and had issue.
- Raja Lakshman Singh (qv)
- Rajkumar (name
unknown) Singh, married and had issue.
- Raja LAKSHMAN SINGH,
5th Raja of Sailana 1797/1826, married and had issue.
- Raja RATAN SINGH,
6th Raja of Sailana 1826/1827, died spm 1827.
- Raja NAHAR SINGH,
7th Raja of Sailana 1827/1842, married and had issue.
- Raja TAKHAT SINGHJI,
8th Raja of Sailana 1842/1850, married and had issue.
He died 1850.
- Raja Duleh Singhji (qv)
- Rani Ejan Kanwar, married (as his first wife),
1841, Raj Rana Shiv Singh of Bari-Sadri.
- Raja DULEH SINGHJI,
9th Raja of Sailana 1850/1895, born 1838/1839, he
adopted Kunwar Jashwant Singh of Semlia as his
successor, married and had issue, as well as adoptive
issue. He died spm
in 1895.
- HH Maharani Juhaar Kunwari, born 1866, married (as
his second wife), HH Maharawat Udai Singh, Maharawat
of Pratapgarh.
- HH Maharani Phool Kunwari, married (as his third
wife), HH Maharawat Udai Singh, Maharawat of Pratapgarh.
- (A) HH Raja Sir Jashwant Singhji Bahadur
Sahib (qv)
- HH Raja Sir
JASHWANT SINGHJI Bahadur Sahib, 10th Raja of
Sailana 1895/1919, son of Maharaj Bhawani Singhji,
Jagirdar of Semlia, born 1864, K.C.S.I. [cr.1904],
educated at Daly College, Indore,, he was granted the
Kaiser-i-Hind Medal in 1901, married 1stly, HH
Rani Yashwant Kunwar, daughter of the Rao Sahib of
Dhariawad, married 2ndly, HH Rani Govind Kanwar, died
1906, daughter of the Raja of Machhand, married 3rdly,
HH Rani Chandra Kunwar Baiji Sahiba, daughter of Rana
Indrajit Singhji of Barwani,
and had issue, five sons and three daughters. He died
4th August 1919.
- HH Raja Sir Dileep Singhji Bahadur (qv)
- Shreeman Maharaj Bharat Singhji, adopted to
Multhan and succeeded there on 26th August 1901, as
Dharmalankar Dharm-Bhushan Dharm-Diwaker
Sahityabhusan Shreeman Maharaj Bharat Singhji Sahib,
Raja Sahib of Multhan.
- Shreeman Maharaj Ramchandra Singh, educated at
Mayo Collge, Ajmer (Class-Captain 1919/20);
graduated with an M.D.H. degree in Homeopathic
Medicine; he was granted the estate of Kaneri,
Barmawal Jagir in 1907 by his father, and succeeded
there as the Maharaj Sahib of Kaneri / Barmawal;
married 1stly, a daughter of Maharaj Sahib Dhonkal
Singhji of Baidia in Gwalior state, married 2ndly,
a daughter of the Maharaj Sahib of Tejpur in
Pratapgarh state, and had issue.
- Maharaj Sahib Krishnachandra Singhji of
Kaneri/Barmawal, born in 1920, educated at Daly
College, Indore, married Rani Gulab Kunwar,
daughter of Rao Sahib Umaid Singhji of Bawal in
Gwalior state, and had issue.
- Shreeman Maharaj Mandhata Singhji, with his
brother, he left Sailana and moved to Bikaner in
1919, where he joined the Bikaner State services
under HH Maharaja Ganga Singhji, and worked with him
till his end as his last Prime Minister.
- Shreeman Maharaj Ajatshatru Singhji of Mordar,
born 11th November 1904 in Jaswant Vilas Palace,
Sailana, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer (where he
was awarded the Viceroy’s medal for Excellence in
Academics), and at Benaras Hindu University; with
his brother he left Sailana and moved to Bikaner in
1919; married Shrimati Rani Krishna Kumari, only
daughter and heiress of Rai Bahadur Choudhary Ranjit
Singh, and his wife, Shrimati Rani Phool Kumari
Sahiba of Dhampur in Bijnor District, U.P., and had
issue, three sons.
- Shreeman Maharaj Rajendra Singhji Sahib of
Dhampur, married Chhoree Maharani Dibya Laxmi
Devi, daughter of Supradipta Manyabara
Cmdr-in-Chief Gen. HH Shri Shri Shri Maharaja Sir
Bhim Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Maharaja of Kaski
and Lambjung, Prime Minister of Nepal, and
his wife, HH Shri Tin Kancha Bada Maharani Deel
Kumari Devi, and had issue, three sons and one
daughter.
- Shreeman Maharaj Inderjeet Singh, married Rani
Madhuri Singh.
- Shreeman Maharaj Bikamjeet Singh, married 12th
December 1977, Rani Anant Prabha, and had issue,
one son and two daughters. He died 19th March
2005.
- Rajkumari Deepanjali Singh, born 4th January
1979, educated at Convent of Jesus and Mary,
Shimla and at the Jesus and Mary College,
Delhi; married Rajkumar Ripu Daman Singh of
Tekari state, Rae Bareilly, UP.
- Shreeman Maharaj Sangram Vijay Singh, born
4th July 1980, educated at Bishop Cotton
School, Shimla and at St. Stephen’s College,
Delhi.
- Rajkumari Deepshikha Kumari, born 23rd June
1983, educated at Convent of Jesus and Mary,
Shimla, at St Stephen’s College, Delhi, at
L.S.R. College, Delhi and at the University of
Oxford, UK.
- Shreeman Maharaj Bishwajeet Singh, married
13th June 1977, Rani Anita Singh, and has issue,
one son.
- Rajkumar Agni Vijey Singh Rathore, educated
at the Doon School, Dehradun and at the London
School of Economics in London; an Executive
with K.P.M.G in London.
- Rajkumari Vijaya Singh, married Maharaj
Bhawani Pratap Singh of Banswara, and has issue,
one son.
- Rajkumar Sumer Pratap Singh
- Shreeman Maharaj Virendra Singhji Sahib of
Dhampur, born 8th November 1930, married 1949 in
Varanasi, Rani Shashi Kiran Kumari Sahiba, second
daughter of Maharaja Ambikeshwar Saran Singh Deo,
Maharaja of Surguja,
and his second wife, Maharani Krishna Kumari,
daughter of HH Raja Sir Ram Sinh II Bahadur of Sitamau, and had issue,
two sons. He died 17th January 2000.
- Colonel Shreeman Maharaj Ranvir Vikram Singh,
born 23 March 1951, educated at Mayo College,
Ajmer and at St. Stephen's College, New Delhi;
he was commissioned into the Poona Horse in
1973, one of the most decorated cavalry
regiments of the world; married 17th February
1976, Rani Padmini Kumari of Dared, District
Bhavnagar, youngest daughter of Durbar Saheb
Ranvir Sinhji Gohil, and his wife, Rani Kishore
Kumari Ba Saheb, and has issue, one son and one
daughter.
- Rajkumari Rukmani Kumari, born 22nd June
1981, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and at
Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi.
- Rajkumar Narpat Singh, born 20th October
1983, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer.
- Shreeman Maharaj Ajit Vikram Singh, born
November 1955, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer
and St. Stephen's College, New Delhi; married
1982, Rani Rati Kumari, educated at Welham
Girls' High School and at St. Stephen's College,
and has issue, two sons.
- Rajkumar Jairaj Singh, born 1986.
- Rajkumar Udairaj Singh, born 1987.
- Shreeman Maharaj Narendra Singhji Sahib of
Dhampur
- HH Rani Shiv Kanwar, married 1907, HH Shri Huzur
Raja Sir Arjun Singhji Sahib Bahadur of Narsingarh.
- HH Maharani Devendra Kunwar, married 19th January
1907, HH Maharawal Bijaya Singhji of Dungarpur.
- HH Raja Sir DILEEP
SINGHJI Bahadur, 11th Raja of Sailana
1919/1961, born 18th March 1891, K.C.I.E., married
1stly, 1909, HH Rani Raj Kunwar, daughter of HH
Maharawat Sir Raghunath Singhji Bahadur of Pratapgarh,
married 2ndly, 1915, HH Rani Preetam Kanwar, daughter
of Rawat Raj Singhji, 2nd Rawat Saheb of Meja, and his wife, Rani
Devsharan Kanwar of Bhinga,
and had issue, two sons and three daughters. He died
8th February 1961.
- HH Raja Digvijaya Singhji Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaj Laxman Singh, born 20th February 1921,
married Rani Hemant Kumari, born 1918, daughter of
Kanwar Ranzore Singh Sahib of Sirmur,
and has issue, five daughters and a son.
- Rajkumari (name
unknown) Kumari, married Thakur Baljeet
Singh of Bera.
- Rajkumari Kalpana Kumari [Maharajkumarani
Kalpnakumari Ranjitsinhji Jhala of Wankaner], born
28th February 1945, married Maharajkumar Dr.
Ranjitsinhji Jhala of Wankaner, and has
issue, two daughters.
- Rani Lakshmi Kuwar, married Raja Udairaj Singh of
Birsinghpur, and
had issue.
- HH Raja DIGVIJAYA
SINGHJI Bahadur, 12th Raja of Sailana 1961/-
, born 15th October 1918.
- HH Raja VIKRAM
SINGHJI Bahadur (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Rajkumar Rani Madhvi Devi, married 23rd May 1975,
Rajkumar Shri Dilip Singh Ju Deo of Jashpur, and has issue,
three sons.
- Ranisaheb Jayshree Kumari, married HH Thakore Sahib
Shri Kedarendadevsinhji Surendrasinhji of Wadhwan, and has issue,
one daughter.
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