PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
This is a second class thikana of Mewar, and it is the Patwi thikana
(elder house) of the third class thikanas of Kankarwa, Pahuna,
Jaiwana, Turkiya etc. These thikanas belonged to the descendents of
Maharaj Shri Viramdev (Viramdeo), the younger brother of Maharaj Shri
Sagat
(Shakta) Singh, head of the Shaktawat clan and half brother of
Maharana Pratap Singh of Mewar. They are known as Veeramdeot Ranawats,
and have the title of
'Baba (Maharaj)'. The younger son of Baba Sangram Singh of Kherabad,
Kunwar Shambhu Singh, received the thikana of Sanwar. Veeramdeots have
the
privilege of holding the post of Kiledar
of Kumbhalgarh, 'kiledar'
meaning 'officer in charge of the fort'. Shambhu Singh participated in
the war against the Maratha, Malharao Holkar, when he attacked Jaipur.
When Ajit Singh of Bundi assassinated Maharana Ari Singh II
(1761-1773), Shambhu also died fighting for his master. At the battle
of Harkayal against the Marathas during the reign of Maharana Bhim
Singh (1778-1828), Shambhu's grandsons, Daulat Singh and Kushal Singh,
took part, with Kushal dying on the battlefield. Rulers
were...
- Maharaj Shri SHAMBHU SINGH,
1st Baba Saheb of Sanwar; son of Maharaj Shri Sangram Singh, 4th Baba
Saheb of Kherabad,
he took part with the Mewar forces in a number of battles against the
Maratha ruler of Indore, Malhar Rao Holkar; married and had issue, the
Thakur Sahebs of Sanwar and Kankarwa.
He was killed in battle against the forces of Bundi in 1773 fighting
for his liege lord, the Maharana of Udaipur.
- Maharaj Shri Jai Singh (qv)
- Maharaj Shri Prithvi Singh (third son), 1st Baba Saheb of
Mahua.
- Maharaj Shri JAI SINGH,
2nd Baba Saheb of Sanwar, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Shri Daulat Singh (qv)
- Maharaj Shri Kushal Singh, he was killed in the battle of
Harkayal.
- Maharaj Shri DAULAT SINGH,
3rd Baba Saheb of Sanwar, he took part in the battle of
Harkayal, along with his brother; married and had issue. He died after
1820.
- Thakurani Ajab
Kanwar, married (as his third wife), Thakur Bakhtawar Singh of Auwa.
- Maharaj Shri BHAIRAV SINGH,
4th Baba Saheb of Sanwar
- Maharaj Shri GIRDHARI SINGH,
5th Baba Saheb of Sanwar
- Maharaj Shri LAXMAN SINGH,
6th Baba Saheb of Sanwar, married and had issue.
- Thakurani Man Kanwar, married Thakur Lal Singh of Ahor.
She died sp.
- Maharaj Shri NAHAR SINGH,
7th Baba Saheb of Sanwar fl.1880, he built the fort at Thikana
Sanwar.
- Maharaj Shri GOVARDHAN
SINGH, 8th Baba Saheb of Sanwar
The help of Kunwar Dr. Nishant Singh Ranawat is gratefully
acknowledged, 2010. |