PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The princely state was founded
in 1701 when Raja Kesho Das of Ratlam lost his state but was
compensated by the jagir of Sailana. Rulers were.......
- Raja KESHO DAS, 1st
Raja of Sitamau 1701/1748, during his reign in Ratlam prior
to 1701, an important Mughal officer was killed in Ratlam by
the state employees, as a result, the Mughal Emperor confiscated Ratlam
and Maharaja Keshav Das went to Sitamau, which was given in jagir to
him when he was forgiven by Padshah Aurangzeb, and he thus became the
1st Raja of Sitamau
in 1701, he married and had issue.
- Raja GAJ SINGH, 2nd
Raja of Sitamau 1748/1752, married and had issue.
- Raja FATEH SINGH,
3rd Raja of Sitamau 1752/1802, married and had issue.
- Raja Raj Ram Singh I (qv)
- Raja RAJ RAM SINGH I,
4th Raja of Sitamau 1802/1867, an able ruler, he remained
faithful to the British Government during the mutiny of 1857, and
received a khilat valued at Rupees 2,000; in 1865 the Chief agreed (No.
CLXIV) to cede any land that might be
required for railway purposes on the same terms as those mentioned in
the cases of Ratlam and Sailana; married and had issue. He died 1867.
- Rajkumar (name unknown)
Singh, married and had issue. He died 1864.
- Raja BHAWANI SINGH,
5th Raja of Sitamau 1867/1885, born 1836, married and had
adoptive issue. He died 28th May 1885.
- (A) HH Raja Bahadur Singh (qv)
- HH Raja BAHADUR SINGH,
6th Raja of Sitamau 1885/1899, born 1833 (or 1854), elder
son of Thakur Takht Singh of Chiklia, second cousin of Raja Bhawani
Singh, he succeeded to the gaddi by adoption on 8th
December 1885 (#1), married and had
adoptive issue.
- (A) HH Raja Shardul Singh (qv)
- HH Raja SHARDUL SINGH,
7th Raja of Sitamau 1899/1900, succeeded to the gaddi
by adoption in 1899.
- HH Raja Sir RAM SINH II
Bahadur, 8th Raja of Sitamau 1900/1967, adopted by his
predecessor, son of Thakur
Dalel Sinh of Kachhi-Baroda,
born 1880, K.C.I.E. [cr.1911], married 1stly, 1902, HH Chauhaniji
Sahiba
died 1903, daughter of Maharawal Shri Motisinhji
Jitsinhji of Chhota-Udaipur,
married 2ndly, 1903, HH Rajawatiji Sahiba, died 1915, daughter of the
Thakur
of Baleri in Bikaner, married 3rdly, 1915, HH Natyaniji Sahib,
grand-daughter
of the Thakur of Marauli in Udaipur, and had issue. He died 25th May
1967.
- Rajkumar Dr. Raghubir Sinh, born 23rd February 1908,
M.A., LL.B.,
D.Litt.,
declined succession to the gaddi in favour of his eldest son,
President
of the Sitamau State Raiya Parishad (Legislature) 1939/1941 and
1945/1946,
Member of the Rajya Sabha 1952/1960, author of a large number of books
in Hindi and English; married Rajkumar Rani Mohan Kumari, daughter of
Yuvraj
Man Singh of Pratapgarh,
and his second wife, Yuvrani
Bhuvaneshwari Devi, and had issue, two sons and two daughters. He died
21st
February 1991.
- HH Raja Krishan Sinh (qv)
- Kunwar Brijraj Singh, born 12th March 1939, married 6th
May 1967,
Kunwar
Rani Shrimati Rama Devi, daughter of HH Raja Lakshman Sen of Suket, and his wife, HH Rani Kalawati.
He died 20th May 1967.
- Maharani (name unknown)
Kumari, married Maharawal Digvirendra Singhji of Bansda.
- Rani Rama Kumari, married Raja Ramkrishnaju Deo of Jeypore (Orissa), and has
issue.
- H.E. Rajkumar Raghunath Sinh, born 6th February 1912,
with the Indian
Foreign
Service, serving as Ambassador to many countries around the world,
married
Raj Kumarani Indumati Sinh, and had issue.
- Kunwar Sahib Jay Sinhji, worked with Air India and
retired as the
Deputy
Commercial Director in 1997, married Kunwar Rani Sahiba Asha Kumari,
daughter
of the Rana Sahib Sri Jagdishwar Prasad Singhji of Chaugain in Bihar, and his wife, Rani
Sushila Devi
of Churhat, and has issue.
- Ajatshatru Sinhji, born 1969, educated in the U.K.,
married 22nd
November 2002, Kunwarani Sahib
Taruna Kumari, born 1972, daughter of Rajkumar Dalip Singh of Keonthal,
and his wife, Rajkumar Rani Mankya
Kumari, and has issue.
- Abhyudai Sinh, born 2003.
- Ambika Kumari [Tikka Rani Sahiba Ambika Kumari of
Mandi], born in
Lusaka,
Zambia, educated in Rome, Italy and the U.K. for five years, married
25th
November 2001, Tikka Omeshwar Singh of Mandi,
and has issue.
- Kunwar Sahib Ajai Sinhji, married Kunwarani Sahiba
Shashi Kumari of Palaitha
in Kotah, and has issue, two children.
- Ratan Sinh Rathore, married Rohini Singh from Una in
Himachal
Pradesh.
- Anshuman Sinh Rathore
- Kunwar Sahib Raj Sinhji, married Maharaj Kumari Sahiba
Brijraj Kumari, daughter of HH Maharajadhiraj Mirzan Maharao Shri
Madansinghji
Vijayrajji Sawai
Bahadur
of Kutch,
and his wife, HH
Maharani
Rajendra
Kunverba, and has issue.
- Dhananjay Sinh
- Baijilal Aparajita Kumari
- Baijilal Vijayeta Kumari
- Baijilal Abhilasha Kumari
- Maharani Krishna Kumari, married (as his second wife),
Maharaja Ambikeshwar Saran Singh Deo of Surguja,
and had issue.
- HH Raja KRISHAN SINH,
9th Raja of Sitamau 1967/2008, he joined the Indian Police
Service in 1959 and was a
distinguished officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, he had an abiding
interest
in equitation and owned a number of horses; married HH Rani
Yogeshwari Kumari, daughter of Colonel HH 108 Sri Maharaj Adhiraj Raj
Rajeshwar Ravi Kula
Bushana-Mahi
Mahindra Yavadarya Kula Kamaldhivakara Chattis Rajkul Singar Maharana
Shri Bhagwat Singh Bahadur Hindua Suraj Hindupati of Udaipur, and his wife, HH
Maharani
Sushila Kunwari, and had issue. He died in May 2008.
- Rajkumari Vindhyeshwari Kumari
- HH Raja Puranjay Sinh (qv)
- Rajkumar Mritunjay Sinh
- HH Raja PURANJAY SINH,
10th Raja of Sitamau (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Princess of Sitamau, married Sawai Rao Kesri Singhji of Bijolian, and had issue.
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