PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The founder of the Thanesar family in 1760, was Mith
Singh, a Jat of Sirhali near Patti in the Manjha. The
estate escheated to the Government of India in 1850 due to
failure of heirs. Estate holders were...
- Unknown
- Sardar Mith Singh (qv)
- Indar Sen, married Bibiji Hurrah (she married
2ndly, her brother-in-law), and had issue.
- Nodh Singh, he adopted the Sikh faith.
- Chander Sen, married (his brother's widow), Hurruh,
and had issue.
- Sardar Bhag Singh (qv)
- Sardar Bhanga Singh (qv)
- Sardar MITH SINGH, 1st Sardar of Thanesar
1760/-, he received the Pahul from Gurdial Singh, and who
obtained for him the post of personal attendant to
Tara Singh Ghaiba, in 1766, he incited 200 of his
masters troopers to desert, and set up for himself, he
attacked Thanesar, where there were two forts, one in
possession of the Shaikhs and the other belonging to
Bhai Desu Singh of Kaithal, the former was captured,
and the other, after the death of Mith Singh, was
gained by bribing the Commandant, and the surronnding
country was taken by his nephews, Bhag Singh and
Bhanga Singh, who divided it between them, the latter
obtaining the larger share.
- Sardar BHAG SINGH, 2nd Sardar of Thanesar
-/1791, married and had issue, four sons. He died
1791.
- Sardar Baj Singh, he succeeded to his father's
share of the estate, married and had issue.
- Sardar Jamiyat Singh, his estate lapsed on his
death in 1834.
- Sardar BHANGA SINGH, 3rd Sardar of Thanesar
1791/1815, a prominent sardar of the Karorsinghia
misl, he seized in January 1764, after the fall of
Sirhind, the parganah of Pehova along the bed of the
River Saraswati, 22 kms west of Thanesar, later he
captured Thanesar leaving Pehova in the possession of
his brother, in 1779, he aligned himself with the
Mughal chief, Abdul Ahad Khan, to recover his
territory from Raja Amar Singh of Patiala, in January
1786, he along with other Sikh chiefs entered the
Ganga Doab at the head of 5,000 horse and ravaged
Meerut, Hapur and Garh Mukteshwar, in January 1791, he
advanced up to Anupshahar, a British cantonment on the
Ganga under the charge of Lt.-Col. Robert Stuart, who
he captured, and confined him for nine months in the
fort before his release in October 1791, he captured
Karnal in 1795, four years later, in 1799 he helped
Raja Bhag Singh of Jind against the attack of the
Irish adventurer, George Thomas, he joined with Lord
Lake in attacking Delhi in September 1803 and was
granted some additional territory, in 1806 he
accompanied Maharaja Ranjit Singh on his return
journey from Thanesar to the Sutlej and received from
him a village in jagir in Talwandi parganah between
Moga and Firozpur, married Sardarni Mai Jian (qv), and
had issue. He died 1815.
- Sardar Fateh Singh (by Mai Hassan)(qv)
- Maharani Karam Kaur, married Raja-i-Rajgan
Maharaja Karam Singh, Maharaja of Patiala, and had
issue.
- Sahib Singh, born of a slave girl, he was not
allowed to succeed to a share of his father's
estate, though maintenance was granted him.
- Sardar FATEH SINGH, 4th Sardar of Thanesar
1815/1819, married 1stly, Sardarni Ratan Kaur (qv),
married 2ndly, Sardarni Chand Kaur (qv), born 179x,
died 1850, daughter of Kanwar Hari Singh of Jind, and his wife Bibi
Dya Kaur. He died sp in 1819.
- Sardarni Mai Jian, 5th Sardarni of Thanesar
1819/1830, married Sardar Bhanga Singh (see above),
and had issue. She died 1836.
- Sardarni Ratan Kaur, 6th Sardarni of Thanesar
1830/1844, married (as his first wife), Sardar Fateh
Singh (see above). She died 1844.
- Sardarni Chand Kaur, 7th Sardarni of Thanesar
1844/1850, daughter of Kanwar Hari Singh of Jind, and his wife Bibi
Dya Kaur, she married (as his second wife), Sardar
Fateh Singh (see above). She died sp in 1850.
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