PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
in 1605 by a grandson of Raj Chandrasinhji, the ruler of Dhrangadhra.
Rulers were...
- Raj Saheb SARTANJI/SULTANJI,
Raj
Saheb of Wankaner 1605/1632
- Raj Saheb MANSINHJI
SULTANJI, Raj Saheb of Wankaner 1632/1653
- Raj Saheb RAISINHJI
MANSINHJI, Raj Saheb of Wankaner 1653/1679
- Raj Saheb CHANDRASINHJI I
RAISINHJI, Raj Saheb of Wankaner 1679/1721
- Raj Saheb PRITHVIRAJJI
CHANDRASINHJI, Raj Saheb of Wankaner 1721/1728
- Raj Saheb KESARISINHJI I
CHANDRASINHJI, Raj Saheb of Wankaner 1728/1749
- Raj Saheb BHAROJI
KESARISINHJI [Bhavaji], Raj Saheb of Wankaner 1749/1784, married
(amongst others),
Rani Kunkabai Sahiba, daughter of Kumar Shri Sagramji Kumbhoji Sahib of
Gondal, and had
issue.
- Kumar Shri Raisinhji Bharoji, married and had issue. He
died vp
before 1784.
- Raj Saheb Kesarisinhji II Raisinhji (qv)
- Raj Saheb KESARISINHJI II
RAISINHJI, Raj Saheb of Wankaner 1784/1787
- Raj Saheb CHANDRASINHJI II
KESARINHJI [Raj Dosaji], Raj Saheb of Wankaner
1787/1839
- Raj Saheb VAKHATSINHJI
CHANDRASINHJI, Raj Saheb of Wankaner 1839/1842, married and
had issue, 8 sons.
- Kumar Shri Jaswantsinhji Vakhatsinhji, married and had
issue. He died vp
before 1842.
- HH Maharana Raj Saheb Shri Banesinhji Jaswantsinhji (qv)
- HH Maharana Raj Saheb Shri
BANESINHJI JASWANTSINHJI, Maharana Raj Saheb of Wankaner
1842/1881, born 1842,
installed 1861, married (amongst others), HH Maharani Shri Bajirajba,
daughter of Thakore Saheb Meruji Modji, 5th Thakore Saheb of Gavridad, married 5thly, Bai Sahib Shri
Jamba Kunverba Sahib [HH Maharani Bama
Shri Jamba Kunverba Sahib of Wankaner], daughter of Thakore Sahib
Shri Vibhaji Vajerajji, 3rd Thakore Saheb of Sajjanpur in Morvi, and had issue. He
died 12th June 1881 (#1).
- Capt. HH Maharana Raj Saheb Shri Sir Amarsinhji
Banesinhji (by the fifth wife) (qv)
- Maharajkumari (name unknown), married (as his
first wife), HH Maharana Shri Sir Chhatrasinhji
Gambhirsinhji of Rajpipla.
 Capt. HH Maharana Raj Saheb Shri Sir
AMARSINHJI
BANESINHJI
[Gangubha], Maharana Raj Saheb of Wankaner 1881/1954,
K.C.I.E. [cr.1911], born 4th January 1879 (#2),
educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; married 1stly, 1896, HH Maharani
Shri Gulab Kunverba Sahiba, daughter of Shri Rajadhiraj Sir
Naharsinhji Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Shahpura,
married 2ndly, HH Maharani
Shri Devkunverba Sahiba, daughter of HH Thakore Sahib Shri Bawajiraj
Mehramansinhji Sahib, Thakore Sahib of Rajkot,
married 3rdly, HH Maharani
Shri Padmarajkunverba Sahiba, a lady from Mandwa,
married 4thly, HH Maharani
Shri Phul Kunverba Sahiba, daughter of Thakore Sahib Shri
Vakhatsinhji Meghrajji Sahib, Thakore Sahib of Vala,
and had
issue. He
died
1954.
- HH Maharani Takhat Kunverba Saheba, married 1916, HH
Maharaja Purna
Chandra
Bhanj Deo of Mayurbhanj.
- Maharajkumari Manher Kunverba [HH Maharani Kusum Kunwari
of Lunawada], married
Col. HH Maharaja Sri Virbhadrasinhji Ranjitsinhji of Lunawada, and had issue.
- Rani Vilas Kunverba, married Raol Shri Sajjansinhji
Takhatsinhji of Mansa, and had issue.
- HH Maharana Raj Saheb Pratapsinhji Amarsinhji (qv)
- Maharaj Saheb Chandra Bhanu Singhji,
married Rani Kumud Manjli of Mayurbhanj,
and had issue, four children.
- Kumar Shri Jitendra Singh, married Camilla.
- Kumar Shri Bhartendrasinhji Chandrabhanusinhji,
educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1947).
- Rajkumari Bhagyawanti Devi, born 1st February 1945 in
Wankaner, Gujarat; married 24th November 1968 in Wankaner, Maharaj
Devendra Pal Singh of Jhabua, and has
issue, one son.
- Maharajkumar Rasikkumarsinhji Jhala, married Baijilal
Chandrawali Kumari, daughter of Rajkumar Pratap Singh, Yuvaraj Saheb of
Banera, and had
issue.
- Kumar Shri Janakkumarsinhji Rasikkumarsinhji Jhala,
educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1964).
- HH Maharana Raj Saheb
PRATAPSINHJI AMARSINHJI, Maharana Raj Saheb of Wankaner
1954/2007,
born 17th April 1907, married 5th February 1929, HH Maharani
Rama
Kunver, born 20th February 1911, died 10th February 1991, daughter of
HH Rai-i-Rayan Maharawal Shri Bijay Singhji Bahadur of Dungarpur, and his first wife, HH
Maharani Devendra Kumari, and
had
issue, two sons and three daughters. He died 22nd May 2007.
- Maharajkumari Padmini Kumari [Rani Sahiba Padmini
Kunverba
of Kutch], married Maharajkumar Saheb
Himmatsinhji Vijayrajji of Kutch, and
had issue. She died 4th December 2006 at Kutch after a long illness.
- Maharajkumari Nalini Kumari, married Maharajkumar
Shivbhadrasinhji
Krishnakumarsinhji
Gohil
of Bhavnagar.
- HH Maharani Mohini Kumari, married HH Maharaja Govind
Singh
of Bijawar,
born 1934, died 1983, and has issue.
- HH Maharaja Jai Singhji of Bijawar.
- HH Maharana Raj Saheb Dr. Digvijaysinhji (qv)
- Maharajkumar
Dr. Ranjitsinhji, born 19th February 1939 (#3),
educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1954); an expert on Indian
wildlife and natural history, he has authored many
books, including "Beyond the Tiger: Portraits of Asian Wildlife",
joined
the Indian Administrative Service in 1961, and held several
environment-related
jobs. As Forests and Tourism Secretary to Madhya Pradesh, he was
responsible
for the creation of 14 national parks and 11 wildlife sanctuaries.
Later,
he drafted the key Wild Life (Protection) Act of 1972, and served as
India's
first Director of Wildlife Preservation. He is perhaps best known for
his
work on Project Tiger, but he also played a crucial role in bringing
back
from the brink of extinction, the endangered central and eastern
populations
of the barasingha or swamp deer, (the eastern barasingha, cervus d.
Ranjitsinhi,
is named after him), married Maharajkumarani Kalpnakumari Ranjitsinhji
Jhala, born 28th February 1945, daughter of Shri Laxmansinghji
Dilipsinghji Rathore of Sailana, and
has issue.
- Rajkumari Meenal Kumari, married 8th December 1990,
Yuvaraj
Amar Jyoti Singh Deo of Dhenkanal.
- Rajkumari Radhika Kumari [Radhikaraje Gaekwad], married
Yuvaraj
Samarjitsingh
Gaekwad, afterwards Maharaja of Baroda.
- HH Maharana Raj Saheb Dr.
DIGVIJAYSINHJI, Maharana Raj Saheb of Wankaner (see above)
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