PRESENT RULER: Thakur RANJAY SINGH, 19th and present Thakur Sahib of Badnore since March 2018

born 9th November 1961, married 5th December 1988, Kanwarani Archana Kumari of Pratapgarh (U.P.), youngest daughter of Raja Abhay Pratap Singh of Pratapgarh (U.P.), and his wife, Rani Asha Kumari, and has issue.

• Bhanwar Baisa Anantika Kumari

• Bhanwar Baisa Krittika Kumari

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: An estate located to the North of Mewar near the border of the British district of Merwara. The ancestor of this branch of the Rathore Dynasty was Rao Duda of Jodhpur, who was granted the watan Jagir of Merta. His grandson, Rao Jaimal had 14 sons, one of whom was Kunwar Mukand Dasji who was granted the Jagir of Badnore by the Maharana Amar Singhji of Mewar for services rendered after the fall of Merta in 1561. Rulers were.....

• Rao JAI MAL, 5th Rao of Merta and Badnore 1554/1568, born 17th September 1507, married and had issue, 14 sons. He died 1568 at Chittor.^(#3)

  • Rao Ram Das, died 18th June 1576 at the Battle of Haldighati.

  • Rao Kesho Das, he was a commander of 300 under Padshah Akbar and his descendants held land at Bada Budsu and Borawad, married and had issue.

    • Rao Girdhar Singh, married and had issue. He died May 1630.

      • Kunwar Girdhar Singh [Thakur Gadhar Das], died May 1630

  • Rao Vithal Das, he served at the Mughal court; married and had issue, the Vithaldasot families of Budsu and Badu.

    • Rani Mertaniji, married Raja Raisal of Amarsar, and had issue.

  • Rao Madho Das, married and had issue, the Madhavdasot families of Rian, Maidas, Alaniawas, Dobri and Bijathal.

    • Thakur Sundar Das, he was granted the thikana of Manjhi; married and had issue.

  • Rao Govind Das, he held the estates of Kuchaman and Mithari, married and had issue.

    • Rao Sanwal Das, Thakur Saheb of Punlota, married (amongst others) (a), Rani Kesar Kanwar Kachwahiji, daughter of Raja Adhiraj Sanwat Singh of Bagru Royal Family in Jaipur, and had issue, at least two sons.

      • Thakur Shyam Singh, he succeeded his father to Punlota.

      • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Raghunath Singh Mertia Rathore, 1st Maharaja of Maroth 1660/1683, born about 1610, married nine queens, and had issue, eight sons (including the Maharajas of Maroth-Jiliya and Minda and the Raja of Kuchaman). He died about 1683.

    • Thakur Jagannath

    • Thakur Naharkhan

    • Thakur Balram

    • Thakur Bhagwandas

    • Thakur Sundardas

    • Thakur Natha

  • Rao Mukand Das (qv)

  • Rao Haridasji, Rao of Delana, an ally of Maharana Pratap, he died in 1609 AD in battle of Ranpur. He had two sons.

    • Askaran

    • Surajmal

  • Rao Shyam Das, he was killed in a battle against Mughal forces of Padshah Akbar

  • Rao Kalyandasji, married and had issue, the Kalyandasot families of Kherwa and Borunda.

    • Thakur Bishandas of Borunda

  • Thakur Narayandasji, married and had issue, the Narayandasot clan of Lambia.

  • Thakur Dwarka Das

  • Thakur Narsingh Das

  • Thakur Sadul Singh, he died defending the family of Sharafuddin at Nagaur.

  • Thakur Sultan Singhji, he held land in Merta, Gular and Javala, married and had issue, the Kishanpura family.

  • Thakur Anup Singh [not recorded by author, Banki Das]

Rao NAHARDAS ISARDASOT MERTIA, Rao of Badnore, granted jagir of Badnore by Mughal Emperor Akbar

Rawat SHARDUL SINGH PANWAR, Rawat of Badnore, son of Rawat Maldeo (a solanki Rajput), he had been granted Bandnore and Masuda by Emperor Akbar.

1. Rao MUKAND DAS, 1st Thakur Saheb of Badnore 1568/-, after demise of Maharana Pratap, he joined service of Maharana Amar Singh of Mewar and was granted jagir of Badnore; married and had issue, the Mukandasot-Mertia clan of Badnore, Dabla, Nimbahera and Roopaheli. He died in battle near Kumbhalgarh.

   1. Rao Manman Das (qv)

   2. Thakur Shyamal Das, married and had issue.

      • Thakur Sahib Singh, third son, he was granted the estate of Bari Rupaheli.

2. Rao MANMAN DAS, 2nd Thakur Saheb of Badnore, married and had issue.

   1. Rao Sanwal Das (qv)

   2. Kunwar Sabal Singh, sixth son, married and had issue, the Dabla family.

3. Rao SANWAL DAS, 3rd Thakur Saheb of Badnore, he fought on several occasions against Padshah Aurangzeb's armies; married and had issue.

   1. Thakur Jaswant Singh (qv)

   2. Kunwar Amar Singh, fifth son, fl.1700, he was granted the Jagir of Nimbahera.

4. Thakur JASWANT SINGH, 4th Thakur Saheb of Badnore

5. Thakur JOGI DAS, 5th Thakur Saheb of Badnore

6. Thakur JAI MAL, 6th Thakur Saheb of Badnore

7. Thakur JAI SINGH, 7th Thakur Saheb of Badnore, married and had issue.

   1. Kunwar Sangram Singh, he was granted the Jagir of Jagpura in Bhilwara Distt., Udaipur.

8. Thakur SULTAN SINGH, 8th Thakur Saheb of Badnore

9. Thakur AKHAI SINGH, 9th Thakur Saheb of Badnore

10. Thakur GAJ SINGH, 10th Thakur Saheb of Badnore

11. Thakur JAIT SINGH, 11th Thakur Saheb of Badnore fl.1760

12. Thakur JODH SINGH, 12th Thakur Saheb of Badnore, married and had issue.

    1. Thakur Paratap Singh (qv)

    2. generations

       • Thakur Girdhari Singh, he was granted the estate of Rampura.

13. Thakur PRATAP SINGH, 13th Thakur Saheb of Badnore

14. Thakur KESRI SINGH, 14th Thakur Saheb of Badnore, married and had issue.

    1. Kunwar (name unknown) Singh, married and had issue.

       • Thakur Govind Singh (qv)

       • Kunwar (name unknown) Singh, he was adopted into the Rampura family.

15. Thakur GOVIND SINGH, 15th Thakur Saheb of Badnore 1889/-, born 4th September 1871, succeeded in 1889; married and had adoptive issue. He died 1922.

    1. (A) Thakur Gopal Singh (qv)

16. Thakur GOPAL SINGH, 16th Thakur Saheb of Badnore 1922/-, born 1901, married in November 1922, Thakurani Raj Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Devi Singhji Bahadur, Thakur Saheb of Chomu, and had issue.

    1. Rani Rattan Kumari, married Rao Shri Raghubir Singh, Rao Saheb of Srimathura, and had issue.

       • Rao Narendra Singh, Rao Saheb of Srimathura 1986/-, born 30th June 1947, married 30th October 1979, Kumari Sunita Devi [Rani Sunita Kumari of Srimathura], daughter of Raja Rajinder Singh of Baghal, and his wife, Rani Tara Devi, and has issue.

         • Rajkumari Radhika Kumari, born 14th April 1982.

         • Rajkumar Jai Singh, born 6th June 1985.

    2. Thakur Raghuraj Singh (qv)

    3. Thakur Vijayendra Pal Singh, born 12th May 1948 in Badnore, Distt. Bhilwara (Rajasthan), B.A. (Hons.) English, Business Management Qualifications. Educated at Mayo College, Government College, Ajmer (Rajasthan) and Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad. Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (four terms) 1977/1980 and 1985/1990 and 1993/1999. Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances 1993/1998. Cabinet Minister, Irrigation, Rajasthan 1998. Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan 1998/- . Elected to 13th Lok Sabha 1999. Member, Committee on Energy and Convenor of its Sub-Committee on Action Taken Report 1999/2000. Member of the Wild Life Preservation Board, Rajasthan for the last 20 years; and of the Steering Committee, “Project Tiger”, Convenor of the Sub-Committee on Electricity Bill, 2001; Convenor, Sub-Committee on Nuclear Energy; Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam 2001/2002; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs 2001/2003, Re-elected to the 14th Lok Sabha 2004; married 25th November 1978, Thakurani Alka Singh and has issue, one son and one daughter. (Jal Mahal, Badnore-311 302, Bhilwara, Rajasthan, India)

17. Thakur RAGHURAJ SINGH, 17th Thakur Saheb of Badnore, married Thakurani Yeshwant Kumari, born 23rd February 1938, daughter of HH Maharawat Sir Ram Singhji II Bahadur of Pratapgarh (Rajasthan), and had issue. He died 6th March 2018 and was cremated the following day in his home village of Badnor.

    1. Thakur Ranjay Singh (qv)

    2. Kanwar Sanjay Singh, born 8th July 1965, married Kanwarani Satyarajeshwari Singh, daughter of HH Maharaja Raj Raj Singh Deo, 31st Maharaja of Patna, and his wife, HH Maharani Premlata Kumari Devi (now HH the Rajmata of Patna) of Patna, and has issue.

       • Bhanwar Banna Akshatt Singh

       • Bhanwar Banna Aadeeshvar Singh

18. Thakur RANJAY SINGH, 18th Thakur Saheb of Badnore (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Baisa (name unknown), daughter of the Thakur Sahib of Badnore, married Raj Rana Khuman Singh of Delwara.

• Baisa (name unknown) [Maharani Rathoriji of Jhalawar], daughter of the Thakur Sahib of Badnore, married (as his third wife), Maharaja Rana Madan Singh of Jhalawar.

• Thakur Tej Singh of Badnore, married and had issue.

  • Rani Mertaniji, married (as his second wife), Raja Bhim Singh II, Raja Saheb of Banera 1805/1830, and had issue.

• Kunwar Sabal Singh of Badnore, married and had issue.

  • Rani Mertaniji, married (as his second wife), Raja Akshay Singh, Raja Saheb of Banera 1905/1909, and had issue.

• Kunwarani Ajab Kunwar, died January 1886, married Kunwar Jaswant Singh, died vpsp January 1886, son of Rawat Shri Krishna Singhji, 12th Rawat of Deogarh.

• Rani Karuna Sahi of Badnore Thikana in Rajasthan, married Rao Aditya Pratap Sahi of Deara of Deara Estate in Uttar Pradesh, and had issue.

  • Kunwarani Manisha Singh, married Kunwar Yash Pratap Singh of Jaso, and has issue, one daughter.

• Rathore Thakur Jag Singh of Badnore, married and had issue.

  • Rani Chandra Kanwar, married (as his fifth wife), Rao Kesari Singh, 1st Rao Saheb of Parsoli 1656/1692.