PRESENT RULER: Rana TRIVIKRAM BHUSHAN SINGH Jandaive, Rana Sahib of Balsan since 17th July 1979 (The Palace, Ghodna, Balson, Tehsil Theog, District Simla, H.P. and Balson House, Simla, H.P., India)

born 10th March 1964 in Balson, educated at Bishop Cotton School, Simla; succeeded to the throne on 17th July 1979, married at Lucknow, Kumari Yamuna Kumari of Vizianagaram in South India, born 26th February 1972 at Benares, U.P., educated at Bangalore, and has issue, one son.

• Tikka Yadavendra Singh

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Balsan (also known as Balson) was founded by Alak Singh, a scion of the Malwa Royal Family. Rulers were....

• Thakur JAI SINGH, married and had issue.

  • Thakur DHARAM SINGH (qv)

• Thakur DHARAM SINGH -/1815, married and had issue.

  • Rana JOGRAJ SINGH (qv)

• Rana JOGRAJ SINGH 1815/1867, born 1780, granted a valuable khillat and the title of Rana in 1858 for his help in the Indian Mutiny, married and had issue, 5 sons. He died 29th November 1867.

  • Tikka Sahib Singh, married and had issue, two sons. He died vp before 1867.

    • Rana BHUP SINGH (qv)

    • Kunwar Rattan Singh, Jagirdar of Bharauli, born 1818?, married and had issue, four sons. He died 1893.

  • Kunwar Bhil Singh, died 1888.

  • Kunwar Sansar Singh, died 1878.

  • Kunwar Devi Singh, married and had issue. He died 1872.

    • Kunwar Parem Singh, born 1834.

  • Kunwar Ranjit Singh, married and had issue. He died 1868.

    • Kunwar Kahan Singh, born 1840.

• Rana BHUP SINGH 1867/1884, born 1820, married and had issue. He died 17th November 1884.

  • Tikka Govardhan Singh, married and had issue. He died 1870.

    • Rana BHIR SINGH (qv)

    • Rana ATTAR SINGH (qv)

  • Kunwar Natha Singh, born 1852.

• Rana BHIR SINGH 1884/1918, born 1860 ^(#1), married and had issue, one son.

  • Tikka Surat Singh, died 1885.

• Rana ATTAR SINGH 1918/1936, born 1868, married and had issue. He died 1936.

  • Tikka Moti Singh, married Tikka Rani Parago Devi, daughter of Kanwar Attar Singh of Sirmur. He died vp before 1936.

  • Rana RAN BAHADUR SINGH Jandaive (qv)

  • Kanwar Dhyan Singh, died sp 1931.

• Rana RAN BAHADUR SINGH Jandaive 1936/1943 (abdicated), born 1905, married 1stly, 1st July 1925, Rani Parvati Kumari, daughter of Rana JAI SINGH of Kotkhai, and his first wife, Rani Kamla Devi, married 2ndly, Rani Vidya Kumari, daughter of Rana JAI SINGH of Kotkhai, and his second wife, Rani Lakshmi Kumari, and had issue. He died 1965.

  • Tikka (name unknown) (by Rani Parvati Kumari), born 14th February 1935, died 21st May 1936.

  • Rajkumari Hemlata Devi (by Rani Parvati Kumari)

  • Rajkumari Bramlata Devi (by Rani Parvati Kumari)

  • Rana VIDYA BHUSHAN SINGH Jandaive (by Rani Vidya Kumari) (qv)

  • Rajkumar Haribhushan Singh (by Rani Vidya Kumari)

  • Rajkumari Somlata Kumari (by Rani Vidya Kumari), born 2nd April 1943, married Maharaj Gajendrapal Singh of Jhaknaoda in Jhabua, and had issue, one son and one daughter.

  • Rajkumar Prakritibhushan Singh (by Rani Vidya Kumari), married Rajkumar-Rani Mahamaya Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Baldev Singh of Kumharsain, and his wife, Kanwarani Hemawati Kanwar, and has issue.

  • Rajkumari Devlata Kumari (by Rani Vidya Kumari), married Rana Kulveer Singh of Jasmaur, and has issue, three sons.

  • Rajkumari Keshavlata Kumari (by Rani Vidya Kumari), married Captain Kunwar Narjeet Singh of Singhnai, son of Captain Thakur Narendra Singh Jaswal, and his wife, Thakurani Byasa Devi, daughter of Thakur Randhir Singh of Tiara estate in Kangra, and has issue, two daughters and one son.

    • Tikkarani Samridhi Singh, married to Tikka Anant Singh Siau (Bijnor)

    • Kunwarani Shrinidhi Singh, married Kunwar Harshvardhan Singh of Nimaj.

    • Kunwar Gaurav Jaswal

  • Rajkumari Maheshlata Kumari (by Rani Vidya Kumari), married Lt.-Col. Kunwar Ruby Jaswal of Singhnai, son of Captain Thakur Narendra Singh Jaswal, and his wife, Thakurani Byasa Devi, daughter of Thakur Randhir Singh of Tiara estate, and has issue, one son and one daughter.

    • Kunwarani Bhanushree Jaswal Sisodia, married Kunwar Hershvijay Singh of Banswara.

    • Kunwar Tribhuwan Singh Jaswal

  • Rajkumari Bhuvaneshwari Kumari [Tikka Rani Bhuvaneshwari Kumari of Kutlehar] (by Rani Vidya Kumari), born 2nd February 1955, married 27th February 1982, Tikka Budheshwar Pal of Kutlehar, and has issue.

  • Rajkumar Sharangbhushan Singh (by Rani Vidya Kumari), married Rajkumar-Rani Versha Kumari, daughter of Thakur Vijay Singh of Kunihar, and his wife, Thakurani Lalita Kumari, and has issue.

  • Rajkumari Deeplata Kumari (by Rani Vidya Kumari), married Kanwar Raghuraj Singh, son of Raja Jasjit Dev Singh of Trilokpur.

• Rana VIDYA BHUSHAN SINGH Jandaive 1943/1979, born 10th June 1938, succeeded to the throne on the abdication of his father in 1943, married Rajkumari Girija Kumari [Rajmata Sahiba of Balsan], daughter of HH Raja DULEEP SINGH of Jhabua, born 31st August 1931, educated at St. Raphael's School, Indore; and had issue, two sons. He died 17th July 1979.

  • Rana TRIVIKRAM BHUSHAN SINGH Jandaive (qv)

  • Capt. Kunwar Anirudh Singh Jandaive, born 23rd October 1965 at Haridwar, matriculated from Bishop Cotton School, Shimla; graduated from D.A.V. College, Chandigarh; undertook Indian Army Commission training from O.T.A., Madras; served as a Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army from 10th August 1988 to August 1993, holding the rank of Captain; married 30th November 1993 at Delhi, Kunwarani Sarojini Kumari, daughter of the Thakur Sahib of Siano, District Jodhpur, Rajasthan, and has issue, one son and one daughter.

    • Kumari Aditi Jandaive

    • Kuwar Sidharth Bhushan Singh Jandaive

• Rana TRIVIKRAM BHUSHAN SINGH Jandaive (see above)