PRESENT RULER: HH Maharawal JAGMAL SINGH II, 24th Maharawal of Banswara, since 6th August 2002.

born 10th January 1985.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded in 1527 by Kunwar Jagmal Das, younger son of Rawal Udai Singhji I of Dungarpur. His successors were...

1. Rawal JAGMAL DAS 1527/1540, died about 1540.

2. Rawal JAI SINGH

3. Rawal PRATAP SINGH

4. Rawal KHANA DEV

5. Rawal KALYAN SINGH

6. Rawal AGAR SINGH

7. Rawal UDAI SINGH I

8. Rawal SAMAR SINGH

9. Rawal KUSHAL SINGH, founder of Kushalgarh and Kushalpura.

10. Rawal AJAB SINGH 1688/1702

11. Rawal BHIM SINGH 1702/1713, died 1713.

12. Rawal BISHAN SINGH 1713/1737, married and had issue. He died 1737.

    • Rawal UDAI SINGH II (qv)

    • Maharawal PRITHVI SINGH (qv)

13. Rawal UDAI SINGH II 1737/1747, died 1747.

14. Maharawal PRITHVI SINGH 1747/1786, married the daughter of Rana Bakht Singh of Sunth, and had issue. He died 1786.

    • Maharawal BIJAI SINGH (qv)

    • Thakur Bakhtawar Singh, Bhai of Khandu, married and had issue.

      • Thakur Sardar Singh, Bhai of Khandu, married and had issue. He died 1817.

        • Maharaj Man Singh, Bhai of Khandu, married and had issue.

          • Maharaj Fateh Singh, Bhai of Khandu -/1890, married and had issue. He died 1890.

            • Kunwar Jaswant Singh, married and had issue. He died vp 1885.

              • Maharaj Raghunath Singh, Bhai of Khandu 1890/-, born 1885, married and had issue.

                • Maharaj Shankar Singh, Bhai of Khandu, married and had issue.

                  • Maharaj Bhopal Singhji, married and had issue.

                  • >> Maharaj Pratap Bhanu Singhji, born 18th March, educated at St. Xaviers School, Jaipur and graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, presently (2011) in Chartered accountancy in London; married 26th June 1977 in Jaipur, Rani Vishwajyoti Singh, daughter of Rao Raja Rajendra Singhji of Uniara, and has issue.

                  • >> >> Rajkumar Surya Pratap Singh, born 28th May 1978.

                  • >> >> Rajkumari Shivangani Singh, born 17th January 1984.

              • [?Thakurani Shri Sisodniji of Khandu, married (as his first wife), Thakur Shri Jashwantsinhji Takhatsinhji of Ranasan, and had issue. She died 25th November 1939]

      • Maharawal BAHADUR SINGH (qv)

    • Thakur Khushal Singh of Surpur, married and had issue.

      • Thakur Hamir Singh of Surpur, married and had issue.

        • Thakur Madho Singh of Surpur, adopted Maharajkumar Surya Singh (see below). He died sp.

      • Thakur Bakhtawar Singh, married and had issue.

        • HH Maharawal LAKSHMAN SINGH (qv)

15. Maharawal BIJAI SINGH 1786/1816, married, and had issue. He died 1816.

    • Maharawal UMAID SINGH (qv)

16. Maharawal UMAID SINGH 1816/1819, married, and had issue. He died 1819.

    • Maharawal BHAWANI SINGH (qv)

17. Maharawal BHAWANI SINGH 1819/1838, married (amongst others) Maharani Raj Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Bakhtawar Singh of Auwa, and his first wife, Thakurani Udai Kanwar. He died 6th November 1838 aged 34 or 35.

18. Maharawal BAHADUR SINGH 1838/1844, born circa 1788. He died 2nd February 1844.

19. HH Maharawal LAKSHMAN SINGH 1844/1905 (Photo), born 1835, married 1stly, daughter of the Raja of Pal in Idar, married 2ndly, daughter of Maharaj Sheo Singh of Sirohi, married 3rdly, HH Maharani Tej Kunwar, daughter of Thakur Takhat Singhji of Namli in Ratlam, married 4thly, daughter of Thakur Jiwan Singh of Bordera in Gujarat, married 5thly, daughter of Thakur Zorawar Singh of Sarwan in Ratlam, married 6thly, daughter of Thakur Parbat Singh of Poshina in Idar, married 7thly, daughter of Thakur Kodarji of Paithapur, married 8thly, daughter of Thakur Sher Singh of Bordera in Gujarat, married 9thly, daughter of Thakur Kodar Singh of Pithapur, married 10thly, daughter of Thakur Sardar Singh of Molan in Banswara, married 11thly, another daughter of Thakur Sardar Singh of Molan in Banswara and married 12thly, daughter of Thakur Gulab Singh of Bordera in Gujarat, and had issue, 4 sons. He died 29th April 1905.

    • Maharawal SHAMBHU SINGH (by a Bordera Maharani) (qv)

    • Maharajkumar Surya Singh (by another Bordera Maharani), born 1874, adopted by Thakur Madho Singh of Surpur.

    • Maharajkumar Shri Sawai Singh Ji (by the third Bordera Maharani), born 1888, married and had issue.

      • Maharaj Digvijay Singh Ji, born 24th September 1924 at Banswara Palace, retired as Commissioner Devasthan (RAS), married at Kota Palace, Kota, Rani Phul Kunwar of Bamolia-Kota, and has issue, one son and three daughters. He died July 2003.

        • Maharaj Shri Devendra Singh Ji, born 10th July 1954 at Indergarh, Kota; educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and then at Vidhya Bhavan, B. Comm., LLB from Jodhpur University, married 24th January 1977 at Udaipur, Rani Sahib Devendra Kumari of Metwala, and has issue.

          • Rajkumar Pareekshit Singh Ji, born 4th December 1977 in Udaipur, Rajasthan; educated at Maharana Mewar Public School and University of Sydney (Australia), attaining a B. Comm. in Finance; married 15th February 2006, Rajkumari Roopali, daughter of Maharaj Jaideep Singh Ji of Raoti in Jodhpur, and has issue, one son.

            • Bhanwar Rudrapratap Singh, born 16th February 2009.

          • Rajkumar Krishnapal Singh Ji, born 3rd December 1982 in Udaipur, Rajasthan; educated at the Maharana Mewar Public School and later at Sydnehams College of Commerce in Mumbai.

        • Baijilal Rajkumari Pramod Kumari

        • Baijilal Rajkumari Madhu Kumari

        • Baijilal Rajkumari Kailash Kumari

20. HH Maharawal SHAMBHU SINGH 1905/1914, born 14th October 1868, married and had issue. He died 8th January 1914.

    • HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Sir PRITHVI SINGH Bahadur (qv)

    • Maharaj Chhatar Singh (by the Nathawat Maharani), fifth son, jagirdar of Godi Tejpur in Banswara, married Rani Ishwar Kanwar, and had issue.

      • Maharaj Lokendra Singh, born 5th May 1932, married 1956, Rani Nawal Kanwar of Tana-Mewar, born 26th January 1935, and had issue. He died January 1995.

        • Rajkumari Jayshree Kumari, born 30th January 1958.

        • Maharaj Dashrath Singh, born 5th Janaury 1960.

        • Rajkumari Kirti Kumari, born 10th September 1963.

        • Maharaj Hershvijay Sisodia, born 10th July 1972, married Rani Bhanushree Devi, daughter of Lt.-Col. Kunwar Ruby Jaswal of Singhnai, and his wife, Kunwarani Maheshlata Kumari (see Balsan).

      • Rajkumari Jayendra Kumari, born October 1934.

      • Maharaj Surendra Singh, born August 1936, unmarried.

      • Maharaj Jagat Singh Sisodia, married and has issue.

        • Rajkumari Ruchi Sisodia

        • Rajkumar Ajay Raj Sisodia.

    • Maharaj Kishore Singhji, married a daughter of Maharajkumar Fatehsinghji Jashwantsinghji of Danta.

21. HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Sir PRITHVI SINGH Bahadur 1914/1944, born 15th July 1888, married 2ndly, a daughter of Maharana SriJASHWANTSINHJI HARISINGHJI of Danta, married 4thly, HH Maharani Daulat Kanwar of Jodhpur, and had issue. He died 28th July 1944.

    • Maharawal CHANDRAVEER SINGH (qv)

    • Maharaj Narpat Singh (by the 4th wife), born 15th May 1921, married 20th January 1940, Rani Shukla Kumari, born 3rd June 1924 in Nahan, younger daughter of Kanwar Ranzore Singh Sahib of Sirmur, and had issue, one son and two daughters.

      • Maharaj Ganga Singh, married 1962 (div. 1980), Rani Shailesh Kumari of Jodhpur, and has issue.

        • Baijilal Rajkumari Manisha Kumari [Rani Manisha Singh of Jobat], born 1965, married 21st May 1991 in Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur, Maharaj Bhawani Singh of Jobat, and has issue, one daughter.

        • Kunwar Maheshwar Singh, born 1968.

      • Rani Usha Kumari, married 1971 at Lucknow, Raja Arya Shah of Khairigarh-Singhai, died October 2000, and had issue. She died 1995.

    • Maharani Suraj Kanwar, married 4th February 1937, HH Maharaja Manabendra Shah of Tehri-Garhwal.

    • Rani Komal Kumari, married 21st February 1930, Maj. Rawal Raghubir Singhji of Bissau, and had issue.

    • HH Maharani Amba Kunwari Sahiba (by the 2nd wife), married to HH Maharaja Arimardan Singhji of Charkhari.

    • Rani Mohan Kunwar, married 1949, Raja Chain Singh of Jaswan, and had issue.

    • Rani Sri Kumari, married Raja Jitendra Singh Jhala of Labhowa, son of Kumar Shri Arjunsinhji Jorawarsinhji Jhala [Raja Arjun Singh Jhala of Labhowa] (third son of Thakur Shri Jorawarsinhji Madhavsinhji of Chuda), and adopted son of the Raja Saheb of Labhowa, and has issue.

      • Yuvaraj Pratap Singh Jhala of Thikana Labhowa, married Yuvrani Reena Kumari, daughter of Maj. General Dewan Misri Chand, and his wife, Rani Indra Mohini of Sahaspur.

22. HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal CHANDRAVEER SINGH 1944/1985, born 26th November 1909, succeeded to the Banswargaddi on 28th July 1944; married 3 wives, amongst whom, (a), HH Maharani Sajjan Kunwarba Sahiba, daughter of Major HH Maharana Shri Maharaja Shri Raj Sir Ghanshyamsinhji Ajitsinhji Sahib Bahadur of Dhrangadhra, and his second wife, HH Maharani Vijay Kunwarba Sahiba, and had issue, 18 children, including issue by secondary wives. He died 6th April 1985.

    • Maharajkumari Balwant Pratap Kumari, born 1930, married 1965, Maharaj Ramendra Singh of Amleta in Ratlam.

    • HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal SURYAVEER SINGH (qv)

    • Maharajkumari Janaknandini Kumari, born 7th October 1935, died 17th December 1974.

    • Maharaj Hanumant Singh, born 29th March 1939 in Banswara, an excellent cricketer in career spanning more than 20 years which was highlighted by a century on Test debut (against England); later as team captain, he led Central Zone to their first Duleep Trophy triumph in 1971-72 and ended up with more than 12,000 runs in first-class cricket; after retirement, he continued with the game as a coach, administrator, selection committee chairman and ICC match referee; he married, 1974, (name unknown), and had issue, one son and one daughter. He died 29th November 2006 died at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai of renal and lung failure.

      • Maharaj Sangram Singh

    • Maharajkumari (name unknown) Kumari [Princess Tinu], born 1940.

    • Maharajkumari (name unknown) Kumari [Princess Khilu], born 1943.

    • Maharaj Mahesh Pratap Singhji (by Rani Lalita Kanwar), born 24th September 1946 in Banswara Palace, Rajasthan, educated at The Daly College, Indore 1952/1963, and at the SGSITS, Indore (B.Civil E. 1968), presently holds the position of Chief of Irrigation Works, ­ Rajasthan State Department, since August 1969; he is instrumental in the restoration of lakes and healthy water levels in all the lakes of Udaipur region; a fine artist and cricketer who represented Madhya Pradesh Scools and Indore University at the national level; a keen philanthropist who has worked tirelessly for the welfare of society in general and the Rajput community in particular; greatly admired and respected for maintaining the values, ethics and living standards set by his father the late HH Maharawal Chandraveer Singhji, ruler of Banswara; he holds various honourary positions and chairmanships; married 7th April 1967 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Rani Meenadevi of (unknown place), and has issue. (Kushalbagh ^(#1), Banswara, Rajasthan, India)

      • Rajkumar Prabal Pratap Singhji, born 14th July 1968,educated at the Daly College, Indore and graduated from Bombay University; married 3rd July 1998, Rajkumari Mridula Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Balbhadra Singh of Kapren-Bundi, and his wife Rani Rohini Kumari, and has issue, one son.

        • Kunwar Keshvasya Pratap Singh

      • Rajkumar Jaideep Singhji, born 1970, educated at the Daly College, Indore and graduated from Bombay University with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and a Master's Degree in Management Science; an extremely talented cricketer who represented Madhya Pradesh State, Bombay University and Bombay U-19's at the National Level.

    • Maharaj Nahar Singhji, born 6th May 1947, married Kumari Sangeeta Kumari, born 13th January 1954, daughter of Kanwar Jagat Bahadur Singh of Sirmur, and has issue, one daughter.

    • Maharajkumari (name unknown) Kumari, married Rajwar Tikendra Bahadur Pal of Askote, and has issue.

23. HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal SURYAVEER SINGH 1985/2002, born 23rd December 1934 in Banswara, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; former Ranji Trophy cricket captain, vice-president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association; married 1975, the only daughter of Maharaj Sahib Rameshwar Pratap Singh of Kachhi-Baroda, and his wife, Rani Rukmani Kumari, and had issue. He died 6th August 2002 at Prantiki in Himmatnagar district of Gujarat in a car accident.

    • HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal JAGMAL SINGH II (qv)

    • Maharajkumari (name unknown) Kumari, died 6th August 2002 at Prantiki in Himmatnagar district of Gujarat in a car accident.

24. HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal JAGMAL SINGH II (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Maharaj Sahib Udaiveer Singhji of Banswara, married and has issue.

  • Rajkumari Bindu Kumari, married 21st April 2006, Bhanwar Virender Singh of Baghsuri.

• Rani Haeth Kumari, married Apji Raghuraj Singh of Koela in Kotah, and had issue.

• Kunwar Dharamvir Singh, married Kumari Mahima Kumari, born 9th April 1968, daughter of Kanwar Lokendra Singh of Keonthal, and his wife, Kumari Chandra Prabha.