PRESENT RULER: Raja Saheb RAMENDRA SINGH Ji, Raja Saheb of Bilkha since 2011.

born 22 July 1950, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1968), First Class cricketer; married Rani Sahiba Petra Bilkha of Germany, and has issue.

• Rajkumar Shri Hammi Bilkha, born 10 November 1982

• Rakumari Shri Maya Bilkha, born 8 January 1997

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: A Fifth Class Taluka originally, become a Fourth Class Taluka after 1929, with the merger of Kathad Naja Wala Estate. The rulers jurisdictional powers were as follows, Criminal - Two years rigorous imprisonment and fines of up to 2,000Rs, Civil - fines of up to 5,000Rs. Rulers were.......

• Darbar Shri VIRA NAJA WALA 1747/-, founder of the Virani branch of the Wala dynasty in 1747, with his brother's help, they conquered the city of Jetpur, which remained with their descendants thereafter. He married and had issue.

  • Kumar Shri Kanthad Vira Wala, ancestor of the Talukdars of Jetpur.

  • Kumar Shri Mulu Vira Wala

  • Kumar Shri Kumpa Vira Wala, died sp.

  • Darbar Shri Oghad Vira Wala (qv)

• Darbar Shri OGHAD VIRA Wala, married and had issue.

  • Darbar Shri Ala Oghad Wala (see below)

  • Kumar Shri Chomla Oghad Wala, married and had issue.

    • Kumar Shri Rawat Chomla Wala

  • Darbar Shri Sata Oghad Wala (qv)

• Darbar Shri SATA OGHAD WALA, married and had issue.

  • Darbar Shri BHIMA SATA WALA, married and had issue.

    • Darbar Shri ALA BHIMA WALA, married and had issue.

      • Darbar Shri RAM ALA WALA (qv)

      • Kumar Shri Khoda Ala Wala, married and had issue.

        • Kumar Shri Laxman Khoda Wala

      • Kumar Shri Desa Ala Wala, married and had issue.

        • Kumar Shri Vajsur Desa Wala

      • Kumar Shri Odha Ala Wala, married and had issue.

        • Kumar Shri Deva Odha Wala

      • Kumar Shri Valera Ala Wala, married and had issue.

        • Kumar Shri Jiva Valera Wala

    • Darbar Shri DESA BHIMA WALA, ancestor of the Talukdars of Barwala.

• Darbar Shri RAM ALA WALA, married and had issue.

  • Kumar Shri Rawat Ram Wala, adopted by Darbar Shri Kanthad Naja Wala and succeeded as Darbar Shri RAWAT KANTHAD WALA (qv)

  • Kumar Shri Hathia Ram Wala

INTERREGNUM 1923/1928, administration by a Council of Administrators.

• Darbar Shri RAWAT KANTHAD WALA (Photo) 1928/1947, born 16th January 1906, succeeded by adoption on attaining his majority in 1928; married Rani Saheb Devkuvarba Saheb (Photo), and had issue. He died 1947.

  • Raja JASHWANT SINGH (qv)

  • Kumar Shri Kishor Singh Bilkha

  • Kumar Shri Ranjit Singh Bilkha , educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1953); married Kaurani Ela Kumari, born 1942, daughter of HH Maharawat Sir Ram Singhji II Bahadur of Pratapgarh, and has issue.

    • Kumar Shri Bhanupratap Sinhji Ranjit Sinhji Bilkha, B.A. (Hons.), born 19th February 1964, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1982), married 25th November 1988, Baijilal Narendra Kanwar, daughter of Maharaj Banney Singhji of Raoti, and has issue.

      • Kumar Shri Devpratap Sinh

      • Kumari Kamakshi Kumari

    • Kumari Kiran Singh Wala Bilkha B.Com., born 8th June 1966 in Rajkot, married 7th July 1988 in Jhansi, Rajkumar Bhanupratap Singh Ju Deo of Tori Fatehpur, and has issue, one son and one daughter.

      • Kumari Hireneshwari

      • Kauwar Manvendra Singhju Deo

    • Kumar Chhaya Singh Bilkha, M.A. (Econ.), B.Ed., Dip. in Computer Application; born 18th October 1973 in Rajkot; a National Basket Ball and Throw Ball player, he has attended many national N.C.C. camps in India, a proficient parachute jumper, he is a teacher and is presently involved in administration in one of Indore's best schools; married 18th June 1998 in Indore, Kumari Dr. Praveen Singh of Dhabla Dhir, and has issue, two daughters.

      • Kumari Revati Singh

      • Kumari Hiteshi Singh

  • Kumar Shri Hari Singh Bilkha [Kumar Shri Harischandrasinhji Rawatwala Wala], educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1953).

• Captain Raja JASHWANT SINGH 1947/2011, born 19th November 1928, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot 1939/1944; Member of the Rajkumar College Council 1966/2001; married 27th May 1946, Rani Nirvana Devi, born 12th December 1928 at Simla, daughter of HH Raja Joginder Sen of Mandi, and his second wife, HH Rani Amrit Kaur, and had issue, four sons. He died 2nd April 2011 at Pune.

  • Yuvaraj Mahendra Singh, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1967); married and had issue. He died 22nd November 2007.

    • Rajkumari Gyaneshwari Bilkha [Sirdarni Gyaneshwari Ishwar Singh], married 6th January 2004, Sirdar Ishwar Singh, son of Sirdar Sohan Singh, Rais-e-Azam, Jagirdar of Misriote and Katarian in Rawalpindi (married 1stly, Maharajkumari Diamond Balbir Kaur of Jind), and his second wife, Renée Doring, daughter of Hans Karl Doring, Dresden, Germany.

    • Rajkumari Priya Bilkha

    • Rajkumari Pooja Bilkha

  • Rajkumar Ramendra Singh, he succeeded as Raja Ramendra Singh of Bilkha (qv)

  • Rajkumar Yajuvendra Singh, born 1st August 1952 in Rajkot, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1970); First Class cricketer 1971/1982 and a Member of the Indian Cricket Test Team 1977/1979 (four tests); in his Test debut, he took five catches in the first innings to equal the record set in 1935/36 and then took two more catches in the second innings to equal the record set by Greg Chappell two years previously; married and has issue.

    • Kumari Shri Shubika Bilkha

  • Rajkumar Jagatshamsher Singh, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1974); married and has issue.

    • Kumar Shri Nikhil Bilkha

    • Kumari Shri Shivanee Bilkha

• Raja RAMENDRA SINGH (see above)

PRESENT RULER: see above (Rawat Ram Wala Estate)

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: A Fifth Class State with the ruler enjoying jurisdictional powers as follows, Criminal - Three years rigorous imprisonment and fines of up to 5,000Rs, Civil - fines of up to 10,000Rs. The branch of the ruling family became extinct on the 21st March 1923 and the Estate was merged with the Rawat Ram Wala's Estate. Rulers were.......

• Darbar Shri ALA OGHAD WALA, married and had issue.

  • Darbar Shri Devdan Ala Wala (qv)

• Darbar Shri DEVDAN ALA WALA, Chief of Bilkha -/1890, married and had issue. He died 1890.

  • Darbar Shri Kala Devdan Wala (qv)

• Darbar Shri KALA DEVDAN WALA, Chief of Bilkha 1890/1895, married and had issue. He died 1895.

  • Kumar Shri Amra Kala Wala, died sp.

  • Darbar Shri Naja Kala Wala (qv)

• Darbar Shri NAJA KALA WALA, Chief of Bilkha 1895/1909 (Photo), born 1865, succeeded 14th June 1890 ^(#1), educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; married and had issue. He died 1909.

  • Darbar Shri Kanthad Naja Wala (qv)

• Darbar Shri KANTHAD NAJA WALA 1909/1923, born 1870, died sp 21st March 1923. This branch became extinct with the Darbar Shri's death and the estate passed to the descendents of Darbar Shri Sata Oghad Wala.

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Kumar Shri Rambhai Suragbhai, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1965)

• Kumar Shri Anakchandra Gigawala, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1972)

• Kumar Shri Nirmalkumar Punjawala, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1973)

• Kumar Shri Virawala Alawala, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1973)

• Kumar Shri Bavawala Gigawala, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1974)

• Raja Saheb of Bilkha, married Rani Meena Kumari, daughter of HH Raja Shrimant Mahendra Singh Ju Dev Bahadur of Nagod, and his wife, HH Rani Shyam Kumari.