PRESENT RULER: Rana RAGHUBIR SINGH, Rana of Darkoti since 1996.

married, Rani Nirmala Wati, daughter of Thakur Pratap Singh of Ghund, and his wife, Thakurani Ramawati, and has issue.

• Tikka Diveshwar Singh

• Kanwar Jitinder Singh

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Reportedly founded by Durga Singh Kachhawa in the 11th century. Rulers were...

• Rana BAL RAM, married and had issue.

  • Rana Jathu Ram (qv)

• Rana JATHU RAM, married and had issue.

  • Rana Sutes Ram (qv)

• Rana SUTES RAM 1815/1854, married and had issue. He died 1854.

  • Rana Paras Ram (qv)

  • Mian Chhumal Singh

• Rana PARAS RAM 1854/1856, married and had issue. He died 1856.

  • Rana Ram Singh (qv)

  • Mian Nahar Singh, married and had issue. He died 1876.

    • Mian Lakshman Singh, born 1841.

    • Mian Hari Singh, born 1845.

    • Mian Arjan Singh, born 1848.

    • Mian Anant Ram, born 1852.

  • Mian Sita Ram, married and had issue. He died 1888.

    • Mian Zalim Singh, born 1857.

• Rana RAM SINGH 1856/1883, born 1815, married and had issue. He died 1883.

  • Rana Ram Saran Singh (qv)

  • Mian Hemant Singh, born 1851.

  • Mian Hari Ram Singh, born 1854, died 1927.

• Rana RAM SARAN SINGH 1883/1918, born 1843/1849, succeeded 15th October 1883 ^(#1), married and had issue. He died 24th September 1918.

  • Rana Raghunath Singh (qv)

• Rana RAGHUNATH SINGH 1918/1951, born 1888, married 1stly, a Rani from Koti, married 2ndly, Rani Attam Dei, daughter of Kanwar Sadh Singh of Jubbal, married 3rdly, a Rani from Rawingarh, married 4thly, a Rani from Ghund, and had issue. He died 1951.

  • Rana Shiv Singh (by Koti Rani) (qv)

  • Kanwar Attar Singh (by Koti Rani)

  • Thakurani Govinda Devi (by Rani Attam Dei), married Thakur LAKSHMI CHAND of Beja, and had issue.

  • Kanwar Udham Singh (by Rawingarh Rani), educated at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (Lefroy) 1942/1949.

  • Kanwar Pratap Singh (by Rawingarh Rani), educated at Colonel Brown School, Dehradun and at Khalsa College, Amritsar.

  • Kanwar Madan Singh (by Rawingarh Rani), served in the I.A.F.; married Kumari Leela Kanwar from Jubbal, and has issue, two sons.

    • Kanwar Tejinder Singh (Bunny), currently based in Delhi; Manger and Proprietor of apple orchards.

    • Kanwar Lokinder Singh (Robin), currently based and working in Delhi.

  • Kumari (name unknown) (by Rawingarh Rani), married Kanwar Chattar Singh of Sirmur, and has issue.

  • Kanwarani Sharda Devi (by Rawingarh Rani), married (as his second wife), Kanwar Murat Singh of Tharoch, and had issue.

  • Maharani Manzila Devi, married HH Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.

  • Maharani Padmani Devi, married HH Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.

• Rana SHIV SINGH 1951/1996, married Rani Lakshmi Devi of Ratesh, and had issue. He died 1996.

  • Rana Raghubir Singh (qv)

  • Kumari Chand Prabha, married Kanwar Brij Mohan Singh of Sirmur, and has issue.

  • Kumari Kalawati Devi, married Kanwar Mohan Lal Singh of Ghund, and has issue.

  • Kanwar Gyaninder Singh

  • Kumari Radha Kumari, married Thakur Narain Singh of Pojhota in Sirmur.

• Rana RAGHUBIR SINGH (see above)