PRESENT RULER: The Rao Saheb of Garhi, a Premier Noble of Banswara

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The estate which consists of 213 villages, of which the majority are situated to the west of Banswara, yields a revenue of about Rs. 1,12,000 and pays a tribute of Rs. 1,500-8 to the Banswara Darbar. Of the whole estate, 125 villages comprised in the district of Chilkari were conquered by Banswara troops from the neighbouring State of Sunth Rampur in Rewa Kantha, and were all subsequently bestowed on Thakur Udai Singh, the leader of the force. The estate held in Dungarpur is worth Rs 7,400 p.a. Estate holders were...

1. Thakur AGAR SINGHJI, Thakur Saheb of Wasi, he was originally from Thakurda in Dungarpur, he received the Jagir of Wasi in Banswara, fl.1750, married and had issue. He was killed in an attempt to reduce to subjection certain mutinous members of the Dungarpur Maharawals family.

   • Thakur Udai Singhji (qv)

2. Thakur UDAI SINGHJI, Thakur Saheb of Wasi, he was successful in finishing off what his father had started for which he received the Jagirs of Garhi and Nawagaon (taken from the rebels), other villages were added later for services rendered to the Maharawal of Dungarpur's family in expelling the Marathas.

3. Thakur ARJUN SINGHJI, Thakur Saheb of Garhi, he received a grant of villages in Dungarpur

4. Rao RATAN SINGHJI, Thakur Saheb (later Rao) of Garhi, Kamdar of Banswara 1874/1876, he was the prime mover in the substitution in the State of Banswara of the Surpur line for that of Khandu; he was granted the title of Rao [cr.1872] by the Maharana of Udaipur, married and had issue.

   • Rao Gambhir Singhji (qv)

   • Baisa (name unknown) [Maharani Sahiba Chauhaniji], married Maharana Shri Shambhu Singhji of Udaipur.

5. Rao GAMBHIR SINGHJI, Rao Saheb of Garhi -/1889, he adopted Kunwar Sangram Singh, son of Thakur Udai Singh of Thakurda, married and had adoptive issue. He died sp in 1889 (or 1890).

   • (A) Rao Sangram Singhji (qv)

6. Rao SANGRAM SINGHJI, Rao Saheb of Garhi 1889/1905, born 1873 as Kunwar Sangram Singh, son of Thakur Udai Singh of Thakurda, and succeeded by adoption; married the daughter of the Thakur of Semlia in Sailana [?Maharaj Bhawani Singh], and had adoptive issue. He died 1905.

   • (A) Rao Rai Singhji (qv)

7. Rao RAI SINGHJI, Rao Saheb of Garhi 1905/-, born 1887, son of Thakur Amar Singh of Gamra, an off-shoot of Thakurda in Banswara, he succeeded by adoption in 1905; ducated at Mayo College, Ajmer; married and had issue, two sons. He died 17th October 1918.

   • Rajkumar Ranjit Singh

   • Rao Himmat Singhji (qv)

DARBAR MANAGEMENT 1918/-, due to the minority of the Rao Saheb.

8. Rao HIMMAT SINGHJI, Rao Saheb of Garhi -/1939, born 14th September 1914, married Rao Rani Phool Kumari, born 1919, died 1962, daughter of Rao Raja Sardar Singhji of Uniara, and had issue, two children, one son and one daughter. He died 1939.

   • Rao Indrajit Singhji (qv)

   • Baiji Lal Giriraj Kumari [Rani Giriraj Kumari of Rampura], born 1st November 1938, married 17th February 1957, Raja Samar Singh of Rampura, and has issue, two sons and one daughter.

9. Rao INDRAJIT SINGHJI, Rao Saheb of Garhi 1939/2006, born 1936, educated at Daly College, Indore; married 195x, Rani Sampat Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Shri Ajit Singh Sahib of Jodhpur, and his wife, Rani Man Kumari, and had issue, five children. He died 2005/2006.

   • Baiji Lal Jayraj Kumari (Princess Joy) [Kunwarani Jayraj Kumari of Ghanerao], married Kunwar Suryabhan Singh of Ghanerao.

   • Baiji Lal Rohini Kumari (Princess Gattu) [HH Maharani Rohini Kumari of Karauli], married 1986, HH Maharaja Shri Krishan Chander Pal Deo of Karauli.

   • Rajkumar Ranjit Singh, died young about 1979/1980.

   • Rajkumari Kirti Kumari, married 1988, Rajkumar Jungvijay Singh of Amarkot.

   • Rajkumari Parneeti Kumari, married in Dungarpur.

10. Rao (name unknown) (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Rani Sahiba Chauhaniji, married (as his first wife), Maharaj Shri Kesri Singhji of Bhindar.

• Shri Rao Birender Singh, Chief Minister of Haryana [24.3.1967] - [21.11.1967], married and had issue.

  • Rao Inderjit Singh, Politician, Advocate and Social Worker, born 11th February 1950 in Rewari, Haryana; educated at the University of Delhi, Delhi (B.A. (Hons), LL.B.); Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly 1977/1996 and 2001/2004 (four terms); Minister of Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Haryana 1986/1987; Minister of Environment & Forest and Medical & Technical Education, Government of Haryana 1991/1996; Member of Lok Sabha XIII 1998/2004 and XIV 2004/-; Member, Committee on Science and Technology; Environment and Forests 1998/1999; Union Minister of State, External Affairs 2004/-; he joined the Youth Congress in 1978; General Secretary, Youth Congress Haryana, 1980/1982; General Secretary and Vice-President, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Haryana, 1983/1990; Member, All Indian Congress Committee 1991/-; National Champion for three years in Skeet shooting; awarded a Bronze medal in Commonwealth Championship and three Gold Medals in South Asian Federation Games; Member, Indian Shooting Team; Member, Delhi Gymkhana Club; Member, Kasanli Club; Member, Chandigarh Golf Club and Noida Golf Club; interests and pastimes are reading and angling; he married 6th December 1976, Rani Manita Singh, and has issue, two daughters. (Rampura House, Rewari - 123 401, Haryana, India)

  • Rao Ajit Singh, born 1955.