PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE:

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Estate holders were....

• Sardar Sujan Singh, married Sardarni Lakshmi Devi, and had issue.

  • Sardar Bahadur Sir Sobha Singh, born 1890 in Hadali Village, Khushab district, Sargodha, Punjab (now in Pakistan), educated at Amritsar; a civil contractor and a prominent builder and real estate owner of Delhi; he became the first lndian president of the New Delhi Municipal Committee, appointed a member of the Council of States; married Lady Sardarni Vira Bai [Varyam Kaur], and had issue, four sons and a daughter. He died 18th April 1978 in Delhi. (3 Jantar Mantar Road, New Delhi)

    • Sardar Bhagwant Singh, born 1912.

    • Sardar Khushwant Singh, born 2nd February 1915 in Hadali Village, Khushab district, Sargodha; educated at St. Stephen’s College in Delhi, Government College, Lahore, and after his graduation, at Kings College, London and then became Barrister, Press Attaché with the rank of First Secretary, in 1975; he has edited Yojana, an Indian government journal; The Illustrated Weekly of India, and two major Indian newspapers, The National Herald and the Hindustan Times, he received the Padma Bhushan in 1974 (which he returned when the Golden Temple was stormed in 1984), Member of the Rajya Sabha 1980/1986, awarded Nishan-e-Khalsa, awarded ‘The Honest Man of the Year’ in 1995 by Sulabh International, the Punjab Rattan in 2006 by the Government of Punjab and the Padma Vibhushan in 2007 by the Government of India; publications include Train to Pakistan, 1956, A History of the Sikhs, 1963, The Company of Women, 1999, The Illustrated History of the Sikhs, 2006; married 30th October 1939 in Delhi, Sardarni Kaval Malik, died 2002, daughter of Sir Teja Singh Malik, and has issue.

      • Sardar Rahul Singh

      • Mala Singh, married Ravi Dayal, born 1938, educated at Oxford University, graduating with a Masters in History; joined the Oxford University Press, working as Editor in Mumbai and later as head of its Chennai office; he also set up the OUP's office in Delhi and remained its Chief Executive Officer for many years, retiring in 1987, after which he opened his own publishing company (Ravi Dayal Publishers) in the capital, he died 3rd June 2006; and has issue, one daughter.

        • Naina Dayal

    • Major Sardar Gurbakash Singh

    • Sardar Daljit Singh

    • Sardarni Mohinder Kaur, married Sardar Jaspal Singh Virk of Jandiala Guru in Amritsar, and had issue, two sons and one daughter.

      • Sardar Shivinder Singh Virk, married Rukhsana Sultana, a socialite and political activist during the Emergency Era; and has issue.

        • Begum Amrita Singh, born 9th February 1958, made her Bollywood debut in 1983 with Betaab, a highly successful film, followed up by a number of other successful roles, retiring in 1993 to concentrate on her family life; married October 1991 (sep'd. 2004), Nawabzada Saif Ali Khan of Pataudi (now Nawab), and has issue.

      • Sardar Jagvinder Singh Virk (Binny), married Sardarni Rajinder Baldev Singh (Happy), daughter of Sardar Bahadur Sir General Baldev Singh, K.C.I.E., Commander-in-Chief Jind State Forces, and the last Prime Minister of the Jind State, who handed over the State to the Republic of India; and has issue.

        • Sanam Singh

      • Raymon Kaur [Rani Sukriti Kumari of Nalagarh], born 1st September 1948, married 7th April 1968, Raja Vijayendra Singh of Nalagarh, and has issue.

  • Sardar Ujjal Singh, born 27th December 1895 in Sindh Sagar Doab of the Punjab (now in Pakistan); educated at Gurmukhikalsa Collegiate School, Amritsar and Government College, Lahore (M.A. History); Member of the college Hockey XI; returned home to manage the vast family acreage in Multan district; M.L.C. (Punjab) 1926/1956; Member of the Viceroy`s Consultative Committee on Reforms to 1932; Member of the first Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee; Home Secretary in the Unionist ministry in Punjab 1937/1942; Indian delegate to the United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture (Canada) in 1945; elected a Member of the Constituent Assembly in 1946; Minister of Industries and Civil Supplies 1949/1956; Minister of Finance and Industries 1949/1956; Member, Finance Commission 1956/1957; Member, Punjabi University Commission 1960/-; Governor of the Punjab (1.9.1965) - (27.6.1966); Governor of Tamil Nadu (28.6.1966) - (25.5.1971). He died 15th February 1983 in New Delhi.

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Amarindar Singh Chopra, grand-nephew of Sardar Khushwant Singh

• Tisca Zareen Arora, born 1st November 1973, (grand-niece of Sardar Khushwant Singh) and daughter of S. C. Arora, married Capt. Sanjay Chopra, and has issue.