PRESENT RULER: Thakur BHANWAR SINGH, present Thakur Sahib of Jadawata (Jadawata Palace, Jaipur Distt., Rajasthan, India)

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: A Khas Chauki hereditary feudal state in Jaipur.^(#1) Jadawata or Jadaota was one of the principalities belonging to the Khangarot clan of the Jaipur Royal Family, located near Narena at Dudu tehsil of Jaipur district in Rajasthan. The family shares a common ancestry with the Kachhawa Chiefs of Khangarot Thikanas - Sakhun, Bichun, Paldi, Sewa, Sawarda, Pachewar (5 villages) and Diggi (7 villages), all being descended from eponymous Rao Bhakar Singh of Sakhun, eighth son of Rao Khangar and greatgrandson of Raja Prithvi Singh I of Amber (Jaipur). The thikana serves the Raj with horse and pays no tribute. It comprises of Jadawata (Jadaota), a jagir of 6 Ras (Cavalry) for which six horses and sawars are retained (maintained) by the Ruler and deployed at Sambhar for Imperial Service, and Gangadwari, an inam jagir of nominal 5 Rs tribute totally exempt from service and lagan (tax/cess). Rulers were....

• Raja PRITHVIRAJ SINGH I, 8th Raja of Amber 1502/1527, married Rani Bala Bai (Apoorva Devi) of Bikaner, and had issue. He died 4th November 1527.

  • Rao JAG MALJI (sixth son), he was granted the Jagir of Diggi, he married Rani Neta Kunwari, daughter of Rana Pahar Singh of Amarkot, and had issue, five sons. He died in 1549.

    • Rao KHANGAR, Raja of Naraina, married 19 wives, including, (a) Rani Mandalawatji, (b) Rani Mertaniji, (c) Rani Jodhiji Senior, (d) Rani Solankiji, (e) Rani Chauhanji of Makrana, and had issue, 13 sons, ancestors of the Khangarots, which comprised one of the Bara Kotri (12 Chambers) of the Kachhawa Royal Family of Jaipur. He died in 1584.

      • Thakur Raghav Das (by Mandalawatji)

      • Rao BHAKAR SINGH of Sakhun (eighth son) (by Jodhiji-Snr), married ten wives, and had issue, eight sons, the Bhakarsinghot sub-clan of Khangarots including the Thakurs of Diggi, Seva, Akoda, Gaiji, Malpura, Harsuli, Dudu, Sali, Bichun, Ladera, Jobner, Quila-dantri, Sawarda, Bhakar and Harsor. He died in 1633.

        • Rao BADRIDAS (eldest son) Thakur of Sakhun and Akoda, he was brave and mighty like his father. He was in service of Mirza Raja Jai Singh of Amber (Jaipur). He married and had issue, three sons.

          • Rao Manrup Singh, Chief of Sakhun.

          • Rao Jagrup Singh, Chief of Jadawata (continued below)

          • Rao Bhim Singh, Chief of Padli.

            • Rao Hindu Singh, he was very brave and mighty.

              • Rao Hati Singh, received jagir of Padli or Parli on Malpura-Sambhar Road, he was a prominent Tazimi Noble of Jaipur.

                • Rao Udai Singh of Padli (Parli), he fought against Murtaja Khan Badech, Mughal Subedar of Delhi in BS 1836 (August 1779 AD) when he attacked Jaipur with 52,000 soldiers to take Army expenses. He died in battle of Khatu Shyamji alongwith Dalel Singh of Seva.

o Rao Man Singh of Padli, received jagir of 500 Ras in BS 1890.

• • • • • Thakur Dwarkadas of Tilorna, married two wives, and had issue, five sons.

          • Thakur Ajab Singh, married and had issue.

            • Rao Hari Singh, Thakur of Lamba (later exchanged for Diggi after four generations), ancestor of the Thakurs of Diggi.

            • Thakur Bijai Singh, married and had issue.

• Rao JAGRUP SINGH, 1st Thakur Sahib of Jadawata, married and had issue, the Khangarots of Jadawata.^(#1)

• 5-10 generations...

• Rao LAKHTEER SINGHJI (Lakhdheer Singh)^(#2), Thakur Sahib of Jadawata, a minor Chieftain under Jaipur state, he participated in various battles under Maharaja Madho Singh?. Maharaja of Jaipur 1880/1922 AD, and was granted the title of 'Lakhteer' and awarded an additional tax-free and fertile inam jagir of Gangadwari village near Bandikui as a token of admiration for his valour, as he saved the life of Jaipur Maharaja facing lacs of arrows and spears. He married and had issue, one son. He died in BS 1800 in the battle of Malpura.

  • Thakur Kishan Singh (qv)

  • ?Thakur Badan Singh, a junior member of Jadawata royal family, married and had issue, one daughter and one son.^(#3)

    • Baisa Chandra Kanwar Khangarotji Sahiba [Thakurani Chandra Kanwar], married (as his first wife) in 1852, Thakur Shivnath Singh Bidawat, Thakur Sahib of Bidasar (1842/1866) in Bikaner State, and had issue, an only son. He died 1866.

      • Thakur Bahadur Singh

    • Thakur Mangal Singh

• Thakur KISHAN SINGHJI, Thakur Sahib of Jadawata, married 1stly, Thakuranisa (name unknown) Mertaniji, daughter of Mertia Thakur Sahib of Ladariya (collateral branch of Kuchaman) in Jodhpur, she had issue, one son; he married 2ndly, Thakuranisa (name unknown) Sakatsinghot Rathore Baisa, daughter of Thakur Sahib of Tazimdar Thikana Nalu in Kishangarh State, and had issue, three sons.

  • Tikai Kunwar Nathu Singhji, married Baisa Moti Kanwar, Princess of Dobri, she got her younger sister married into Jadawata when he died sp.

  • Thakur Pane Singh (qv)

  • Thakur Gopal Singh (see below)

• Apjisa Thakur NATHU SINGHJI, Thakur Sahib of Jadawata, educated privately, married Thakurani Moti Kanwar, elder daughter of Madhodasot Mertia Rathore Thakur Sahib of Dobri Palace, a collateral branch of Rian, and his wife, a Kanawat/Kumbhawat Princess of Amarpura or Amargarh in Mewar/Chomu [Dobri Thakuranisa] (sister of Achrol Thakuranisa)^(#1). He died sp.

• Aapjisa Thakur PANE SINGHJI^(#4), Thakur Sahib of Jadawata, fl. 1947, educated privately, apart from being an able and intelligent administrator, he was a renowned Vaidya of Ayurvedic and Siddha medicine, and an amateur highly skilled Puppeteer, he promoted ancient vedic science, the art of puppetry and crafts in the region; he married Thakuranisa Kesar Kanwar [later Majisaheb Jadawata], younger daughter of the Ruler of Dobri, and his wife, a Kumbhawat (Kanawat?) Princess of Thikana Amarpura near Chomu in Jaipur (sister of Achrol Thakurani), she died in 1970s after prolonged treatment of cancer, and had issue, three daughters, the joint owners of a portion of the Jadawata Palace Fort. He died at an old age after prolonged treatment by a British Doctor at Jadawata, though the thikana properties got vested in his younger brother, his wife and daughters received a considerable share in ancestral properties and assets.

  • Rajkumarani Umaid Kanwar, married Rajkumar Amar Singh Rathore, R.A.S. Officer (Tehsildar), only son of Rao Bahadur Thakur Daulat Singh of Kumbhana (Double Tazim, 14 village Thikana of Ratansinghot Bika clan), A.D.C. cum Master of the House-Hold of Maharaja Ganga Singhji of Bikaner. Special train came from Bikaner for their marriage. He had issue, one son and two daughters.

    • Thakur Raj Singh of Kumbhana, married 1stly, in 1967 at Ajmer, Rajkumari Kailash Kanwar, daughter of Raja Ram Singh Gaur of Rajgarh (Alwar) and Rajmata Maan Kanwar, married 2ndly, Baisa of Abhaneri in Jaipur, and had issue.

      • Baisa Vinita Kumari Rathore, married Commander Sunil Chauhan of Tankri, and has issue.

        • Bhanej Bana Adhiraj Singh Chauhan

    • Bai Indra Kanwar, married (as his first wife, died soon after marriage) Rao Kalyan Singh Chandrawat (Sisodia) of Sheopur near Sanganer in Jaipur.

      • Col. Thakur Virendra Singh, currently serving in Indian Army.

    • Bai Chandra Kanwar, married (as his second wife, after the death of her sister) Rao Kalyan Singh of Sheopur, and had issue. She died 2017.

      • Baisa Shanu Kumari, married Rajkumar Rajendra Singh, younger son of Maharaj Shri Dalip Singh of Raoti, and his wife of Nimbaj in Sirohi, and has issue, one son.

        • Bhanwar Bana Bharat Singh

  • Thakuranisa Saubhagya Kanwar, married Indersinghot Mertia Thakur Bhawani Singh Rathore, Double Tazimi Thakur Sahib of Narayanpura Thikana of 15 villages, and had issue.

    • Thakur Mahavir Singh, he succeeded as the Thakur Saheb of Narayanpura Garh.

    • Kunwar Kochu Banna

    • Baiji Lal Murdhar Kanwar

    • Baiji Lal Sanji Kanwar, married at Jiliya Fort, Shekhawat Kunwar of Nathawatpura, Sikar.

  • Maharani Lad Kanwar Baisa [now Rajmata Sahib], born 1928, educated privately, married 1943 at Parli House, Jaipur, Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Sri Bijay Singhji, Raja of Gaudati, Maroth (Abhaypura), Double Tazim Umrao, Sona Naresh, Thakur Saheb of Jiliya Senior Garh, he died 17 January 2004, and has issue, one son and two daughters. She died in the night of 3rd Jan 2020.

    • Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Sri Indrabhan Singh Rathore, married a Chauhan Princess of Makrana Royal Family, and has issue.

    • Rajkumari Kiran Kumari, married Brig. Thakur Umaid Singh, died 27 Dec 1987, son of Col. Thakur Hanuman Singh Shekhawat of Sarwari (see Sikar), MBE, Double Tazim, and his wife, a Mertia lady from Thikana Kerap (Maroth), and has issue.

    • Rajkumari Krishna Kumari, married Col. Thakur Anand Singh Shekhawat of Mundari.

• Thakur GOPAL SINGH, Thakur Sahib of Jadawata, he married 1stly, Baisa of Mayapur (aka Miapur) in Jodhpur, he married 2ndly, Baisa of Thikana Cheevli in Jaipur, and had issue seven sons and two daughters.

  • Kunwar Sadul Singh, married 1stly, Rathore Baisa of Miapur, she had issue, one son, married 2ndly, Mertaniji Baisa of Jhag near Nawa, she had issue, six sons and two daughters; he had issue, seven sons, and two daughters.

    • Kunwar Ram Singh (by 1st wife) (qv)

    • Kunwar Shimbhu Singh

    • Kunwar Bharat Singh

  • Kunwar Mool Singh, married Baisa Kaushalya Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Kundan Singh of Dobri, and has issue.

    • Kunwar Bhairon Singh, born 1968, married into Mertia Rathore family of Manana, and has issue.

• Thakur RAM SINGH, Thakur of Jadawata, married the daughter of Thakur Shaubagya Singh of Anandpura Palace (see Maroth), and his second wife, daughter of Ladkhani Thakur Gopal Singh Shekhawat of Bhima, and had issue, two sons.

  • Thakur Bhanwar singh (qv)

  • Thakur Narendra Singh

• Thakur BHANWAR SINGH, Thakur of Jadawata (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Bidawat Thakur Kanh Singh, Thakur of Malsisar in Bikaner, married and had issue, two sons, both married into Jadawata.