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PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Jasnagar was the Jagir granted to Sir Sukhdeo Prasad Kak by the Maharaja of Jodhpur State. Originally it was called Kalukeki, but it wasrenamedJasnagar in honour of Maharaja Jaswant Singh II. Spread over 35,000 Bighas (approximately 87.5 square kilometres), it is located near Merta in Rajasthan. Sir Sukhdeo Prasad Kak was granted two more Jagirs, Gole Sayla [in District Jalore]and Rani Kalan in [District Pali]. These were also called Umaidabad and Sardargarh respectively after the Maharajas of Jodhpur.

• Pandit Bhola Nath Kak, he left the Kashmir Valley in the be­ginning of the 19th century and settled in Bhopal state in cen­tral India, where he became a tutor to the daughter of the Begum of Bhopal at the palace; he received some villages as in jagir from the Nawab Begum in gratitude for his services; married and had issue.

  • Pandit Shiv Narain Kak (qv)

  • Pandit Shiv Prasad Kak, migrated from Bhopal state to the imperial capital, Delhi and attended Delhi College, afterwards he moved to Bharatpur state.

• Pandit Shiv Narain Kak, educated at Delhi College; joined the Maharaja of Jodhpur's service in 1848, as a tutor to the Yuvraj, as he was a matriculate and was fluent in English; later he headed the newly created Criminal Court and was Private Secretary to HH Maharaja Takhat Singh, and later his successor, a post he held until his death; he married Rukma Gurtu, and had issue, three sons and four daughters. He died 1892 in Jodhpur.

  • Pandit Dina Nath Kak

  • Rai Bahadur Pandit Sir Sukhdeo Prasad Kak (qv)

  • Pandit Lasoo Kak

  • Sukhbai Kak, married Pandit Suraj Prakash Wattal of Jodhpur.

  • Girwarbai Kak, married Pandit Mohan Kishan Bakshi.

  • Mansarovarbai Kak, married Pandit Niranjan Nath Kaul.

  • Kalabai Kak, married Pandit Radhey Nath Kaul.

• Rai Bahadur Pandit Sir SUKHDEO PRASAD KAK, B.A., Kt., Thakur of Jasnagar, born March 1862 in Jodhpur, educated locally in Jodhpur and at Calcutta University (graduated around 1883), Member of council at Jodhpur; judicial secretary to the Council at Jodpur from 1887/1888; chief minister at Udaipur 1911/1918 and again in the 1930s, famine secretary 1899/1900; joint musahib ala of Jodhpur (Prime Minister) 1900/1901; senior member mahakma khas (secretariat) 1902/1908; Minister 1908/1911; he retired briefly in 1911, returning in 1918 to form a new regency in Jodhpur; served as revenue member and senior member, mahakma khas and judicial member until 1926 until he was forced to resign; he attended the Round Table Conference in London as the Representative of the Rajputana Princely States; he was granted the title of Rai Bahadur in 1895 for his service to Jodhpur princely state, he was awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind in 1901, and made C.I.E. in 1903, he was knighted in 1922 (the only civilian/non Princely family member inthe Rajputana States to be so honoured); he married Mohini Hukku, daughter of Pandit Jialal Hukku and grand daughter of Pandit Motilal Hukku of Bijnore state, and had issue. He died 7th October 1935.

  • Pandit DHARAM NARAIN KAK (qv)

  • Pandit Kripa Narain Kak, born 31st October 1898 in Jodhpur, educated in Jodhpur and Aberdeen, Scotland, former Agricultural and Rural Development Officer in Udaipur; member of Jawaharkhana (Royal Treasury) in Jodhpur state, married Kailash Atal, sister of Raja Amarnath Atal, and daughter of Dewan Jai Nath Atal of Jaipur state, and had issue.

    • Pandit Vijendra Narain Kak [Ramji], born about 1920; joined Textile Mfg. Co.; undertook progressive farming on his own farm 'Vasundhara' near Jaipur; has held the posts of Sports, and Tourism adviser to the Rajasthan Government, married Shyama Kaul, and has issue, two daughters.

      • Sudha Kak, married Captain Tej Raina.

      • Nandita Kak, married Vidhu Dar.

    • Pandit Hari Narain Kak, M.A., LL.B. I.P.S. [Indian Police Service]; born 20th December 1929, has served in Rajasthan in various posts, including, A.D.C. to the Governor of Rajastan, Delhi Police, the Indian Railway Board and the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India; he retired as the Additional Secretary, Secretariat, Government of India; married Indu Wanchoo, daughter of Justice Kailas Nath Wanchoo, the former Chief Justice of India, and has issue.

      • Pavan Sukhdev B.Sc. (Hons.), educated at Oxford University, Director with Deutsch Bank, presently (2009) on deputation to the U.N. and is heading the 'Economics of Environment' project, married and has issue, two daughters.

        • Mahima Bhavani, educated at Yale University.

        • Ashima Ragya, educated at the University of Pennsylvania.

      • Sameer Kak B.Sc., educated at Delhi University (B.Sc.) and at Boston University (M.Sc. in Business Administration), he is a Senior Executive, and a Writer, having had published books on English Poetry, Essays, Dogs.

  • Pandit Dr. Jai Nath Kak, educated at Leeds University, U.K. (Medicine Degree), undertook a specialist course in E.N.T from Vienna, and has practised in Allahabad; married Kamla, daughter of Ma­jor Dr. Pyare Lal Atal from Jaipur state, and had issue, three sons.

    • Pandit Sukh Kumar Kak, educated in Allahabad and the U.K.; has held senior Executive Posts in British Firms; married Maya, daughter of Pandit Rameshwar Nath Muttoo of Lucknow.

    • Pandit Siddarth Kumar Kak, Indian Revenue Service [I.R.S. General Customs and Excise.], worked in the Ministry of Commerce, G.O.I., posted in Hongkong, Member of the I.R.S Board, married Manju Kaul.

    • Pandit Tilak Kumar Kak, I.P.S. [Indian Police Service] Uttar Pradesh cadre, worked in the State, C.R.P.F. [Central Reserve Police Force], Additional Director General, U.P., Director General, Seema Suraksha Dal [S.S.B.], married Kanak, daughter of Pandit Amar Nath Wanchoo of Gurgaon city in Haryana.

  • Sukhraj Kak, married Pandit Maheshwar Nath Kaul

  • Roop Kumari Kak, married Pandit Manmohan Nath Chak

• Pandit DHARAM NARAIN KAK, Jagirdar of Jasnagar, Gole and Rani Kalan in Jodhpur State, born 25th December 1888 at Jodhpur, initially educated in Jodhpur, then at Downing College, Cambridge University, U.K. (Graduated), and later Bar at Law from Inner Temple; served as sub Judge in Jodhpur State 1915/1917, on the invitation of Maharana Fateh Singh of Udaipur state went from Jodhpur to Udaipur and became a Senior Minister there in 1917, appointed Musahab Ala [chief Minister] of Udaipur in 1935 on his father's death, he was granted the jagir of Soniana by the Maharana Saheb of Udaipur, and later served Jodhpur state as the Deputy Chief Minister, and represented the Indian States at the League of Nations conderence; he was granted the title of Diwan Bahadur and also awarded the C.I.E.; he married Sushila Watil [Susheela Wattal], sister of the renowned Indian Film Star, Chandramohan, and had issue, three sons and six daughters. He died 1971.

  • Pandit Krishna Prasad Kak, his early education in the U.K. was curtailed due to WWII forcing his return to India where he joined Jodhpur service; he married Roop Kumari Wattal of Lahore, and had issue. He died at a young age.

    • Bharat Kumar Kak, presently farming on agricultural land in the former family jagir of Rani Kalan.

  • Pandit Ravinder Nath Kak, he served as Magistrate in the Rajasthan Government; joined Vizag Shipping and later Mughal Lines where he served as senior Executive, married Asha Bukshi, daugh­ter of Pandit Shyam Sunder Narain Bakshi of Lucknow, and had issue.

    • Susheel Narain Kak, has held topjobs in Foreign and Indian Banks.

  • Pandit Kapil Deo Kak, a Corporate Executive.

  • Chandra Mohini Kak, married Pandit Niranjan Nath Wanchoo (I.C.S.)

  • Shakuntala Kak, married Pandit Maheshwar Nath Zutshi

  • Krishnawati Kak, married Pandit Mankameshwar Nath Zutshi

  • Padmawati Kak, married Pandit Satendra Nath Kaul

  • Sulakshana Kak, married Pandit Kapil Raina

  • Kamla Kak, married Pandit Brij Avtar Tikku