PRESENT RULER: Apji Sahib CHATRABEER SINGH, present Apji of Koela (Koela House, Sarovar Road, Kota - 342001, Rajasthan, India)

married Rani Vijaylaxmi Kumari, daughter of Thakur Bhawani Singhji Saheb of Balunda, and his wife, Thakurani Ummed Kanwar, and has issue.

• Kumari Moomal Hada

• Kumari Bhawna Hada

• Kumari Harshita Hada

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The founder of the family was Kunwar Kani Ram, fourth son of Rao Madho Singh of Kotah. Rulers were...

• Maharaj KANI RAM, Apji of Koela, he was granted the Jagir of Koelah, married and had issue. He died 1658.

  • Maharaj Paim Singh, may have held Kotah for 16 months from 1669.

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• Maharaj PIRTHI SINGH, Apji of Koela fl.1750

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• Apji AMAR SINGH, Apji of Koela -/1817, he died 1817.

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• Apji SANGRAM SINGH, married and had issue.

  • generation

    • Kunwar Lakshman Singh.

• Apji PRITHVI SINGH, Apji of Koela -/1892, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; Member of the State Council, married and had issue. He died 9th June 1892.

  • Brig.-Gen. Rao Bahadur Apji Govind Singhji (qv)

• Brig.-Gen. Rao Bahadur Apji GOVIND SINGHJI, Apji of Koela 1892/-, born 1887, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; Class-Captain 1905/06; General Officer Commanding, married and had issue, four sons.

  • Apji Sahib Raghuraj Singhji (qv)

  • Apji Sahib Amar Singhji, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer (1937); married and had issue, seven children. He died 1996.

    • Air-Cdr. Apji Janak Pratap Singh, married Rani Tekraj Singh of Bharawan, and had issue, two children.

      • Apji Vikram Singh, Captain for Air India, married Rani Asha Singh, and has issue, two children.

        • Kunwar Aniruddha Singh

        • Baisa Aashna Singh

      • Kumari Vijaya Singh

    • Apji Pushpendra Singh, married Rani Snehlata Singh of Simri, and has issue, three children.

      • Baisa Chandra Kumari Hada

      • Kunwar Chandrasen Hada (F.C.A. - U.A.E.), married Kunwarani Bhawna Singh of Bilada, and has issue.

        • Kunwar Tanmaya Hada

        • Kumari Diksha Hada

      • Kunwar Natraj Hada, married Kunwarani Roopali Hada from Faizabad, and has issue, one son.

        • Kunwar Prithviraj Parihar Hada

    • Shail Kumari Shekhawat, married Ram Singh Shekhawat of Jhanjhad, Rajasthan, and has issue, two children.

      • Kunwar Ajay Singh Shekhawat, married to Vijaya Shekhawat, and has issue, one daughter.

        • Baisa Gayatri Shekhawat

      • Vijay Shekhawat, married Preeti Shekhawat, and has issue.

        • Bhanwar Dushyant Shekhawat

    • Apji Virendra Singh, married Ratan Singh of Natwada, and has issue, two children.

      • Kumari Ritu Singh, married Anupam Singh of Balia, and has issue.

        • Baisa Priyanka Singh

      • Kumari Anjani Singh, married Meenu Singh of Hardoi, and has issue.

        • Kunwar Abhiveer Singh

    • Apji Gajendra Singh, married Rani Bhagyavati Singh of Arrah, Bihar, and has issue, two children.

      • Apji Manvendra Singh, married Rani Namrata Singh of Jagmanpur, and has issue.

        • Baisa Chandrika Hada

        • Kunwar Anudrat Hada

      • Preeti Singh, married Anurag Singh of Balrampur, and has issue.

        • Kunwar Abhijay Singh.

    • Prabha Kumari Singh, married Yashwant Singh of Shahpura, and has issue, two children.

      • Mritunjai Singh, married Vineeta Singh and has issue.

        • Baisa Nandika Singh

      • Digvijay Singh, married to Charu Singh, and has issue, two children.

        • Aakriti Singh

        • Devaditya Singh

    • Apji Davendra Singh (F.C.S.), married Rani Beena Singh of Agra, and has issue, two children.

      • Kumari Riddhi Singh

      • Kumari Siddhi Singh

  • Brigadier Apji Sahib Randhir Singhji, born 16th November 1915 in Kotah, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; awarded a sword of honour and was a winner of the Gold Medal at Military College, Sandhurst, UK (later donated to the Mayo College Museum); commissioned as a King's Commission Officer (K.C.O.), Commanded Hyderabad State Forces, Commandant Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun; Commanded 9th Infantry Brigade, married in Bikaner, Rani Rukman Kanwar, and had issue.

    • Col. Apji Bharat Singh, married and had issue.

      • Thakurani Maya Singh, married 11th March 1993, Thakur Shatrujeet Singh Rathore, born January 1963, son of the late Thakur Amarjeet Singh of Gumanpura, and his wife, Thakurani Mahendra Kumari of Shahpura, and has issue, one daughter.

    • Apji Vijai Singh, represented India in polo tournaments in Australia, Brunei, Nigeria and USA married Thakurani Aruna Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Prem Singh of Jodhpur, India’s legendry polo player, and has issue.

      • Kanwar Mahiraj Singh, educated at Mayo College, India and graduated from Calcutta University (M.B.A.), formerly living in Dubai and is now based in Sydney, Australia working for CALTEX. While at Dubai, he was instrumental in building the largest petroleum oil storage facility in the East coast of Africa at Djibouti for Emirates National Oil.

      • Baiji Lal Sulina Kumari, married and had issue, two daughters, Raveena and Shivina. She died 1999.

    • Baiji Lal Usha Kumari

  • Major Apji Sahib Kalyan Singhji, he was educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; Class-Captain 1933/1934

• Apji Sahib RAGHURAJ SINGHJI, Apji of Koela -/1965, born 1911, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; he served as the first Pradhan of Baran Panchayat Samiti Baran Raj; he was awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal, married Rani Haeth Kumari of Banswara, and had issue. He died 12th January 1965.

  • Kumari Sushil Kumari [Thakurani Sushil Kumari Shekhawat of Dujod], married to Thakur Rajendra Singh of Dujod, and has issue.

    • Kumari Nandita Singh, married Rao Saheb Manish Pratap Singh of Surdaha (M.P.), and has issue.

      • Rajkumar Gaurang Pratap Singh

    • Kunwar Ajayveer Singh Shekhawat, married Kumari Deepti Shah, daughter of Rajkumar Jitendra Shah of Jagmanpur (U.P.), and has issue.

      • Kumari Priyanjali Singh Shekhawat

  • Apji Suyaveer Singh (qv)

  • Apji Chatrabeer Singh (qv)

  • Kumari Vrinda Kumari [Rani Vrinda Kumari of Amleta], married Maharaj Vimaljeet Singh of Amleta (M.P.), and has issue. (U.S.A.)

    • Kumari Kirti

    • Kumari Ambika

• Apji SUYAVEER SINGH, Apji of Koela 1965/-, married Rani Deveshwari Kumari, second daughter of Thakur Mandhata Singhji, Thakur Saheb of Geejgarh, and had issue.

  • Kumari Mandakini Hada

• Apji CHATRABEER SINGH, Apji of Koela (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Apji Ajit Singh, married and had issue.

  • Baiji Lal Kumari (name unknown), married (as his first wife) 1878, HH Maharaja Sir Bhanwar Pal Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bai of Karauli.

• Apji Dushyant Singh, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; Junior National squash finalist, top 8 Open Squash player, squash coach and teacher at Mayo College.