PRESENT HEAD OF FAMILY: Sardar BEANT SINGH SANDHANWALIA (1978/-)

born 1926, married and has issue, including..

• Sardar Sukhdev Singh Sandhanwalia

• Sardar Jaswinder Singh Sandhanwalia

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Lahore was founded in 1805, by Sandhu Jats, of whom Sardar Budh Singh was the first historically known ancestor, though they claim a rajput descent from Raja Jaisal, the founder of Jaisalmer (see Sansi). Rulers were...

• Sardar BUDH SINGH [Desu], he was an affluent Jat farmer of the village of Sukarchak in the Majha tract of the Punjab; married and had issue, two sons. He died 1716.

  • Sardar NAUDH SINGH, married 1710, Sardarni Lali Kaur, daughter of Gulab Singh of Majitha, and had issue. He died 1752 (1763).

    • Sardar CHARAT SINGH , born about 1721, married 1756, Sardarni Dessan Kaur Gujranwala, died 1778 and had issue. He died 1774.

      • Sardar MAHAN SINGH, married 1774, Sardarni Raj Kaur, a daughter of Raja GAJPAT SINGH of Jind, and had issue. He died 1792.

        • Maharaja RANJIT SINGH (see below)

      • Sardar Suher Singh

      • Bibi Raj Kaur, married, Sardar Sahib Singh Bhangi, died 1811, son of Sardar Gujjar Singh and Mai Lachmi.

      • Bibi (name unknown), married Sardar Suhel Singh Bhangi

    • Sardar Dall Singh

    • Sardar Chet Singh

    • Sardar Maghi Singh

    • Bibi (name unknown), married Sardar Dal Singh Kalianwala.

  • Sardar Chanda Singh, married and had issue, the Sandhanwalia Sardars of Raja Sansi, which was founded in about 1570, and is the seat of this family.

    • Sardar Gulab Singh

    • Sardar Didar Singh, married and had issue. He died 1784.

      • Sardar Amir Singh, married and had issue. He died 1827.

        • Sardar Lehna Singh [Lahina Singh], enjoyed the title of Ujjal-didar, Nirmal-buddh, Sardar-i-ba-waqar (resplendent presence, pure of intellect, the Sardar with prestige marked), married 1stly, a daughter of Sardar Sodh Singh Chinah, married 2ndly, a daughter of a Hill Chief, and had issue. He died 16th September 1843.

          • Sardar Pratap Singh, adopted his nephew, married and had issue. He died 1856.

            • (A) Sardar Gurbachan Singh, see below.

          • Sardar Thakur Singh, born 1837, appointed by the British as extra-assistant commissioner for Amritsar district, also nominated a member of the Golden Temple managing committee, founder and first President of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha in 1873, appointed Prime Minister to Maharaja Dulip Singh's emigré government, he married the daughter of Raja Nahar Singh and Rani Kanwal Kaur of Ballabhgarh, and had issue. He died 18th August 1887 in Pondicherry^(#4), his cremated remains were returned to his ancestral seat of Rajasansi.

            • Sardar Gurbachan Singh, born 1855, adopted by Sardar Pratap Singh, his uncle; Prime Minister to Maharaja Dulip Singh's emigré government following his father's death, assistant commissioner in the Punjab, District Judge in Sirmur 1911/-. He died sp after 1911 in Nahan.

            • Sardar Bakhsish Singh, born 1862, adopted by Sardar Shamsher Singh, married and had issue. He died 1907.

              • Sardar Raghbir Singh, married and had issue.

                • Major Sardar Bahadur Harinder Singh, died 1972.

            • Sardar Narinder Singh, born 1863, adopted by Kunwar Dharam Singh of Dadri, married a daughter of Raja Umrao Singh of Kuchesar, and had issue, four sons and three daughters.

              • Sardar Dalpat Singh, married and had issue.

                • Sardar Tajinder Singh

              • Sardar Kirpal Singh, married and had issue.

                • Sardar Sukhraj Singh, married and had issue.

                • >> Sardar Gurshinder Singh

                • >> Sardar Amrit Pal Singh

                • Sardar Gurcharan Singh, married and had issue.

                • >> Sardar Avtar Singh

                • >> Sardar Rajpal Singh

                • Sardar Pukhraj Singh

              • Sardar Rajendra Singh, married and had issue.

                • Sardar Bhupinder Singh

              • Sardar Bachitar Singh, married and had issue.

                • Sardar Surinder Singh, married and had issue.

                • >> Sardar Jaipriy Singh

                • >> Sardar Prit Singh

                • Sardar Ravinder Singh

                • Sardar Joginder Singh, married and had issue.

                • >> Sardar Harkrishan Singh

                • >> Sardar Atamjit Singh

                • Sardar Rupinder Singh, married and had issue.

                • >> Sardar Satinder Pal Singh

              • Jasbir Kaur, born about 1912, (mother-in-law of Lieut-Col Jagga Singh Kahlon (retd)).

            • Sardar GURDIT SINGH (see below)

            • Daughter (name unknown), married Sardar Bhagwan Singh Bahadur Jalawalia of Alawalpur, born 1866.

        • Sardar Basawa Singh, married a daughter of Raja Sansar Chand II of Kangra, and had issue.

          • Sardar Ajit Singh, on 15th September 1843, as Maharaja Sher Singh was inspecting troops in the Baradari of Shah Bilaval, Ajit Singh shot him dead with an English rifle which he cunningly pretended to present to the Maharaja for inspection. As the Maharaja fell, Ajit Singh drew his sword and severed his head. The senior Sandhanwalia Lahina Singh murdered the Maharaja's minor son, Tikka Partap Singh in a garden close by. Later, inside the Lahore Fort, while apportioning the office of prime minister among themselves, Ajit Singh killed Dhian Singh on the spot. Hira Singh, son of Dhian Singh, and his uncle, Suchet Singh, aroused a section of the army, and besieged the Fort on 16th September 1843, and in the resultant action both Ajit Singh and Lahina Singh were slain. Their heads were cut off and bodies quartered and hung on the different gates of the city. He died 16th September 1843.

          • Sardar Ranjodh Singh, married and had issue, one son. He died June 1864.

            • Sardar Randhir Singh of Raja Sansi, born 1856 ^(#3), married and had issue.

              • Sardar Balwant Singh, married and had issue.

                • Sardar Sashpal Singh, died spm 1984.

        • Sardar Budh Singh, he captured in battle the forts of Mojghar and Jamghar in 1821, for which he received the jagirs of Kalar and Nirali; married 1stly, a daughter of Sardar Hukam Singh Attariwala, married 2ndly, a daughter of Mian Asa Singh of Jasrota, and had issue. He died 1827.

          • Sardar Shamsher Singh, born 1816, he was appointed a Magistrate within his jagir in February 1862; married a daughter of Sardar Sudh Singh Chinah, and had (adopted) issue. He died 1871.

            • (A) Sardar Bakhsish Singh (see above)

        • Sardar Attar Singh, carried the titles Ujjal Didar [of immaculate appearance], Nirmal Buddh [of clear intelligence], Sardar-i-ba-Wagar [the Sardar with prestige], Kasir-ul-Igtadar [eagle of power], Sardar-i-Garoh-i-Namdar [leader of the renowned group], 'All Taba' [of exalted nature], Shuja'-ud-Daula [valour of the State], Sardar Atar Singh Shamsher-i Jang Bahadur[the valiant sword of battle], lived in exile at Thanesar along with the few remnants of the Sandhanwalia family who had escaped destruction in 1843, married a daughter of Sardar Jai Singh Mann, and had issue. He died May 1844.

          • Sardar Kehar Singh, imprisoned by Maharaja Sher Singh in January 1842 for conspiring against the State, exiled to Thanesar in British territory where he died in February 1864.

        • Sardar Jaimal Singh, died 1810.

      • Sardar Ratan Singh, married and had issue.

        • Sardar Khazan Singh, married and had issue.

          • Sardar Jagat Singh, married and had issue.

            • Sardar Dhian Singh, married and had issue.

              • Sardar Arjan Singh, married and had issue.

                • Sardar Ajaipal Singh

                • Sardar Darshan Singh

                • Sardar Sevinder Pal Singh

              • Sardar Avtar Singh

              • Sardar Kartar Singh, married and had issue.

                • Sardar Jagjit Singh

                • Sardar Bhupinder Singh, married and had issue.

                • >> Sardar Nilinder Singh

                • Sardar Devinder Singh, married and had issue.

                • >> Sardar Gobind Singh

              • Sardar Niranjan Singh, married and had issue.

                • Sardar Roop Singh

            • Sardar Bhagwan Singh

            • Sardar Ram Singh

          • Sardar Bhagat Singh, married and had issue.

            • Sardar Buta Singh, married and had issue.

              • Sardar Ujagar Singh

          • Sardar Gopal Singh, married and had issue.

            • Sardar Balwant Singh, married and had issue.

              • Sardar Apar Singh, married and had issue.

                • Sardar Kanwal Nain Singh

                • Sardar Harnarain Singh

        • Sardar Nadhan Singh, married and had issue.

          • Sardar Dasondha Singh

      • Sardar Gurmukh Singh, married and had issue.

        • Sardar Fateh Singh, married and had issue.

          • Sardar Kishen Singh, married and had issue.

            • Sardar Bur Singh

            • Sardar Jawand Singh

            • Sardar Narain Singh

        • Sardar Kahan Singh, married and had issue.

          • Sardar Basant Singh, married and had issue.

            • Sardar Harnam Singh, married and had issue.

              • Sardar Balwant Singh, married and had issue.

                • Sardar Angad Singh, married and had issue.

                • >> Sardar Harjit Singh

                • >> Sardar Manprit Bir Singh

                • Sardar Iqbal Singh, married and had issue.

                • >> Sardar Mohinder Singh

                • >> Sardar Himmat Singh

                • >> Sardar Harinder Singh

                • Sardar Sukhwant Singh

              • Sardar Saran Singh

            • Sardar Gurcharan Singh, married and had issue.

              • Sardar Bakhsish Singh, married and had issue.

                • Sardar Hardip Singh

                • Sardar Amrik Singh

              • Sardar Kartar Singh, married and had issue.

                • Sardar Rajinder Singh

                • Sardar Harbans Singh

                • Sardar Balbir Singh

              • Sardar Pritam Singh

        • Sardar Sham Singh, married and had issue.

          • Sardar Lal Singh

        • Sardar Sher Singh, married and had issue.

          • Sardar Nihal Singh

          • Sardar Mastan Singh

          • Sardar Bhag Singh

          • Sardar Pratap Singh

        • Sardar Baghel Singh, married and had issue.

          • Sardar Sarmukh Singh

          • Sardar Khushal Singh

      • Sardar Gurbaksh Singh

• Maharaja RANJIT SINGH 1805/1839, born 13th November 1780 in Gujranwala, married 16 wives (see list), including amongst others 1stly, 1796, Rani Mahtab Kaur, born 1780, died 1840, married 2ndly, 1798, Rani Datar Kaur [Raj Kaur], daughter of Nakai Sardar Khazan Singh, died 1818, married 3rdly, 1813, Rani Ratan Kaur, married 4thly, 1835, Maharani Jind Kaur, died 1st August 1863 in London and had issue. He died 27th June 1839 in Lahore.

  • Maharaja KHARAK SINGH (by second wife)(qv)

  • Kunwar Ishwar Singh (by 1st wife), born 1804, died 1805.

  • Maharaja SHER SINGH (twin son of first wife)(qv)

  • Shahzada Tara Singh, born December 1807 (twin son of first wife), an imbecile, he was supported by his brother; married 1stly, Rani Dharam Kaur Randhavi, daughter of Sardar Jodh Singh of Randhawa, married 2ndly, Rani Nand Kaur, died 1843, daughter of Chanda Singh. He died sp September 1859.

  • Kunwar Multana Singh (by third wife), born 1819, married Rani Chand Kaur, and had issue. He died 1848.

    • Kunwar Kishan Singh (by Chand Kaur), born 1840.

    • Kunwar Kesra Singh (by Chand Kaur), born 1842.

    • Kunwar Arjan Singh (by Man Kaur, concubine), born 1840.

  • Kunwar Kashmira Singh (by Daya Kaur), born 1821, he was granted the jagir of Sialkot, married and had issue. He died 7th May 1844.

    • Kunwar Fateh Singh, born 1844.

  • Kunwar Peshaura Singh (by third wife), born 1823, married and had issue. He died 30th August 1845.

    • Kunwar Jagjit Singh, born 1843.

  • HH Maharaja DHULEEP SINGH (by fourth wife)(qv)

• Maharaja KHARAK SINGH 1839/1840, born 31st January 1802, married 1stly, February 1812, Maharani Chand Kaur (qv), married 2ndly, 1816, Maharani Bibi Khem Kaur Dhillon, daughter of Sardar Jodh Singh Kalalwala, married 3rdly, 1818, Rani Kishan Kaur, daughter of Chaudhri Raja Singh of Samra, married 4thly (by chaddar-dalna), 1815, Rani Ishar Kaur, daughter of Sardar Mangal Singh Sandhu of Sirarivali, in Sialkot district of the Punjab, committed sati 5th November 1840, and had issue. He died 5th November 1840.

  • Maharaja NAUNIHAL SINGH (by Chand Kaur)(qv)

• Maharaja NAUNIHAL SINGH 1840 (5th to 6th November), born 9th March 1821, married March 1837, Maharani Sahib Kaur [Bibi Nanaki], daughter of Sardar Shyam Singh Attariwala, died November 1856, married 2ndly, Rani Sahib Kaur, died 1841, daughter of Sardar Gurditt Singh Gilwaliwala, married 3rdly, Rani Bhadauran, committed sati, November 1840, daughter of the Sardar Sahib of Bhadaur, married 4thly, Rani Katochan, committed sati November 1840, daughter of Mian Rai Singh, illegitimate son of Mian Fateh Singh of Lambagraon. He died sp 6th November 1840.

  • Stillborn son, born July 1841.

• Maharani Chand Kaur Kunwar 1840/1841, born 1802 in Fatehpur, daughter of Sardar Jaimal Singh of the Kanhaiya misl, proclaimed the Maharani of the Punjab, with the title of Malika Muqaddasa (emperess immaculate) on 2nd December 1840, relinquished her claim to the throne on 17th January 1841 and was pensioned off with a jagir worth 900,000 rupees annually, married February 1812, Maharaja KHARAK SINGH, and had issue. She died 11th June 1842 and was cremated the next day.

• Maharaja SHER SINGH 1841/1843, born December 1807, ascended the throne on 29th January 1841, with the tilak ceremony being performed a week later, married 1stly, 1819, Rani Desa Kaur, died sp 1821, daughter of Sardar Mhor Singh Nakai, married 2ndly, 1822, Maharani Prem Kaur, born 1809, daughter of Hari Singh, received a pension of 7,200Rs per mensem after 1843, married 2ndly, 1825, Maharani Pratap Kaur, daughter of Chaudhri Jagat Singh of Kot Kapura, died 23rd August 1857, married 3rdly, July 1842, Rani Dakno, daughter of the Raja of Suket, died at Rai Bareilly as prisoner of the British, and had issue. He died 15th September 1843.

  • Tikka Pratap Singh (by Prem Kaur), born 1831, died 15th September 1843.

  • Kunwar Dewa Singh (by Chand Kaur, his sister-in-law), born 1838, died 1874.

  • Kunwar Narain Singh, married and had issue.^(#1)

    • Kunwar Harnam Singh

    • Kunwar Attar Singh

  • Shahzada Bahadur Shah Dev Singh (by Rani Dakno), born 1843 [1844 ^(#2)], he was granted the Taluk of Pandriganeshpur in Oudh in 1864; married in April 1860, a daughter of Sardar Fateh Singh, Jagirdar of Suga (see Shamgarh), and had issue. He died at Rai Bareilly as prisoner of the British.

    • Kunwar Sukh Dev Singh

    • Kunwar Bas Dev Singh

    • HH Maharani Harbans Kaur, married Maj. HH Rais ud-Daulah Sipahdar ul-Mulk Maharajadhiraj Sri Sawai Maharaja Rana NIHAL SINGH Lokindra Bahadur Diler Jung Jai Deo of Dholpur, and had issue.

      • Lt.Col. HH Rais ud-Daulah Sipahdar ul-Mulk Saramad Rajha-i-Hind Maharajadhiraj Sri Sawai Maharaja Rana Sir UDAIBHAN SINGH Lokindra Bahadur Diler Jung Jai Deo of Dholpur.

  • Kunwar Bakshish Singh

  • Kunwar Thakur Singh

  • (A) Kunwar Karan Singh, born 1838, son of a Zamindar of Mukerian, adopted (1838) son of Rani Dharam Kaur, first wife of Shahzada Tara Singh.

• HH Maharaja DHULEEP SINGH 1843/1893, born 5th September 1838, married 1stly, 6th July 1864 in Cairo, HH Maharani Bamba Müller, born 1847, died 18th September 1887 in Suffolk, married 2ndly, May 1889 in Paris, Ada Douglas Wetherill, born 1867, died August 1930, and had issue. He died 23rd October 1893 in Paris.

  • HH Maharaja VICTOR ALBERT JAY DHULEEP SINGH (qv)

  • HH Maharaja FREDERICK VICTOR DHULEEP SINGH (qv)

  • Bamba Sofia Jindan Duleep Singh, born 29th September 1869 in London, married Dr. Sutherland. She died sp 3rd October 1957 in Lahore.

  • Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh, born 27th October 1871, died sp 1947.

  • Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh, born 8th August 1876, died sp 22nd August 1948.

  • Albert Edward Alexander DULEEP SINGH, born 20th August 1879 in Suffolk, died 22nd April 1893 in Suffolk.

  • Paulina Alexandra Duleep Singh, born 26th December 1887, married J.S. Torry. She died sp.

  • Ada Irene Helen Beryl Duleep Singh, born 25th October 1889, married M.Villement. She died sp October 1926 in Monaco.

• HH Maharaja VICTOR ALBERT JAY DHULEEP SINGH 1893/1918, born 10th July 1866 in London, married 4th January 1898, Lady Anne Blanche Coventry, born 27th January 1874, died sp 2nd July 1956, daughter of Lord George William Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry. He died sp 7th June 1918.

• HH Maharaja FREDERICK VICTOR DHULEEP SINGH 1918/1926, born 28th January 1868 in London, died unmarried 15th August 1926 in Norfolk.

• Sardar GURDIT SINGH SANDHANWALIA 1926/-, following the resumption of the jagir, he and his brothers were granted an annual income of 1,200Rs, married and had issue.

  • Sardar Sarup Singh, died before 1947.

  • Sardar PRITAM SINGH (qv)

• Sardar PRITAM SINGH SANDHANWALIA -/1978, born 1897, married and had issue. He died 1978.

  • Sardar BEANT SINGH SANDHANWALIA (qv)

• Sardar BEANT SINGH SANDHANWALIA (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Sardar Gurpal Singh Sandhu, married Maharajkumari Jai Inder Kaur Sahiba, daughter of Capt. HH Maharajadhiraj Shri AMARINDER SINGH of Patiala, by his wife, HH Maharani Parneet Kaur, and has issue.

  • Kanwar Angad Singh Sandhu