PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE: Sardar (name unknown), present Head of House

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The Shahabad Sardars are a branch of the Nishanwalia misl. Their ancestor was Lal Singh, a successful adventurer from the Manjha. His cousin, Himmat Singh, pushed on his conquests in 1763, so as to embrace the whole of the shahabad district, a large portion of which, he shared with his followers, Bhagwan Singh and Diwan Singh. Members were....

• Sardar Himmat Singh, he was a prominent member of the Nishanwalia misl, his widow adopted his nephew, married and had adoptive issue. He died sp in 1771.

  • (A) Sardar Karam Singh (qv)

• Sardar Karam Singh Nirmala, Jagirdar of Shahbad 1771/1808; was nicknamed Nirmala (spotless), he was granted five villages by his predecessors widow, he repaid her kindness by obtaining a grant of her whole estate from Delhi, and ousting her from all but the village of Islamabad; he was on good terms with the Mughal Governors and received from Ahmad Shah Durrani, a jagir in the Shikarpur taluka, and the title of Sardar for services rendered, married and had issue, four sons. He died 1808.

  • Sardar Ranjit Singh (qv)

  • Sardar Sher Singh, married and had issue. He died 1861.

    • Sardar Kesar Singh, he died in 1863 when his share of the estate, valued at Rs11,500, was resumed by the government.

    • Bibiji Bhagbari, married Kanwar Santokh Singh, died 1830, son of Rajkumar Ranjit Singh (son of Raja Jaswant Singh, 2nd Raja of Nabha).

  • Sardar Kharak Singh Sabadia, married Bibiji Prem Kaur, daughter of Raja-i-Rajgan Maharaja Sahib Singh, Maharaja of Patiala. He died sp in 1831. His share went to his full brother, Sher Singh.

  • Sardar Kahan Singh, married and had issue. He died 1836.

    • Sardar Partab Singh, his share was worth Rs3,632 p.a., married and had issue. He died 1878.

      • Sardar Ram Narayan Singh, he died 1892.

• Sardar Ranjit Singh, Jagirdar of Shahbad 1808/1811 and Head of the Family 1811/- , the brothers divided the estate equally between them in 1811, married and had issue.

  • Rani Sabha Kaur, born about 1812, married (as his 1st wife), in April 1824, Raja Sangat Singh, 4th Raja of Jind. She died sp.

  • Sardar Dharam Singh (qv)

  • Sardar Kishan Singh, married and had issue. He died 1880.

    • Sardar Bachitar Singh, his title of Sardar is hereditary, married and had issue. He died 1898.

      • Sardar Rajendra Singh, born 1896, died 1926.

      • Sardar Harendra Singh, born 1898.

• Sardar Dharam Singh, Head of the Family -/1879, his share, together with his brother's share was worth Rs5,237 p.a., married and had issue. He died 1879.

  • Sardar Sheo Narayan Singh (qv)

• Sardar Sheo Narayan Singh, Head of the Family 1879/1915, born 1877, a Viceregal Darbari, a Vice-President of Shahabad Municipality; married and had issue. He died 1915.

  • Sardar Jasmer Singh (qv)

• Sardar Jasmer Singh, Head of the Family 1915/- , born 1911, educated in Delhi, a Provincial Darbari and an elected Member of the District Board; he enjoyed exemptions from certain provisions of the Arms Act; his title as Sardar was recognized as hereditary.