PRESENT RULER: Thakur KISHEN SINGHJI, present Thakur Saheb of Pahuna since 1974.

he succeeded by adoption, married a daughter of Maharaj Saheb of Magra, Kishengarh.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The founder of the lineage was Maharaj Shri Viramdeoji Sahib of Ghosunda, third son of Maharana Udai Singhji II of Mewar, and his second wife, Maharani Solankini Sehjabai, daughter of Rao Prithvi Singh Solanki of Toda (now Toda Rai Singh in Tonk). In about 1742, Thakur Naval Singhji, grandson of Thakur Vijay Singhji, 3rd Thakur Saheb of Chagatiya (see Kherabad), was granted the jagir of Dhaneriya plus 11 villages, which he exchanged for the jagir of Pahuna. Estate holders were.....

• Thakur NAVAL SINGHJI, 1st Thakur Saheb of Pahuna, he captured the forts of Atun and Arjiya on behalf of Maharana Bhim Singhji of Mewar, and was granted the jagir of Dhaneriya plus 11 villages, which he exchanged for the jagir of Pahuna, married and had issue.

• Thakur BAKHTAWAR SINGHJI, 2nd Thakur Saheb of Pahuna, married and had adoptive issue.

  • (A) Thakur Devi Singhji (qv)

• Thakur DEVI SINGHJI, 3rd Thakur Saheb of Pahuna, he was adopted in about 1832 from Chagatia jagir (see Kherabad), married and had adoptive issue.

  • (A) Thakur Madho Singhji (qv)

• Thakur MADHO SINGHJI, 4th Thakur Saheb of Pahuna, he was adopted in about 1861 from Chagatia jagir (see Kherabad), he brought his older brother, Kushaal Singhji, with him and settled him in Pahuna; married 1stly, a daughter of the Kumpawat Rathore Thakur Sahib of Chandawal, married 2ndly, a daughter of the Thakur Sahib of Siriyari, and had adoptive issue. He died sp.

  • (A) Kunwar Jodh Singhji, son of Rawat Sahib Uday Singhji, Thakur Sahib of Kankarwa, adopted in about 1875, he succeeded as Thakur Jodh Singhji, Thakur Saheb of Pahuna (qv)

• Thakur JODH SINGHJI, Thakur Saheb of Pahuna -/1934, youngest son of Rawat Sahib Uday Singhji, Thakur Sahib of Kankarwa, he was adopted in about 1875 by Thakur Madho Singhji of Pahuna, he had built a new fort on the outskirts of Pahuna in 1891 and two lakes, namely Harisagar and Gopalsagar; he was a close confidant of Maharana Sajjan Singhji, and afterwards he was placed in charge of Maharajkumar Bhupal Singhji’s care by Maharana Fateh Singhji of Mewar; married a daughter of Udaisinghot-Kumpawat Rathore Thakur of Bushi in Marwar, and had issue. He died 1934.

  • Kunwar Madan Singhji, he died vpsp in 1920.

  • Thakur Hari Singhji, he was in the service of Maharanas Fateh Singhji and Bhupal Singhji of Mewar, married Thakurani Udai Kanwar, daughter of Jassa/Jaisa Bhati Thakur of Lawera, Jodhpur, and had issue.

    • Brigadier Thakur Jaswant Singhji, born 1916, he served with the Mewar Lancers, 9th Grenadiers (Mewar Inf.) and 2nd Btn Sikh Regiment, he served during World War II in North Africa and Italy; he took part in Operation Polo at Naldurg, Tuljapur, Latur and Osmanabad (accession of Hyderabad), in Kashmir 1948, Operation Vijay (liberation of Goa) where he undertook the surrender of Diu; Deputy Commandant, Indian Military Academy; Staff Officer, Ministry of Defense and Staff Officer, National Defense Academy, Khadakvasla; married Thakurani Man Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Khuman Singhji Hada of Dabri, Kotah, and had issue. He died 2004.

      • Kunwarani Rama Kanwar, married Thakur Ratan Singhji of Harasar, son of Thakur Jeevraj Singhji.

      • Kunwar Hanuwant Singhji B.A., he worked for The James Finley Tea Estates; married Kanwarani Hemant Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Ratan Singhji, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Central Bureau of Investigation) of Anandpuri, Banswara, and has issue.

        • Kanwarani Pratima Kanwar, married to Kunwar Deependra Singhji Rathore, son of Kanwar Bhupinder Singh of Jubbal, and has issue, one daughter.

        • Kunwar Prithviraj Singhji B.A., M.B.A. (Univ. of Western Sydney)

      • Kunwar Pushpendra Singhji M.B.A. (I.I.M. Ahemdabad), C.E.O. INDO Handelsgesellschaft mbH, businessman in Wein, Austria; married Kanwarani Manju Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Harishchandra Singhji from U.P., and has issue.

        • Baisa Padmani Kanwar, M.B.A. (Vienna University)

  • Kunwar Samant Singhji, married daughter of Bhojrajika Shekhawat Thakur Sahib of Kedh, Shekawati, and had issue. He died 1943.

    • Lt.-Col. Kunwar Gulab Singhji, served with the Mewar Bhupal Infantry, 2nd Bihar Regiment, also served during World War II in North Africa; married a daughter of Thakur Dhool Singhji of Koela, Kotah, and had issue.

      • Kunwar Narendra Singh B. Eng., World Bank Engineering Advisor; married to Kunwarani Aruna Kanwar, daughter of Chudasama Thakur Sahib of Gamph, Gujarat, and has issue.

        • Kunwar Digvijay Singh Ranawat, married Kumari Rajyalaxmi Rathore, daughter of Thakur Balbhadra Singh Rathore (Kandhalot), I.P.S. (Retd.) of Rawatsar.

      • Gp. Capt. Kunwar Vikram Singh Ranawat, Y.S.M. (Yuddh Seva Medal), V.S.M. (Vishisht Seva Medal), Indian Air Force, 125 Squadron, married Kanwarani Paro Rathore, daughter of Col. Thakur Deep Singh in Jodhpur, and has issue.

        • Kunwar Abhimanyu Singh, married Kunwarani Richa Pathania, educated at Les Roches, Lausanne and working at Marriott Hotel in London.

        • Kunwar Druv Singh, educated at the University of Hertfordshire in Automotive Design and Engineering.

    • Major Kunwar Shardul Singhji, 1st Mewar Bhopal Infantry (34th Indian State Forces Infantry Brigade, 12th Indian Infantry Division); he served during World War II in North Africa and later transferred to the Territorial Army; married and had issue.

      • Kunwar Devendra Singhji, married to a daughter of Thakur Bhairu Singhji of Kelwa.

      • Kunwar Kishen Singhji, he was adopted by his uncle and succeded as Thakur Kishen Singhji, Thakur Sahib of Pahuna (see below)

      • Kunwar Kamalendra Singhji, married a grandaughter of Major Thakur Himmat Singhji.

      • Baisa (name unknown), married into Dabdi, Shekhawati.

      • Baisa (name unknown), married into a Bhati family in Jodhpur.

    • Kunwar Chatur Singhji, married a daughter of Thakur Sahib of Gunawati, Nagaur (Mertiya Rathore Akhesingot), and has issue.

      • Kunwar Tribhuwan Singhji, M Sc. (Geology), married into Kanpur, U.P.

  • Baisa Chaman Kanwar, married Jhala Rajrana Sardar Singhji of Jharol.

  • Baisa (name unknown), married Shekhawat Thakur Surajmal of Sirohi (Torawati).

  • Baisa (name unknown), married to the Rathore Ishwardasot Thakur Sahib of Sumel, Marwar. She commited sati.

• Thakur MADAN SINGHJI, Thakur Saheb of Pahuna 1934/-, married 1stly, a daughter of Rathore Thakur Sahib of Kundiya, Bhilwara, married 2ndly, a daughter of Rathore Thakur Sahib of Motraas, Bhilwara, and had issue.

  • Thakur Takht Singhji (by Motraas majisa) (qv)

  • Baisa (name unknown), married Rathore Thakur Sahib of Thob, Marwar.

  • Baisa Onkar Kanwar, married Bhati Thakur Amar Singhji of Mohi, Mewar.

  • Baisa Anand Kanwar (by Kundiya majisa) married Thakur Sahib Samandar Singhji of Devli-Udawatan, Marwar.

• Thakur TAKHT SINGHJI, Thakur Saheb of Pahuna -/1974, married 1stly, Thakurani Udawat Rathoriji Thakurani Samandar Kanwar of Devli-Udawatan, married 2ndly, a daughter of the Maharaj Sahib of Magra, Kishengarh. He died sp in 1974.

• Thakur KISHEN SINGHJI, Thakur Saheb of Pahuna (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Baisa (name unknown) Sisodaniji Satimata, married into Mundru royal family and committed sati.

The help of Kunwar Dr. Nishant Singh Ranawat of Kankarwa, Mewar is gratefully acknowledged, 2008/2015.