PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: A Third Class state founded in 1751. Rulers were......

• Thakore Saheb SHESHMALJI RAISINHJI I 1751/1794, son of Raisinhji of Dhrangadhra, married and had issue. He died 1794.

  • Thakore Saheb VAKHATSINHJI SHESHMALJI [Vikmatji/Kakabhai] (qv)

  • Kumar Shri Vajabhai Sheshmalji

  • Kumar Shri Jijibhai Sheshmalji

  • Kumar Shri Dadabhai Sheshmalji

  • Kumar Shri Kalabhai Sheshmalji

• Thakore Saheb VAKHATSINHJI SHESHMALJI [Vikmatji/Kakabhai] 1794/1813, died 1813.

• Thakore Saheb MADARSINHJI VAKHATSINHJI I 1813/1837, married and had issue.

  • Kumar Shri Ataji Madarsinhji

  • Thakore Saheb SHESHMALJI MADARSINHJI II (qv)

  • Kumar Shri Chandoji Madarsinhji

  • Kumar Shri Bharoji Madarsinhji

  • Kumar Shri Raisinhji Madarsinhji

• Thakore Saheb SHESHMALJI MADARSINHJI II 1837/1839, married and had issue.

  • Thakore Saheb Shri KESRISINHJI SHESHMALJI (qv)

  • Kumar Shri Harisinhji Sheshmalji

• Thakore Saheb Shri KESRISINHJI SHESHMALJI 1839/1881, granted the title of Thakur Saheb in 1874 as a personal distinction. He died 1881.

• Thakore Saheb Shri VAKHATSINHJI KESRISINHJI 1881/1924, born 10th July 1845, he was conferred with the title of K.C.I.E. in June 1913; succeeded 4th October 1881 ^(#1), married and had issue. He died 25th January 1924.

  • Thakore Saheb Shri MADARSINHJI VAKHATSINHJI II (qv)

  • Kumar Shri Kalyansinhji Vakhatsinhji

  • Kumar Shri Merubhai Vakhatsinhji

  • Kumar Shri Devubhai Vakhatsinhji

  • Kumar Shri Vajubhai Vakhatsinhji

  • Kumar Shri Bhavubhai Vakhatsinhji

• Thakore Saheb Shri MADARSINHJI VAKHATSINHJI II 1924/1938, born 28th May 1868, succeeded 25th January 1924, C.S.I. [cr.1913], married and had issue. He died 1938.

  • Thakore Saheb KARANSINHJI MADARSINHJI (qv)

  • Kumar Shri Kanaksinhji Madarsinhji

  • Kumar Shri Dipsinhji Madarsinhji

  • Thakurani Mahendra Kunvarba Sahiba, married Thakur Shri RAMSINGHJI INDRASINGHJI of Chhaliar.

• Thakore Saheb KARANSINHJI MADARSINHJI 1938/1962, born 11th May 1891, married and had issue. He died 1962.

  • Thakore Saheb SURENDRASINHJI KARANSINHJI (qv)

  • Kumar Shri Bhojrajji Karansinhji

• Thakore Saheb SURENDRASINHJI KARANSINHJI 1962/1970, born 4th June 1915, married Thakorani Manishwari Devi, daughter of Maharaja RAMANUJ SARAN SINGH Deo of Surguja, and his first wife, and had issue. He died 1970.

  • Thakore Saheb PRITHVIRAJSINHJI SURENDRASINHJI (qv)

  • Kumar Shri Shivrajsinhji Surendrasinhji, born 14th February 1949, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1971), married 14th December 1978 in Dholera Dist., Ahmedabad, Kumari Sajjan Kumari Jadeja, and has issue.

    • Kumar Shri Ajayraj Sinhji Jhala, married Kumari Mheshwari Kumari of Nana Itala, and has issue, one daughter.

      • Kumari Dhruvansi Ba

    • Kumari Dhaneshwari Devi, married Kanwar Harshwardhan Sinhji Ajaypal Sinhji Solanki of Bansda., and has issue, one son.

      • Kumar Chandraaditya Sinhji Harswardhan Sinhji Solanki

    • Kumar Shri Krishnaraj Sinhji Jhala

  • Kumar Shri Divyarajsinhji Surendrasinhji, married Kumari Krishna Kanwar, daughter of Rao Saheb JAGANNATH SINGHJI of Parsoli, and his wife, Rani Hem Kanwar, and has issue, two sons and three daughters.

    • Kumar Shri Amardeep Singh Jhala

    • Kumar Shri Rudraraj Singh Jhala

  • Kumar Shri Mahirajsinhji Surendrasinhji, married Kumari Manjushree Devi, daughter of Maharajadhiraj BHANU PRATAP DEO of Kanker, and has issue.

    • Kumari Anupamakumari, married Shri Anand Singh.

    • Kumar Shri Shaktirajsinh Mahirajsinh Jhala, born 31st July 1976 at Dhamtary, educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur; married Kumari Supriya Singh, eldest daughter of Lalji Indrajeet Pratap Singh Deo of Lakhanpur in Surguja, and his wife, Kumari Shova Manjari Devi.

  • Kumari Tripureshwari Devi [now the Rajmata Saheba of Kanker], married Maharajadhiraj UDAI PRATAP DEO of Kanker, and has issue, three sons and one daughter.

  • Maharani Hitendra Kumari, married Maharaja VIJAY CHANDRA BHANJ DEO of Bastar, and had issue.

• Thakore Saheb PRITHVIRAJSINHJI SURENDRASINHJI (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Daughter of the Thakore Saheb of Sayla, married Hon. Lt.Col. HH Maharaja Lokendra Sir GOVIND SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur of Datia.

• Daughter of the Thakore Saheb of Sayla, married 19th February 1884, HH Maharajadhiraj Mirzan Maharao Shri Sir KHENGARJI PRAGMALJI III Sawai Bahadur of Kutch.

• Kumar Shri Mulrajsinhji, married and had issue.

  • Kumar Shri Narendrasinhji Mulrajsinhji Jhala of Sayla, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1966).

  • Kumar Shri Indravijaysinhji Mulrajsinhji Jhala of Sayla, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1968); died 23rd July 2001.

  • Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji Mulrajsinhji Jhala of Sayla, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1969).

• Kumar Shri Rajendrasinhji Balbhadrasinhji Jhala of Sayla, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1979)

• Rani Prasan Kumari, married (as his second wife), Raja HEMENDRA SEN of Keonthal, and had issue.