PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY: Founded in 1342 by Rao Devaji, a
descendant of Rao Visaladeva, King of Ajmer. The rulers
were ...
- Rao DEVAJI,
1st Rao of Bundi 1342/1343, son of Rao Bango, founder
of Bundi in 1342, married and had issue.
- Rao Hurraj [Hararaja] (qv)
- Kunwar Hatiji
- Rao Samarsi (qv)
- Rao HURRAJ,
2nd Rao of Bundi 1343/-
- Rao SAMARSI,
3rd Rao of Bundi -/-, married and had issue.
- Rao Napuji (qv)
- Kunwar Harpal, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Jaetsi
- Rao NAPUJI,
4th Rao of Bundi -/1384; married and had issue.
- Rao Hamuji (qv)
- Kunwar Norung
- Kunwasr Tharad
- Rao HAMUJI,
5th Rao of Bundi 1384/1400, married and had issue. He
died 1400.
- Rao Birsinghji (qv)
- Thakur Lalla, married and had issue. He died after
1382.
- Kunwar Novarma, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Jaita, married and had issue.
- Rao BIRSINGHJI,
6th Rao of Bundi 1400/1415, married and had issue.
- Rao Biruji (qv)
- Rao Nima
- Thakur Jubdu, married and had issue.
- Thakur Bacha, married and had issue.
- Thakur Sewaji, ancestor of the Mewawat Hada
Chauhan clan.
- Thakur Seranji, ancestor of the Sawant Hada
Chauhan clan.
- Rao BIRUJI,
7th Rao of Bundi 1415/1470, married and had issue. He
died about 1470.
- Rao Banduji (qv)
- Rao Sanda
- Rao Aka
- Rao Udoh
- Rao Chanda
- Rao Samar
- Rao Amar
- Rao BANDUJI,
8th Rao of Bundi 1470/1491 or 1485/1487, married and
had issue. He died 1491.
- Rao Narayan Das (qv)
- Rao Nirbudh [Narbad Singh], married and had
issue.
- Rao Raja Arjun Singh (qv)
- Rao SAMARKANDI,
9th Rao of Bundi 1487/1499
- Rao NARAYAN DAS,
10th Rao of Bundi 1491/1527 or 1499/1533, married and
had issue.
- Rao Suraj Mal (qv)
- Maharani Suja Bai, married Maharana Ratan Singhji
of Udaipur (Mewar).
- Rao SURAJ MAL,
11th Rao of Bundi 1527/1531, married (amongst others),
a daughter of Maharana Sangram Singhji I of Mewar, and had issue.
- Rao SURTAN SINGH,
12th Rao of Bundi 1531/1544, married (amongst others),
(a), Rani Sahiba Sisodniji, daughter of Thakur Shakta
Singh of Udaipur
(Mewar). He died sp.
- Rao Raja ARJUN
SINGH, 13th Rao of Bundi 1544/1555, married
and had issue.
- Rao Raja Surjan Singh (qv)
- Rani Lakhu Devi, married (as his first wife),
Maharana Sangram Singhji I of Udaipur (Mewar),
and had issue.
- Rani Karmavati Devi, married (as his second wife),
Maharana Sangram Singhji I of Udaipur (Mewar),
and had issue.
- Rao Raja SURJAN SINGH, 14th
Rao of Bundi 1555/1585, married and had issue.
- Rao Raja Bhoj Singh (qv)
- Rao Duda
- Rao Raimal, ancestor of the Raimalot Hada Chauhan
clan, married and had issue.
- Rao (name
unknown), married and had issue.
- Rao Hari Singh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Daulat Singh of Kachnaoda
- Rao Raja BHOJ
SINGH, 15th Rao of Bundi 1585/1608, married
and had issue.
- Rao Raja Ratan Singh (qv)
- Rao Narayan Singh, married and had issue.
- Rao (name
unknown), married and had issue.
- Thakur Khushal Singh of Karwar, fl.1649
- Rao (name
unknown), married and had issue.
- Maharaj Amar Singh of Gainta
- Maharaj Jagat Singh of Phasud
- Maharaj Daulat Singh of Pipalda
- Rao Kesho Das, ancestor of the Dhipri family.
- Rao Raja RATAN
SINGH, 16th Rao of Bundi 1608/1632, married
and had issue. He died 1632.
- Kunwar Gopinath Singh, married and had issue.
- Rao Raja Chhatra Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Indra Sal of Indargarh,
married and had issue (Jalodi, Indargarh and
Nimola families).
- Maharaj Gaj Singh of Indargarh, married and
had issue.
- Maharaj Amar Singh, founder of Khatoli.
- Kunwar Bairi Sal of Balwan, Raidhan, Filodi,
Karwar and Pipalda, married and had issue.
- Several Generations
- Maharaj Indar Sal of Raidhan (conferred in
1759, Revenue: 10,550Rs in 1893), born about
1833.
- Kunwar Mokham Singh of Anterdeh and Maghana,
married and had issue.
- Several Generations
- Maharaj Balwant Singh, married and had
issue.
- Maharaj Hanwant Singh of Maghana
(conferred in 1824, Revenue: 5,251Rs in
1893), (adoptive son), born 1836, Kiladar of
Nainwa, Member of the State Council, married
and had issue.
- Maharaj Kalyan Singh, born 1868.
- Kunwar Maha Singh of Thanoh.
- Kunwar Mohan Singh of Jitgarh, married and had
issue.
- Maharaj Gordhan Singh, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Daulat Singh of Rajgarh, married
and had issue.
- SON, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Nath Singh, married and had
issue.
- SON, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Deo Singh of Rajgarh
- Rao Madho Singh of Kotah.
- Kunwar Hari Singh of Googore.
- Kunwar Jaganath Singh, dsp.
- Rao Raja CHHATRA
SINGH, 17th Rao of Bundi 1632/1658, married
and had issue. He died 1658.
- Rao Raja Bhao Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Bhim Singh of Googore, married and had
issue.
- Kunwar Kishen Singh of Googore, married and had
issue.
- Rao Raja Anirudh Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Bhagwant Singh of Mow.
- Kunwar Bharat Singh, died 1658.
- Maharani Ganga Kunwar, married Maharana Amar
Singhji II of Udaipur.
- Rani Lakshman Kanwar, married Raja Bahadur Singh
of Khandela.
- Rao Raja BHAO
SINGH, 18th Rao of Bundi 1658/1682, died 1682
sp.
- Rao Raja ANIRUDH
SINGH, 19th Rao of Bundi 1682/1696, married
(amongst others), Rani Nathwati Devi, died after 1699,
and had issue.
- Rao Raja Budh Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Jodh Singh, [married a daughter of Raja Bhim Singhji I
of Banera.]
- Rao Raja BUDH
SINGH, 20th Rao of Bundi 1696/1735, married
1stly, a daughter of Raja Bishan Singhji of Amber, married 2ndly, a
Chundawat Princess of Begun, and had issue (by 2nd
wife). He died 1739 at Begun.
- Rajkumar Padam Singh, dvpsp.
- Rao Raja Umaid Singh (by Rani Chundawatiji) (qv)
- Rajkumar Dip Singh, born 173x, he was granted the
estate of Kapren and the title of Maharajdhiraj, and
succeeded there as Maharajdhiraj Shri Dip Singhji of
Kapren; married and had issue.
- Several generations
- Maharaj Sahib Dhanurdhar Singh of Kapren,
married and had issue.
- Rajkumar Bahadur Singh, adopted by Major HH
Maharao Raja Shri Sir Ishwari Singhji Bahadur
in 1933, and succeeded there as Col. HH
Maharao Raja Shri Bahadur Singhji Bahadur of
Bundi (see below)
- Capt. Maharaj Kesri Singh of Kapren, adopted
by Major HH Maharao Raja Shri Sir Ishwari
Singhji Bahadur of Bundi in 1933, educated at
Mayo College, Ajmer; married 1946, Rani
Devendra Kanwar, born 1928, elder daughter of
Rawat Himmat Singhji of Bhainsrorgarh,
and his first wife, Rani Suraj Kanwar, and had
issue.
- Maharaj Balbhadra Singhji of Kapren,
married Rani Rohini Kumari of Baghera, and
has issue, one son and three daughters.
- Rajkumar Vanshvardhan Singh, educated at
Daly College, Indore, M.P., and did his
graduation from De Montfort University in
Leicester, U.K., he represented his school
in cricket, football and Rifle Shooting,
and won a gold medal in the state
championship and represented the Madhya
Pradesh team in the Shooting Nationals,
three times, he also represented his
University for cricket in Leicester, U.K.
- Rajkumari Mridula Kumari, married
Rajkumar Prabal Pratap Singhji of Banswara, and
has issue, one son.
- Rajkumari Kaushika Kumari, married
Kunwar Shakti Singh of Dungarpur,
son of Maharaj Anirudh Singh of Dungarpur,
and his wife, Baiji Lal Veena Kumari of
Diggi.
- Rajkumari Kritika Kumari, educated at
Daly College, Indore, M.P., and did her
Masters degree in Economics from Bangalore
University, she is a keen squash player
and has represented her state at the
national level.
- Thakurani Shrimati Narendra Kumari,
married Thakur Narendra Singhji of Bidwal, and has
issue.
- Rajkumar Bhawani Singh, born 1720, putative son
of the first wife, but the paternity was questioned
and eventually the child was put to death in 1729.
- Rao Raja DALEL
SINGH, 21st Rao of Bundi 1735/1749, son of
Maharaj Salim Singh Hada of Kharwar, married (amongst
others), a daughter of Sri Sawai Maharaja Jai Singhji
I of Jaipur.
- Rao Raja UMAID
SINGHJI, 22nd Rao of Bundi 1749/1770 and
again 1773/1804, born 14th June 1729, married and had
issue. He died 1804.
- Rao Raja Ajit Singhji (qv)
- SON, married and had issue.
- Several generations
- SON, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Onkar Singh of Dugari (conferred in
1874, Revenue: 20,000Rs in 1893), born about
1867, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Shiv Singh, born about 1883.
- Maharaj Shivdan Singh, married and had issue.
- Rao Raja AJIT
SINGHJI, 23rd Rao of Bundi 1770/1773, married
and had issue. He died 1773.
- Rao Raja Bishen Singhji (qv)
- Rao Raja BISHEN
SINGHJI, 24th Rao of Bundi 1804/1821, married
(amongst others), a Princess of Kishangarh (as well as
three others), and had issue. He died 1821.
- HH Maharao Raja Ram Singhji Sahib Bahadur (by
Kishangarh Rani) (qv)
- Maharaj Gopal Singh, born 1812.
 HH
Maharao Raja RAM SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur, 25th
Maharao of Bundi 1821/1889, born 1811, married
(amongst others) (a), HH Maharani Gulab Kanwar,
daughter of Raja Abhai Singh of Khandela-Senior,
married (b), HH Maharani Chandrabhan Kunwari, daughter
of Raja Balbhadra Singh of Nagod,
married (c), another Maharani from Nagod, and had
issue, as well as natural issue. He died 1889.
- HH Maharao Raja Raghubir Singhji Sahib Bahadur
(by a Nagod Maharani) (qv)
- Maharaj Rangraj Singh of Bamangaon (conferred in
1884, Revenue: 20,000Rs in 1893), born 1871, married
and had issue.
- HH Maharani Kalyan Kanwar, married (as his
third wife), HH Maharajadhiraj Maharawal Sir
Jawahir Singhji Bahadur of Jaisalmer, and
had issue.
- Maharaj Raghuraj Singh of Bansi (conferred in
1884, Revenue: 20,000Rs in 1893), born 1875, married
Rani Suraj Kanwar, daughter of Maharaj Shri Zorawar
Singhji of Raoti, and
had issue.
- Major HH Maharao Raja Shri Sir Ishwari Singhji
Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaj Arjun Singh of Gudha (natural son)
(conferred in 1884, Revenue: 10,000Rs in 1893), born
1831, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Ranbir Singh, born 1882.
- Maharaj Gordhan Singh of Nimana (natural son)
(conferred in 1886, Revenue: 10,000Rs in 1893), born
1835.
- Maharaj Jagannath Singh of Matonda (natural son)
(conferred in 1854, Revenue: 10,000Rs in 1893), born
1850, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Harnath Singh, born 1872.
- Maharaj Randhir Singh, born 1882.
- Colonel HH
Maharao Raja Shri Sir RAGHUBIR SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur,
26th Maharao of Bundi 1889/1927 (Photo),
born 21st September 1869, K.C.I.E. [cr.1894], K.C.S.I.
[cr.1897], G.C.I.E. [cr.1.1.1901], G.C.V.O.
[cr.10.1.1912], G.C.S.I. [cr.3.6.1919], married 1stly,
HH Maharani (name unknown) Sahiba, a daughter
of HH Maharaja Takhat Singhji of Jodhpur, married 2ndly,
HH Maharani (name unknown) Sahiba, a daughter
of Rathore Maharaj Mohabat Singh of Jodhpur (a niece of the
first wife), married 3rdly, HH Maharani (name
unknown) Sahiba, a daughter of Rathore Raja
Gopal Singh of Jhabua,
married 4thly, 1902 in Jodhpur, HH Maharani (name
unknown) Sahiba, a daughter of Maharaj Kishor
Singh of Jodhpur (a
niece of the first wife and cousin of the second
wife), married 5thly, 2nd February 1903, HH Maharani (name
unknown) Sahiba, she died 31st December 1904 at
Bundi, a daughter of HH Maharaja Raghuraj Singh
Bahadur of Rewah.
married 6thly, in August 1906, HH Maharani (name
unknown) Sahiba, a daughter of Bhati Thakur
Himmat Singh of Bhawad in Jodhpur State in August
1906. married 7thly, in August 1906, HH Maharani (name
unknown) Sahiba, a daughter of Bhati Thakur
Jagat Singh of Phali in Jodhpur State, married 8thly,
3rd January 1910, HH Maharani (name unknown)
Sahiba, a daughter of Solanki Thakur of Aklera in
Bundi State, married 9thly, before 1916, HH Maharani
Parmariji Sahiba, a daughter of Thakore Shri
Takhatsinhji of Mohanpur,
married 10thly, HH Maharani (name unknown)
Sahiba, a daughter of Rathore Maharaj Arjun Singh, a
son of Maharaj Kishor Singh of Jodhpur (see Note), and had issue. He
died 26th July 1927 (#1).
- Maharajkumar Raghu Indar Singh, born 1890, died
young.
-
 Major HH Maharao Raja
Shri Sir ISHWARI SINGHJI Bahadur, 27th
Maharao of Bundi 1927/1945 (Photo),
born 8th March 1893, G.C.I.E. [cr. 11.5.1937],
Aide-de-Camp (Honorary) to His Majesty the King
[25.1.1946], he adopted in 1933, the two sons of
Maharaj Dhanurdhar Singhji of Kapren (see above). He
died sp on
23rd April 1945 (#2).
- (A) Col. HH
Maharao Raja Shri Bahadur Singhji Bahadur
(qv)
- (A) Capt.
Maharaj Shri Kesri Singh of Kapren, educated at
Mayo College, Ajmer; married 1946, Rani Devendra
Kanwar, born 1928, elder daughter of Rawat Himmat
Singhji of Bhainsrorgarh, and his first wife,
Rani Suraj Kanwar, and had issue (see above).
 Col. HH Maharao Raja
Shri BAHADUR SINGHJI Bahadur, 28th Maharao of
Bundi 1945/1977, born 17th March 1920, educated at
Mayo College, Ajmer; awarded the Military Cross by the
British Military for gallantry during WWII; married
April 1938, a daughter of Major-General HH Maharaja
Sir Sajjan Singhji Bahadur of Ratlam, and had issue.
He died 24th December 1977.
- HH Maharao Raja Shri Ranjit Singhji Bahadur
[Prince Peter] (qv)
- Maharajkumari Mahendra Kumari (Yuvarani Mahendra
Kumari of Alwar) [Princess Kitten], born 6th
February 1942, Member of the Tenth Lok Sabha
1991/1996 representing Alwar Parliamentary
Constituency of Rajasthan; Member of the Committee
on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
1993/1996 and House Committee 1993/1995; a former
champion of women’s pistol shooting and had special
interest in tennis, swimming and riding; Member of
the Indian Parliamentary Group of the Fourth World
Conference on Women in Beijing, China in 1995; she
married 26th April 1962, Yuvaraj Pratap Singhji of Alwar, and had issue,
one son. She died 27th June 2002 in New Delhi.
 HH
Maharao Raja Shri RANJIT SINGHJI Bahadur,
29th Maharao of Bundi 1977/2010, born 13th September
1939, married 11th December 1969 (div.1971), Rajkumari
Durga Kumari [Princess Pinky], born 2nd April 1946 at
Pratapgarh, Rajasthan, died sp on 8th April
1978 in Chamba, daughter of HH Raja Saheb Shri
Lakshman Singh of Chamba,
and his wife, HH Rani Devendra Kumari. He died sp
after a long illness on 8th January 2010 in New Delhi.
- 30th Maharao of Bundi (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Rani Sardar Kunwar, married (as his 16th wife), Raja
Bhim Singh I, Raja Saheb of Banera.
- Thakurani Saheba Hadiji, married Thakur Jashwant
Singh of Bidwal, and had
issue.
The help of Deepak
Aggarwal is gratefully acknowledged, June 2011.
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