DHARAMPUR (Princely State)

(9 gun salute)

 
AREA: 1,823 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 150,000Rs  ACCESSION: 10th June 1948
STATE: Bombay  DYNASTY: Sisodia  RELIGION: Hindu
  POPULATION: 102,000 (1892)   
     
PRESENT RULER: HH Maharana Sahib Shri (name unknown), present Raja of Dharampur
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The Maharana maintains a military force of 40 cavalry, 171 infantry and 4 guns, and is entitled to a salute of 9 guns (in 1893). Rulers were...
  • Rana RAMSHAH, Rana of Dharampur 1262/1295
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  • Rana SOMSHAH, Rana of Dharampur 1295/1335
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  • Rana PURANDARSHAH, Rana of Dharampur 1335/1360
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  • Rana DHARAMSHAH I, Rana of Dharampur 1360/1391
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  • Rana GOPUSHAH, Rana of Dharampur 1391/1432
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  • Rana JAGATSHAH I, Rana of Dharampur 1432/1470
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  • Rana NARANSHAH, Rana of Dharampur 1470/1500
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  • Rana DHARAMSHAH II, Rana of Dharampur 1500/1531
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  • Rana JAGATSHAH II, Rana of Dharampur 1531/1566
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  • Rana LAXMANDEV, Rana of Dharampur 1566/1600
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  • Rana RAMDEVJI I, Rana of Dharampur 1600/1635
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  • Rana SOMDEVJI, Rana of Dharampur 1635/1680
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  • Rana SAHADEVJI, Rana of Dharampur 1680/1711
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  • Rana RAMDEVJI II, Rana of Dharampur 1711/1758
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  • Maharana Sahib DHARAMDEVJI RAMDEVJI, Raja of Dharampur 1758/1777
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  • Maharana Sahib NARANDEVJI [Guman Singh], Raja of Dharampur 1774/1777
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  • Maharana Sahib SOMDEVJI II [Abhay Singh], Raja of Dharampur 1777/1784
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  • Maharana Sahib RUPDEVJI SOMDEVJI, Raja of Dharampur 1784/1807
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  • Maharana Sahib VIJAYADEVJI RUPDEVJI, Raja of Dharampur 1807/1857
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  • Maharana Sahib RAMDEVJI III VIJAYADEVJI, Raja of Dharampur 1857/1860, married and had issue.
    • HH Maharana Sahib Shri Narayandevji Ramdevji (qv)
    • Yuvrani Kushal Kunwarba Sahiba, married 1872, Yuvaraj Jaswantsinhi Mansinhji of Dhrangadhra.
  • HH Maharana Sahib Shri NARAYANDEVJI RAMDEVJI, Raja of Dharampur 1860/1891, born 3rd September 1840, succeeded 20th January 1860 (#1), he received a sanad guaranteeing him the privilege of adoption, married and had issue. He died 17th September 1891.
    • Maharajkumar Dharamdevji Narayandevji
    • HH Maharana Sahib Shri Mohandevji Narayandevji (qv)
    • Maharajkumar Haridevji Narayandevji
    • Maharajkumar Baldevji Narayandevji
    • Maharajkumar (Haridevji/Baldevji) Narayandevji , married an aunt of the Thakore Sahib of Rajkot, and had issue. He died before 1913.
      • Kumari (name unknown), married 1913 (as his first wife), Maj.-Gen. HH Raj Rajeshwar Maharajdhiraj Maharaja Shri Sir Hari Singhji Bahadur Indar Mahindar Sipar-i-Saltanat-i-Inglishia of Jammu and Kashmir.
    • HH Maharani Bai Shri Nandkunverba Sahiba, born 1867, married 4th June 1881, HH Maharaja Shri Sir Bhagwatsinhji of Gondal, and had issue. She died 1936.
    • HH Maharani Maan Kanwar, married 1888 (as his third wife), HH Maharao Kesari Singhji Bahadur of Sirohi, and had issue. She died 1896.
  • HH Maharana Sahib Shri MOHANDEVJI NARAYANDEVJI, Raja of Dharampur 1891/1921, born 1863, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; married and had issue. He died 26th March 1921 (#2) or 4th January 1921 (#3).
    • HH Maharana Sahib Shri Vijayadevji Mohandevji (qv)
    • HH Maharani Mohini Kunwari Bai Sahiba, married (as his third wife) 1923, Maj.-Gen. HH Raj Rajeshwar Maharajdhiraj Maharaja Shri Sir Hari Singhji Bahadur Indar Mahindar Sipar-i-Saltanat-i-Inglishia of Jammu and Kashmir.
  • HH Maharana Sahib Shri VIJAYADEVJI II MOHANDEVJI, Raja of Dharampur 1921/1952 , born 3rd December 1884 (#2), educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; married HH Maharani (name unknown), died 8th January 1939 (#4), and had issue. He died 5th May 1952 in Bombay.
    • Yuvaraj Sahib Shri Nahardevji Vijayadevji, born 14th December 1906, married 1stly, married 2ndly, Yuvrani Indira Devi of Gondal, and had issue. He died in an automobile accident on 1st February 1952. 
      • HH Maharana Sahib Shri Sahadevji Nahardevji (qv)
      • Kumar Shri Vishnudevji Nahardevji, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1948/1957).
      • Kunveri Baiji Shri Kalpana Devi Sahib [HH Thakorani Saheb Kalpana Devi Sahib of Wadhwan], married 20th November 1971, HH Thakore Sahib Shri Chaitanyadevsinhji Surendrasinhji of Wadhwan, and has issue.
    • HH Rani Jaswant Kumari, married (as his first wife), HH Raja Shrimant Mahendra Singhji Ju Dev Bahadur of Nagod, and had issue.
  • HH Maharana Sahib Shri SAHADEVJI NAHARDEVJI, Raja of Dharampur 1952/-, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1946), married HH Maharani Bharti Devi of Vana, and had issue.
    • Maharajkumari Divya Devi, born 29th August 1950 at Bangalore, married 24th June 1974 at Bangalore, HH Raja Saheb Shri Prem Singh of Chamba, and has issue.
  • HH Maharana Sahib Shri (name unknown) (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Rani Purna Devi, married 14th March 1967, Raja Shri Shri Shri Gopinath Gajapathi Narayana Deo, Raja Saheb of Parlakhimedi, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
  • Kanwarani Kalpana Kumari Sisodia, married 10th December 1986, Kanwar Ajay Singh of Alipura, and has issue.
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 , p.120
2. "Indian India" ; Volumes 1-2 ; 1946/1947
3. "Who Was Who 1916–1928" ; Volume II, London 1930 ; Adam and Charles Black ; p.285
4. "Indian Times" Obituaries in January 1939