IDAR (Princely State)

(15 gun salute)

  
AREA: 4,323 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 328,000Rs  ACCESSION: 10th June 1948
STATE: Bombay  DYNASTY: Rathore  RELIGION: Hindu
VILLAGES: 884 (1901) POPULATION: 168,557 (1901)  
     
PRESENT RULER: HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri RAJENDRA SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur, 12th Maharaja of Idar (1992/-)
born 25th September 1938, married HH Maharani Prakash Kumari [Princess Pinkie], born October 1941, daughter of HH Maharaja Shri Vikramsinhji Bhojrajsinhji of Gondal, and his wife, HH Maharani Shri Nainkunwarba Sahiba, and has issue.
  • Maharajkumari Viveka Kumari, born 18th April 1980, engaged on 5th May 2010 to Kunwar Abhijeet Singh.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The state was founded about 1257. In 1729, when Abhai Singh, Raja of Jodhpur, was Subahdar of Gujarat under the Emperor Muhammad Shah, and his brother Bakht Singh was the conqueror of Nagar, two other brothers, named Anand Singh and Rai Singh, established themselves at Idar by force of arms. The Peshwa and the Gaekwad soon despoiled the young State, and Raja Sheo Singh, was compelled to lose part of his territories, and to pay tribute to the Gaekwad. This tribute is still (1893) paid by the Maharaja of Idar, who in return receives tribute from some other minor States. The Maharaja maintains a military force of 54 cavalry, 100 infantry and 21 guns, and is entitled to a salute of 15 guns. Rulers were...
  1. Rao SONINGJI [Sonamji], 1st Rao of Idar 1257/- , originally of Sametra, younger son of Rao Sheoji of Marwar (Mandore); he conquered a large tract of Sabarmati River lands from Mosar in the North to Vasna State near Sadra, Ahmedabad. He died after 1275.

  2. Rao EMALJI, 2nd Rao of Idar

  3. Rao DHAVALMAJI, 3rd Rao of Idar

  4. Rao LUNKARANJI, 4th Rao of Idar

  5. Rao KANHATJI, 5th Rao of Idar

  6. Rao RANMALJI, 6th Rao of Idar

  7. Rao PUNJJI, 7th Rao of Idar -/1428

  8. Rao NARAYANDASJI I, 8th Rao of Idar 1428/-, married and had issue.
    • Baiji Lal (name unknown), married Maharana Kumbhakarna Singh, 5th Maharana of Mewar.

  9. Rao BHANJI, 9th Rao of Idar fl.1445, married and had issue, two sons.
    • Rao Suraj Malji (qv)
    • Rao Bhimji (qv)
    • Rani Lad Kanwarbai, married (as his twenty-eighth wife), Maharana Sangram Singh I, 8th Maharana of Mewar.

  10. Rao SURAJMALJI, 10th Rao of Idar for 18 months., married and had issue.
    • Rao Rai Malji (qv)

  11. Rao BHIMJI, 11th Rao of Idar -1514, married and had issue.
    • Rao Bhar Malji (qv)

  12. Rao DHAMALJI, 12th Rao of Idar in 1514

  13. Rao RAI MALJI [Raja Malji], 13th Rao of Idar 1514/1515 or 1512/1514 and 1514/1517, he was deposed as a minor, by his uncle in early 1514, he regained the throne later that same year in 1514, but fled to the hills of Bijanagar in around 1517.

  14. Rao BHARMALJI, 14th Rao of Idar 1515/1543 or succeeded his father in 1514 but expelled shortly afterwards, he was re-instated in around 1517.

  15. Rao PUNJAJJI I, 15th Rao of Idar 15431573.

  16. Rao NARAYANDASJI II, 16th Rao of Idar 1573/-, during his reign Idar was conquered by the Mughals who installed Momin Khan as the Governor; married (amongst others), a Rani from Banswara, and had issue.
    • Rao Viramdasji (qv)
    • Rani Bhagwati Kunwari, married Rawat Bhanu Singh, 7th Rawat of Deoli-Pratapgarh, died sp 1597.
    • Baiji Lal (name unknown), married Maharana Pratap Singhji of Mewar.

  17. Rao VIRAMDASJI, 17th Rao of Idar, married and had issue.
    • Rao Gopaldasji Viramdasji, founder and first Thakore Sahib of Valasna; married and had issue, five sons.
    • Rao Kalyanmalji Viramdasji (qv)

  18. Rao KALYANMALJI VIRAMDASJI, 18th Rao of Idar, he clashed with his brother at Lal Madva, in a battle for succession to the gadi of Idar; married Rani Deep Kunwar, daughter of Maharao Shri Rai Singhji II, Maharao of Sirohi, and had issue.
    • Maharani Ratan Kunwar, married Maharao Shri Akherajji II, Maharao of Sirohi.

  19. Rao JAGANNATHJI, 19th Rao of Idar -/1656, last Rao of Idar, expelled in 1656 by Murad Baksh, at that time, the subahdar of Gujarat.

  20. Rao PUNJAJJI II, 20th Rao of Idar 1656/1658

  21. Rao ARJUNDASJI, 21st Rao of Idar 1658/1659

  22. Rao GOPINATHJI, 22nd Rao of Idar 1664/1669, married and had issue.
    • Baiji Lal (name unknown), married Thakur Shakti Singh of Nimaj in Sirohi, and had issue.

  23. Rao KARANSINGHJI, 23rd Rao of Idar 1669/1679
Period of anarchy 1679/1731, followed by Rao Anand Singh of Jodhpur 1731/1742

Rao CHANDAJI, ?24th Rao Shri of Idar and 1st Rao Shri of Pal/Pol.
  • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri ANANDSINHJI Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar 1731/1753, with the help of his brother Rai Singh and a few horseman from Palanpur and the Kolis of Gadwara, he established himself in Idar without difficulty in 1729 or 1731; married (amongst others) (a), 1735, Maharani Laad Kunwar, third daughter of Maharao Shri Chattarsal Singh, and his third wife, Rani Ropande, and had issue. He died 1753.
    • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Shivsinhji Anandsinhji Sahib Bahadur (qv)
  • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri SHIVSINHJI ANANDSINHJI Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar 1753/1791, born 1736, lost Vijapur, Modasa, Harsol and more to the Peshwa, married and had issue, five sons. He died 1791.
    • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Bhawanisinhji Shivsinhji Sahib Bahadur (qv)
    • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sangramsinhji Shivsinhji Sahib Bahadur, 1st Maharaja of Ahmednagar 1791/1798, born about 1758, he was granted the estate of Ahmednagar by his father in 1773 but assumed independence from Idar in 1791; Senior member of the Council of Regency of Idar on behalf of his infant nephew 1791/1792; married and had issue. He died 1798.
      • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Karansinhji Sangramsinhji Sahib Bahadur, 2nd Maharaja of Ahmednagar 1798/1835, born 1787, and had issue. He died 6th February 1835. 
        • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Prithisinhji Karansinhji Sahib Bahadur, 3rd Maharaja of Ahmednagar 1835/1839, born about 1818, married and had issue. He died 6th December 1839.
          • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Balwantsinhji Prithisinhji Sahib Bahadur, 4th Maharaja of Ahmednagar 1840/1841, born 23rd May 1840, died 28th September 1841.
        • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Takhatsinhji Karansinhji Sahib Bahadur, 5th Maharaja of Ahmednagar 1841/1843 (#3), Regent of Ahmednagar [6.12.1839] - 28.9.1841], Maharaja of Jodhpur, married (amongst others), a lady of Pratapgarh, and had issue. He died 1873.
          • HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir Pratap Singh Sahib Bahadur (see below)
          • Maharaj Bhopal Singh, married and had issue.
            • Lt.-Col. HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir Daulat Singh Sahib Bahadur (see below)
      • Maharaj Shri Pratapsinhji Zalimsinhji, 2nd Raja Saheb of Morasa 1806/1821, born about 1788, adopted on 26th August 1806 (later locally nullified in 1815 but later restored by the British) by the widow of Raja Zalim Singh (his uncle) . He died sp 1819 (#5).
    • Maharaj Shri Zalimsinhji Shivsinhji, 1st Raja Saheb of Morasa/Modasa in Idar 1792/1806, born about 1760, Regent of Ahmednagar 1798/1806, died sp 1806.
    • Maharaj Shri Amirsinhji Shivsinhji, Raja Saheb of Bayar/Bayad/Baad in Idar 1792/1826, born about 1762, he was granted the estate of Baad around 1792; married and had issue, two daughters. He died spm 1823 (#4).
    • Maharaj Shri Indrasinhji Shivsinhji, blind, he was the Jagir of Soor (Sur) and three other villages for his support, married and had issue.
  • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri BHAWANISINHJI SHIVSINHJI Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar in 1791, born 1755, survived his father by only a few days, married and had issue. He died 1791.
    • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Gambhirsinhji Bhawanisinhji Sahib Bahadur (qv)
  • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri GAMBHIRSINHJI BHAWANISINHJI Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar 1791/1833, born 1781, married and had issue. He died 12th August 1833 (#2).
    • Yuvaraj Shri Umaidsinhji Gambhirsinhji Sahib Bahadur, married (amongst others), Yuvrani Pran Kunwari, daughter of Maharawat Sawant Singh of Pratapgarh, and his wife, Maharani Swaroop Kunwari.
    • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir Jawansinhji Gambhirsinhji Sahib Bahadur (qv)
      
  • Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir JAWANSINHJI GAMBHIRSINHJI Sahib Bahadur K.C.S.I., Maharaja of Idar 1833/1868 (Photo), born 1830, Maharaja [cr.1843] (personal use only), confirmed in his possession of Bayad, Modasa and Ahmednagar in 1848 by the British Government; Member of the Legislative Council of Bombay, married (amongst others), Maharani Jiji Kunwarba Sahiba of Dhrangadhra, and had issue. He died 26th December 1868.
    • HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir Kesrisinhji Jawansinhji Sahib Bahadur (qv)
    • Maharajkumari (name unknown), married 1875, HH Maharana Sajjan Singh of Udaipur. She died sp.
      
  • HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir KESRISINHJI JAWANSINHJI Sahib Bahadur K.C.S.I., Maharaja of Idar 1868/1901 (Photo), born 1861 (1864), succeeded to the gadi on 26th December 1868 (#1), educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; he was granted a sanad of adoption and created a Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India on 15th February 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty. married (amongst others), HH Maharani Udai Kunwarba Sahiba of Sokhada in Dhrangadhra, and had issue. He died 20th February 1901.
    • HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Krishnasinhji Kesrisinhji Sahib Bahadur (qv)
    • Kunwari Shri Nandkunwarba, married 1910 (as his first wife), HH Thakore Sahib Shri Digvijaysinhji Daulatsinhji of Limbdi, and had issue.
      
  • HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri KRISHNASINHJI KESRISINHJI Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar in 1901 (October 4th to November 30th), born posthumously 4th October 1901, died 30th November 1901.

    • INTERREGNUM 1901/1902 

  • HH Maharaja Sir PRATAP SINGHHH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir PRATAP SINGH Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar 1902/1911, born October 1845 , K.C.S.I. [cr.1886] , G.C.S.I. [cr.1897] , G.C.V.O. [cr.1911] , K.C.B. [Hon.Mil. cr.1901] , Hon. LL.D., ADC, Prime Minister of Jodhpur 1878/1881, Musahib Ala (First Minister) of Jodhpur 1882/1895 and 1897/1900  Regent of Jodhpur 1895/1897 and 1911/1914 and 1918/1922, son of HH Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur, married 1stly, HH Maharani Ratan Kunwar, daughter of the Thakur Saheb of Jhakan, married 2ndly, a daughter of Thakur Chattar Singh of Jaisalmer, married 3rdly, HH Maharani Bakhtawar Kunwar, daughter of Thakur Mohan Singh of Nawalgarh, married 4thly, HH Maharani Kishan Kunwar, younger daughter of the Thakur Saheb of Jhakan, married 5thly, HH Maharani Mahtab Kunwar, daughter of Thakur Bhabhut Singh of Osian, and had issue, as well as issue by secondary wives. He died dspml 9th September 1922 and was succeeded by his nephew and adopted son, Kunwar Daulat Singh, son of Maharaj Bhupal Singh of Jodhpur.
    • (A) Lt.-Col. HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir Daulat Singhji Sahib Bahadur (qv)
    • Maharajkumari Majit Kunwar (by Maharani Ratan Kunwar), died young.
    • Rani Roop Kanwar (by Maharani Kishan Kunwar), married (as his first wife), Rao Bahadur Thakur Shivnath Singh of Bera, and had issue.
    • Rao Raja Narpat Singh (by a daughter of Maharaja Madho Singh II of Jaipur), granted the Jagirs of Palri-Marwar and Bithian in 1947.
    • Rao Raja Hanut Singh, born 1900, married 1stly, a daughter of HH Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II of Jaipur, married 2ndly, Rani Priya Devi, born 1910, daughter of HH Maharaja Amar Prakash Bahadur of Sirmur, and had issue. He died 1982.
      • Rao Raja Bijai Singh (by 1st wife), married Rani Kamal Kumari, and has issue.
        • Rao Raja Lakshman Singh [Prince Bunny], born 1951, married Rani Lata Kaiker, and has issue, two sons.
          • Kunwar Arjun Singh
          • Kunwar Ranjit Singh
        • Rani Harsh Kumari, born 1953, married (as his first wife), Raja Chandra Vijay Singh of Sahaspur, and has issue.
      • Rao Raja Hari Singh (by 1st wife), married Rani Nawal Kanwar, and has adopted issue.
        • (A) Serena Kumari
      • Rajkumari Kalyan Kanwar (by 1st wife)
      • Rao Raja Daljit Singh (by 2nd wife), married Rani Shakti Kumari from Bundi, and has issue.
        • Kunwar Dalpat Singh
        • Kunwar Digvijay Singh, married Kunwarani Mahima Rana from Nahan.
        • Rajkumari Mamta Kumari, married Kunwar Martand Singh from Kumaon.
    • Rao Raja Sagat Singh, married a daughter of HH Sir Sawai Maharaja Madho Singhji II Bahadur of Jaipur and had issue.
      • Rao Raja Devi Singh, married Rani Padma Devi, daughter of Lt.Col. HH Sir Maharaja Narendra Shah Sahib Bahadur of Tehri-Garhwal, and has issue.
    • Rao Raja Abhai Singh, married a daughter of Maharaja Madho Singhji II of Jaipur, and had issue.
      • Kunwar Chander Singh, married, and has issue, two daughters.
      • Kunwar Dulip Singh
  • Lt.-Col. HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir DAULAT SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar 1911/1931, born 12th May 1878, K.C.S.I. [cr.1920], son of Maharaj Bhupal Singh of Jodhpur, adopted by HH Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh; married HH Maharaniji Shri Poonglianiji of Sattasar, and had issue. He died 14th April 1931 in Bomaby.
    • HH Rani Tej Kunwar Ba Sahiba, born 13th June 1897 in Himmatnagar, married 1918 in Himmatnagar, Capt. HH Rana Sir Ranjit Singhji of Barwani, and had issue. She died 17th August 1980 in Indore.
    • HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Himmat Singhji Sahib Bahadur(see below)
    • Maharaj Shri Man Singhji, born 26th June 1906, married and had issue.
      • Maharaj Umed Singhji, married and had issue. (Dowlat Villas Palace, Himmatnagar, Dist Sabarkanta, Gujarat, India). 
        • Maharaj Bhagirath Singhji, married a Princess of Nepal, and has issue, one daughter and one son.
          • Rajkumari Maheshwari Devi
          • Rajkumar Suryavir Singh, married March 2008, Rajkumarani Gitanjali Kumari, daughter of Maharajkumar Jagdeshwar Saran Singh Deo of Surguja, and his wife, Kurani Saheb Rajshree Singh Deo.
        • Maharaj Ranvir Singhji, married a Rani from Jambugodha State, and has issue.
          • Bhawar Harieshvarsinghji, educated at Himmatnagar College; presently (2010) working in the family's Petroleum and Commodities Trading business; married at Dhabladhir, M.P., and has issue.
        • Maharajkumar Narendra Singhji, married and has issue.
          • Bhawar Karni Singhji, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; presently working in the family's Petroleum and Commodities Trading business; married 3rd December 2005, Bhawrani Geetanjali Devi, born 10th April 1979, daughter of Kuwar Saheb Bhupendra Pratap Sahi of Dera in Uttar Pradesh, and his wife, Kawrani Saheba Usha Kumari, daughter of Raja Saheb Ram Singhji of Khandela-Senior, and has issue.
            • Tawar Baisa Hemangini Kumari, born 18th April 2005.
      • Maharaj Sahib Narpat SinghjiMaharaj Sahib Narpat Singhji, married Rani Sahib Jogmaya Devi of Dhenkanal, daughter of Maharajkumar Pattayet Sahib Narsingh Pratap Singh Deo of Dhenkanal, and his wife, Pattayet Rani Jatan Kumari Devi, and had issue. He died 24th February 2003.
        • Maharaj Karan Singh, Managing Director - Spectrum International Hospitality Services, Sydney, Australia; married 10th July 1986 in Jaipur, Rani Aradhana Kumari, daughter of Rawat Sahib Nahar Singhji of Deogarh, and his wife, Rani Bhuratna Prabha Kumari, and has issue.
          • Rajkumar Nidhiraj Singh
          • Rajkumari Vindhya Kumari
        • Kunwarani Rajeswari Kanwar [Rani Rajeswari Singh], born 1960, married 1988, Kunwar Jaideep Singh of Tana, and has issue.
        • Maharaj Prithviraj Singh, married 25th April 1993 (div'd. April 2009), Rani Saheb Yogeshwari Bhati of Idar [Baijilal Yogheswari Bhati of Jaisalmer]. 
        • Maharaj Manjit Singh, born 25th March 1964, married 20th June 1987 in Sydney, Australia, Rani Antoinette Marie Singh, and has issue.
          • Rajkumari Kelsey Vivecca Singh, born 27th April 1994.
          • Rajkumar Keenan Joseph Krishna Singh, born 4th September 1996.
    • Maharaj Shri Madan Singhji, born 4th February 1912, married and has issue, one daughter.
      • Maharajkumari Bhavar Baisa, married Kumar Shri Dr. Dilavarsinhji Sahib of Lodhika, Ghar Jamaisa, and has issue, one daughter. (Himmatnagar, Gujarat, India)
        • Kumari Sweety Baisa, married the son of Maharaj Jaysinji Saheb of Binchiwada in Dungarpur. (Udaipur, Rajasthan, India)
  • HH Maharaja HIMMAT SINGH (1899-1960)HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri HIMMAT SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar 1931/1960, born 2nd September 1899 in Jodhpur, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; married 1stly, HH Maharani Jawahar Kunwar, elder daughter of Raja Hamir Singh of Khandela-Senior by his first wife, Rani Mertiji, married 2ndly, 1916, HH Maharani Tej Kunwar, daughter of HH Swasti Sir Raja Kirti Shah of Tehri-Garhwal, married 3rdly, HH Maharani Megh Kunwar of Sabalwad, and had issue. He died 24th November 1960.
    • HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Daljit Singhji Sahib Bahadur (qv)
    • Maharaj Shri Amar Singh, born 1919, he was granted the jagir of Daljitgarh, comprising 10 villages, by his father on 27th October 1933 (abolished 1st August 1954), married Rani Surendra Kunwar (Photo), died 2012, daughter of Thakur Kalyan Singhji of Osian.
  • HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri DALJIT SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar 1960/1992, born 10th July 1917 in Jodhpur, married 1939, HH Maharani Manhar Kunwar, daughter of Maharaj Shri Mohansinhji Jiwansinhji Jadeja of Jamnagar, and had issue. He died 17th May 1992.
    • HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Rajendra Singhji Sahib Bahadur (qv)
  • HH Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri RAJENDRA SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  1. Rao Bhawanisinghji, 7th Rao of Idar fl.1406
  2. Rao Kiratsinghji, 8th Rao of Idar, married and had issue.
    • Rawal Virajmalji, founder of Malpur.
Re: Ahmednagar, the help of John Duncan McMeekin is gratefully acknowledged, January 2011.
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 , p.188
2. ref. IOR/F/4/1467/57761 - date: Oct 1828-Nov 1834
3. When Maharaja Shri Takhatsinhji was adopted to Jodhpur in 1843, Ahmednagar came under an Administrator and was later merged into Idar on 14th April 1848.
4. After Maharaj Shri Amirsinhji's death, Baad may have been administered by a Council till 1826 when Baad was resumed by or merged into Idar.
5. After Maharaj Shri Pratapsinhji's death, Morasa may have been administered by a Council till 1821 when Morasa was resumed by or merged into Idar.