PRESENT RULER: Thakur
INDRABHAN SINGH RATHORE, Tazim
Naresh,
present Thakur Saheb of Jiliya since 2004 (Jiliya
Fort, Jiliya-Charanwas, via Kuchaman City, Rajasthan, India), married
February 1975, Kunwarani Sajjan Kunwar Sahiba [Thakurani Sajjan
Kunwar Sahiba of Jiliya], died 2003, elder daughter of Maharaj Shri
Bagh Singh
Saheb of Thikana Maukala (Chauhan), and has
issue, two sons and two daughters.
- Kunwar Shri Sultan Singh Rathore, born January 1977,
educated in Dehradun and Jaipur, married 2003, and has issue.
- Bhanwar Yuvraj Singh, born 15th September 2004.
- Kumari Baiji Lal Rajshree Rathore, born January 1978,
educated in Dehradun and Jaipur, married 2003, Vijay Pratap Singh of
Zorawar
Nagar.
- Kumari Baiji Lal Padmani Rathore, born May 1979,
educated in Jaipur, married 2005, Dr. Mukesh Shekhawat of Kali Pahari
in Rajasthan, and
had issue, one daughter. She died in a road accident in 2009.
- Kunwar Shri Shakti Singh, born May 1980, educated in Jaipur
and Jodhpur, married 2006, and has issue, one son.
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PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The Thikana was originally known as Abhaypura, but is now known as
Jiliya after the name of the village where the seat of the family is
situated. The ancestor of the family was Rao Dudaji, fourth son of Rao
Jodha,
founder
of Jodhpur, and his wife Rani Chauhaniji.
The estate is one of five thikanas belonging to the descendants of Raja
Raghunath Singh of Maroth. Estate holders were..
- Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH,
Thakur of Maroth, son of Thakur Sanwal Das, and his wife, the daughter
of the Thakur Sahib of Bagru-Mahal in Jaipur, he
established the Five
Magnificent Forts in Maroth near Nawa/Nawan (better known as Panchmahal
Maroth), he took part in a number of battles against Maharaja Jaswant
Singh of Marwar and his General, Durgadas Rathore, in 1658 after the
Battle of Dharmat, he captured the pargana of Maroth from the Gaur
Rajputs and established an independent state of about 160 villages,
married and had issue, eight sons (three died young), the
Raghunathsinghot branch
of the Mertia Rathores.
- Thakur (name unknown)
Singh, founder of Thikana Minda, in the East of Maroth, near the
Mendhawa river.
- Thakur Vijay Singh (eldest son) (qv)
- Thakur (name unknown)
Singh, founder of Thikana Narayanpura, comprising 12 villages, to the
South-West of Maroth.
- Thakur (name unknown)
Singh, founder of Thikana Panchota
- Thakur (name unknown)
Singh, founder of Thikana Bhanwata
- Thakur VIJAY SINGH,
Thakur of Jiliya, founder of Thikana Abhaypura (later Jiliya) towards
the North-West of Maroth, married and had issue, the
Vijaysinghot branch of
the Mertia Rathores.
- Thakur BAGH SINGH,
Thakur of Jiliya, married and had issue.
- Thakur NAHAR SINGH,
Thakur of Jiliya, married and had issue.
- Thakur SHER SINGH,
Thakur of Jiliya, married Thakurani Gopal Kanwar, daughter of Thakur
Madho Singh, Thakur Sahib of Mundota,
he adopted his nephew. He died sp.
- (A) Thakur Bakhtawar Singh (qv)
- Thakur BAKHTAWAR SINGH,
Thakur of Jiliya, adopted by his childless uncle,
Thakur Sher Singhji, as his son and heir, married and had issue.
- Thakur BIJAY SINGH
[Thakursa Shri Bijay Singhji Rathore], Thakur of Jiliya, Tazeem Naresh
Panchmahal Maroth, Thakur Saheb of 14 villages of
Panchmahal Maroth, founder of Thikana Jiliya, married 1stly,
Thakuranisa Ambika Prasad (Lallan Sahiba
Ambika Prasad of Nagod), daughter of Thakursa Lal Saheb
Bhargavendra
Singh, Yuvaraj Saheb
of Nagod, and his wife, Lal Saheba
Ranchod Kunwar of Shankargarh, she had issue, one son (died young) and
two daughters,
he
married
2ndly, Thakuranisa Lad Kanwar, daughter of Thakursa Pane Singh
Khangarot (Bhakarsinghot) of Jadawata, Thakursa of two villages, and
had issue, one son and two daughters. He died 17th January 2004.
- Bada Kumari Shrimati Hem Kanwar (by Thakuranisa Ambika
Prasad), married Thakur Raghuveer Singh of Seva, and has issue, three
sons.
- Kunwar Bhanwar Singh
- Kunwar Mool Singh
- Kunwar Gopal Singh
- Chhota Kumari Shrimati Sharad Kanwar (by Thakuranisa
Ambika Prasad), married Thakur Yadvendra Vikramdev of Gangiasar
(Jhunjhunu), and has issue, two sons.
- Kunwar Sudarshan Vikramdev
- Kunwar Yogendra Vikramdev
- Thakur
Indrabhan Singh [Thakursa Shri
Indrabhan Singh Rathore] (qv)
- Bada Kumari Shrimati Kiran Kumari, married February
1968, Brigadier Thakur Umaid Singh Shekhawat of Sarwari in Sikar, he
was commissioned
in the Indian Army into the Rajputana Rifles Regiment. He commanded
13 Raj Rif at Bikaner and later 71 Mountain Brigade at Shahjahanpur.
He was also an Instructor at OTA Chennai from 1985 to 1987. He also
had a posting as A.Q.M.G in SFF and undertook parajumps, and
has issue, one son.
- Rajkumar Dinesh Singh Shekhawat, born April
1971, educated in Shillong, Chennai, Jodhpur and Jaipur, presently
working at Falna, married 1994, and has issue.
- Chhota Kumari Shrimati Krishna Kumari, graduated from
Jodhpur University; married 22nd
June
1978, Col. Kunwar Anand Singh Shekhawat of Mundru, born 11th July 1957
in
Mundru, Sikar Distt., Rajasthan, educated Sainik
School, Chittorgarh (B.A., N.D.A.), Khadakvasla
and
Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh, commissioned in
the Indian Army in 1979, into the 14th
Battalion of Jammu & Kashmir Rifles Regiment. He has excelled in
horse riding at the NDA and won Spurs. During his training at IMA
Dehradun, he voluntarily undertook five parachute jumps at Sarsawa
(U.P). He also learnt Tibetan language during his training at NDA and
IMA. He participated in Himalayan Car rally in 1986 and stood First
in Desert Rally in 1995. He was given the honour of looking after the
security of the Honourable President of India, Shri Giani Zail Singh in
1986 and Shri R. Venkataraman in 1987 during their visits to Army
Units. He was also associated with the Security arrangements for the
launch of Agni missile tests in 1998 and 1999. He has had staff
appointments as General Staff Officer (Intelligence) Grade III in a
Mountain Brigade and Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General in an
Infantry Division. Besides various appointments in the Indian Army he
also served in Defence Research & Development Organisation and
the National Cadet Corps; and has issue, a daughter and
two
sons.
- Kumari Pooja Shekhawat, born November 1986,
educated in Delhi, Kolkata, Dehradun and the Maharani Gayatri Devi
Girls School,
Jaipur; she is a graduate in Law (Stood First at the
Institute in Business Law Group scoring 70% marks); has secured First
Position in National Essay Competition, 2006 (Senior category)
conducted by the Jawaharlal Nehru University in collaboration with
the Ministry of Personal and Public Grievances and Dept. of Information
Technology, awarded by Honourable Governor of Kerala, Mr. H.L. Bhatia;
Awarded First Prize in Poetry writing Competition conducted by DRDO,
Delhi in 1998-99 by His Excellency the Honourable President of India,
Dr.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Besides being a keen sports person having been the
Best Athlete of her Schools and making new records in M. G. D. Girls'
School she has also held the Student Editorship of the A.I.L. Law
Journal.
- Kunwar Shri Vikram Singh, born August 1988,
educated in Dehradun, Meerut, Delhi, Kolkata and Jaipur; currently
pursuing
a Bachelors Degree in Law from the Army Institute of Law, Mohali
(Punjab); he
holds the Editorship of the College magazine and is a member of the
Institute Placement Cell.
- Kunwar Shri Ravindra Singh, born August 1992,
educated in Delhi, Kolkata and Jaipur, Bikaner and A.P.S Dagshai
(Shimla).
- Thakur INDRABHAN SINGH,
Thakur of Jiliya
(see
above)
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