PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The state was founded
by a younger son of the 24th Raja of Kutlehar. The state was made
subordinate
to Keonthal by a sanad of September 1815. Rulers were....
- Raja CHAND PAL,
Raja of Koti, younger son of Raja Jas Pal, 24th Raja of
Kutlehar, and
founder of Kothi state.
- .....
- Thakur JAJHAR CHAND,
Thakur of Koti, married and had issue.
- Mian Dhir Chand
- Mian Gambhir Chand
- ......
- Thakur GOPI CHAND,
Thakur of Koti -/1777, 10th in descent from the founder,
married and had issue.
He died 1777.
- Thakur PADAM CHAND,
Thakur of Koti 1777/1793, married and had issue.
- Thakur PARTAB CHAND,
Thakur of Koti 1793/1838, born 1790, 8th in descent
from Thakur Gopi
Chand, married and had issue, He died 1838.
- Rana HARI CHAND,
Rana of Koti 1838/1873, born 1818, granted the
title of Rana for
his help to British authorities in the mutiny of 1857, married and had
issue. He died 1873.
- Rana Bishen Chand (qv)
- Kanwar Shiv Saran Singh, born 1840.
- Rana BISHEN CHAND,
Rana of Koti 1873/1891, born 1836, married a daughter
of Rana Bhup Chand, Rana of Kuthar, and had
issue.
- Rana Raghubir Chand (qv)
- Kanwar Ghuman Singh, married 1stly, a Kumari of Mangal,
married 2ndly, a Kumari of Mahilog,
and had issue.
- Kanwar Rudhra Singh, married a Kumari of Kunihar, and
had issue.
- Kumari Chandika Kumari, married Kanwar Bhagwant Singh
of Guler, and had issue.
- Kumari Ambika Kumari, married (as his first wife),
Tikka Mahinder Singh of Tharoch.
- Kanwar Bhairav Singh
- Kanwar Mangal Singh, married Kanwarani Padmawati,
daughter of Kanwar Parduman Singh of Dhami,
and had issue.
- Kumari Gita Kumari, married Kanwar (later Raja)
Ishwari Singh of Baghat.
- Kumari Chitra Kumari, married Kanwar Raghbir Chand
of [?Sangri], and had issue.
- Kumari Shoba Kumari, married (as his second wife),
Thakur Narendra Chand of Mahilog.
- Kanwar Shankar Singh, married Kanwarani Sushila Devi,
daughter of Shri Bir Jung Shah of Nepal, and his wife, Rani Yashoda
Devi of Askote, and had issue.
- Kumari Chhaya Devi, married Kunwar Dushyant Singh of
Kangra, and had issue.
- Kumari Pingla Devi, married Kunwar Santoram Singh of
Panyal, and has issue.
- Kavita Kumari, married Kanwar Bhupinder
Singh Mankotia, and has issue (see Mankot).
- Kunwar Krishen Singh, married Kanwarani Druba Devi,
and has issue.
- Rajesh Singh, he was adopted by his aunt Rani
Bhuvaneshwari Kumari (see below), married and had issue.
- Arun Singh, married Kumari Richa Katoch, daughter
of Capt.
Kanwar Romesh Katoch, and his wife, Kanwarani Sharda Devi, daughter of
Kanwar
Baldev Singh of Kumharsain.
- Kunwar Upendra Singh, married Kunwarani Sumitra Devi,
daughter of Thakur Kirpa Ram of Rajnagar, and his wife, Thakurani Durga
Devi of Chamba, and had issue.
- Kunwar Bhavender Singh, married Kunwarani Digsha
Dei, daughter of Kanwar Krishen Singh of Jubbal.
- Kumari Bhuvaneshwari Kumari, married Shri Jagdish
Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and had adoptive issue, her nephew.
- (A) Rajesh Rana
(né Singh), married Kumari Shalini Singh, daughter of Tikait
Vishwadeo Narain Singh of Chainpur, and his wife, Kumari Kumudini Devi,
daughter of Thakur Bateshwar Prasad Singh of Bangarah, and has issue.
- Major Kanwar Inder Singh, married Kanwarani Sita Devi,
daughter of Kanwar Man Singh of Manaswal, and had issue.
- Kumari Rama Kumari, married Kanwar Anand Singh of
Dada-Siba, and has issue.
- Kumari Krishna Kumari, married Kanwar Raghbir Chand
of [?Sangri], and has issue, one son.
- Kumari Ahalya Kumari, married 7th May 1980, Rana
Omkar Chand of Khaneti, and has issue.
- Kanwar Chandar Singh
- Kunwar Devki Singh, married a daughter of Kanwar Lal
Singh of Madhan, and had issue.
- Kumari Kiran Kumari, married Kanwar Randhir Singh of Ghund, and has issue.
- HH Rani Kalawati Devi, married 1925, HH Raja Lakshman
Sen Bahadur, Raja of Suket, and had
issue.
- Kanwar Gopal Singh, born 1870.
- Kanwar Nihal Singh, born 1873.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Tikka Raghunath
Singh of Bashahr, and had issue, four
daughters.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Tikka Raghunath
Singh of Bashahr, and had issue.
- Kumari (name unknown), married into Dhami.
- Rana RAGHUBIR CHAND,
Rana of Koti 1891/1944, born 1865, succeeded to
the throne on
10th July 1891, married 7 wives, three wives were from Kishengarh, two
were from Kunihar State in H.P. (daughters of Thakur
Tegh
Singh of Kunihar), and two wives were from
Ratesh State in H.P. (no
issue),
and had issue. He died 1944.
- Tikka Sahib (name
unknown) Singh (by one of the Kishengarh
Ranis), born 1894,
died 1906.
- Rana Vashisht Chand (by one of the Kishengarh Ranis) (qv)
- Rajkumari Radha Devi (by a Kunihar Rani), married (as his
second wife), Raja
Bhim Sen of Suket
State in H.P., and had issue, one daughter. She died June 1939.
- Rajkumari (name unknown)
Devi (by a Kunihar Rani), married into
the royal
family
of Balsan State, H.P.
- Rana VASHISHT CHAND,
Rana of Koti 1944/1970, born 22nd April 1898,
succeeded to the gaddi
28th September 1944, married the daughter of Thakur Padam Chand of Theog,
and had issue, as well as issue by Saryu Devi, a secondary wife. He
died
8th July 1970 (#1).
- Rana Devesh Chand (by the Theog
Rani) (qv)
- Rajkumar Tara Singh (by the Theog Rani), born 26th
January 1927,
married
Maharaj Kumari Janaknandani Kumari, daughter of HH Maharawal Chandravir
Pratap Singh of Banswara State, born
7th
October 1935, died 17th December 1974 at Chandigarh, and had issue, an
only son. He died 2nd September 1992.
- Kanwar Purujit Singh, born 10th July 1970 in Jaipur,
married 1stly, 4th
February
1995 (div. May 2004), Maharajkumari Krishna Kumari, daughter of HH
Maharaja
Mahendra Manvendra Singh Ju Deo Bahadur of Panna,
married 2ndly, 2nd March 2006, Maharajkumari Shalini Kumari, daughter
of HH Maharaja Prithvi Bir Singh
Deo of Sonepur, and has issue (by
second marriage).
- Kumar Ojayit Singh Tanwar, born 8th October 2009 in
New Delhi.
- Rajkumari Tara Devi (by the Theog Rani), married Rana
Gajendra Chand of
Manswal.
- Rajkumari Shakuntala Devi (by the Theog Rani), married
Rana Gajendra
Chand
of Manswal.
- Rajkumari Kamla Devi (by the Theog Rani), married Kanwar
Jasjit Singh
of Ramgarh in Haryana,
and has issue.
- Shri Madan Singh (by Saryu Devi), married Kumari Sheila
Kanwar
of
Junga, Keonthal
State,
and has issue.
- Kumari Shakuntala Devi, married Professor Vijay Vir
Singh
Jaswal, and has
issue,
a son and a daughter.
- Kumari Salochna Devi, married Colonel M. K. Chauhan,
and has
issue, a son and
a daughter.
- Shri Kuldeep Singh, married Kumari Reena Devi, and has
issue, two
sons.
- Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh
- Shri (name unknown)
Singh
- Kumari Uma Devi, married Madhan Verma, and has issue, a
son
and a daughter.
- Shri Bhupender Singh, married Kumari Sangita Devi, and
has
issue, two
daughters.
- Kumari Jyoshna Devi
- Kumari Ragini Devi
- Shri Yogendra Singh, married Kumari Anupama Devi, and
has
issue, two
sons.
- Shri Mohan Singh (by Saryu Devi), born in September 1931.
He
died unmarried
in 1966.
- Shri Prem Singh (by Saryu Devi), born 8th January 1934.
He is
unmarried.
- Kumari Kaushalya Devi (by Saryu Devi), born 16th June
1937 at
Simla, married
22nd
May 1964 in Simla, Brigadier (ret'd.) Mehar Ranjan Dutt, Military Cross
(M.C.), son of the late Rai Bahadur G. R. Dutt from Tripura State in
Eastern
India, born 14th December 1919, Commandant of the 6th Batallion,
Rajputana
Rifles, later commanded the 3rd Batallion of the Sikh Regiment. Later
still,
he commanded the 15th Batallion of the Dogra Regiment and lastly, he
commanded
the Prince of Wales Own Regiment, later known as the 1st Batallion of
the
Dogra Regiment, died sp in Simla in April 2004 of heart failure.
- Rana DEVESH CHAND,
Rana of Koti 1970/1998, born 25th July 1921, succeeded
to the
throne
on 8th July 1970, married Rajkumari Jayanti Devi [Rani Jayanti Devi of
Koti], died 10th March 2010, daughter of Maharajkumar
Karan Singh of Orchha, and had issue,
five
children. He died 10th October
1998 at Chandigarh.
- Rana Trivikram Chand (qv)
- Rajkumari Meera Devi, born 1942, married 1962, Mian
Bhupender Singh [Late Mr. B. Singh Rathore], Deputy Headmaster of the
Lawrence
School, Sanawar, son
of Mian Budhi Singh of Kolhara in Jubbal;
and has
issue, one son and one daughter.
- Kumari Pratibha Singh, married Dr. Ravi Shankar
Singh from Sultanpur, U.P., and has issue, two children.
- Kalyani Singh
- Parikshit Singh
- Kanwar Deependra Singh Rathore, married
Kanwarani Pratima Kumari Singh (Ritu) from Pahuna in Udaipur, and has
issue, one daughter.
- Rajkumar Ranvijay Singh, born 1946, married Kumari Prabha
Devi of Datia
State, M.P., and had issue, two daughters. He died 14th January
1996.
- Kumari Shelja Kumari, born 5th November 1992.
- Kumari Girija Kumari, born 14th January 1994.
- Rajkumari Neera Kumari, married Colonel Dr. Vishwanath S.
Rana, and has
issue, two daughters.
- Miss Shreepanchmi Rana, married Shri
Bhaskar
Tomar, and has issue,
one son.
- Miss Priyadarshini Rana, married
April 2009, Mr. Achal Singh Unwal, from the Unwal family (the present
Raja's brother's second son).
- Rajkumari Veera Kumari, married Mr. Arvind Raghav, and
has issue, a
daughter
and a son.
- Miss Anchal Raghav
- Raghuvinder Raghav
- Rana TRIVIKRAM CHAND,
Rana of Koti 1998/2008, born 12th September 1940,
succeeded to the throne on 10th October 1998,
married Kumari Adarsh Kumari [Rani Adarsh Kumari of Koti, now the
Rajmata of Koti] of District
Bijnor,
Uttar Pradesh, born 27th December 1951, and had issue, two children, a
daughter
and a son. He died 24th December 2008.
- Rajkumari Shefali Singh, born 10th December 1975,
married, Shri Karni Singh, and has issue, one daughter.
- Kumari Kaveri Singh, born 30th July 2008.
- Rana Anirudh Singh (qv)
- Rana ANIRUDH CHAND,
Rana of Koti (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Kanwar Bharat Singh, married Kumari Padmawati, daughter of
Kunwar Virendra Singh of Suket.
- Kanwar Jivan Singh, married, Kanwarani Parvati Kumari of
Dhami, and
had issue.
- Kumari Nirmala Kumari, married (as his second wife) 1957,
Raja Ishwari Singh,
Raja of Baghat.
- Kanwar Ranjit Singh, married and had issue.
- Kumari Sharda Devi, married Babu Ram Singh, and has issue.
- Kanwar Ranvijay Singh, married Kumari Punam Pal,
daughter of Rana Bir Pal, Rana of Bhajji,
and his wife, Rani Sarat Kumari Devi.
- Kumari Sheela
Kumari, married (as his second wife), 1964, Raja Hitendra Sen, 77th
Raja of Keonthal, and had issue.
- Mian Ranzore Singh of Shurala in Koti, married a daughter
of Kanwar Mohan Singh of Ratesh, and
had issue.
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