PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The Jagir of Pokhran was granted to Rajshri Thakur Maha
Singh in 1729 by Maharaja Abhay Singhji of Jodhpur. Estate
holders were...
- Rajshri Thakur MAHA
SINGH, 1st Thakur of Pokhran 1729/1744, born
1687, younger son of Thakur Bhagwan Dasji Champawat of
Bheenmal (see Daspan),
he succeeded in Bhinmal on the death of his father in
1715, which was exchanged for Pokhran with 100
villages in 1729 by Maharaja Abhai Singh; married
1stly, Thakurani Bane Kanwar, daughter of Chauhan
Thakur Fateh Singh, married 2ndly, Thakurani Hast
Kanwar, daughter of Chauhan Thakur Benidas, married
3rdly, Thakurani Pratap Kanwar, daughter of Bhati
Thakur Guman Singh, married 4thly, Thakurani Kesar
Kanwar, daughter of Deora Thakur Pratap Singh, married
5thly, Thakurani Vijai Kanwar, daughter of Sisodia
Thakur Bhagwandas, married 6thly, Thakurani Jadav
Kanwar, daughter of Chawda Thakur Surat Singh, married
7thly, Thakurani Fateh Kanwar, daughter of Bhati
Thakur Devi Singh of Bikampur, and had issue, one son.
He died in 1744.
- Rajshri Thakur Devi Singh (by Thakurani Bane
Kanwar) (qv).
- Rajshri Thakur DEVI
SINGH, 2nd Thakur of Pokhran 1744/1760, born
1721, married 1stly, Thakurani Madan Kanwar, daughter
of Bhati Thakur Sujan Singh of Lawera, married 2ndly,
Thakurani Ram Kanwar, daughter of Sodha Thakur Bhairu
Das of Kheda, married 3rdly, Thakurani Birad Kanwar,
daughter of Sonigra Thakur Gulab Singh, married 4thly,
Thakurani Padam Kanwar, daughter of Bhati Thakur
Sangram Singh, and had issue, two sons and three
daughters. He was killed by Maharaja Vijai Singh of
Jodhpur in 1760.
- Rajshri Thakur Sabal Singh (by Thakurani Madan
Kanwar) (qv)
- Thakur Shyam Singh (by Thakurani Ram Kanwar), he
defeated the Chauhan Rajputs of Geejgarh in battle,
and established his authority there in 1774; married
and had issue (see Geejgarh).
- Baisa Umed Kanwar (by Thakurani Madan Kanwar),
married Shekhawat Rao Ram Singh of Kansli (Rao
Puranmal was her son who was deposed by Rao Devi
Singh of Sikar).
- Thakurani Birad Kanwar, married (as his fourth
wife), Thakur Keshri Singh of
Dundlod and Bissau, she committed sati in
1768.
- Thakurani Shyam Kanwar
(by Thakurani Ram Kanwar),
married Thakur Narsinghdas of Nawalgarh.
- Rajshri
Thakur SABAL SINGH, 3rd Thakur of
Pokhran 1760/1761, born 1736, married 1stly,
Thakurani Jatan Kanwar, daughter of Deora Thakur
Sagat Singh of Adava, married 2ndly, Thakurani
Jas Kanwar, daughter of Bhati Thakur Keerat
Singh of Bikampur, married 3rdly, Thakurani
Fateh Kanwar, daughter of Bhati Thakur Ram
Chandra of Dangri, married 4thly, Thakurani
Sringar Kanwar, daughter of the Bhati family of
Sanwana, and had issue, one son. He died 1761.
- Rajshri Thakur Sawai Singh (by Thakurani
Fateh Kanwar) (qv)
- Rajshri
Thakur SAWAI SINGH, Thakur of Pokhran
1761/1808, born 1750, married 1stly, Thakurani
Pane Kanwar, daughter of Bhati Thakur Swarup
Singh of Chab, married 2ndly, Thakurani Nath
Kanwar, daughter of Bhati Thakur Anop Singh of
Jhijhanya, married 3rdly, Thakurani Bakhtawar
Kanwar, daughter of Chundawat Rawat Arjun Singh
of Kurabar, married 4thly, Thakurani Chiman
Kanwar, daughter of Ranawat Thakur Pahad Singh
of Sanwad, married 5thly, Thakurani Roop Kanwar,
daughter of Bhati Thakur Aaidan Singh of
Rampura, married 6thly, Thakurani Pane Kanwar,
daughter of Bhati Hriday Singh of Uchkala, and
had issue, three sons and four daughters. He
died in March 1808 in the battle of Mundwa.
- Rajshri Thakur Salam Singh (by Thakurani
Pane Kanwar) (qv)
- Thakur Himat Singh (by Thakurani Nath
Kanwar), married Thakurani Suraj Kanwar,
daughter of Solanki Thakur Jawan Singh of Kot,
and had issue.
- Kunwar Bhabhoot Singh [Vibhuti Singh], he
was adopted by his uncle, Thakur Salam Singh
and succeeded by adoption in 1821 as Rao
Bahadur Thakur Bhabhoot Singh of Pokhran
(qv).
- Thakur Jalim Singh (by Thakurani Nath
Kanwar)
- Thakurani Ratan Kanwar (by Thakurani Pane
Kanwar), married (as his first wife), Thakur
Ranjit Singh of Dundlod , and
had issue.
- Baisa Jas Kanwar (by Thakurani Pane
Kanwar)
- Rani Gulab Kanwar (by Thakurani Pane
Kanwar), married Raja Abhai Singh of Khetri, and
had issue.
- Rani Sohan Kanwar (by Thakurani Pane
Kanwar), married Ranawat Rajadhiraj Amar
Singh of Shahpura.
- Rajshri
Thakur SALAM SINGH, Thakur of Pokhran
1808/1821, born 1773, he adopted his nephew,
Kunwar Babhoot Singh, married 1stly, Thakurani
Kundan Kanwar, daughter of Chauhan Thakur
Vijai Singh of Roicha, married 2ndly,
Thakurani Sireh Kanwar, daughter of Chauhan
Thakur Jagatram Singh of Bapusar, married
3rdly, Thakurani Ajan Kanwar, daughter of
Gogawat Rao Raja Shambhu Singh of Dhuni,
married 4thly, Thakurani Sahai Kanwar,
daughter of Ranawat Thakur Arjun Singh, son of
Rajadhiraj Tanjit Singh of Shahpura, married
5thly, Thakurani Chandan Kanwar, daughter of
Bhati Thakur Karan Singh of Badu, and had
issue, as well as adoptive issue. He died spm
1821.
- Baisa Chand Kanwar [Maharani Chand Kanwar
of Jaipur] (by Thakurani Sireh Kanwar),
married 1805, HH Maharajadhiraja
Maharaja Sawai Shri Jagat Singhji II
Bahadur, Maharaja of Jaipur.
- Rao Bahadur
Thakur BHABHOOT SINGH, Thakur of
Pokhran 1821/1876, born 1813, he adopted
Kunwar Guman Singh, younger son of Thakur
Samel Singhji of Daspan in 1876, married
1stly, Thakurani Anand Kanwar, daughter of
Nathawat Rawal Bairisal (18??-38) of Samode,
married 2ndly, Thakurani Phool Kanwar,
daughter of Bhati Thakur Sardul Singh of
Balarwa, married 3rdly, Thakurani Jatan
Kanwar, daughter of Chauhan Thakur Ajit Singh
of Sointra, and had adoptive issue. He died sp
in 1876.
- (A) Rao Bahadur Thakur Guman Singh
(qv)
- Rao Bahadur
Thakur GUMAN SINGH, Thakur of Pokhran
1876/1877, born 1847, as Kunwar Guman Singh,
younger son of Thakur Samel Singhji of Daspan,
adopted by Rao Bahadur Thakur Bhabhoot Singhji
in 1876; he adopted his nephew, Kunwar Mangal
Singhji, son of Thakur Sagat Singhji of Daspan
in 1877, married 1stly, Thakurani Indra
Kanwar, daughter of Khangarot Thakur Karan
Singh of Palri, married 2ndly, Thakurani Indra
Kanwar, daughter of Bhati Thakur Surat Singh
of Rampura, married 3rdly, Thakurani Son
Kanwar, daughter of the Chauhan family of
Kotharia, and had adoptive issue. He died sp
in 1877.
- (A) Rao Bahadur Thakur Mangal Singh
(qv)
- Rao Bahadur
Thakur MANGAL SINGH C.I.E., Thakur of
Pokhran 1877/1928, born 1869 as Kunwar Mangal
Singhji, son of Thakur Sagat Singhji of Daspan, and
adopted by his uncle, Thakur Guman Singh in
1877; educated at Mayo College, Ajmer;
hereditary Pradhan of Jodhpur State, Member of
the Maharaja's State Council for over thirty
years, C.I.E.; he married a daughter of
Nathawat Thakur Govind Singh (1862-1900) of
Chomu, and had issue. He died 1928.
- Rao Bahadur Thakur Chain Singh (qv)
- Thakur Sukh Singh, born 1891, he was
granted the estate of Pato Ka Bara by his
father; served as Judicial Superintendent in
Jodhpur State.
- Kunwar Khushal Singh, adopted by Thakur
Kanh Singh of Geejgarh, and succeeded there
as Thakur Khushal Singh of Geejgarh.
- Thakur Ganga Singh, born 1896, he was
granted the estate of Rampura by his father;
served as Assistant Traffic Superintendent
on the Jodhpur Railway; married and had
issue.
- Thakur Anop Singh of Rampura, M.L.A.
1957/1962
- Rao Bahadur
Thakur CHAIN SINGH M.A., LL.B.,
Thakur of Pokhran 1928/-, born 1889,
Thikanedar of Pokhran and Taluqdar of Ralpur
in Rae Bareli Distt., Oudh, Pradhan of the
Champawat clan (17th in descent from Rao
Champa and 9th in descent from Rao Bhagwan
Das, 1st Pradhan of the family), M.A., LL.B.,
F.R.E.S., he succeeded to the estate on 19th
July 1929; educated at the Jaswant College,
Jodhpur and at Muir Central Collage,
Allahabad; Judicial Member of the State
Council; he was granted the title of Rao
Bahadur on 4th June 1928; Senior Advocate of
the Federal Court of India, Advocate of the
High Court of Allahabad, Puisne Judge of the
Chief Court 1922/1927, Chief Judge of the
Chief Court 1927/1929, Acting Chief Minister
1934, Member of the Agra University Court
1930/36, Member of the Benares University
Court 1918/- ; married and had issue, four
sons and at least two daughters.
- Rajshri Thakur Bhawani Singh (qv)
- Thakur Fateh Singh, he was granted the
estate of Dunara by his father, married
Thakurani Prem Kunwar, daughter of the Rao
Sahib of Karjali, he adopted his nephew
Kunwar Ajai Singh, son of his younger
brother, Thakur Akhey Singhji. He died sp.
- (A) Thakur Ajai Singh of Dunara (see
below).
- Thakur Akhey Singhji, married Thakurani
Santosh Kumari, daughter of the Thakur Sahib
of Chingrawali, and his wife, a daughter of
Rana Hardev Singh of Kunihar, and had issue.
- Thakur Ajai Singh of Dunara, he was
adopted by his uncle and succeeded him as
the Thakur Sahib of Dunara; married
Thakurani Sandhya Kumari, daughter of
Rajkumar Dr. Sajjan Singh of Churhat,
and has issue, one daughter.
- Baisa Darshika Kumari, born 6th
October 1983.
- Baisa Madhulika Kumari
- Thakur Bhim Singh
- Thakur Prithvi Singh
- Rani Sohan Kunwari, married Rawat Man
Singh of Kotharia.
- Rani Kishore Kanwar, married Raja Sangram
Singh of Khandela-Junior.
- Rajshri
Thakur BHAWANI SINGH B.A. Hons.
(Cantab.), Thakur of Pokhran, born 1911,
Barrister-at-Law, M.P. 1952/1957; married and
had issue, 3 sons.
- Rajshri Thakur Bikram Singh (qv)
- Thakur Banney Singh, he was granted the
estate of Kala by his father; married 1961,
Thakurani Rajendra Kumari, daughter of Rawat
Raghuraj Singh of Bohera, and
his wife, Rani Pratap Kanwar, and has issue,
two sons and one daughter.
- Thakur Dilip Singh of Kala
- Thakur Digvijay Singh of Kala
- Baisa Gayatri Kumari
- Thakur Birendra Singh, he was granted the
estate of Khetolai by his father; married
Thakurani Sushila Kumari, daughter of Raja
Chattar Dev Singh of Poonch,
and has issue, two daughters.
- Baisa Poonam Singh
- Baisa Priya Singh
- Rajshri
Thakur BIKRAM SINGH, Thakur of
Pokhran, born 1930, married 1956, Thakurani
Shobha Rani of Pratapgarh
in U.P., and had issue.
- Rajshri Thakur Nagendra Singh (qv)
- Baisa Urmija Kumari, born 1958.
- Baisa Urvashi Kumari, born 1966.
- Baisa Geetanjali Kumari, born 1968,
married February 1990, Rajkumar Gopendra
Singh of Tiloi,
and has issue, one son and one daughter.
- Rajshri
Thakur NAGENDRA SINGH, Thakur of
Pokhran (see above)
The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully
acknowledged, February 2009.
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