SAYLA (Princely State)

 
AREA: 575 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 62,500Rs  ACCESSION: 15th February 1948
STATE: Saurashtra DYNASTY: Jhala RELIGION: Hindu
VILLAGES: 45 POPULATION: 13,351 (1921)  REVENUE: 250,000Rs
     
PRESENT RULER: Thakore Saheb PRITHVIRAJSINHJI SURENDRASINHJI, present Thakore Shri of Sayla since 1970.
Thakur Saheb PRITHVIRAJSINHJI SURENDRASINHJIborn 17th September 1934, married Maharajkumari Raj Shree Devi [Thakorani Raj Shree Sevi of Sayla] (PHOTO), elder daughter of HH Maharaja Sir Rajendra Narain Singh Deo of Patna, and his wife, HH Maharani Kailash Kumari Devi, and has issue.
  • Yuvaraj Shri Somrajsinhji Prithvirajsinhji Jhala, married Yuvrani Priti Kumari Devi, younger daughter of Thakur Rattan Singh of Umaidnagar, and his wife Thakurani Kamleshwari Kumari.
  • Kumari Shri Meenakshi Singh, married to Capt. Chandan Singh Rawat of Nimgarh, Garhwal, a senior officer with the Department of Power, Government of India, and has issue.
    • Kumar Anirudh Ranvijay Singh Rawat
    • Kumari Nilambika Kumari
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: A Third Class state founded in 1751. Rulers were......
  • Thakore Saheb SHESHMALJI I RAISINHJI, Thakore Shri of Sayla 1751/1794, son of Raisinhji of Dhrangadhra, married and had issue. He died 1794.
    • Thakore Saheb Vakhatsinhji Sheshmalji [Vikmatji/Kakabhai] (qv)
    • Kumar Shri Vajabhai Sheshmalji
    • Kumar Shri Jijibhai Sheshmalji
    • Kumar Shri Dadabhai Sheshmalji
    • Kumar Shri Kalabhai Sheshmalji
  • Thakore Saheb VAKHATSINHJI I SHESHMALJI, Thakore Shri of Sayla 1794/1813, died 1813.
  • Thakore Saheb MADARSINHJI I VAKHATSINHJI, Thakore Shri of Sayla 1813/1837, married and had issue.
    • Kumar Shri Ataji Madarsinhji
    • Thakore Saheb Sheshmalji Madarsinhji II (qv)
    • Kumar Shri Chandoji Madarsinhji
    • Kumar Shri Bharoji Madarsinhji
    • Kumar Shri Raisinhji Madarsinhji
  • Thakore Saheb SHESHMALJI II MADARSINHJI, Thakore Shri of Sayla 1837/1839, married and had issue.
    • Thakore Saheb Shri Kesrisinhji Sheshmalji (qv)
    • Kumar Shri Harisinhji Sheshmalji
  • Thakore Saheb Shri KESRISINHJI SHESHMALJI, Thakore Shri of Sayla 1839/1881, he was granted the title of Thakore Saheb in 1874 as a personal distinction. He died 1881.
  • Thakore Saheb Shri VAKHATSINHJI II KESRISINHJI, Thakore Shri of Sayla 1881/1924, born 10th July 1845, he was conferred with the title of K.C.I.E. in June 1913; succeeded 4th October 1881 (#1), married and had issue. He died 25th January 1924.
    • Thakore Saheb Shri Madarsinhji II Vakhatsinhji (qv)
    • Kumar Shri Kalyansinhji Vakhatsinhji
    • Kumar Shri Merubhai Vakhatsinhji
    • Kumar Shri Devubhai Vakhatsinhji
    • Kumar Shri Vajubhai Vakhatsinhji
    • Kumar Shri Bhavubhai Vakhatsinhji
  • Thakore Saheb Shri MADARSINHJI II VAKHATSINHJI, Thakore Shri of Sayla 1924/1938, born 28th May 1868 (#2) and succeeded 25th January 1924, C.S.I. [cr.1913], married and had issue. He died 1938.
    • Thakore Saheb Karansinhji Madarsinhji (qv)
    • Kumar Shri Kanaksinhji Madarsinhji
    • Kumar Shri Dipsinhji Madarsinhji
    • Thakurani Mahendra Kunvarba Sahiba, married Thakur Shri Ramsinghji Indrasinghji of Chhaliar.
  • Thakore Saheb KARANSINHJI MADARSINHJI, Thakore Shri of Sayla 1938/1962, born 11th May 1891, married and had issue. He died 1962.
    • Thakore Saheb Surendrasinhji Karansinhji (qv)
    • Kumar Shri Bhojrajji Karansinhji
  • Thakore Saheb SURENDRASINHJI KARANSINHJI, Thakore Shri of Sayla 1962/1970, born 4th June 1915, married Thakorani Manishwari Devi, daughter of Maharaja Ramanuj Saran Singh Deo of Surguja, and his first wife, and had issue. He died 1970.
    • Thakore Saheb Prithvirajsinhji Surendrasinhji (qv)
    • Kumar Shri Shivrajsinhji Surendrasinhji, born 14th February 1949, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1971), married 14th December 1978 in Dholera Dist., Ahmedabad, Kumari Sajjan Kumari Jadeja, and has issue.
      • Kumar Shri Ajayraj Sinhji Jhala, married Kumari Mheshwari Kumari of Nana Itala, and has issue, one daughter.
        • Kumari Dhruvansi Ba
      • Kumari Dhaneshwari Devi, married Kanwar Harshwardhan Sinhji Ajaypal Sinhji Solanki of Bansda., and has issue, one son.
        • Kumar Chandraaditya Sinhji Harswardhan Sinhji Solanki
      • Kumar Shri Krishnaraj Sinhji Jhala
    • Kumar Shri Divyarajsinhji Surendrasinhji, married Kumari Krishna Kanwar, daughter of Rao Saheb Jagannath Singhji of Parsoli, and his wife, Rani Hem Kanwar, and has issue, two sons and three daughters.
      • Kumar Shri Amardeep Singh Jhala
      • Kumar Shri Rudraraj Singh Jhala
    • Kumar Shri Mahirajsinhji Surendrasinhji, married Kumari Manjushree Devi, daughter of Maharajadhiraj Bhanu Pratap Deo of Kanker, and has issue.
      • Kumari Anupamakumari, married Shri Anand Singh.
      • Kumar Shri Shaktirajsinh Mahirajsinh Jhala, born 31st July 1976 at Dhamtary, educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur; married Kumari Supriya Singh, eldest daughter of Lalji Indrajeet Pratap Singh Deo of Lakhanpur in Surguja, and his wife, Kumari Shova Manjari Devi.
    • Kumari Tripureshwari Devi [now the Rajmata Saheba of Kanker], married Maharajadhiraj Udai Pratap Deo of Kanker, and has issue, three sons and one daughter.
    • Maharani Hitendra Kumari, married Maharaja Vijay Chandra Bhanj Deo of Bastar, and had issue.
  • Thakore Saheb PRITHVIRAJSINHJI SURENDRASINHJI, Thakore Shri of Sayla (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Daughter of the Thakore Saheb of Sayla, married Hon. Lt.Col. HH Maharaja Lokendra Sir Govind Singh Ju Deo Bahadur of Datia.
  • Daughter of the Thakore Saheb of Sayla, married 19th February 1884, HH Maharajadhiraj Mirzan Maharao Shri Sir Khengarji Pragmalji III Sawai Bahadur of Kutch.
  • Kumar Shri Mulrajsinhji, married and had issue.
    • Kumar Shri Narendrasinhji Mulrajsinhji Jhala of Sayla, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1966).
    • Kumar Shri Indravijaysinhji Mulrajsinhji Jhala of Sayla, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1968); died 23rd July 2001.
    • Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji Mulrajsinhji Jhala of Sayla, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1969).
  • Kumar Shri Rajendrasinhji Balbhadrasinhji Jhala of Sayla, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1979)
  • Rani Prasan Kumari, married (as his second wife), Raja Hemendra Sen of Keonthal, and had issue.
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 488
2. "Indian Annual Register" , N. N. Nitra, Calcutta 1945