PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The state was founded in 1629. Rulers were.....
- Rajadhiraj SURAJ
MAL, 1st Raja of Shahpura 1629/- , second son
of Maharana Amir Singh I of Udaipur, he joined
the service of the Mughal Emperor, who gave him the
district of Phoolia and a mansab (military
posting) of 800 Zat (foot soldiers) and 300 Sowar
(horse or horsemen), raised to 1,000 Jat and 500 Sowar
in 1643, and to 1,500 Zat and 700 Sowar in 1645.
Later, he went to Kandahar with Prince Aurangzeb and,
in 1651, his mansab was again raised, to 2,000
Zat and 800 Sowar, married and had issue.
- Rajadhiraj Sujan Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Viram Deo, received the mansab of 800 Jat
and 400 Sowar, later raised to 3,000 Zat and 1,000
Sowar. Fought in the battle of Samugadh, with Prince
Dara's force against Prince Aurangzeb, but later
went over to Aurangzeb. Served in Assam with Ram
Singh of Jaipur, returning to Mathura where he died
circa 1688.
- Rajadhiraj SUJAN
SINGH, 2nd Raja of Shahpura -/1664, married
and had issue. He died 1664 at the battle of Dharmat,
along with five sons.
- Maharaj Fateh Singh, married and had issue. He
died 1664 at the battle of Dharmat.
- Rajadhiraj Himmat Singh (qv)
- Maharaj Viram Deo, died 1668 at Mathura.
- Rajadhiraj Daulat Singh (fourth son) (qv)
- Rajadhiraj HIMMAT
SINGH, 3rd Raja of Shahpura 1664/1670,
succeeded as a minor, deposed by his uncle after six
years, ancestor of the Jagirdars of Gangwas and
Barliawas.
- Rajadhiraj DAULAT
SINGH, 4th Raja of Shahpura 1670/1685,
married and had issue.
- Rajadhiraj Bharat Singh (qv)
- Rajadhiraj BHARAT
SINGH, 5th Raja of Shahpura 1685/1729, fought
for Maharana Sangram Singh II in the battle against
Mewati Ranbaj Khan, imprisoned by his son, Umaid
Singh, and died in prison, married Rani Gulab Kanwar
of Khandela-Senior, and had issue. He died 1729.
- Rajadhiraj Umaid Singh (qv)
- Rajadhiraj UMAID
SINGH, 6th Raja of Shahpura 1729/1769,
married (amongst others), a daughter of Rao Shiv Singh
of Sikar, and had issue. He
died 14th January 1769 at the Battle of Ujjain.
- Kunwar Udyot Singh, married and had issue. He died
vp (poisoned by his own father).
- Rajadhiraj Ram Singh (qv)
- Thakur Zalim Singh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Jay Singh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Bijay Singh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Sultan Singh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Zorawar Singh, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Kesri Singh
- Kunwar Sabal Singh
- Kunwar Anar Singh
- Kunwar Sundar Singh
- Thakur Sanwant Singh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Balwant Singh of Dhanop, married and
had issue.
- Thakur Dhirat Singh, married a daughter of
Thakur Megh Singh of Kotri in Kishangarh,
and had issue.
- HH Rajadhiraj Sir Nahar Singh (qv)
- Thakur Kalyan Singh, married and had
issue.
- Kunwar Zalim Singh
- Kunwar Bahadur Singh
- Kunwar Chotu Singh
- Thakur Suraj Mal, married and had issue.
- Thakur Ranjit Singh, married Thakurani Akhai
Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Jait Singh of Auwa, and his third
wife, Thakurani Gyan Kanwar.
- Rajadhiraj RAM
SINGH, 7th Raja of Shahpura 1769/1774,
married and had issue.
- Rajadhiraj Bhim Singh (qv)
- Rajadhiraj BHIM
SINGH, 8th Raja of Shahpura 1774/1796,
married and had issue.
- Rajadhiraj Amar Singh (qv)
- Rajadhiraj AMAR
SINGH, 9th Raja of Shahpura 1796/1827,
married and had issue.
- Rajadhiraj Madho Singh (qv)
- Thakur Ranjit Singh, married and had issue.
- Thakurani Kishan Kanwar, married (as his first
wife), Thakur Devi Singhji of Auwa, and had issue.
- Rajadhiraj MADHO
SINGH, 10th Raja of Shahpura 1827/1845,
married and had issue.
- Rajadhiraj Jagat Singh (qv)
- Rajkumari (name unknown), married Maharaja
Prithvi Singh of Kishangarh.
- Rajadhiraj JAGAT
SINGH, 11th Raja of Shahpura 1845/1853, died
sp 1853.
- Rajadhiraj LAKSHMAN
SINGH, 12th Raja of Shahpura 1853/1870, he
adopted Kunwar Nahar Singh of Dhanop in 1869; married
Rani Roop Kanwar, daughter of Rao Laxman Singhji of Parsoli, and his first
wife, a daughter of Chundawat Rawat Tej Singh of
Athana, and had adoptive issue. He died sp
1870.
- (A) HH Rajadhiraj Sir Nahar Singh (qv)
- HH Rajadhiraj Sir
NAHAR SINGH Sahib Bahadur K.C.I.E., 13th Raja
of Shahpura 1870/1932, born 7th November 1855, son of
Kunwar Dhirat Singh of Dhanop (see above), adopted by
Rajadhiraj Lakshman Singh, K.C.I.E. [cr.1903], awarded
a 9-gun salute, Member of the Mahand Raj Sabha,
married 1stly, 19th August 1870, daughter of Thakur
Ram Singh of Baghera
in Jaipur, married 2ndly, 16th May 1874, daughter of
Thakur Chattar Sal of Maksundangarh, died before 1893,
married 3rdly, 7th July 1889, Rani Swarup Kunwarba,
daughter of Kumar Shri Harisinhji Ranmalji of Sokhada-Dhrangadhra, died
before 1893, married 4thly, 4th March 1893, the sister
of the Maharawal of Chhota-Udaipur, and had issue, two
sons and two daughters (by 2nd wife). He died 24th
June 1932.
- HH Svasti Shri Rajadhiraja Sahib Umaid Singh II
Bahadur (by 2nd wife) (qv)
- Rajakumar Sardar Singh (by 2nd wife), born 1880,
educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; married a daughter
of Raj Gobardhan Singh, died 1905 of Bijwa Raj in
Pargana Bhur of Kheri District in the United
Provinces, a branch of the Jangre Chauhans, and had
issue.
- A son who succeeded his maternal grandfather as
the Raj of Bijwa; married and had issue.
- Raja Lokendra Deo of Bijwa.
- HH Maharani Prema Kumari Devi, married 25th
November 1925, HH Maharaja Sir Pratap Chandra
Bhanj Deo of Mayurbhanj.
- HH Maharani Shri Gulab Kunverba Sahiba, married
1896 (as his first wife), Capt. HH Maharana Raj
Saheb Shri Sir Amarsinhji Banesinhji, Maharana Raj
Saheb of Wankaner.
- HH Svasti Shri
Rajadhiraja Sahib UMAID SINGH II Bahadur,
14th Raja of Shahpura 1932/1947, born 7th March 1876 (#1), educated at Mayo College,
Ajmer; Chief Minister of Shahpura 1912/1932, abdicated
in favour of his eldest son on 3rd February 1947,
awarded the Silver Durbar Medal (1911), Silver Jubilee
Medal (1935) and Coronation Medal (1937); he married
1stly, 1894, HH Rani Suraj Kanwar, died at Shahpura
8th August 1913, daughter of Raja Ajit Singh Bahadur
of Khetri, married
2ndly, December 1914 at Kishengarh, a daughter of Raja
Shri Samvat Singhji Sahib, Raja of Ralaota (Kishengarh
State), amd had issue, an only daughter by his first
wife and one son and two daughters by the second.
- HH Rajadhiraj Sudershan Singh (qv)
- Rajkumari (name unknown), married (as his
third wife), Hon. Lt. Maharaja Mahendra Maan Singh
of Bhadawar.
- HH Rajadhiraj
SUDERSHAN SINGH, 15th Raja of Shahpura
1947/-, born 8th December 1915, married HH Rani
Harshwant Kunwarba Sahiba, daughter of Major HH
Maharana Shri Maharaja Shri Raj Sir Ghanshyamsinhji
Ajitsinhji Sahib Bahadur of Dhrangadhra, and
had issue.
- HH Rajadhiraj Indrajit Singh (qv)
- Rajkumari Mahendra Kumari [Princess Bapujija],
born 2nd May 1936, married 10th December 1961,
Thakur Amarjeet Singh of Gumanpura, born 1935, died
2005, son of General Thakur Nathu Singh (1900-1994),
and has issue.
- Thakur Shatrujeet Singh Rathore, born
January 1963, married 11th March 1993, Thakurani
Maya Singh, daughter of Col. Apji Bharat Singh
Hada of Koela-Kotah,
and has issue, one daughter.
- Trisha Rathore, born 17th November
1998.
- Thakur Jai Singh Rathore, born December
1965, married 21st February 1994, Thakurani
Mandvi Kumari, and has issue, two daughters
- Tameksha Rathore born 28 September
1995.
- Darshini Rathore, born 26th December
1998.
- Rajkumari Mridul Kumari [Princess Shilujija], born
18th August 1941.
- HH Rajadhiraj
INDRAJIT SINGH, 16th Raja of Shahpura (see
above)
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