PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Predecessor
state of Nahan founded in 1095 by Soba Rawal, assuming the name and
title
of Raja Subans Prakash. New capital founded in 1621 and state renamed
Sirmur.
Rulers were......
- Raja KARAM PRAKASH I,
Raja
of Sirmur 1616/1630, founded the
new capital in
1621.
- Raja MANDHATA PRAKASH,
Raja
of Sirmur 1630/1654
- Raja SOBHAG PRAKASH,
Raja
of Sirmur 1654/1664
- Raja BUDH PRAKASH,
Raja of Sirmur 1664/1684
- Raja MAT PRAKASH,
Raja of Sirmur 1684/1704, died 1704.
- Raja HARI PRAKASH,
Raja of Sirmur 1704/1712
- Raja BIJAY PRAKASH,
Raja of Sirmur 1712/1736, married a
daughter of Raja
Jagat Chand of Kumaon, and had issue. He
died 1736.
- Raja Pratap Prakash (qv)
- Kanwar Sunder Singh
- Kanwar Natha Singh, , married and had issue, two sons.
- Kanwar Pratap Singh
- Kanwar Arjun Singh
- Kanwar Ishri Singh
- Raja PRATAP PRAKASH,
Raja
of Sirmur 1736/1754, married and
had issue. He
died 1754.
- Raja Kirat Prakash (qv)
- Kanwar Hukam Singh
- Kanwar Jiwan Singh
- Raja KIRAT PRAKASH,
Raja of Sirmur 1754/1770, born 1743,
married three
wives, and had issue, four sons and some daughters. He
died 1770.
- Raja Jagat Prakash (qv)
- Raja Dharam Prakash (qv)
- Raja Karam Prakash II (qv)
- Raja Ratan Prakash (qv)
- Raj Kumari (name
unknown), married Raja Udar Singh of Bashahr
State, and had issue.
- Raj Kumari (name
unknown), married Raja Ranjit Sen of Suket,
and
had
issue.
- Raja JAGAT PRAKASH,
Raja of Sirmur 1770/1789, born 1760,
married 1775, a
daughter of Raja Tegh Chand of Kangra.
He died sp in 1789.
- Raja DHARAM PRAKASH,
Raja
of Sirmur 1789/1793, died sp
in 1793.
- Raja KARAM PRAKASH II,
Raja
of Sirmur 1793/1803 and
1804/1815, married and
had issue. He
died 1820 (1826).
- Tikka Gopal Singh, died sp
in 1795.
- Raja Fateh Prakash (qv)
- Kanwar Man Singh, died sp.
- Kanwar Jai Singh, died sp.
- Raj Kumari (name
unknown), married Raja Sudarshan Shah of Tehri-Garhwal.
- Raj Kumari (name
unknown), married Raja Bije Chand of Nalagarh.
- Raj Kumari (name
unknown), married Raja Kharak Chand of Bilaspur.
- Raj Kumari (name
unknown), married Raja Kharak Chand of Bilaspur.
- Raja RATAN PRAKASH,
Raja of Sirmur 1803/1804, installed by
the Gurkhas,
married and had
issue. He died in 1804, hanged by the British.
- Kanwar Zalam Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Lachmi Singh, married and had issue, one son.
- Kanwar Badri Singh, married Kanwarani Krishna Kumari
of Dada-Siba, and had issue, two sons and one
daughter. He died in 1945.
- Kanwar Narendra Singh, born 1922, married 1946,
Kumari
Surendra Kumari, daughter of Rai Sahib Sumitra Chand of Bangarh Bhabour
in District Hoshiarpur, Punjab, and has issue, four children.
- Kumari Sunita Kumari, born 20th August 1947,
married 22nd November 1971, Colonel Shyam Singh, son of Baldev Singh of
Chhamb-Jaurian, and has issue, three children.
- Kumari Samitra Kumari, born 17th August
1972.
- Kumari Ritika Kumari, born 2nd January
1975.
- Vinkesh Singh
- Kumari Aditi Kumari, married 7th June 1971, P.C.
Kanwar, son of Thakur Dharam Singh from Chandigarh, and has issue, four
children.
- Shalini Kanwar, born 18th October 1973.
- Kumari Monika Kanwar, born 1975.
- (name
unknown) Singh (twin), born 26th January 1986.
- (name
unknown) Singh (twin), born 26th January 1986.
- Kumari Sarochi Kumari, married 1979, Kunwar Badri
Shah
of Khairigarh-Singhai, and has
issue, two children.
- Siddarth Vikram Shah, born 7th April
1981.
- Kumari Shriya Kumari, born 1985.
- Kanwar Nirbhaya Singh, born 3rd June 1956,
married
21st November 1983, Kumari Mandal Kumari, daughter of Thakur Govind
Singh of Tehri-Garhwal, Uttaranchal, and his wife, Thakurani Mathura
Kumari of Darkoti.
- Vikrant Singh, born 31st August 1985.
- Kumari Deepali Kumari, born 9th
November 1986.
- Kanwar Joginder Singh, born 1925, married 1951,
Kumari Rama
Kumari, daughter of Kunwar Virender Singh of Kullu,
and has issue,
three
children.
- Kumari Shashi Kumari, born 1952, married 1978,
Mr. Raj
of New Delhi, and has issue, a son and two daughters.
- Kumari Mamta Kumari, born 1956, married 1980,
Mian
Kuldeep Sen of Mandi, and has issue, a
son.
- Dhananjay Singh, born 1958.
- Kumari Meenakshi Kumari [Rani Meenakshi Kumari of
Khairigarh-Singhai], born 22nd October 1927, married 1943, Raja Luv
Shah of Khairigarh-Singhai in Uttar
Pradesh, and has issue, three daughters.
- HH Maharani Bhibhu Kumari Devi, born June
1945, married February 1968 (as his second wife), HH Maharaja
Kirit Dev Burman of Tripura State, and
has issue, three children, two daughters and a
son.
- Thakur Rani Bhibha Kumari, born March
1947,
married February 1979, Thakur Ranvir Singh, a Rajput gentleman settled
in Kotah State, Rajasthan, and has issue, two children, a son and a
daughter.
- Kanwar Rani
Vibhuti Singh, born February 1951, married December 1976, Kanwar Uday
Singh of Jubbal State, and has
issue, two children, a daughter and a
son.
- Kanwar Ranjit Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Bikham Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Lehna Singh
- Kanwar Surchet Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Pirthi Singh
- Kanwar Narayan Singh, married Kanwarani Champa
Devi, daughter of Rawat Shyam Singh of Ajabpur,
and had issue.
- Kanwar Ajit Singh, married Kanwarani Archana
Kumari, and has isssue.
- Nirza Kumari, married Kanwar M. S. Mankotia, son
of Kanwar Rathan Singh of Mankot, and his wife, Kanwarani Kaushalya,
and has
issue.
- Kanwar Jawahar Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Sunder Singh, born 1869, married Kanwarani
Pratap Devi of Kunihar, and had issue.
- Chandra Kanta Kumari, married Kanwar Balbir Singh
of Dada-Siba, and has issue.
- Sushila Kumari, born 1930, married Kanwar Amar
Chand of Ramgarh,
and has issue.
- Akshay Singh, married Kumari Shakuntala of Bilaspur, and has
issue.
- Kanwar Kahan Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Harnam Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Hira Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Durga Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Pratap Singh, married Kumari Shanta Devi
of Ramgarh, and had issue.
- Kanwar Anup Singh, born 1948, married
Kanwarani Meera
Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Durga Singh of Bashahr,
and has issue.
- Kanwar Karam Singh, married Kanwarani Tara Devi
of Kangra, and had issue.
- Kanwar Kedar Singh, married and had issue.
- Kumari (name unknown),
married
Raja Dalip Singh of Baghat.
- Kanwar Sarjit Singh
- Raja FATEH PRAKASH,
Raja of Sirmur 1815/1850, born 1809,
married several
wives, including 1stly, a Rani from Keonthal,
married 2ndly, a Rani
from Baghat, married 3rdly, a Rani from
Bilaspur, married 4thly,
married 5thly, a Rani from Kumharsain,
and had
issue, eight children, as well as further issue by informal liaisons.
He
died
1850.
- Tikka (name unknown)
Singh
(by Rani Keonthali),
born 1825, died
1825.
- Raja Raghbir Prakash (by Baghat Rani) (qv)
- Rajkumari (name unknown)
(by
Baghat Rani), died young.
- Rajkumar Surjan Singh Sahib (by Rani Bilaspuri), born
1829, he was an
associate of the State Council during his nephew's minority. He sent
troops from Sirmur to protect the British civilians during the Mutiny
of 1857 and was granted a "Khillat"
or
Robe
of
Honour by the British for services rendered to the Crown,
married 1853, a daughter of Mian Bishen Singh of Kunihar, and had issue, as
well as further issue by informal liaisons.
He died
1891.
- Kanwar Ranzore Singh Sahib, born 1865, Rais of Sirmur,
largest Jagirdar
in Sirmur, Honourary Magistrate, second class and Honourary Munsiff,
third class, married 1stly, a Kumari from Reh (see Nurpur), married 2ndly, a Kumari
from Pathankot, married 3rdly, 1914, a daughter of Thakur Udai Chand of
Beja, and had issue, as well
as further issue by
informal liaisons.
- Kumari Amrawati Kumari (by 2nd marriage), born 1893,
died 1909.
- Kunwar Jagat Bahadur Singh, (by 3rd marriage) born
1915, educated at
Nahan and
was the owner of a stud farm, a keen polo player, married 4th May 1944,
Raj Kumari Leela Kumari, born 8th December 1928, daughter of Raja
Girija Pratap Singh of Makrai
Estate, and had issue, two sons and two daughters. He died 4th
December 1979.
- Kunwar Ajay Bahadur Singh,
born 7th
October 1947 at Nahan, educated at St. Edward's School, Simla and at
S.D.B. College, Simla. He did training with the 1st Sikh Regiment in
1968. He was elected M.L.A. from Nahan constituency in 1985 from the
Indian National Congress (I.N.C.) and served one term in the H.P.
Vidhan Sabha, married 1stly, 25th April 1971, Raj Kumari Usha Kumari,
daughter of Raja Jagdish Pratap Shah of Deara,
and his wife, Rani Mahendra
Kumari Devi, married 2ndly, Raj
Kumari Padmesh Kaur, daughter of Raja Bhalinder Singh of Patiala State, born 2nd September
1953, died 30th May
2003 in Simla.
- Kunwar Abhay Singh, born 3rd December 1949,
educated at
St. Edward's School, Simla; part owner of the Durga Mines in Sirmur,
married 15th February 1976, Kumari Kunjana Devi, daughter of Kulwant
Singh from Sangrur, Haryana, born on 23rd April 1956, and has issue,
four
children.
- Sangram Singh, born 30th January 1977,
educated at The Lawrence School, Sanawar, District Solan; married 25th
February 2008 at Nahan in Sirmur, Raj Kumari Vijaya Kumari, daughter of
Maharaj Ganesh Singh of Jhabua, and his
wife, Rani Arunima Singh.
- Kumari Meghna Kumari, born 31st March 1978,
educated at The Lawrence School, Sanawar, District Solan; married 27th
January 2008, Rajkumar Vikram Singh of Nachana
in Jaisalmer, and has issue, two daughters.
- Kumari Madhvi Kumari, born 9th September 1982,
educated at The Lawrence School, Sanawar, District Solan.
- Kumari Mandakini Kumari, born 16th December
1983, educated at The Lawrence School, Sanawar, District Solan.
- Kumari Bhuvaneshwari Kumari, born 7th July 1952,
married 21st November 1972, Raj Kumar Giri Raj Sinh, elder son of
Maharaj Shivraj Sinh of Gondal State.
- Kumari Sangeeta Kumari, born 13th January 1954,
married Maharaj Narhari Singh, son of HH Maharawal Chandravir Singh of Banswara State, born 6th May 1947, and
has issue, a daughter.
- Kumari Shashi Prabhawati Kumari [Thakurani Shashi
Prabha Devi], born 1916, married
Thakur Rattan Singh
of Dundlod,
and had issue, two sons and two daughters.
- Kumari Hemant Kumari, born 1918, married Rajkumar
Lakshman
Singhji, the second son of HH Raja Dileep Singhji of Sailana,
born
20th
February 1921, and had issue, five daughters and one son.
- Kumari Manwati Kumari, born 1920, married the Raja
of Khajurhat, and had issue, five sons and one daughter.
- Kumari (name
unknown), born 1923, died of appendicitis in 1926.
- Kumari Shukla Kumari, born 3rd June 1924 in Nahan,
married 20th January
1940, Maharajkumar Narpat Singh , second son of HH Maharawal Prithvi
Singhji of Banswara, and his wife HH
Maharani Daulat Kunwar, born 15th
May 1921, and had issue, a son and two daughters.
- Kunwar (name unknown)
Singh,
born
1925,
he died aged three months.
- Kanwar Pratap Singh (by Narain Dasi), married 1stly,
a
Kumari from Baghat, married 2ndly,
Kanwarani Usha Kumari, daughter of Kanwar
Piari Singh of Darkoti, and had issue.
- Uma Kumari, married Raja Randhir Singh of Patiala, and has
issue, two daughters.
- Vijay Singh, married Neeru Kumari, daughter of
Kanwar Inder Singh of Jaswan, and his
wife, Kanwarani Uttam Kumari of Chamba,
and has issue.
- Kanwar Jivan Singh (by a concubine), married twice and
had issue.
- Durga Singh, married and had issue.
- Heminder Singh
- Bijayinder Singh, married Vidya Kumari of Kotkhai,
and has issue.
- Sundar Singh
- Raj Kumar Bir Singh (by Kumharsain Rani), born 1832,
married and had issue,
one daughter. He died in 1882.
- Raj Kumari (name
unknown) (by Kumharsain Rani), married Raja Pratap Chand of
Kangra-Lambagraon,
District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.
- Kanwar Madhan Singh (by a concubine), married a daughter
of the Raja of Nalagarh, and had
issue.
- Kanwar Balbir Singh, married a Kumari from
Tehri-Garhwal, and had issue.
- Kanwar Bahadur Singh, married a Kumari from
Tehri-Garhwal, and had issue.
- Kanwar Pratap Singh, married Kanwarani Maya Devi,
daughter of Thakur Devi Singh of Tehri-Garhwal, and his wife, Thakurani
Janam Devi, and had issue.
- Sukhdev Singh, married Kumari Maya Devi, and had
issue.
- Hemant Singh
- Praduman Singh
- Madhu Pal Singh
- Jaswant Singh, married Kumari Kadambari Devi, and
had issue.
- Minakshi Kumari
- Sunita Kumari, married Kumar Shri Jitender
Singh
Parmar, and has issue.
- Rajesh Singh
- Satish Singh
- Lalit Singh
- Dalip Singh
- Jai Pal Singh, married Kumari Anjali Devi
- Santosh Kumari, married Shri Raj Bahadur Singh
Bisht
- Urmila Kumari, married Shri Romesh Kant Thappa
- Kanwar Kishen Singh
- Kanwar Jit Singh, married 1stly, Kanwarani Kamla
Devi, daughter of Thakur Kishen Singh of Tehri-Garhwal, and his wife,
Thakurani Yashoda Devi, married 2ndly, Kanwarani Radhika Kumari,
daughter of Thakur Kamal Singh of Tehri-Garhwal, and had issue.
- Kanwar Yashpal Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Chatter Singh, married a daughter of Rana
Raghunath Singh of Darkoti, and his
third wife, the Rani from
Rawingarh, and had issue.
- Kanwar Randhir Singh
- Kanwar Gopal Singh, married Kanwarani Amra Devi,
daughter of Thakur Gobar Singh of Tehri-Garhwal, and had issue.
- Jai Inder Singh
- Balwant Singh
- Sanyukta Kumari
- Govind Singh
- Devindra Singh, married Nirmal Kumari, daughter
of Kanwar Ranjit Singh of Tilokpur (see Bhadu), and his wife, Kanwarani
Champa
Kumari, and has issue.
- Shoorbir Singh
- Rajesh Singh
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Bhawani
Sen of Mandi.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Mian Ganga
Singh of Mandi.
- Kanwar Bharat Singh (by a concubine), married and had
issue, two
sons.
- Kanwar (name unknown)
Singh,
died young.
- Kanwar Sher Singh, married and had issue, a son and
a daughter.
- Rajendra Singh
- Kumari Shashi Bala Kumari, married, and had issue,
two sons.
- Raja RAGHBIR PRAKASH,
Raja
of Sirmur 1850/1856, born 1827,
married and
had issue. He
died
1856.
- HH Raja Shamsher Prakash (qv)
- Kanwar Surat Singh, born 1853, married two wives and had
issue, as well as further issue by a concubine.
- Kanwar Randeep Singh (by a Kangra Rani), born 1897,
educated at Aitchison's Chiefs College, Lahore and at the Police
School, Phillaur; married Kanwarani Kalawati Kumari, born 1913, died
1963, daughter of Rana Jai Singh of Kotkhai,
and
his wife, Rani Kamla Devi, and
had
issue.
- Kumari Uma Devi, married Kanwar Narendra Singh
Jamwal, and had issue.
- Kanwar Nar Bir Singh, born 1923, married Kanwarani
Urmila Devi of Dada-Siba, and had issue.
- Kanwar Kuldeep Singh, born 1951, married Kanwarani
Kalpana Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Kishan Singh of Jubbal, and his
wife, Kanwar Dharamwati.
- Kumari Taruna Devi, born 16th March 1953, married
31st October 1981 (div. 1983), Maharaja
Tribhuvaneshwar
Saran Singh Deo of Surguja.
- Kanwar Vikramaditya Singh
- Kanwar Sarbh Bhupendra Singh, born March 1925 in
Nahan, educated in the Nahan local school and at Foreman Christian
College, Lahore (B.A.); married Kanwarani Sneh Lata, daughter of
Thakur Fateh Singh of Isengarh, born
1920, and had issue.
- Kuwarani Ragini Kumari, born 1954, married 1983,
Kunwar Arun Pratap Singh, son of Kunwar Bharat Singh of Gangwal, and his wife, Kunwarani Mandavi
Devi, and has issue.
- Kanwar Upendra Singh, married Kanwarani Mridula
Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Bhopal Singh of Kotkhai,
and his wife,
Kanwarani Sushila Kumari, and has issue.
- Kanwar Jagdish Singh, born 1927, married Kanwarani
Kalawati Devi, and had issue.
- Kunwarani Aprajita Kumari, married Kanwar Devendra
Pratap
Singh of Rera, and has issue.
- Kunwarani Sangeeta Kumari, married 22nd June 1986,
Kunwar Lokesh Bhushan Singh, born 3rd May 1954, son of Rajkumar
Shiv Raj Singh Ju Deo of Alipura, and his
wife, Rajkumar Rani Savitri
Devi.
- Kanwar Siddharth Singh
- Kanwar Ranvir Singh
- Kanwar Romesh Singh, born 1929, married June 1952,
Kunwarani Siddheshwari Kumari, daughter of Raja Padam Dev Singh of Poonch, and his wife, Rani Manek Kunwar,
and had issue.
- Kanwar Vikram Singh, born 1954.
- Kumari Nirja Kumari, born 1956., Rajeshwar Singh
Pathania, son of Mian Punjab Singh of Nurpur,
and has issue.
- Rani Rama Kumari, born in June 1938 in Nahan, married
in June 1954, Shri Ina Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, and has issue (see
Nepal-Rana).
- Kanwar Harishkumar Singh, married Kanwarani Sangita
Kumari, daughter of Rana Raghunath Singh of Beja,
and his wife, a
daughter of Rana Raghunath Singh of Darkoti, and has issue.
- Kumari Nilima Kumari, married Kanwar Daljit
Singh Jamwal, and has issue.
- Geetanjali Kumari, married Hemant Singh, son
of
Kanwar Devendra Singh Pathania of Nurpur,
and his wife, Kanwarani Rama
Devi, daughter of Kanwar Baldev Singh of Kumharsain,
and has issue.
- Rani Shivani Kumari, married 1986, Maharaj
Shri Ajay Singh, born 14th May
1959, son of Maharaj Shri Amar Singh Rathore of Jodhpur.
- Devyani Kumari
- Kumari Lakshmi Kumari
- Kumari Padmawati, married Raja Bhim Sen of Suket.
- Kumari Rajwati, married Maharajkumar Narendra Shumsher
Jung Bahadur Rana (see Nepal-Rana)
- Kanwar Baldev Singh, married 1stly, Kanwarani Madhvi
Kumari of Guler, married 2ndly,
Kanwarani Navmi Kumari of Naura,
married 3rdly, Kanwarani Jaumati Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Dhyan Singh
of Rajgarh, and his wife, Kanwarani
Admo Kumari, and has issue.
- Kanwar Sudharshan Singh
- Kanwar Yuvraj Singh
- Rekhu Kumari
- Kanwar Ishwari Singh, married four wives, and had issue.
- Kanwar Daleep Singh, married Kanwarani Shanti Kumari,
daughter of Kanwar Tek Singh of Daoni, and his wife, Kanwarani Muni
Devi, and had issue.
- Neeru Kumari
- Madhu Kumari
- Vinod Singh
- Lalit Singh
- Kanwar Devendra Singh, married Kanwarani Prakash
Devi, daughter of Kanwar Kesari Singh of Chamba,
and has issue.
- Parmod Singh
- Rithu Kumari
- Ajay Singh
- Hemant Singh
- Kanwar Harnam Singh, married Kanwarani Leelawati
Kumari, grand daughter of a Raja of Suket,
and had issue.
- Kanwar Vishwaraj Singh
- Kanwar Rudravir Singh
- Kanwar Rameshwar Singh, married Kanwarani Leelawati
Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Padam Singh of Kotkhai,
and his wife from
Baghat, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
- Kanwar Rajeshwar Singh, married Kanwarani Madhuri
Devi, daughter of Thakur Kundun Singh of Tehri-Garhwal, and his wife,
Thakurani Sugandhi Devi, and has issue.
- Kanwar Satdev Singh, married Kanwarani Sarojini Devi,
daughter of Mian Baldev Singh of Tehri-Garhwal, and his wife, Kumari
Vimla Devi, daughter of Mian Prem Singh of Kumharsain, and has isue.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja [?Pratap
Chand] of Lambagraon
(see Kangra).
- Kanwar Devi Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Brij Mohan Singh, married, and had issue.
- Kumari Sananda Kumari, married into Deara, and has
issue,
two sons.
- Kanwar Shiv Raj Singh, married a Kumari from
Tehri-Garhwal, and had issue.
- Kanwarani Krishna Kumari, married Kanwar Shiv Singh
of Baghat,
and had issue.
- Kanwar Jitendra Singh, married Shanta Devi, daughter
of HH Maharaja Narendra Shah of Tehri-Garhwal,
and his secondary wife, Rani Gulbadan, and had issue.
- Usha Kumari
- Veena Kumari
- Mrinalini Kumari
- Nivrupa Kumari
- Kanwar Bijendra Singh, married Kanwarani Shanti Devi
of Kotkhai, and has issue.
- Yograj Singh
- Aparna Kumari
- Giriraj Singh, married Manjira Kumari of Dhadi.
- HH Raja SHAMSHER PRAKASH,
Raja
of Sirmur 1856/1898,
G.C.S.I. [xx.2.1887];
born 1846, married
1stly, a daughter
of Raja Mahendra Sen of Keonthal,
died before 1890, maried 2ndly,
another
daughter
of Raja Mahendra Sen of Keonthal,
died before 1890, married 3rdly,
188x, a
daughter of Thakur Kishen Singh of Kunihar;
and had issue, as well as
further
issue, by
secondary wives. He died October 1898.
- Tikka Surendra Bikram Prakash (later HH Raja Surendra
Bikram Prakash) (qv)
- Lt.Col. Rajkumar Bir Bikram Singh, born 1870,
Major (Hon.),
Lt.Col.
(Hon.) 1910 Imperial Army, ADC to H.I.M. King George the Fifth, C.S.I.
[cr.1914], C.I.E., married a daughter of a Jagirdar of Aligarh; and had
issue, as well as issue by secondary
wives. He died 1949. (#2)
- Kanwar Run Vijay Singh, born 1891, married Kumari
Kalindi Kumari from Thandol in District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, died
1972, and had issue, two daughters. He died 1950.
- Kumari Maya Kumari, born 1917, married 1946, General
K.S. Katoch, son of General Janak Singh Katoch of District Kangra,
Himachal Pradesh, and had issue, three children.
- Navendra Singh Katoch
(Mickey Katoch), born 3rd
October 1949, married 1972, Kumari Prabha Kumari of Labuwa Estate in
Uttar Pradesh, and has issue, a son and a daughter.
- Kumari Brinda Kumari,
married a gentleman living in
Kuwait, and has issue, a son.
- Kumari Ambita Kumari,
married 1977, Hardeep Singh
of Bhavnagar, Gujarat, son of General Ghanshyam Singh, and has issue, a
son and a daughter.
- Kumari Swaroop Mati Kumari, born 1918, married 1947,
Thakur Amar Singh, a Jagirdar of Bijwar in Alwar State, born 1915, died
sp in 1952.
- Kanwar Ajit Singh (by a secondary wife), born 1892,
Sub-Inspector of the Sirmur
State Police in 1917 and later Inspector of Police in 1923,
Superintendant of Police of the Sirmur State Police from 1925 to 1947,
later a Steward of the Royal Household, married Kanwarani Gujeshwari
Devi, and had issue, one son
and three daughters. He died 8th February 1954.
- Kanwar Brijraj Singh, married Kanwarani Chand Prabha,
daughter of Rana Shiv Singh of Darkoti,
and his wife, Rani Laxmi Devi
of Ratesh, and has issue.
- Krishna Kumari, married Kanwar Bhupindra Singh from
Gwalior, and has issue.
- Anushya Kumari, married Thakur Rajendra Singh, and
had issue.
- Sobha Kumari
- HH Raja SURENDRA BIKRAM
PRAKASH, Raja of Sirmur
1898/1911, born 14th
November 1867, and succeeded to the throne in 1898, created K.C.S.I. on
9th November 1901, married 1883, a
daughter of the Raja Rudra Sen of Suket, and
had issue, four children, as
well as a son by a secondary wife, a daughter of Thakur Tegh Singh of Kunihar. He died 25th July
1911 at
Mussoorie.
- Tikka Amar Prakash (later Lt.-Col.
HH Maharaja Sir Amar Prakash Bahadur) (qv)
- Rajkumari (name
unknown), died 1955.
- Rajkumari (name unknown),
married
into
the
Chamba Royal Family.
- Rajkumari (name
unknown), married into Mewar in Uttar Pradesh.
- Rao Raja Rom Harshan Singh (by a secondary wife), born
16th February 1906 at Nahan; a Major in the Sirmur State forces, later
he was Secretary and Comptroller of the Royal Household until 1948,
created Rao Raja by HH Maharaja Rajendra Prakash, later Manager of the
Sirmur Cold Storage in Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, married 28th November
1938, Kumari Pushpa Kumari, daughter of General Shri Samar Jung Bahadur
Rana of Nepal, and
his wife, Rani Mandakini Devi, and had issue, three
children. He died 30th December
1980 at
Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal.
- Kumari Rajani Kumari, born 28th February 1940 at
Nahan, married 1977, Sardar Gurbaksh Singh Bedi, and has issue, one
daughter.
- Kumari Shradha Laxmi Singh, born 12th August
1978.
- Kumari Niranjani Kumari, born 22nd November 1942 at
Nahan.
- Rao Raja Mrigendra Singh, born 10th March 1944 at
Nahan, part
owner of the Durga Mines in Sirmur, married 12th October 1975, Kumari
Subhadra Kumari, born 12th May 1954 at Kotkhai, District Simla,
daughter of Kanwar Mohan Lal Singh of Ghund,
and his wife, Kanwarani Kalawati Devi, and
has
issue, three children.
- Kumari Nidhi Kumari, born 25th October 1976.
- Kanwar Hemang Singh, born 18th September 1979.
- Kumari Aparna Kumari, born 23rd July 1984.
 Lt.-Col.
HH Maharaja Sir AMAR PRAKASH Bahadur, Maharaja of Sirmur
1911/1933, born
26th January 1888,
Hon. Lieut.-Col. in the Indian Army, K.C.S.I. [cr.1915], K.C.I.E.
[cr.1921],
Maharaja [cr.1918], married 4th March 1910, HH Maharani Madalasa Rajya
Lakshmi Devi, born 1890, died February 1973, daughter of HH Maharaja
Dev
Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and had issue,
as well as further issue by secondary wives. He died 13th August
1933.
- Maharaj Kumari Mahima Kumari, died young.
- Tikka Rajendra Prakash (later Lt. HH Maharaja Rajendra
Prakash Bahadur) (qv)
- Maharaj Kumari Premlata Kumari, born 26th August 1917,
married (as his third wife), HH Raja Natwarsinhji of Chhota-Udaipur
State. She died sp in 1986.
- Kumari Priya Kumari (by Gupta Devi), born 1910,
married Rao Raja Hanut Singh of Jodhpur,son of HH Maharaja Sir Pratap
Singh of Idar and Jodhpur, (3 time Regent
of Jodhpur State), by a secondary wife, Gupta Devi, daughter of
Maharaja Dev Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, and had issue, three sons.
- Rao Raja Birendra Singh (by a secondary wife), born
15th June 1920, born 15th June 1920, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer,
Rajasthan, A.D.C. to his half-brother, HH Maharaja Rajendra Prakash of
Sirmur. After 1947, he was Comptroller of the Sirmur and Anfield Tea
Estates in Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal. He was Hon. Major in the Sirmur
State Armed Force and fought in the Middle East during the Second World
War of 1939-1945, married in early 1949, Kumari Prabha Devi Shah,
daughter of Shahibju Birendra Bikram Shah of Nepal, born 1933, died
30th
April 1964, and had issue, three sons. He died 18th January 1981 in
Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal.
- Rajkumar (name unknown)
Singh,
stillborn
on
1st November
1949.
- Rajkumar Alark Singh, born 1st April 1951, educated at
Mayo College, Ajmer, Rajasthan and at St. Stephen's College, Delhi
University, Delhi; married 14th June 1974, Kumari Bijoya Sawain Singh,
eldest daughter of Lisiman Sawain Singh of Shillong and the daughter of
Mr. B. K. Dey of West Bengal, born 15th November 1949, educated at the
Loreto Convent in Shillong, and did her M.A. in English at Delhi
University, Delhi; and has issue, 2 sons.
- Kunwar Salim Singh, born 30th November 1980, educated
at the
Montessori School at Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal.
- Kunwar Saasha Singh [Chaitanya Pratap Singh], born
4th January 1982, educated at the
Montessori School at Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, Welham Boys School (12th)
Dehra Dun, and at St. Stephen's
College, Delhi University, Delhi (History Hons.).
- Rajkumar Mandhatta Singh, born in 1953, educated at
Mayo
College in Ajmer, Rajasthan and at St. Stephen's College, Delhi
University, Delhi; married and had issue, two children. He was killed
in
an automobile accident.
- Kumari Yukta Kumari (by a secondary wife), born late
1920, married to Thakur Vijay Bahadur Singh of Shivpur, and has issue,
a son and a daughter.
 Lt. HH Maharaja
RAJENDRA PRAKASH Bahadur, Maharaja of Sirmur 1933/1964, born
10th January
1913,
he succeeded to the gaddi on
the death of his father on 13th August 1933, he was granted full ruling
powers in 1938, member of the Standing Committee of the Princes'
Chamber, married
1stly,
15th April 1936, HH Maharani Durga Devi, born 1917, died in January
2000, daughter of Raja Yaduvendra Singh of Nagod,
and his fourt wife, Rani Vatsraj Kunwari, married 2ndly, 12th December
1941,
HH Maharani Indira Devi, daughter of HH Thakore Sahib Shri Sir
Bahadursinhji Mansinhji of Palitana,
and his wife, HH Thakorani Bai Shri Sita Ba Kunverba
Sahiba, and
had issue, two daughters. He died 13th November 1964.
- Maharajkumari Nalini Devi (by the Nagod Princess), born
2nd December 1938,
married 30th November 1953 (#3), Rajkumar
Gajendra Singh [Vidurji], born 17th December 1928, died 28th November
1979, second son of Rao Bahadur Raja Raghuraj Singh Ju Deo of Alipura, and his wife, Rani Vijay Kumari,
and had issue, three sons and two daughters.
- Kanwar Udai Singh [HH Maharaja Udai Prakash
Bahadur], adopted in 1965, by the Senior Maharani of the
late Maharaja. This adoption was not recognized by the Indian
Government and the privy purse was not continued to the new ruler. (#1)
- HH Maharani Saheba Padmini Devi (by Maharani Indira),
born
December
1943, married 10th March 1967, HH Sri Sawai
Maharaja Bhawani
Singhji Bahadur, 11th Maharaja of Jaipur
and 39th Head of the Kachhawa Rajputs, born
22nd October
1931 in Jaipur, died 17th April 2011, and has issue, one daughter.
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Kanwar Attar Singh, married and had issue.
- Tikka Rani Parago Devi, married Tikka Moti Singh, Tikka
Sahib of Balsan.
- Thakur Roop Singh, married and had issue.
- Kumari Gita Devi, married 1992, Kanwar Harshvardhan Singh
of Jubbal, and has issue.
- Kanwar Gita Ram, married Kumari Subhadra Devi, daughter of
Kanwar Fateh Singh of Rawingarh.
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