PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The villages of Dhikai along with
Cherai and Mathania,
were granted to Thakur Bhom Singh, son of Rao Bahadur Jai
Singhji of Osian, later the
village of Dhikai was
renamed to
Umaid Nagar, after the marriage of the sister of the
Thakur Saheb to HH
Maharaja Umaid
Singhji of Jodhpur. Estate holders
were...
- Thakur BHOM SINGH,
Thakur of Umaidnagar -/1943, he married Thakurani Maad
Kanwar of
Raghunathpura
(Bera), daughter of
Thakur Kishore Singhji
Ranawat, and had issue, five
children. He died 1943.
- Baiji Lal Mahendra Kumari, married Sardar
Chandroji
Shambhaji Rao Angre of Gwalior (Kolaba).
- Raja Bhupat Singh (qv)
- Thakur Raju Singhji, married Thakurani Usha Kumari
of
Katkone, and had issue.
- Thakur Veer Vijay Singh, married Thakurani
Gayatri
Kumari, daughter
of
Thakur Sahib Mahendra Singh of Ghanerao,
and his wife, Thakurani Pratap
Kanwar, and has issue three children, two
daughters and one son.
- Bai Sahiba Shelja Kumari [Rani Sahiba Shelja
Kumari
of Shivrati], married 21st November
2007 at
Jodhpur, Shriman Maharaj
Sahib Shri Raghav Raj
Singh of Shivrati.
- Bai Sahiba Devyani Singh
- Kunwar Vishwaraj Singh
- Thakur Rattan Singhji, married Thakurani
Kamleshwari
Kumari, daughter of
Raja Padam
Dev Singh of Poonch,
and his wife, Rani
Manek Kunwar, and had issue.
- Pattayat Rani
Prakriti Kumari Devi, married Pattayat Sri Vardhan
Singh Deo of Patna.
- Yuvrani Priti Kumari Devi, married Yuvaraj Shri
Somrajsinhji Prithvirajsinhji Jhala of Sayla.
- Baiji Lal Junu Kumari [Thakurani Junu Kumari of
Bagawas],
married Air Vice Marshal Thakur
Chandan
Singhji A.V.S.M., P.V.S.M. of Bagawas, and has
issue.
- Kunwarani Namrata Kumari, married 1st May
1985
in Ajmer, Kunwar (now Rawat) Veerbhadra Singh of
Deogarh,
born 3rd July 1959 in Ajmer, Rajasthan;
formerly a Planter, presently (2009) a hotelier;
and has issue, one son
and one daughter.
- Raja BHUPAT SINGH
B.A., Raja of Umaidnagar 1943/-, born 1925, educated
at
Colonel
Brown’s School in Dehra Dun and at Mayo College,
Ajmer, graduating with
a Bachelor's Degree; in sports he excelled in weight
lifting and Polo;
he was President of Hanuwant Educational
Society,
President
of Jodhpur Cycle Association, Vice President Chopasni
School Education
Society,
Vice President of Rajasthan Kennel Club, Addl.
Secretary of the Madras
Race
Club, his vast experience with horses and horse
breeding saw him
appointed as Special Advisor, Committee Indigenous
Breeds’ Ministry of
Agriculture, a Member of the Equine Development Board,
Ministry of
Agriculture, and Working President of Indigenous Horse
Society of
India, Ministry of Agriculture, Honorary President of
Indo-German
Marwari Horse Society, Germany, he was Founder Member
of the Jodhpur
Polo and
Equestrian Institute and President of the Marwari
Horse Breeder’s
Association, Jodhpur; he married Rani Roop Kanwar,
daughter of Thakur
Anop Singhji Saheb of Balunda,
and
his fourth wife, Thakurani Khama Khanwar, and
had issue.
- Raja Maharathi Singh (qv)
- Raja MAHARATHI
SINGH,
Raja of Umaidnagar (see above)
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