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Dynasty

State

Udaipur

Revenue

INR 72,000

Villages

86

Population

16,255 (1901)

Hindi Name

देलवाडा

Last Updated

29th Mar, 2020

Present Head

Raj Rana PRAGYAT SINGH Ji, 20th and present Raj Rana Saheb of Delwara since 1999. Educated at Doon School, Dehradun, married to Rani Saheba Shivani Rajya Laxmi Rana, daughter of Nanda Sumsher Jung Bahadur Rana from erstwhile ruling Rana family of Nepal and she was educated at Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer and Lady Shree Ram College, Delhi.
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History

The Jagir of Delwara was granted to Kumar Sajja Singh from Halvad (Dhrangadhra), Gujarat.
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Genealogy

  • Raj SAJJA SINGH I, 1st Raj of Delwara -/1534, married and had issue. He died at Chittor.
    • Raj Jait Singh I (qv)
  • Raj JAIT SINGH I, 2nd Raj of Delwara and Raj of Kherwa 1534/1567, he was granted the Jagir of Kherwa, married and had issue. He died .
    • Raj Man Singh I (qv)
    • Baisa (name unknown) [Rani Jhaliji Sahiba of Marwar], married Rao Maldevji of Marwar (Jodhpur).
    • Baisa (name unknown) [Maharani Jhaliji Sahiba of Mewar], married Maharana Udai Singhji II of Mewar (Udaipur).
  • Raj MAN SINGH I, 3rd Raj of Delwara 1567/1576, died at Haldighati.
    • Man Kunwar, married Raja Surtan Singh of Banera in Udaipur State as his first wife.
  • Raj KALYAN SINGH I, 4th Raj of Delwara 1576/-
  • Raj RAGHUDEV SINGH I, 5th Raj of Delwara
  • Raj JAIT SINGH II, 6th Raj of Delwara fl.1600, married and had issue.
    • Raj Sajja Singh II
    • Kunwar Arjun Singh, third son, he was granted the estate of Kunadi in 1644, and succeded there as Raj Arjun Singhji of Kunadi.
  • Raj SAJJA SINGH II, 7th Raj of Delwara
    • Raj Man Singh II (qv)
  • Raj MAN SINGH II, 8th Raj of Delwara, married and had issue.
    • Raj Raghudev Singh II (qv)
    • Kunwar Shatrusal Singh, he was granted the estate of Gogunda and succeeded there as Raj Shatrusal Singh I of Gogunda.
  • Raj RAGHUDEV SINGH II, 9th Raj of Delwara, married and had issue. He died ?.
    • Raj Kalyan Singh II (qv)
  • Raj KALYAN SINGH II, 10th Raj of Delwara, died ?.
  • Raj SAJJA SINGH III, 11th Raj of Delwara
  • Raj KALYAN SINGH III, 12th Raj of Delwara, he adopted Kunwar Fateh Singh, son of Raj Kirti Singh of Bari Sadri, married and had adoptive issue. He died sp.
    • (A) Rao Bahadur Raj Rana Fateh Singh (qv)
  • Raj BAIRI SAL, 13th Raj of Delwara, married and had adoptive issue.
  • Rao Bahadur Raj Rana FATEH SINGH, 14th Raj Rana of Delwara -/1891, created Raj Rana (Hereditary), created Rao Bahadur on 2nd January 1888, born as Kunwar Fateh Singh, son of Raj Kirti Singhji of Bari Sadri, adopted by Raj Kalyan Singhji III (above), Member of the Mewar Council, married and had issue.
    • Raj Rana Zalim Singh (qv)
    • Kunwar Bijay Singh, he was adopted by the Raj Sahib of Kunadi, and succeded there as Raj Bijay Singhji of Kunadi.
    • Thakurani Raj Kanwar, married Thakur Shambhu Singhji of Auwa, and had issue.
    • generation
      • Raj Rana Jaswant Singh (qv)
  • Raj Rana ZALIM SINGH, 15th Raj Rana of Delwara 1891/1900, born about 1863, married and had issue. He died .
    • Raj Rana Man Singh III (qv)
    • Rani Nand Kunwar, married Rawat Vijai Singhji of Deogarh.
    • Baisa (name unknown) [Rani Jhaliji Sahiba of Shivrati], married Maharaj Himmat Singhji of Shivrati.
  • Raj Rana MAN SINGH III, 16th Raj Rana of Delwara 1900/- , born , educated at Mayo College, Ajmer.
  • Raj Rana JASWANT SINGH, adopted from Maharaj Jawan Singhji of Bari Sadri (brother of Rajrana Rai Singhji of Bari Sadri), 17th Raj Rana of Delwara, Member of the High Court in Udaipur, married the sister of the Maharaj Sahib of Khatoli in Kotah, and had issue, two sons and a daughter.
    • Raj Rana Khuman Singh (qv)
    • Rajkumari Laxmi Kunwar [Rajmata Laxmi Kunwar of Sanjeli], married Maharaja Narendra Singhji of Sanjeli, and has issue.
    • Maharaj Nareshwar Singh, educated at Bhupal Noble High School, Udaipur, married and has issues, two sons and a daughter.
      • Maharaj Gajendra Singh Ji, married and has issues, one son and two daughters.
        • Priyanka Kumari Jhala
        • Devika Kumari Jhala
        • Maharaj Uday Singh Jhala
      • Maharaj Lokendra Singh Ji, married to Ameet Kumari of Kasari, Badi Khatu, Nagaur, daughter of Col. Rewant Singh and has issues, one son and a daughter.
        • Kunwar Hameer Sngh Jhala
        • Veera Kumari
      • Aprajita Kumari
  • Raj Rana KHUMAN SINGH, 18th Raj Rana of Delwara, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; married a daughter of the Thakur Sahib of Badnore.
    • Raj Rana Vikram Singh (qv)
    • Maharaj Akshay Singh Ji, married to Rajkumari Jayshree of Khairagarh and has issue, one son.
      • Kunawr Kamakhya Singh Jhala
  • Raj Rana VIKRAM SINGH, 19th Raj Rana of Delwara, married Rajkumari Ravija Kumari, second daughter of Raja Dinesh Singh of Kalakankar, and his wife, Rani Neelima Kumari, and had issue. He died .
    • Raj Rana Pragyat Singh (qv)
    • Kunwar Vigyat Singh, born , educated at The Doon School, Dehra Dun, married to Soha Singh and has issues, 2 daughters.
      • Rajkumari Smayana Singh
      • Rajkumari Smera Singh
  • Raj Rana PRAGYAT SINGH, 20th Raj Rana of Delwara (see above)
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