Dungarpur

The state was founded in 1197. The rulers of Dungarpur claim descent from the Rajput house of Mewar (see Udaipur). Towards the end of the 12^th century, Samant Singh, the eldest son of the ruler of Mewar, had to leave Mewar in favour of his younger brother Kumar Singh. Samant Singh drifted into the hilly area of Bagar and, within the next century, Samant Singh's successors controlled the whole province of Bagar. Rawal Udai Singh of Bagar was killed at the battle of Khanua in 1527, fighting for Mewar against Moghul Emperor Babur. His territory was thereafter divided between his two sons, forming two separate states. Prithvi Raj remained in Dungarpur while his brother Jagmal Singh became independent ruler of Banswara. The Maharawals of Dungarpur were tributary, from time to time, to the Mughal Emperors of Delhi and to the Marathas, from whom they were finally rescued by the British Power, a treaty being concluded in 1818, soon after, the Bhils were reduced to submission. In 1825, Maharawal Jaswant Singh, being found incompetent, was deposed by the Government, and his adopted son, Kunwar Dalpat Singh, second son of the Raja of Pratapgarh, was appointed to succeed. Subsequently Maharawal Dalpat Singh succeeded to the gadi of Pratapgarh, so the British Government permitted him to adopt a successor in Dungarpur. The Maharawal maintains a military force of 251 cavalry, 535 infantry, and 8 guns, and is entitled to a salute of 15 guns (in 1893). Rulers were...

• Rawal SAMANT SINGH, 1^st Rawal of Dungarpur 1197/1209 or 1179/1192, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Jayat Singh (qv)
  • Rawal Sinhad Deo (qv)
• Rawal JAYAT SINGH, 2^nd Rawal of Dungarpur 1209/1218
• Rawal SINHAD DEO, 3^rd Rawal of Dungarpur 1218/1248, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Jay Singh Deo (qv)
  • Rawal Deopali Deo (qv)
• Rawal JAY SINGH DEO, 4^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1248/1251
• Rawal DEOPALI DEO, 5^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1251/1278, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Virsinh Deo (qv)
• Rawal VIRSINH DEO, 6^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1278/1303, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Bhoo Chand (qv)
• Rawal BHOO CHAND, 7^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1303/1331, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Dungar Singh (qv)
• Rawal DUNGAR SINGH, 8^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1331/1363, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Karan Singh I (qv)
• Rawal KARAN SINGH I, 9^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1363/1384, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Jaykrishna (qv)
  • Rawal Mahipal Singh I (qv)
  • Rawal Kanhad Deo (qv)
• Rawal JAYKRISHNA, 10^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1384/1386
• Rawal MAHIPAL SINGH I, 11^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1386/1398
• Rawal KANHAD DEO, 12^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1398/1403, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Pratap Singh (qv)
• Rawal PRATAP SINGH, 13^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1403/1423, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Gopinath Singh (qv)
• Rawal GOPINATH SINGH, 14^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1423/1447, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Soma Das (qv)
• Rawal SOMA DAS, 15^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1447/1479, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Ganga Das (qv)
• Rawal GANGA DAS, 16^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1479/1497, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Udai Singh I (qv)
• Rawal UDAI SINGH I, 17^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1497/1527, married and had issue. He died in battle on 17^th March 1527 at Khanwa.
  • Rawal Prithviraj Singh (qv)
  • Rawal Jagmal Das, founder of Banswara.
• Rawal PRITHVIRAJ SINGH, 18^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1527/1549, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Askaran Singh (qv)
• Rawal ASKARAN SINGH, 19^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1549/1580, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Sahas Mal (qv)
• Rawal SAHAS MAL, 20^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1580/1606, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Karan Singh II (qv)
• Rawal KARAN SINGH II, 21^st Rawal of Dungarpur 1606/1609, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Punjaraj Singh (qv)
• Rawal PUNJARAJ SINGH, 22^nd Rawal of Dungarpur 1609/1657, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Girdhar Das (qv)
• Rawal GIRDHAR DAS, 23^rd Rawal of Dungarpur 1657/1661, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Jashwant Singh I (qv)
  • Several generations
    • Maharaj Jaswant Singh of Sabli, married and had issue.
      • Maharawal Udai Singhji II (see below)
      • generation
        • Thakur Shambhu Singh of Sabli, born 1885.
      • Maharaja Laxman Singh
        • Thakur Parbat Singh of Oara, born 1879.
        • Thakur Umaid Singh of Mandwa
• Rawal JASHWANT SINGH I, 24^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1661/1691, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Khuman Singh (qv)
• Rawal KHUMAN SINGH, 25^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1691/1702, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Ram Singh (qv)
• Rawal RAM SINGH, 26^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1702/1730, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Shiv Singh (qv)
• Rawal SHIV SINGH, 27^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1730/1785, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Vairi Sal (qv)
• Rawal VAIRI SAL, 28^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1785/1790, married and had issue.
  • Rawal Fateh Singh (qv)
• Rawal FATEH SINGH, 29^th Rawal of Dungarpur 1790/1808, married and had issue.
  • Maharawal Jashwant Singhji II (qv)
• Maharawal JASHWANT SINGHJI II, 30^th Maharawal of Dungarpur 1808/1845, about 1820 he adopted Dalpat Singh of Pratapgarh who became the effective ruler from about 1825. The death of Dalpat Singh's only son in 1845, meant that he would succeed in Pratapgarh thus preventing him from succeeding in Dungarpur. Maharawal Jashwant Singh II, was therefore permitted in 1845 to adopt Hanwant Singh the son of the Thakur of Mungala, however Udai Singh, the adopted son of Dalpat Singh eventually succeeded in Dungarpur, while a son of Dalpat Singh by a second wife succeeded in Pratapgarh. He died 19^th December 1845.
• Thakur DALPAT SINGHJI 1825/1846, born 1808, died 1864, Regent and Maharawat of Pratapgarh.
• HH Maharawal UDAI SINGHJI II Bahadur, 31^st Maharawal of Dungarpur 1846/1898, born at Sabli, 22^nd May 1839, educated privately. Adopted by his kinsman H.H. Maharajadhiraj Maharawat Shri Dalpat Singhji Bahadur, Maharawat of Partabgarh. Succeeded on the death of his adoptive grandfather, 19^th December 1846. Installed on the gadi, at Dungarpur, 28^th September 1847. Reigned under the Regency of his adoptive father, the Maharawat of Partabgarh 1846-1852, and under a Council of Administration from 1852. He came of age and was invested with full ruling powers, at Dungarpur, 1857. He patronised art and literature, beatified Dungarpur and constructed the famous Udai Bilas Palace, a masterpiece of Rajput architecture; married 1^stly at Sirohi, 1855, H.H. Shri Derawalji Maharani Maharani Shri Umaid Kunwar Sahiba (died at Dungarpur in 1881), daughter of H.H. Maharao Shri Sheo Singhji Bahadur, Rao Sahib of Sirohi; married 2^ndly after 1881, H.H. Shri Maharani Maharani Shri Shiv Kumari Sahiba, daughter of the Thakur of Motagaon, in Banswara. He died at Sirohi, 13^th February 1898, having had issue, one son and several daughters.
  • Yuvaraj Khuman Singh, born 28^th April 1856, married and had issue. He died 30^th October 1893.
    • HH Rai-i-Rayan Maharawal Shri Sir Bijay Singhji Bahadur (qv)
• HH Rai-i-Rayan Maharawal Shri Sir BIJAY SINGHJI Bahadur, 32^nd Maharawal of Dungarpur 1898/1918, born 17^th July 1887, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; he succeeded to the gaddi on 13^th February 1898 and was invested with full ruling powers in 1909; K.C.I.E. [cr. June 1912]; married 1^stly, 19^th January 1907, HH Maharani Devendra Kumari, daughter of HH Raja Sir Jashwant Singhji Bahadur of Sailana, married 2^ndly, 13^th June 1917, HH Maharani Sugan Kunwar of Sindhavadar in Wankaner, born 23^rd September 1901, died 7^th December 1952, and had issue. He died 15^th November 1918.
  • HH Rai-i-Rayan Maharawal Shri Sir Lakshman Singh Bahadur (see below)
  • Maharaj Virbhadra Singh, born 27^th February 1909, married Rani Tej Kunwar, daughter of Major General Apji Sir Onkar Singhji of Palaitha, and had issue. He died 16^th November 1972.
    • Rani Girdhar Kumari, born 1932, married 1948, Maharaj Hukam Singh of Jaisalmer, and has issue.
    • Rani Narendra Kumari, born 16^th September 1934, married in Kutch, Maharaj Shri Dilipsinhji of Kutch, born 16^th August 1927, and had issue. She died 23^rd October 2000.
    • Maharaj Samar Singh, married Rani Mridula Kumari, daughter of Maharaja Bahadur Kamal Singh of Dumraon, and his wife, Maharani Usha Rani, and has issue.
      • Kunwar Shivendra Singh
      • Kunwar Sudhir Singh
  • HH Maharani Rama Kunver, born 20^th February 1911, married 5^th February 1929, HH Maharana Raj Saheb Pratapsinhji of Wankaner, and had issue. She died 10^th February 1991.
  • Maharaj Nagendra Singh, born 18^th March 1914, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and Cambridge University, England. He obtained his Doctorate in Law from the same university and joined the Indian Civil Sevice (ICS). Appointed a Judge and later became the Chief Justice of the International Court Of Justice, The Hague; married in Dungarpur, 11^th February 1940, Rani Pushpa Kumari, born 1920, died 11^th August 1996, daughter Col. HH Maharaja Mahendra Sir Yadvendra Singh Ju Deo Bahadur of Panna, and his first wife, HH Maharani Shri Manhar Kunverba. He died 11^th December 1988.
  • Maharaj Pradyuman Singh, born 1^st February 1918, married Rani Indira Kumari, daughter Capt. Rao Krishnapal Singh of Awagarh, and his wife, Rani Darshan Kumari, and had issue.
    • Maharaj Anirudh Singh, married Baiji Lal Veena Kumari, daughter of Thakur Narain Singh of Diggi, and his wife, Thakurani Kamla Kumari, and has issue.
      • Kunwar Shakti Singh, married Kunwarani Kaushika Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Shri Balbhadra Singhji of Kapren in Bundi, and his wife, Rani Rohini Kumari, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
        • Bhanwar Aprajit Singh
        • Bhanwar Baisa Gaurangini Kumari
    • Kunwarani Ravi Prabha, married Kunwar Hitendra Dev Singh of Poonch.
    • Maharaj Manvendra Singh, B.A., born 13^th December 1947 in Agra, educated at K. R. College, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh); Member of Congress 1978/-; elected to Lok Sabha VIII in 1984; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation; Railways; Surface Transport; Food Processing Industries; Agriculture and Education 1984/1989; re-elected to Lok Sabha IX 1989; Chairman of the House Committee 1989/1990; Member of the General Purposes Committee 1990/-; Member of the Committee of Priviliges 1990/-; Member of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food Processing Industries 1990/-; re-elected to Lok Sabha XIV 2004/-; Member of the Committees on Industry, Defence and the Members of Parliament Local Area Development scheme; President of the Brij Kala Kendra and the Governing Body of B.R. College, Agra; Treasurer of All India Kshatriya Maha Sabha 1974; Secretary of the Braj Jaycees, Mathura 1982/1983; President of the Uttar Pradesh Volleyball Association, for six years; Member of the Rotary Club, Mathura; former Patron of the Delhi Distt. Cricket Association (DDCA) for ten years; married 25^th November 1969, Rani Urmila Kumari, and has issue, one son. (Awagarh House, Dampier Nagar, Mathura - 281 001, Uttar Pradesh, India)
    • Maharaj Indrajit Singh, married to Purnima Singh and has issue, one son.
      • Rajkumar Parakram Singh, married 2010, Rajkumari Shaivya Singh, daughter of Raja Dr. Sanjay Singh of Amethi.
• HH Rai-i-Rayan Maharawal Shri Sir LAKSHMAN SINGH Bahadur, 33^rd Maharawal of Dungarpur 1918/1989, born 7^th March 1908, Member of the Rajya Sabha 1952/1958, MLA 1962/1989, G.C.I.E. [cr.1947], K.C.S.I. [cr.1935], educated at Mayo College, Ajmer (Class-Captain 1926/27); Member of the Standing Committee of Chamber of Princes 1931/47, President of the Swatantra Party in Rajasthan 1961/69, President of All-India Kshatriya Nahasabha 1962/- , Patron of the Rajputana Cricket Association and the Cricket Club of India, Member of the MCC, captained Rajputana XI against MCC and Australian XI on four occasions, is a keen naturalist and interested in agriculture and study of wild life, married 1^stly, 8^th February 1920, HH Maharani Brijraj Kunwar, born 26^th November 1907, died 21^st January 1982, daughter of Kunwar Man Mahendra Bikram Singh of Bhinga, married 2^ndly, 8^th March 1928, HH Maharani Manhar Kunwar, born 2^nd May 1914, died 8^th October 1975, daughter of Lt.-Col. HH Umdae Rajhae Buland Makan Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sir Madan Singhji Bahadur of Kishangarh, and had issue. He died 6^th June 1989.
  • Thakorani Rajendra Kumari, born 16^th January 1928, married 25^th November 1944, Thakore Saheb Dharmendra Singhji of Muli.
  • HH Maharani Sushila Kumari, born 25^th July 1929, married 25^th February 1944, HH Maharaja Karni Singhji of Bikaner, and had issue.
  • HH Maharani Hitendra Kumari (Hemand Kumari), born 30^th July 1930, married 30^th January 1948, HH Maharana Prithviraj Singhji of Danta.
  • HH Maharawal Mahipal Singhji II Bahadur (see below)
  • HH Rani Krishna Kumari, born 4^th January 1933, married 21^st February 1951, HH Raja Lalit Sen of Suket and has issue.
  • Maharaj Jai Singh of Binchiwada, born 19^th May 1934, married 1963, Rani Anupama Kumari, born 1939, daughter of Lt. Col. HH Maharaja Manabendra Shah Sahib Bahadur of Tehri-Garhwal, and his wife, HH Maharani Suraj Kanwar, and has issue.
    • Rajkumar Yashraj Singh, married Kumari Sweety Baisa, daughter of Kumar Shri Dr. Dilavarsinhji Sahib of Lodhika, and his wife, Rajkumari Bhavar Baisa, daughter of Maharaj Shri Madan Singhji of Idar.
  • Maharaj Raj Singh, born 19^th December 1935 in Dungarpur, educated at Daly College, Indore; a former first class cricketer, he played in 86 first class cricket matches from 1955 to 1971 for Rajasthan as a medium-fast bowler, taking 206 wickets at an average of 28.84; he served as a selector of the Indian national team for two terms, he also managed the Indian cricket team four times on overseas tours, has served as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India 1996/1999 and was President of the Cricket Club of India for 13 years. He died unmarried on 12^th September 2009 in Mumbai. (Wikipedia)
• H.H. Rai-i-Rayan Mahi-Mahendra Maharajadhiraj Ravi Kula Bhushan Sri 108 Sri Maharawal Shri Mahipal Singhji II Bahadur, 34^th Maharawal of Dungarpur since 1989, (Udai Bilas Palace, Dungarpur - 314001, Rajasthan, India) born 14^th August 1931, educated at the University of Delhi, married 3^rd May 1955, HH Maharani Dev Kunwar (died on 22^nd Jan 2022), daughter of Maharajkumar Sri Bijaya Singh of Bikaner, and has issue. He died on 19^th August 2023.
  • Yuvraj Shri Harshvardhan Singh (qv)
  • Maharajkumari Kirti Kumari, born 25^th October 1959, married 26^th February 1982, Maharajkumar Daivat Singh of Sirohi.
    • HH Maharani Yogini Kumari, married on 17^th February 2012 at Sirohi Palace (Mt. Abu) to HH Maharana Kesri Singhji of Wankaner.
• HH Maharawal Shri HARSHVARDHAN SINGHJI Bahadur (see above)