Kushalgarh (Princely State) Homepage with Pictures and Map : Rajput Provinces of India

Dynasty

Rathore history page

Clan

Ramawat

Subclan

Barsinghot

State

Banswara

Agency

Rajputana Agency

Accession

7^th April 1949

Revenue

INR 60,000 (1893)

Villages

60 Area

881 Square Kilometers km²

Population

16,222 (1901)

Privy Purse

INR 34,775

Hindi Name

कुशलगढ़

Last Updated

31^st Aug, 2024

Wikipedia

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Present Head

Rao HEMENDRA SINGHJI, present Rao of Kushalgarh since 2013, studied at Merit Swiss Asian School of Hotel Management Ooty, worked at Taj Lake Palace Udaipur, The Oberoi Udaivilas and Vivanta By Taj, Yeshwathpur AFOM Bangalore, The Lodhi Hotel New Delhi as Executive Assistant Manager-Rooms, presently (2020) working as Vice President Operations, Claridges Collection, The Claridges New Delhi; married 23^rd January 2011 Kumari Divya Singh of Khachariawas.

Kunwar Rajanya Singh Kushalgarh, born on 2^nd Feb 2013

History

Two versions exist for the founding of the state, the Banswara version states that the country was taken from the Bhils by Kushal Singh of Banswara and given to Akhai Raj as a reward for services rendered; but the Kushalgarh version states that it was taken from the Bhils by Akhai Raj himself, and that it was named after the Bhil chief, Kushla, whom he defeated. As a result of frequent attempts on the part of the Maharawal of Banswara, to claim rights over the estate to which he was not entitled, Kushalgarh was finally declared to be practically independent of Banswara for all purposes other than payment of tribute and personal attendance on certain occasions. The Rao's position may be described in general terms as that of a mediatized or guaranteed feudatory. He deals directly with the assistant to the Resident in Mewar, he exercises civil and criminal powers in his own estate.

Genealogy

Rao Jodhaji, founder of Jodhpur, married (amongst others), a daughter of Raja Kheema Santawat of the Sonigra Chauhan clan of Jalore, and had issue.
- Kunwar Bar (by Rani Chauhaniji) (qv)
- Rao Dudaji (by Rani Chauhaniji), born 15^th June 1440 at Mandaur, he was granted the Jagir of Merta in 1461 and became ancestor of the Mertia Rathore clan, including the Thakurs of Rian, Bijathal and Jiliya, married and had issue. He died 1515.
Thakur BAR SINGH, Thakur of Merta, he was granted the Jagir of Merta in 1461, married and had issue, the Barsinghot Rathore clan.
- Kunwar Sinhaji, married and had issue, the rulers of Jhabua.
- Kunwar Askaranji, he succeeded as Thakur Askaranji of Merta (qv)
Thakur ASKARANJI, Thakur of Merta, married and had issue.
- Thakur Malaji (qv)
Thakur MALAJI, Thakur of Merta, married and had issue.
- Thakur Rama Singh (qv)
Thakur RAMA SINGH, Thakur of Merta, married and had issue, the Ramawat BarSinghot Jodha clan. He died about 1631.
- Thakur Akhairaj (qv)
Thakur AKHAIRAJ, Thakur of Kushalgarh, he was granted the Jagir of Kushalgarh in 1671, married and had issue.
- Thakur Ajab Singh (qv)
Thakur AJAB SINGH, Thakur of Kushalgarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Kirat Singh (qv)
Thakur KIRAT SINGH, Thakur of Kushalgarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Achal Singh (qv)
Thakur ACHAL SINGH, Thakur of Kushalgarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Bhagwat Singh (qv)
Thakur BHAGWAT SINGH, Thakur of Kushalgarh, married and had issue.
- Rao Zalim Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Salam Singh, married and had issue.
  - Kunwar Hamir Singh, he was adopted by his uncle, Rao Zalim Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Sardar Singh, he was granted the Jagir of Himmatgarh as his share of the patrimony.
Rao ZALIM SINGH, Rao of Kushalgarh, he was granted the title of Rao by the Maharana Bhim Singhji of Udaipur, married and had adoptive issue.
- (A) Kunwar Hamir Singh, son of Kunwar Salam Singh, he succeeded as Rao Hamir Singh (qv)
Rao HAMIR SINGH, Rao of Kushalgarh, he succeeded by adoption, married and had issue.
- Rao Zorawar Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Takhat Singh, he was granted the Jagir of Tambesara as his share of the patrimony.
Rao ZORAWAR SINGH, Rao of Kushalgarh -/1891, married and had issue. He died 1891.
- Kunwar Daulat Singh
- Rao Udai Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Jaswant Singh, born 1862, he was granted the Jagir of Chudabar (Ramgarh) as his share of the patrimony.
- Kunwar Deep Singh
- Rani Nath Kanwar, married 1886 (as his third wife), Raj Rana Rai Singhji III of Bari-Sadri. She died sp.
Rao UDAI SINGH, Rao of Kushalgarh 1891/1916, born 1855 (1858), married 1^stly, at Panched in Ratlam, married 2^ndly, Kumari Shri Nalini Kunwarba Sahiba, daughter of Kumar Shri Shivsinhji Govindsinhji of Hampar in Dhrangadhra, Halvad, and his second wife, Kumar-Rani Shri Monghi Kunwarba Sahiba, and had issue, three sons. He died 1916.
- Yuvraj Ranjit Singh (by 2^nd wife), he succeeded as Rao Ranjit Singhji (qv)
- Rajkumar Laxman Singh (by 1^st wife), he was granted the Jagir of Mohkampura (Pargana Patan) as his share of the patrimony, married Thakurani Chauhanji from Juwasa in Dungarpur State, and had issue two sons and one daughter.
  - Kunwar Raghubir Singh, died young.
  - Thakur Sahib Yagyanarayan Singh, married Thakurani Krishna Kumari Ba Sahiba, sixth daughter of Rana Gulabsinhji Gammelsinhji of Pratappur in Khandesh, and had issue, three sons and one daughter.
    - Thakur Bhupendra Vijay Singh, married 1^stly, 17^th May 1967, Thakurani Neeti Kumari, died 5^th April 1972, daughter of Thakur Dr. Ripudaman Singh of Khandela Jnr., married 2^ndly, Thakurani Sanyukta Kumari of Kutlehar, and has issue, four children.
      - Thakur Giriraj Singh (by Rani Neeti Kumari), married 20^th February 1994, Bhatyanisa Kunwrani Mahendra Kunwar, daughter of Rawlot Thakur Gulab Singh of Satto in Jaisalmer State, and has issue, one son.
        
        Kunwar Akhairaj Singh Rathore, born 18^th December 1994, married on 18^th February 2022 to Kunwarani Priyanka Bhati daughter of Thakur Ashu Singh Bhati of Thikana Baru (Jaisalmer).
        
        Bhanwar Aviraj Singh, born on 29^th March 2024.
      - Kumari Anurita Kumari (by Rani Sanyukta Kumari), unmarried.
      - Yuvrani Sahiba Aditi Kumari (by Rani Sanyukta Kumari), married 27^th April 2002, Maharajkunwar Shri Indreshwar Singhji Sahib, Yuvaraj of Sirohi.
      - Thakur Aditya Vijai Singh (by Rani Sanyukta Kumari)
    - Kunwarani Praveen Prabha, married Maj. Kumar Shri Pradeep Singh Raol of Lakhanka, Bhavnagar State.
    - Thakur Dushyant Kumar Singh, married 19^th January 1971, Thakurani Ranawatji Subhadra Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Narendra Singh Ranawat of Sarvanya in Gwalior State, and has issue, one son.
      - Kunwar Samar Singh, married 19^th March 2011, Kunwarani Ekta Kumari, and has issue.
        
        Bhanwar Prithvi Singh, born 8^th January 2004.
        
        Bhanwar Dhruv Singh, born 2^nd October 2009.
    - Thakur Luv Kumar Singh, married Rani Anusuya Kumari, sister of Thakur Mahendra Singh (former Member of Parliament and former Minister in M.P. State Government, former P.S. to the late Maharaja Madhava Scindia of Gwalior) and daughter of Thakur Mohan Singhji of Kalukheda Thikana, Gwalior, and has issue, two sons.
      - Kunwar Shakti Sharan Singh, married 11^th December 1998, Kunwarani Chauhanji Dharmeshwari Kumari, daughter of Thakur Jitendra Singhji of Bankora in Dungarpur State, and has issue.
        
        Bhanwar Kartikey Sharan Singh
        
        Bhanwar Guru Sharan Singh
      - Kunwar Kirti Sharan Singh, married 10^th February 2003, Rajkumari Archana Singh, born 22^nd February 1976, daughter of Rao Shivraj Pal Singh of Inayati, Karauli State, and his wife, Rani Gopal Kanwar.
  - Kuwarani Padam Kunwar, married Kunwar Vijai Singhji, son of Thakur Madho Singhji of Eral in Panchmahal, Gujrat.
- Rajkumar Chattar Singh (by 1^st wife), he was granted the Jagir of Sarwa (Pargana Patan) as his share of the patrimony, married and had adoptive issue. He died spm.
  - (A) Rajkumar Inderjeet Singh, son of Rao Harendra Singhji of Kushalgarh, and his second wife, Rani Niranjana Kumari (see below).
Rao RANJIT SINGHJI, Rao of Kushalgarh 1916/-, born 2^nd May 1882, succeeded 27^th January 1916; married 1^stly, at Bansi in Mewar, Rani Rasaal Kanwar, daughter of Rawat Man Singhji, 15^th Rawat of Bansi, married 2^ndly, at Kundla, and had issue, four sons and four daughter.
- Yuvaraj Brijbihari Singh (by 1^st wife), married in Khajurgaon, and had issue, one son. He died vp.
  - Bhanwar Harendra Singhji, he succeeded as Rao Harendra Singhji of Kushalgarh (qv)
- Rajkumar Bharat Singh (by 2^nd wife)
- Rajkumar Dr. Ramchander Singh (by 2^nd wife)
- Rajkumar Udai Narayan Singh (by 2^nd wife)
- Kunwarani Goverdhan Kunwar (by 1^st wife), married (as his second wife), Maharaj Shivdan Singhji of Shivrati in Mewar.
- Rajkumari Mohan Devi, married Raj Kumar Sri Shesh Pratap Singh Deo, third son of Raja Shura Pratap Singh Dev Mahendra Bahadur of Dhenkanal, and his wife, Rani Krushna Priya Devi, and had issue, two daughters and one son.
- Rani Pritam Kumari, married Raja Amarendra Mansingh Bharambar Rai, Raja Saheb of Dompada in Orissa, and had issue, one daughter.
- Rani Jaswant Kumari, married 1947, Rawat Shambhu Singhji of Lunda, and has issue.
- Rajkumari (name unknown), married the Thakur of Kalwad in Jaipur State.
- Gajendra Kumari, married to Maharaj Ramchandra Singh Ji Judev of Maihar.
Rao HARENDRA SINGHJI, Rao of Kushalgarh -/1967, born 11^th May 1924, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, married 1^stly, 23^rd May 1943 (separated 1948), Maharajkumari Jayvant Kunwarba Sahiba, daughter of Major HH Maharana Shri Maharaja Shri Raj Sir Ghanshyamsinhji Ajitsinhji Sahib Bahadur of Dhrangadhra, and his fifth wife, HH Maharani Nawal Kunwarba Sahiba, married 2^ndly, Rajkumari Niranjana Devi, born 14^th November 1929, died 5^th June 2021, eldest daughter of Maharaj Prithi Singh of Baria, and had issue. He died 21^st February 1967.
- Rao Manvendra Singhji (qv)
- Rajkumar Indrajeet Singh (by Rani Niranjana Devi), born 19^th December 1950, he was adopted by Rajkumar Chattar Singh of Kushalgarh (see above) and succeeded to his jagir of Sarwa; married Rajkumari Madhu Kumari (sister of Rani Gyaneshwari Kumari of Kushalgarh, see above), and has issue, a son and a daughter.
  - Kumari Urvashi Singh
  - Kunwar Bhartendu Singh
- Rajkumari Prasanyta Kumari, born 6^th September 1956, married 1^stly, Kanwar Upendra Singh Jamwal of Barnai, born 31^st August 1952, married 2^ndly, Captain Arpan Anand, and has issue, one son and three daughters. -
  - Kumari Harshaeta Jamwal (by Upendra Singh Jamwal), born 1977, married Rajkumar Mrinal Singh of Dumraon, born 1971, and has issue.
  - Kunwar Hitendra Singh Jamwal (by Upendra Singh Jamwal)
  - Kumari Mahagrita Jamwal (by Upendra Singh Jamwal)
  - Arpanyta Sevati Anand (by Captain Arpan Anand)
Rao MANVENDRA SINGHJI, Rao of Kushalgarh [1967-2013]. Born 13^th September 1947, married Rani Gyaneshwari Kumari, and has issue, one son. He died on 23^rd August 2013.
- Rajkumar Hemendra Singh Kushalgarh (qv)
Rao HEMENDRA SINGHJI, Rao of Kushalgarh (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

Maharani Moti Kunwari, married Maharawat Dalpat Singh of Pratapgarh 1808-1864
Unnamed Princess, married Thakur Niranjan Singh Ranawat of Kankarwa.
Maharaj Bhanupratap Singh (P.O.Tambesara, Kushalgarh, via Udaigarh (W. RLY.), Banswara, Rajasthan, India)