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Dynasty

Parmar history page

Clan

Barad Parmar

State

Gujarat

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9 Accession

6^th November 1948

Revenue

INR 171,100

Area

898.73 Square Kilometers km²

Population

26,172 (1931)

Privy Purse

INR 92,000

Hindi Name

दांता

Last Updated

3^rd Feb, 2022

Website

Link to Danta (Princely State) website http://www.bhavanivilladanta.com

Wikipedia

Wikipedia link to Danta (Princely State) Danta, Banaskantha

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Danta (Princely State) flag — Flag of Danta

HH Maharana Sri MAHIPENDRA SINGH, present Maharana Saheb of Danta since the 10^th of July 1989. (Bhavani Villa, Danta Bhawangad - 385120, Gujarat, India). Born 17^th December 1948 in Bombay, married 6^th March 1975 in Jaipur, HH Maharani Chandra Kumari, daughter of Yuvraj Surendra Pal Deo of Karauli, and his wife, Yuvrani Narendra Kumari, and has issue.

Maharajkumari Rituja Kumari, born 9^th October 1976, married Maharajkumar Anant Pratap Deo, son of HH Maharaja Shri Udit Pratap Deo of Kalahandi, and his wife, HH Maharani Padma Manjari Devi, and has issue, one daughter.
Maharajkumar Riddhiraj Singh, born 3^rd December 1980 in Jaipur, married 6^th/9^th March 2007, Maharajkumari Divyajyoti Devi, eldest daughter of Gajapathi Maharaj Dibyasingha Deb IV, Maharaja of Puri, and his wife, Maharani Lilabati Pattamahadei.

History

A Princely State located east of Palanpur in North Eastern Gujarat. It paid tribute of 3,983Rs to either Palanpur or Idar. The Maharana maintains a military force of 70 cavalry and 67 infantry (in 1893).

Genealogy

Rana Shri JASRAJI, 1^st Rana Shri of Danta 1068/1069
Rana Shri KEDARSINHJI, 2^nd Rana Shri of Danta 1069/-
Rana Shri JASPALJI, 3^rd Rana Shri of Danta
Unknown number of Ranas
Rana Shri JAGATPALJI, Rana Shri of Danta 1395/1445
Rana Shri ASKARANJI, 1^st Mahrana Shri of Danta 1445/-, he received the title of Maharana from Imperial Delhi in 1445.
Mahrana Shri VAGHJI, 2^nd Mahrana Shri of Danta -/1544
Mahrana Shri JETPALJI, 3^rd Mahrana Shri of Danta 1544/ca1545
Mahrana Shri JAIMALJI, Mahrana Shri of Danta ca1545/-
Mahrana Shri PRATAPSINHJI, Mahrana Shri of Danta
Mahrana Shri MANSINHJI I, Mahrana Shri of Danta for five years
Mahrana Shri GAJSINHJI, Mahrana Shri of Danta -/1687
Maharana Sri PRITHVISINHJI GAJSINHJI, Maharana of Danta 1687/1743
Maharana Sri VIKRAMDEOJI, Maharana of Danta in 1743
Maharana Sri KARANSINHJI, Maharana of Danta 1743/-, married and had issue.
- Maharana Sri Ratansinhji Karansinhji (qv)
- Maharana Sri Abhaisinhji Karansinhji (qv)
Maharana Sri RATANSINHJI KARANSINHJI, Maharana of Danta for five years
Maharana Sri ABHAISINHJI KARANSINHJI, Maharana of Danta -/1795, married and had issue.
- Maharana Sri Mansinhji Abhaisinhji (qv)
- Maharana Sri Jagatsinhji Abhaisinhji (qv)
- Maharana Sri Naharsinhji Abhaisinhji (qv)
Maharana Sri MANSINHJI II ABHAISINHJI, Maharana of Danta 1795/1800
Maharana Sri JAGATSINHJI ABHAISINHJI, Maharana of Danta 1800/1823
Maharana Sri NAHARSINHJI ABHAISINHJI, Maharana of Danta 1823/1847, married and had issue.
- Maharana Shri Jhalamsinhji Naharsinhji (qv)
- Maharana Sri Harisinhji Naharsinhji (qv)
- Rani Daulat Kunwar, married 1834 (as his sixth wife), Maharao Shri Sheo Singhji of Sirohi, and had issue.
Maharana Sri JHALAMSINHJI NAHARSINHJI, Maharana of Danta 1847/1859, married and had issue.
- Maharana Sri Sardarsinhji Jhalamsinhji (qv)
- Maharajkumari Guman Kumari [HH Maharani Guman Kunwar of Sirohi], married in May 1876 (as his first wife), HH Maharao Kesari Singhji Bahadur of Sirohi, and had issue. She died 24^th April 1899.
Maharana Sri SARDARSINHJI JHALAMSINHJI, Maharana of Danta 1859/1860
Maharana Sri HARISINHJI NAHARSINHJI, Maharana of Danta 1860/1876, born 1817, married and had issue. He died 1876.
- Maharana Sri Jashwantsinghji Harisinhji (qv)
Maharana Sri JASHWANTSINHJI HARISINGHJI, Maharana of Danta 1876/1908, born 14^th October 1850, succeeded 1^st December 1876, married and had issue. He died 1908.
- HH Maharana Sri Hamirsingji Jashwantsinghji (qv)
- Maharajkumar Fatehsinghji Jashwantsinghji, married and had issue, three daughters.
  - Rani Saheba Sajjan Kanwar, married (as his first wife), Maharaj Govardhan Singhji Sahib of Nachana in Jaisalmer. She died sp.
  - Kumari (name unknown), married Maharaj Kishore Singhji of Banswara.
  - Kumari (name unknown) [Pratap Kumari??], married to Nimach [Thakur Daulat Singhji of Nimaj??].
- Maharaj Dalpatsinghji Jashwantsinghji, born 1881, died on 24^th July 1944.
- Maharajkumari (name unknown) Kumari, married as his second wife, HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Sir Prithvi Singhji Bahadur of Banswara, and had issue.
HH Maharana Sri HAMIRSINHJI JASHWANTSINHJI, Maharana of Danta 1908/1925, born 21^st December 1869, succeeded 16^th June 1908; married HH Maharani (name unknown) [later Rajmata Bhatianiji of Danta], born 1878, died on 25^th October 1945, and had issue. He died 1925.
- HH Maharana Sri Bhawanisinhji Hamirsinhji (qv)
HH Maharana Sri BHAWANISINHJI HAMIRSINHJI K.C.S.I., Maharana of Danta 1925/1948 (abdicated 30^th January 1948), born 12^th September 1899 and succeeded 20^th November 1925; married 1^stly, 1914, HH Maharani Vijay Kanwar, born 1897, died sp in 1923, daughter of Maharaj Shri Mool Singhji of Raoti, Rao of Dattigaon, and his third wife, Rani Sundar Kanwar, married 2^ndly, HH Maharani (name unknown), died spm in 1923, a daughter of Raja Bhagwant Raj Bahadur Singh, Raja of Sohawal in Bundelkhand, married 3^rdly, HH Maharani (name unknown), a daughter of Kunwar Pratap Singh of Auwa in Jodhpur, and had issue, three sons and seven daughters. He died 1961.
- HH Maharana Sri Prithvirajsinhji Bhawanisinhji Sahib Bahadur (qv)
- Maharajkumari Jitendra Kumari (by Maharani Baghelji Sahiba), born 1918, married (as his first wife), 19^th May 1937 at Danta, Raja Ram Singh of Khandela-Senior, and had issue. She died sp on 19^th August 1944 at Danta.
- Rani Krishna Kumari (fourth daughter), married 1945, Raja Devi Singhji, Raja Sahib of Asope, and had issue, two sons and four daughters. She died 1995.
- Maharajkumar Madhu Sudan Singh, born 1933.
- Maharajkumar Raghubir Singh, born 1934.
HH Maharana Sri PRITHVIRAJSINHJI BHAWANISINHJI Sahib Bahadur, Maharana of Danta 1948/1989, born 1928, married 30^th January 1948, HH Maharani Hemant Kumari (died on 3^rd Feb 2022), daughter of HH Rai-i-Rayan Maharawal Shri Sir Lakshman Singhji Bahadur of Dungarpur, and his second wife, HH Maharani Manhar Kunwar, and had issue. He died 10^th July 1989.
- HH Maharana Sri Mahipendra Singh (qv)
- Maharaj Ajay Raj Singh
HH Maharana Sri MAHIPENDRA SINGH (see above)