Present Head
Raja VEER VIKRAM SEN, 78th and present Raja of Keonthal since the 13th of December 2002. Born in Junga, became Tikka of Keonthal on the death of his elder brother in 1981 and Raja of Keonthal on the death of his father on 13th December 2002, elected as a Zila Parishad member from the Junga Ward in District Shimla in December 2005. married 18th February 1994 in Junga, Kumari Vijay Jyoti Kumari, born in Khaneti, daughter of Rajkumar Tilak Raj Singh of Khaneti, and has issue.
- Rajkumari Sunandanee Kumari, born in Junga, married to Raja Dhananjay Narayan Bhanjadeo of Keonjhar on 19th April 2017.
- Pat Jema Hemsudha Manjari Bhanja Deo, born on .
- Tikka Shri Khush Vikram Sen, born in Junga.
History
Traditionally the predecessor state was founded by Raja Giri Sen, a son of a Sena Raja of Bengal, and younger brother of Raja Vira Sen, founder of Suket in 765AD. The state ranks fifth amongst the Shimla Hill states. The Raja maintains a military force of 108 infantry and 2 guns (as of 1892).
Genealogy
- Rana BHUP SEN, 70th Raja of Keonthal, married and had issue.
- Rana Raghunath Sen (qv)
- Rana RAGHUNATH SEN, 71st Raja of Keonthal 1801/1831, after the expulsion of the Gurkhas, a portion of the State was made over to the Maharaja of Patiala, and the remainder was confirmed to the then Rana by a sanad of the British Government in 1815, married and had issue. He fled to Suket where he died in .
- Raja Sansar Sen (qv)
OCCUPIED BY NEPAL 1803/1814
- Raja SANSAR SEN, 72nd Raja of Keonthal 1831/1862, born in Suket, granted a valuable khillat and the hereditary title of Raja in 1858, for his part in the Sepoy Mutiny; married a Rani from Bashahr, and had issue. He died .
- Raja Mahendra Sen (qv)
- Raja MAHENDRA SEN, 73rd Raja of Keonthal 1862/1882, born , he succeeded in paying off a heavy debt inherited from his father, married four wives, two from Dhami and two from Kuthar, and had issue. He died .
- Raja Balbir Sen (by a Dhami Rani) (qv)
- Kanwar Hira Singh, born , died .
- Kanwar Surat Singh, born , died .
- Kanwar Sahib Singh [Shiv Singh], born , died .
- Kanwar Randhir Singh, born , married and had issue. He died .
- Kanwar Umed Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Lakshman Singh
- Kanwar Ajit Singh, married Kanwarani Padma Devi of Suket, and had issue.
- Kumari Sushma Devi, married Kanwar Suresh Singh of Mandi, and has issue.
- Kanwar Harinder Singh, married Kanwarani Kanchan Devi of Surendranagar, and has issue.
- Kanwar Rupeshwar Singh, maried Kanwarani Savitri Devi of Madhan, and had issue.
- Kanwar Umed Singh, married and had issue.
- Kanwar Mohan Singh, born , Wazir of Keonthal in 1937; married 1stly, a Kumari Saheba from Burail, in present-day Chandigarh, married 2ndly, a Kumari from Bhajji, and had issue.
- Kumari (name unknown), married HH Raja Shamsher Prakash of Sirmur. She died before 1890.
- Kumari (name unknown), married HH Raja Shamsher Prakash of Sirmur. She died before 1890.
- Raja BALBIR SEN, 74th Raja of Keonthal 1882/1901, born , he succeeded to the gadi on 23rd August 1882, internal disorders were a feature of his reign, resulting in the appointment of a Government manager in 1899, married a Rani from Khairigarh-Singhai, and had issue. He died .
- Tikka Ugar Sen, born , married a daughter of HH Raja Amar Chand Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Bilaspur. He died vpsp in 1892.
- Kumari (name unknown) [Tikkarani Sahiba of Kashipur], married Tikka Hari Raj Singh of Kashipur.
- Kumari (name unknown) [Tikkarani Sahiba of Kashipur], married Tikka Hari Raj Singh of Kashipur.
- Raja Bijey Sen (qv)
- Raja BIJEY SEN, 75th Raja of Keonthal 1901/1916, born and succeeded to the throne on 18th March 1901. He was invested with full ruling powers on 26th June 1902. He attended the Coronation Durbar of their Imperial Majesties, King George V and Queen Mary at Delhi in 1911, married 1stly, 1900, daughter of Raja Raghunath Singh of Guler, married 2ndly 1900, another daughter of Raja Raghunath Singh of Guler, died sp, married 3rdly 1904, Rajkumari Indumati Devi of Jubbal [Rani Indumati Devi of Keonthal], eldest daughter of Rana Padam Chand of Jubbal, married 4thly 1904, the second daughter of HH Rana Padam Chand of Jubbal, died sp, and had issue, five children. He died 2nd February 1916.
- Rajkumari Kamarenda Mati Devi Sahiba [HH Maharani Kamarenda Mati Devi] (by 1st wife), born , married February 1916, HH Maharaja Narendra Shah of Tehri Garhwal in Uttaranchal, and had issue. She died in at the age of 99 years.
- Rajkumari Indu Mati Devi Sahiba, born , married February 1916, HH Maharaja Narendra Shah of Tehri Garhwal in Uttaranchal, and had issue. She died in an automobile accident in 1932.
- Raja Hemendra Sen (by Rani Indu Mati Devi)(qv)
- Rajkumari Vidya Wati Devi (by Rani Indu Mati Devi), she married the Tikka Sahib of Vizianagram in South India [later Maharaja Sahib Alaka Narayana Gajapathi Raju of Vizianagram.]
- Rajkumar Inder Vikram Singh ["Prince I.V."] (by Rani Indu Mati Devi), born , married Kumari Indu Mati Kumari, eldest daughter of Kanwar Shamsher Singh of Kotkhai, and had issue, six children. He died .
- Kanwar Lokendra Singh, born , married Kumari Chandra Prabha, daughter of Rana Jai Singh of Dhadi, and had issue, three children. He died in .
- Anurag Singh, born , died .
- Capt. Rupendra Sen, born , a trained airline pilot, maried July 1996, Kumari Durgeshwari Kumari of Khareda in Gujarat, and has issue.
- Kumari Tarini Kumari, born .
- Kumar Avajit Sen, born .
- Kumari Mahima Kumari, born , married Kunwar Dharamvir Singh of Banswara, and has issue, two children.
- Kumari Dravika Kumari
- Pranay Singh
- Kumari Lalita Kumari, born , married Kanwar Mohinder Singh, son of Raja Chattar Singh, Raja of Basantpur in Baghal, and has issue, four sons.
- Kumari Asha Kumari, married Kanwar Virender Singh Pathania, son of Kanwar Punjab Singh of Reh in District Kangra, and has issue, two sons and a daughter (see Nurpur).
- Kumari Madhu Kumari, married Kunwar Prahlad Singh of Bilhari in M.P.
- Kanwar Pradeep Singh, born in Chail, married in New York, Miss Elizabeth Ann (surname unknown) of New York, and has issue, three children. (United States of America)
- Miss Rachel Ann Sen
- Master Rabindra Robert Sen
- Miss Rita Indu Sen
- Kumari Brindu Singh, born , married to Kanwar Rajeshwar Singh of Kathlor in District Pathankot, Punjab, and has issue, four daughters.
- Kanwar Lokendra Singh, born , married Kumari Chandra Prabha, daughter of Rana Jai Singh of Dhadi, and had issue, three children. He died in .
- Raja HEMENDRA SEN, 76th Raja of Keonthal 1916/1940, born , succeeded 2nd February 1916, educated at Aitchison's Chiefs College, Lahore; C.S.I. [cr.1936]; married 1stly, 1924, Rani Vindheshwari Devi, daughter of Rao Bahadur Raja Harpal Singh of Alipura, married 2ndly, Rani Prasan Kumari of Sayla, and had issue. He died .
- Raja Hitendra Sen (qv)
- Rajkumar Dalip Singh, born , married 1961, Kumari Mankya Kumari, daughter of the Thakur Sahib of Borsu in Jaipur, and had issue, a son and a daughter. He died .
- Rajkumari Tara Devi [Rani Tara Devi of Baghal], born on , married 2nd November 1948, Raja Rajinder Singh of Baghal, and had issue, three surviving children. She died at the Indira Gandhi Hospital in Simla.
- Raja HITENDRA SEN, 77th Raja of Keonthal 1940/2002, born , married 1stly in May 1944, Rajkumari Shanta Devi, died , daughter of Rana Krishan Chand of Kuthar, and his wife, Rani Krishna Devi, married 2ndly in 1964, Kumari Sheela Kumari, daughter of Kanwar Ranjit Singh of Koti in H.P., and had issue. He died .
- Rajkumari Sudha Kumari [HH Rani Sudha Kumari of Jubbal], born in Junga, married 5th May 1960, HH Raja Rana Yogender Chand of Jubbal, and has issue.
- Tikka Jogendra Sen, born on in Junga, died unmarried 15th October 1981 at Simla in his sleep when the building he was staying in accidently burnt down.
- Rajkumar Arun Sen, born in Junga, declared heir to the throne of Kuthar in September 1986, and is now known as Rana Arun Chand of Kuthar.
- Rajkumari Pratibha Kumari, born in Shimla, educated at Loreto Convent, Tara Hall, Shimla and Government College for Women, Chandigarh (B.A.); elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004, Member of the Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment, Member of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism; Chairperson of the Association for Social Health in India (Himachal Chapter); Vice Chairperson of the H.P. State Red Cross Society 1985/1990, 1994/1998 and 2003/-; Member of the State Planning Board since 2003; Member of the State Women Empowerment Board since 2003 and Member of the Central Advisory Education Board 2004; married 28th October 1985 at Junga (as his second wife), HH Raja Virbhadra Singh of Rampur-Bashahr, and has issue.
- Raja Veer Vikram Sen (qv)
- Rajkumar Prithvi Vikram Sen, born in Junga; married 28th September 2000, Kanwarani Dr. Savita Sen, and has issue, two daughters and one son.
- Kumari Kadambari Sen, born in Shimla, H.P.
- Kumari Sanjogita Sen, born 27th September 200x in Shimla, H.P.
- Kunwar Lalit Aditya Sen, born 5th May 2008 in Shimla, H.P.
- Raja VEER VIKRAM SEN, 78th Raja of Keonthal (see above)
