BANSWARA (Princely State)
(15 gun slaute)
Area: 4,160 km2
Privy Purse: 126,000R
State: Rajasthan
Dynasty: Sisodia Rajput (Ahra Guhilot)
Present Ruler:
married to Maharani Shailesh Kumari of Jodhpur.
Predecessors and Short History:
Founded in 1527 by Rawal JAGMAL DAS, son of Rawal UDAI SINGH
I of Dungarpur (qv). His successors were...
Maharawal PRITHVI SINGH 1747/1786 , died 1786.
Maharawal BIJAI SINGH 1786/1816
Maharawal UMAID SINGH 1816/1819
Maharawal BHAWANI SINGH 1819/1838 , died 6th November 1838 aged 34 or 5.
Maharawal BAHADUR SINGH 1838/1844 , born circa 1788, died 2nd February 1844.
Maharawal LAKHSHMAN SINGH 1844/1905 , born 1835, died 1905.
Maharawal SHAMBHU SINGH 1905/1914 , born 1868 , died 8th January 1914.
HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Sir PIRTHI SINGH Bahadur 1914/1944 , born 15th
July 1888 , died 1944. Married and had issue.
Maharawal CHANDRAVIR SINGH (qv)
Maharani Suraj Kanwar, married 4th February 1937 HH Maharaja MANABENDRA SHAH
of Tehri-Garhwal.
Daughter , married to HH Maharaja ARIMARDAN SINGH of Charkhari.
Maharawal CHANDRAVIR SINGH 1944/- |