KAPURTHALA

The founder of the dynasty was Sardar Jassa Singh, from the villiage of Ahlu, near Lahore. He seized Kapurthala from Ibrahim Bhatti in 1777, thus founded the fortunes of the Royal house. Before his death, he had expanded his domains to the banks of the Jumna river. His cousin and successor was unable to hold onto all of the territory inherited from Jassa. However, his own son, Fateh Singh, was able to rebuild his legacy by joining forces with Ranjit Singh. The latter broke his agreements and forced Fateh Singh into a position of submission. He therefore sought an alliance with the British, left Kapurthala and placed himself under British protection at Jagraon. Ranjit singh promtly siezed much of his Kapurthala territory. More misfortune befell the house when the troops of Raja Nihal Singh failed to keep faith with his treaty obligations and revolted against the British during the first Sikh War of 1845. His territories south of the Sutlej were duely confiscated. By rendering distingusihed service during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Raja Randhir Singh was able to restore much of the fortunes of his house. He received vast lands in the province of Oudh, yielding revenues equal in value to his own state of Kapurthala itself. He also had certain jagir lands in the Amritsar and Lahore districts returned to him.

SALUTE: 13-guns (15-guns local).

ARMS: Azure on a fesse or a field-piece gules; in chief a sun between two stars, in base a lotus bud and two leaves of the second. Crest: A sword erect proper hilted or. Supporters: Elephant proper and a horse sable. Motto: "Pro Rege et Patria" (For King and country). Lambrequins: Azure and or.

STYLES & TITLES: The ruling prince: Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja (personal name) Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, with the style of His Highness. The (recognised) consort of the ruling prince: Maharani (personal name) Sahiba, with the style of Her Highness. The other wives of the ruling prince: Rani (personal name) Sahiba. The Heir Apparent: Sri Tikka Raja (personal name) Singh. The wife of the Heir Apparent: Sri Tikka Rani (personal name) Sahiba. The younger sons of the ruling prince: Maharajkumar Sri (personal name) Singh. The daughters of the ruling prince: Maharajkumari Bibiji (personal name). The wives of the younger sons of the ruling prince: Maharajkumarani (personal name) Sahiba. The grandsons of the ruling prince, in the male line: Rajkumar Sri (personal name) Singh. The wives of the grandsons of the ruling prince, in the male line: Kanwarani (personal name) Sahiba. The great-grandsons of the ruling prince, and more remote male descendants in the male line: Kanwar (personal name) Singh. The wives of great-grandsons of the ruling prince, and more remote male descendants in the male line: Kanwarani (personal name).

ORDERS & DECORATIONS: Please see link below.

RULES OF SUCCESSION: Male primogeniture.

SELECT GLOSSARY: Bahadur: honourable. Dharamvir: defender of the faith, or of law. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia: beloved and trusty son of the English nation. Raja-i-Rajgan: prince of princes. Rajpramukh: constitutional head of state. Sardar: noble, commander. Sultan ul-Qaum: ruler of the nation.

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SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Raja Brijendra Singh, Raja of Dada-Siba. Maharajkumari Bibiji Gayatri Devi. David Hodges. Emmanuel Halleux. Father Lawrence Ober, SJ. Steve Ruelberg. Mukuljit Singh. Rajbir Singh. Kanwar Uday Singh, of Jubbal. Shri Vishvjit Prithvijit Singh (family of Kanwar Bikrama Singh).

The Ahluwalia Dynasty

GENEALOGY

Bhai Ganda Singh, son of Bhai Wadhava Singh. Entered the Mughal forces and served at Multan under Dilawar Khan. Granted the villages of Ahlu-Hollo, Sado, Toor, and Chak in recognition of his bravery. He had issue, several sons, including: Copyright© Christopher Buyers 1) Sadhu Singh Ahluwalia. He lived quietly at Lahore. m. a Kalal lady. He had issue, four sons: a) Gopal Songh Ahluwalia. He had issue, one son: i) Deva Singh Ahluwalia. A follower of Guru Gobind Singh. He had issue, three sons: (1) Gurbaksh Singh Ahluwalia. He had issue, one son: (a) Kirpal Singh Ahluwalia. He had issue, one son: (i) Sardar Ladha Singh Ahluwalia. He had issue, a son: 1. Nawab Bhag Singh Ahluwalia - see below. (2) Sardar Singh Ahluwalia. He had issue, two sons: (a) Lal Singh Ahluwalia. He had issue, one son: (i) Mahar Singh Ahluwalia. He d.s.p. (b) Mana Singh Ahluwalia. He d.s.p. (3) Sardar Badar Singh Ahluwalia. m. the eldest sister of Sardar Bagh [Bhagu] Singh, of Hallo Sadho, in the Lahore dist. He d. 1722, having had issue, an only son: (a) Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Sultan ul-Qaum, Dharamvir - see below. b) Hemu Singh.Copyright© Christopher Buyers c) Sikandar Singh. d) Chaha Singh. Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright© Christopher Buyers 1777 - 1783 Sultan ul-Qaum, Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Dharamvir. b. at Ahlu, near Lahore, 3rd May 1718, only son of Sardar Badar Singh Ahluwalia, by his wife, the eldest sister of Sardar Bagh [Bhagu] Singh Hallovalla, educ. privately at Delhi. Presented with a sword, a bow with one quiver, a club, a shield, and a silver mace by Mata Sundari, widow of the Guru Gobind in 1718, and later received the mace of the Guru himself in 1753. Succeeded to his father’s properties after his death in 1722. Adopted by Nawab Kapoor Singh. Succeeded to his maternal uncle’s lands 1731. Cdr of the Dal Khalsa, the armies of the Sikh confederacy 1748. Invested with the personal title of Nawab, at the Guru Mata, Amritsar, 10th April 1754. In the following year, Jassa defeated Adena Beg at the Battle of Kadar, and seized control of Fatehbad and its dependent territories, making Fatehbad his seat in 1755. He served at the capture of Lahore and the liberation of the Sikh captives 1761. Proclaimed as Head of the Sikh Confederacy with the title of Sultan ul-Qaum following the capture of Lahore, November 1761. Defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali at the Battle of Barnala, 10th February 1762. He subsequently captured Payal in 1766, defeated Mirza Sukhan in the environs of Delhi and Anusphar 1768, captured Jalandhar 1769, and in Raikot 1771. In 1773, together with Kanwar Mohan Singh and Kanwar Bhag Singh he reduced Rai Ibrahim Bhatti of Kapurthala as a tributary to 27 villages, taking control of the rest of his country. Attacked and seized control of Kapurthala Fort in December 1779, after the Bhatti went into rebellion and refused to remit the agreed tribute. He defeated the Mughal armies and entered Delhi, and entered the Red Fort 11th March 1783. His followers attempted to raise him to the Imperial throne in the Dewan-i-Amb by seating him on the Imperial musnaid and waving peacock feathers about his head. However, the resentment that this caused amongst other important sardars prompted him to immediately leave the durbar, resign all his commands and retire to Amritsar. A great general and elder statesman revered in Sikh history. m. (first) Mai Sahibji [Mai Anokhi]. m. (second) Sadarani Raj Kaur Sahiba [Mai Sahiban]. He d.s.p.m. from colic contracted when he ate a water-melon, at Bandala, 22nd October 1783 (crem. at the Dera Baba Attal, Amritsar), having had issue, one son and two daughters: 1) A son who d.v.p. in infancy. 1) A daughter. m. Raja Mehar Singh, of Tungwala (d. after 1801). 2) Sardarni Karan Kaur (d/o Raj Kaur). m. Sardar Mohar Singh, of Fatehabad. She had issue, a son. Copyright©

1783 - 1801 Nawab Bhag Singh Ahluwalia. b. before 20th October 1746, son of Bhai Ladha Singh Ahluwalia, educ. privately. Appointed as his successor by Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia duing his lifetime. Administrator for his cousin, over the seized territories around Kapurthala 1773-1779. Established his seat at Kapurthala Fort in 1780, following its capture in December 1779. Succeeded on the death of his cousin, as ruler of Kapurthala and commander of the Ahluwalia misl, 22nd October 1783. Installed as ruler at Kapurthala Fort, November 1783. Opposed by his predecessors sons-in-law, who contested his right to the succession. Governor of Salan 1784. He defeated the Nakkais and seized control of Sharkpur and Kasur in 1784, and took Jandiala and Tarn Taran from the Bhangis in 1793, but was severely defeated by an alliance between Hamir Singh Ramgarhia and Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra in 1801. And extremely kind-hearted man who would not tolerate cruelty to man or animal, and the expenditure of large sums on charity for the poor. A failing which resulted in the loss of some of his lands and induced insolence and boldness from several of his tributaries, who took their advantage and withheld their revenue. He d. from an infection in his foot, at Kapurthala Fort, 10th July 1801, having had issue, one son and two daughters: 1) Sri Tikka Fateh Singh Sahib, who succeeded as Raja Fateh Singh Ahluwalia, Raja of Kapurthala - see below. 1) Bibiji ... Sahiba. m. at Fatehabad, 1779, Kanwar Sukha Singh (k. in a skirmish with his younger brother, Sardar Sahib Singh Bhangi), eldest son of Sardar Gujar Singh Bhangi. 2) Bibiji ... Sahiba. m. 1812, General Sardar Rattan Singh, of Behra. Copyright© Christopher Buyers

1801 - 1837 Raja Fateh Singh Ahluwalia, Raja of Kapurthala. b. at Kapurthala Fort, 1784 (his father receiving the news of his birth during his victory at Kasur), only son of Sardar Bhag Singh Ahluwalia, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father as ruler of Kapurthala and commander of the Ahluwalia misl, 1801. Assumed the hereditary title of Raja in 1801. Entered into a military alliance with Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Fatehabad in 1802, and a Treaty of Friendship and Amity with the HEIC 1st January 1806. He removed his capital from Fatehabad to Kapurthala shortly thereafter. Participated in the campaigns that won Jamke and Kathua 180), Sujanpur 1803, Kasur 1804 and 1807, Amritsar 1805, Jhang 1807, Sialkot 1807, and across the Satluj 1806-1808. He was also present in the expeditions against Find Dadan Khan 1809-1810, Jalandhar 1810-1811, Mandi 1811, Kulu 1811, Hazara 1813, Kashmir 1814, and the Yusufzai territories in 1824. Fled to British territory 27th December 1825, fearing the increasing power and threat of encroachment of his territories by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Returned to Kapurthala in 1827, after being reassured by the Maharaja of his continuing goodwill. Granted the districts of Dakha, Kot, Jagraoh, Talvandi, Naraingarh and Raipur, in reward for his many military victories. m. (first) at Kapurthala Fort, 1796, Rani Sada Kaur Sahiba (d. after 1837), daughter of Sardar Tehal Singh. m. (second) at Kapurthala Fort, 1802, Rani Rattan Kaur Sahiba (d. after 1837). He d. from malaria, at Kapurthala Fort, 20th October 1837, having had issue, two sons and one daughter: 1) Sri Tikka Nihal Singh Sahib, who succeeded as H.H. Raja Nihal Singh Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala - see below. 2) Sardar Amar Singh. b. at Kapurthala Fort, before 14th March 1820 Sumvat 1876 (s/o Sada Kaur), educ. privately. Rebelled against his elder brother, 1839. Reconciled and granted an allowance of Rs. 30,000 p.a. He was k. in a boating accident in the Ravi River, 28th March 1841. 1) Rajkumari Bibiji Raghubir Kaur Sahiba [Rani Raghubir Kaur Sahiba, of Ballabgarh]. m. at Kapurthala Fort, 1837, Sri Raja Nahar Singh, Raja of Ballabgarh (b. at Ballbhgarh, 6th April 1821; k. (executed) for his part in the Indian Mutiny, at Chandni Chowk, Delhi, 21st April 1858), son of Raja Ram Singh, Raja of Ballabgarh, in the Delhi district, by his wife, Rani Basant Kaur. She d.s.p. having adopted an only son - see India Zamindars (Kuchesar).

1837 - 1852 H.H. Raja Nihal Singh Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala. b. at Kapurthala Fort, 10th March 1817, elder son of Raja Fateh Singh Ahluwalia, Raja of Kapurthala, educ. privately. Became Heir Apparent with the title of Sri Tikka Sahibat birth. Succeeded on the death of his father, 20th October 1837. Granted Nur Mahal and Kalal Majra, in reward for his military services during the First Afghan War in 1841. However, he joined forces with the Lahore Durbar in the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845-1846, participated in the battles of Baddoval and Aliwal, but lost all his territories south of the Sutlej to the HEIC as a consequence. Remained neutral during the 2nd and 3rd Anglo-Sikh. Granted the hereditary title of Raja for his services during the 2nd Anglo-Sikh War 1849. m. (first) H.H. Rani Pratap Kaur Sahiba (d. at Kapurthala Fort, 1864), sister of Sardar Shamsher Singh, Rais of Fatehabad. m. (second) at Kapurthala Fort, 5th March 1835, H.H. Rani Mai Hiran Kaur Sahiba (d. at Bikram Palace, Bikrampura, Jullunder, Punjab). He d. at the Nihal Palace, Kapurthala, 13th September 1852, having had issue, three sons and three daughters: 1) Sri Tikka Randhar Singh Sahib Bahadur, who succeeded as H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh al-Iqtidad Raja-i-Rajgan Raja Sir Randhar Singh Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala (s/o Pratap Kaur) - see below. 2) Sardar Bahadur Bikrama Singh, CSI (29.7.1879). b. at Kapurthala Fort, 1835 (s/o Mai Hiran Kaur), educ. privately. Served during the Indian Mutiny, cdr of a contingent of 300 men, horse and foot, and 2 guns to defend Hoshiarpur, then served in Oudh until March 1859. Attended the Imperial Durbar, Delhi, 1877. Hon Magistrate 1st class and Hon Assist Cmsnr for Jullunder District 1879, Presdt Jullunder Municipal Brd. Founder of the Jalandhar Singh Sabha 1873, the influential Sikh movement committed to the reform of Gurudwaras. Well versed in English, Persian, Sanskrit, and Punjabi, he was a great proponent of Western learning and of women’s education. Founder of the Khalsa Press (Lahore) and Khalsa Akhbar. Lay Mbr Punjab Missionary Conference (Lahore) 1862-1863. Fellow Punjab Univ. Author of “Upma Sar Granth”. Granted the title of Sardar Bahadur, 2nd June 1858. Rcvd: Mutiny Medal (1858), and KIH silver medal (1877). m. (first) at the Nihal Palace, Kapurthala, 16th February 1849, Sardarni Naranjan Kaur. m. (second) at Bikram Palace, Bikrampura, Jullunder, Punjab, Sardarni Deva Pal Kaur (d. 1939). He d. at Bikram Palace, Bikrampura, Jullunder, Punjab, 8th May 1887, having had issue, two sons and , two daughters: a) Colonel The Hon Sardar Partab Singh Ahluwalia, KCSI (posth. 12.12.1911, CSI 1.1.1909). b. at Bikram Palace, Bikrampura, Jullunder, Punjab, 1871, educ. privately. Hon Magistrate and Civil Judge Punjab, Hon ADC to the Maharaja of Kapurthala 1893, MLC Punjab 1906-1911, Mbr Imperial Legislative Council 1910-1911. Gen Sec Punjab Chiefs Assoc 1909-1911. Rcvd: KIH (1877), and Delhi Durbar (1903) silver medals. He d. at Bikram Palace, Bikrampura, Jullunder, Punjab, 5th December 1911, having had issue, two sons. Copyright© Christopher Buyers i) Major Sardar Jasjit Singh Ahluwalia. b. at Bikram Palace, Bikrampura, Jullunder, Punjab, , 12th April 1893, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore. MLC Punjab 1911, Hon Magistrate for Jullunder District 1915-1943, temp Hon 2nd-Lieut ILF 1/2/1918, attached 16th Cavalry 12/8/1918, served in Afghanistan and NWF 1919 (rcvd: Waziristan medal), prom Hon Lieut 1/2/1919, prom Hon Capt 6th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers 1/2/1923, prom Hon Maj 1/2/1936, Vice-Chair Jullunder District Brd. Mbr Punjab Historical Soc. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911), Silver Jubilee (1935), and Coron (1937) medals. m. (first) a daughter of Rai Bahadur Buta Singh, CIE, OBE, of Rawalpindi. m. (second) a daughter of Sardar Hukam Singh, jagirdar of Butari, in Ludhiana dist. He d. from pneumonia, 29th March 1943, having had issue, three sons and one daughter: (1) Captain Sardar Prithvijit Singh Ahluwalia. b. at Kapurthala House, Jullunder, Punjab, 11th May 1912 (s/o the first wife), educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore, Col Brown’s Sch, Dehra Dun, and RMA Sandhurst. Cmsnd as a 2nd-Lieut British Army 1/9/1932, attached 2nd Btn, The Hampshire Regt 5/3/1933, transf 1st Btn, 7th Rajput Regt IA 5/3/1934, prom Lieut 1/12/1934, served in WW2 1939-1942, prom Capt IAC 1/9/1940, Instructor at the Fighting Vehicles Sch 1940-1942. m. 1936, Kanwarani Surjit Kaur (b. at Kapurthala, 1915; d. at Chandigarh, 24th April 1966), daughter of Sardar Dwarka Nath Singh, sometime Minister of the Household, by his wife, Sardarni Vidyawati Kaur [Sardarni Dwarka Nath Singh Bahadur]. He d.s.p. at Lucknow, 20th August 1942, when his widow adopted his nephew - see below. (2) Kanwar Manjit Singh Ahluwalia. b. at Kapurthala House, Jullunder, Punjab, 1918 (s/o the first wife), educ. Scindia Sardar’s Sch, Gwalior. Hon Lieut ILF, 18/12/1945. m. (first) at Jullunder, Punjab, 9th February 1943 (sep. April 1944), Kanwarani Indira Kaur, daughter of Sardar Bakhshish Singh, proprietor of Sant Flour Mills Ltd, Jullundur, Punjab. m. (second) January 1946, Kanwarani Veena Manjit Singh, daughter of Ram Narain. He d. at Jullunder, Punjab, 1962, having had issue, two sons and one daughter: (a) Kanwar Chandrajit Singh. b. at Kapurthala House, Jullunder, Punjab, 25th December 1946 (s/o Veena). Entrepeneur. (b) Kanwar Aniljit Singh. b. at the General Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab, 15th August 1950 (s/o Veena), educ. Jullunder Modern Sch, Jullundur, Punjab, Queen Mary Coll (B.Sc.), Imperial and Birkbeck Colls, London (MSc). Computer scientist and entrepreneur. m. at London, 7th November 1985, Kanwarani Padma Aniljit Singh (b. at Wood Green, Kent, Jul-Sep 1958), daughter of Balram-J Bisram, of Romney Marsh, Kent, a Civil Servant in the UK, by his wife, Rajdulari [Doolaree], nee Singh. He has issue, one son: (i) Kanwar Amarjit Singh. b. at London, 14th June 1989, educ. St John’s Beaumont Sch, Priest Hill, Old Windsor, Berkshire, and Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey. (a) Bibiji Manjo Kaur. b. at Kapurthala House, Jullunder, Punjab, 19th November 1943 (d/o Indira). Copyright© Christopher Buyers (3) Kanwar Ranjit Singh. b. at Kapurthala House, Jullunder, Punjab, 1922 (s/o the second wife), educ. Scindia Sardar’s Sch, Gwalior. Red Cross Volunteer. m. Kanwarani Anjna Devi (d. 19xx), daughter of Sardar Rachhpal Singh. He d. from tuberculosis, at Model Town, Jullunder, Punjab, 1953, having had issue, one son: (a) Kanwar Vishvjit Prithvijit Singh. b. at Kapurthala House, Jullunder, Punjab, 29th October 1946, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun. Adopted by the widow of his paternal uncle, Captain Kanwar Prithvijit Singh Ahluwalia. MP (Raj Sabha) for Maharashtra 1982-1994, Prime Minister’s Special Representative to Mozambique 1989, Mbr Indian delegation to UN General Assembly in New York 1991-1992, 1995 & 2008, Chair Congress Party Computer Dept. Mbr Advisory Council of the Ministry of Textiles 1984-1989, National Productivity Council 1988, Indian Forestry Brd 1990-1991, etc. Trustee Gandhi Ashram Reconstruction Trust. Author of “Kuch Shabd Kuch Lakeerein”(2010). m. 8th May 1989, Kanwarani Vijay Thakur Singh (b. at Simla, 18th September 1960), educ. Tara Hall Convent, and Himachal Univ, Simla (M.Econ. & Law), joined Indian Foreign Service 1985, served at Madrid, Dir Pakistan Dvsn at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, Counsellor Permanent Mission to the UN New York 2000-2003, Deputy Chief of Mission at Kabul and Madrid, Joint Sec Ministry of External Affairs & Social Sec to Presdt of India 2007-2013, High Cmsnr Singapore since 2013, daughter of The Hon Thakur Hira Singh, sometime Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh, by his wife, Mrs Nirmal Singh Thakur. (1) Bibiji Uma Devi [Kanwarani Uma Daulet Singh]. b. at Kapurthala House, Jullunder, Punjab, 1924 (d/o the second wife). m. at Kapurthala, Lieutenant-General Kanwar Daulet Singh (b. at Indore, 4th January 1911; k. in an aeroplane crash at Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, 22nd November 1963), son of Colonel Wazir ud-Daula, Rai Bahadur Dina Nath, CIE, sometime Chief Minister of Indore State. She had issue, three sons and one daughter. ii) Kanwar Madanjit Singh. b. at Bikram Palace, Bikrampura, Jullunder, Punjab, 1898, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore, Punjab, and RMC Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey. Cmsnd as Temp Hon 2nd-Lieut British Army 29/8/1918, resigned 17/1/1919, resumed and transf IA List 29/10/1919, confirmed as subst 2nd-Lieut 24/12/1920, cancelled 26/1/1921 (following a declaration of bancruptcy). m. Kanwarani Parbati Madanjit Singh (d. at Jullunder). He d.s.p. at Jullunder, Punjab, 1930. b) The Hon Raja Sir Daljit Singh, KBE (c 3.6.1919), CSI (22.6.1911). b. at Kapurthala, 7th December 1882, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore. Hon Magistrate for Jullunder District, MLC Punjab 1913-1915, Mbr of the Imperial Legislative Council at Calcutta 1913-1915, Mbr Council of India (London) 1915-1917, Chief Minister and Presdt of the State Council of Jammu and Kashmir State 1917-1921. Author of “Guru Nanak” (1943), “Guru Tegh Bahadur”, and “Jiwan Guru Tegh Bahadurji” in Punjabi. Mbr Punjab Chiefs’ Assoc, Punjab Historical Soc, etc. Granted the title of Sardar Bahadur, and prom to the personal title of Raja. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911), Silver Jubilee (1935), and Coron (1937) medals, the Nishan-i-Iftikhar 1st class, and Diamond Jubilee medal (1937) of Kapurthala. m. Rani Jasbir Kaur [Lady Daljit Singh] (b. at Hansa, Ludhiana, September 1886; d. December 1938), daughter of Sardar Hardit Singh, of Hansa, Ludhiana District, Punjab. He d. at Strawberry Hill, Simla, 6th November 1946, having had issue, two sons: i) Rajkumar Atamjit Singh. b. at Jullunder, Punjab, 1900, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore, Punjab. Hon Lieut 11th (T) Btn, 15th Punjab Regt 19/2/1923. He d. at Jullunder, Punjab, 1925, having had issue, an only son: (1) Kanwar Satyajit Singh. b. at Jullunder, Punjab, 28th December 1922, educ. Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla, and St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi Univ, New Delhi. Shakespearean actor. m. Kanwarani Kamini Devi [Kanwarani Kamini Satyajit Singh] (b. 12th April 1928; d. 6th October 1999), daughter of Ishwar Das Mahendru, sometime Forest Officer, Dhab Katikan, Amritsar, Punjab. He d. at Lucknow, UP, 22nd November 1980, having had issue, one son and one daughter: (a) Kanwar Mukuljit Singh. b. 6th October 1961, educ. Colvin Taluqdars’ Coll, and Lucknow Univ, Lucknow, UP. Proprietor Corbett Country Resort, "Young Adventurers" adventure tours for children, etc. Uttaranchal State rifle champion (silver medallist) 2004. Sec the Tiger Have Soc. m. 19th October 1996, Kanwarani Pragya Devi [Kanwarani Pragya Singh], daughter of Colonel Ranbir Singh Chouhan, late 18th Jat Regt, IA. He has issue, one son: (i) Kanwar Samarjit Singh. b. 13th December 1997, educ. The Doon Sch, Dehradun. National Jnr shooping champion, has represented India in 2nd Youth Asian Games 2013 (China), and Asian Shooting Championships 2013 (Tehran). (a) Bibiji Bani Kaur [Mrs Harjit Ahuja]. b. at Sitapur, UP, 14th September 1965. m. at New Delhi, 29th November 1987, Harjit Singh Ahuja (b. at Delhi, 17th October 1962), CEO Forbes Mumbai, son of Brigadier Gurdial Singh Ahuja, late Corps of Engineers, IA. She has issue, two daughters. ii) Kanwar Padamjit Singh. b. 1909, educ. Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla, and Aitchison Coll, Lahore, Punjab. Musicologist. Mbr Press Correspondents Advisory Cttee 1943-1945, Indian Soc of Agricultural Economics, Visva-bharti, etc. m. Padma [Kanwarani Padamjit Singh] (d. at New Delhi, 26th May 2005), daughter of Sardar Bahadur Kishan Singh, sometime Rais of Fatehabad, sometime Insp-Gen of Police, a scholar of comparative religion, philosophy and Indian classical music. He d. at New Delhi, 9th January 1971, having had issue, three daughters: (1) Bibiji Lalita Kumari [Mrs Lalita Khanna]. b. 1932, educ. Jesus & Mary Convent, and St Bede’s Coll, Simla. m. Lieutenant-General Inderjit Khanna (b. 10th April 1930), late 4th Btn, The Brigade of the Guards (1 Rajput) (Mech), IA, Cdt Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT) Bhutan 1979-1980, GOC Pine Dvsn 1980-1982, GOC 15 Corps, 1986, retd 7/11/1986, Col Jammu & Kashmir Light Infntry 1985-1987, Mbr Delhi Gymkhana Club, The Delhi Golf Club, Shimla Amateur Dramatics Club, etc. She had issue, two daughters. (2) Bibiji Anita Kaur [Anita Singh]. b. 9th October 1939, educ. Jesus & Mary Convent, and St Bede’s Coll (BA), Simla. Dir Indian Music Soc (New Delhi), Adviser to Punjab State Ministry of Culture & Heritage, Mbr Governing Council of the Punjabi Acad, National Media Centre, Punjab Sangeet Natak Acad, Sahitya Kala Parishad, Hamdard Fndn, Kapurthala Heritage Trust, etc. m. (div.) Colonel Jitinder Chaudhary. She had issue, an only daughter. (3) Bibiji Rama Kaur [Mrs Rama Puri]. b. 1941, educ. Jesus & Mary Convent, and St Bede’s Coll, Simla. m. Mohinder Pal Puri (d. at New Delhi, 27th June 1987), Presdt Mohinder Puri & Co (MPCO) Chartered Accountants 1954-1987, CEO Philco Industries Pvt Ltd 1984-1987, Dir S. R. Batliboi & Co 1962, Dena Bank, Gulmohar Estates Pvt Ltd 1986-1987, Vice-Chair Punjab, Haryana and Delhi (PHD) Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Mbr Inst of Chartered Accountants of India 1949-1987 (Mbr Central Council), son of B.N. Puri, of Chanakya Puri, New Delhi. She had issue, an only son. a) the elder Bibi Sahiba. m. Sardar Amar Singh, sometime Diwan of Patiala, son of Sardar Dalip Singh, sometime Extra Assist Cmsnr for the Punjab. She had issue, four daughters. b) the younger Bibi Sahiba. m. Sardar Devinder Singh, of Gurdispur. She had issue, two sons and one daughter. 3) Kanwar Suchet Singh. b. at Kapurthala Fort, 25th December 1837 (s/o Hiran Kaur), educ. privately. Received the taluqs of Wayan and Bunga as his hereditary jagirs, April 1854 (subsequently exchanged for a cash allowance). Served during the Indian Mutiny under Col Abbott, the Deputy Cmsnr of Hoshiarpur. Mngr of the estates of his late brother Bikrama Singh on behalf of his minor nephews 1887-1891. Hon Magistrate 1st class for Jullunder District. m. (first) 5th February 1852, Kanwarani ... Kaur. m. (second) Kanwarani ... Kaur. He d. at Jullunder, Punjab, 25th May 1901, having had issue, one son: a) The Hon Raja Charanjit Singh. b. at Jullunder, Punjab, February 1883 (s/o the second wife), educ. Jullunder Chief’s Coll, and Government Coll, Lahore, Punjab. Hon Magistrate Jullunder 1902. Mbr Indian Council of State 1903-19xx and 1921-1947. An English and Persian scholar. FRGS, FRS 1915, East India Assoc (London), Punjab Chiefs’ Assoc 1909-1970, British India Assoc, Punjab Historical Soc, Marlborough Club, Royal Automobile Club, Jullunder Club (Punjab), Chelmsford Reform Club, Annandale Golf Club (Simla), etc. Granted the personal title of Raja 3rd June 1932. Rcvd: Durbar silver (1903 & 1911), Coron (1911 & 1937), Silver Jubilee (1935), and Coron (1937) medals, the Nishan-i-Iftikhar 1st class (1915), and Diamond Jubilee medal (1937) of Kapurthala. He d. 1970, having had issue, three sons and one daughter: i) Rajkumar Ajit Singh. b. 18th April 1901, educ. Harrow Sch, Middlesex, and Oxford Univ. Joined BB&CI Railways 1927, Probationry Assist Traffic Supt (ATS) Delhi 1932, Deputy Traffic Supt (DTS) Ratlam 1939, Road Supt Western & Central Railways 1961. He d. 1958, having had issue, one son and one daughter: (1) Kanwar Damarjit Singh Ahluwalia. b. 1931. Copyright© Christopher Buyers (1) Bibiji Sonia Kaur [Sonia Atam Dev Singh]. m. Sardar Atam Dev Singh (d. 24th January 2006), only son of Captain Sardar Shahdev Singh, of Mukandpur, in the Jullunder District of the Punjab, sometime ADC to Maharaja Paramjit Singh, by his wife, Sardarni Kundan Kaur, daughter of Sardar Kaka Singh. She had issue, four daughters. ii) Rajkumar Sarabjit Singh. b. at Charanjit Castle, Jullunder, Punjab, 3rd August 1902, educ. Eton Coll, Windsor, Berkshire. Employed with the Imperial Bank of India. m. Kanwarani Santosh Kaur. He d. 1976, having had issue, one son and one daughter: (1) Kanwar Kamaljit Singh. b. 2nd February 1930, educ. Stockholm Sch of Economics (BSc 1955), Stockholm, Sweden. Joined Swedish Match Group in India 1955, MD of Indian Vulcan Laval 1963-1973, MD of Wimco Ltd 1973-1989, Vice-Chair Wimco Ltd 1983-1989, Chair Vulcan-Laval Ltd 1974-1989, Chair Emeritus Alfa Laval (India) Ltd, Presdt Indo Australian Flora 1990, MD Kampilya Investments Pvt Ltd 1994-2012, Dir Jagatjit Industries Ltd, etc. Presdt All India Food Preservers’ Assoc 1983. m. Kanwarani Shirin Kamaljit Singh, clothes designer, Dir Kampilya Investments Pvt Ltd since 1994. He d. at Delhi, 20th October 2012, having had issue, one son and two daughters: (a) Kanwar Jayajit Singh [Jay Singh]. b. at Bombay, 19th May 1967, educ. Aiglon Coll, Chesières, Vaud, Switzerland, and Brown Univ, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Joint MD of JSM Corp Pvt Ltd since 2004. Dir Kampilya Investments Pvt Ltd since 1994, K J Multilateral Trading Pvt Ltd since 1996, NAM Holdings Pvt Ltd since 1997, HR Cafe India Pvt Ltd since 2004, JSM GGC Restaurants Pvt Ltd since 2007, JSM Restaurants India Pvt Ltd since 2007, Qube Corp Pvt Ltd since 2008, JSM Concept Restaurant Pvt Ltd since 2017. Partner JSM Bajoria Restaurants LLP since 2016, and Oodi Design LLP since 2016. m. at Manhattan, New York, USA, 1994 (sep.), Mehar Roshni Sanah Jaiswal (b. 1968), educ. Modern Sch, New Delhi, Badminton Sch, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, and New York Univ, New York, USA, Chief Restructuring Officer Jagatjit Industries Pvt Ltd since 2016, Dir K J Multilateral Trading Pvt Ltd since 1997, NAM Holdings Pvt Ltd since 2007, Qube Corp Pvt Ltd since 2008, LPJ Holdings Pvt Ltd since 2009, Iotalinks Enterprises Pvt Ltd since 2013, and Ayaan Properties Pvt Ltd, Additional Dir Jagatjit Industries Pvt Ltd 2014 and since 2017, and SM Corp Pvt Ltd, only child of Karamjit Singh Jaiswal, sometime Chair Jagatjit Industries Pvt Ltd. He has issue, one son: (i) Bhanwar Ayaan Singh. b. 2003. (a) Bibiji Sonali Kaur [Mrs Sonali Kapoor]. Dir Kampilya Investments Pvt Ltd since 1994. m. ... Kapoor. (b) Bibiji Shifali Kaur. (1) Bibiji Devika Kaur. m. Shri Jagan Nath Dhamija (b. 17th August 1913; d. 1999), educ. Bombay Univ (BSc), Punjab Univ (MA), Emmanuel Coll, Cambridge (MA 1939) and Lincoln’s Inn, London, Barr-at-Law 1940, cmsnd as Paymaster Sub-Lieut RNVR 1940, served in WWII 1940-1944, prom temp Paymaster Lieut 23/6/1941, joined Indian Political Service 1944, Assist Cmsnr Dera Ismail Khan, Under-Sec to the Agent to the GG in Baluchistan, Assist Political Agent & Deputy Cmsnr Gilgit, Sec & Adviser Indian Delegation to UN General Assembly, Under-Sec Foreign & Political Dept of GOI 1946-1949, First Sec Canberra 1949-1952, Deputy Sec and Officer on Special Duty in Ministries of State, Home and External Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs and served in the Netherlands, Australia, Afghanistan, Czechoslovakia, and Mauritius, Ambassador Ext & Plen to Afghanistan 1960-1964, Czechoslovakia 1966-1969, the Netherlands 1969, and Italy 1978-1980 (conc. High Cmsnr Malta), Joint Sec MOEA and Chief of Protocol New Delhi 1964-1966, author of “A Quest for the Eternal: Poetry, Physics and Philosophy” (1998), rcvd: British War and India Service (1945), and Indian Independence (1948) medals, son of Devi Dass Dhamija, of Kamalia, Punjab. She had issue, two sons. iii) Lieutenant-Colonel Rajkumar Ripjit Singh, CIE (14.6.1945). b. at Charanjit Castle, Jullunder, Punjab, 1906. Prom Maj 1946. m. at Calcutta, Bengal, 1934, Kumarani Nilina Devi [Naina Ripjit Singh] (b. at Calcutta, Bengal, 1917; d. 1st November 1993), the thumri singer known as “Naina Devi” Music Producer and Programme Dir of All India Radio and Doordarshan, founder Raag Rang, author of “Mushtaq Hussain Khan” (1964), rcvd: Padma Shri (1974), sister of Rani Bnita Roy of Chakma and youngest daughter of Saral Chandra Sen, Barrister-at-Law, of Calcutta, Bengal, by his wife, Srimathi Nirmala, daughter of Purna Chandra Sen, sometime Advocate-Gen of Bengal. He d. at Raja Kothi, Raja Nagar, Kheri, UP, 14th (1) Kanwar Ratanjit Singh [Reggy]. b. at Chapslee, Elysium Hill, Simla, 2nd June 1940, educ. Doon Sch, Dehradun, and Aligarh Muslim Univ (BA 1961). CEO Indian Tube Co Ltd 1961-1962, Mngr Powai Tea Estate, Digboi, Assam 1962-1963, farming in Kheri, UP 1964-1973, CEO Chapslee Sch for Girls 1973-2018, Mng Partner Chapslee Hotel, Shimla 1976-2018. Mbr IPSS 1985-2006, Governor 2006-2018. Mbr Brd of Governors The Doon Sch. m. Kanwarani Pronoti Devi [Pronoti Singh], educ. Pine Mount Sch, Shillong, Assam, and Loreto Coll, Calcutta, East Bengal, Principal Chapslee Sch for Girls 1973, daughter of Sailen Prasad Baroah, of Assam. He d. at Shimla, 13th May 2018, having had issue, one son and one daughter: (a) Kanwar Chandrajit Singh [Kim], educ. Doon Sch, Dehradun, and Jawaharlal Nehru Univ (JNU), New Delhi. Joined Indian Revenue Service (IRS) 1996, Additional Joint Cmsnr of Income Tax (TDS) Mumbai. Mbr IRS (Mumbai) Housing Co-op Soc, Delhi Gymkhana Club, etc. m. Kanwarani Aisha Devi, elder daughter of Kanwar Akshob Singh, of Kashipur, in the Naini Tal district of UP, by his wife, Kanwarani Shri Satwashila Raje Singh, daughter of Captain Kshatriya Kulawatasana, Sinhasanadishwar, Shrimant Raja Shahu Pratapsinhji Raje Bhonsle Chhatrapati Maharaj [Bala Sahib], Raja of Satara. He has issue, two sons. (a) Bibiji Mandira Kaur [Mandira Ratanjit Singh Lall]. b. at Simla, 2nd December 1966, educ. The Lawrence Sch, Sanawar, Kasauli, and South Delhi Politechnic cum Himachal Univ (BA 1988), Simla, HP. Employed with Jaypee Group, Assist The Lalit Hotels, Palaces & Resorts in Delhi. m. ... Lall. She has issue, a son. (2) Kanwar Karanjit Singh [Kenny]. b. at Delhi, 5th September 1945, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehradun. Dir Something Wonderful Ltd 1993-2000, Chair & MD of Spice Energy Limited from 2007-2009, and Concept Management Consulting Ltd (CMCL). m. (first) at No 18, Willingdon Crecent, New Delhi, 8th February 1972 (sep. May 1981), Meena Singh, daughter of Shri A. Prakash. m. (second) ... He had issue, two daughters by his first wife, and two sons by his second wife: (a) Kanwar Vivanjit Singh. (b) Kanwar ...jit Singh. (a) Bibiji Shibani Kaur [Shibani Singh]. b. at Delhi, 26th June 1973 (d/o Meena). (b) Bibiji Shefali Kaur [Shefali Singh]. b. at Delhi, 6th May 1980 (d/o Meena), educ. Delhi Public Sch, Rama Krishna Puram, Sri Venkateswara Coll, Delhi Univ (BA 2000), New Delhi, and Indian Inst of Planning & Management, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Tarot reader, Occultist, Wellness Coach, Spiritual Therapist and Holistic Healer in Gurgaon. Proprietor Shefali Guidance for Life. Copyright© Christopher Buyers (1) Bibiji Nilika Kaur [June Lall]. b. June 1935. Proprietor of the “Whispering Pines” writer’s retreat at Tikratoli. Founder Medical Care Team (MCT) 2002. Patroness Vihar Samaj Kalyan Sansthan. Author of “Secrets from My Kitchen” (2011). m. (first) Surinder ... (d. from wounds received during the Indo-Pak War, 1965). m. (second) after the death of her first husband, at Ranchi, Bihar, 1967, Shaildharee Lall [Shoy Lall] (b. at Mohuddinnagar, Bhagalpur, Bihar, 22nd December 1926; d. from heart failure, at Tikratoli, near Ranchi, Jarkhand, 5th December 1975), educ. the Doon Sch, Dehra Dun, writer and journalist, farming correspondent for “The Statesman”, author of “Road to Tikratoli”, second son of Kamaldharee Lall, Barr-at-Law, of Bhagalpur, Bihar, by his second wife, Gita Devi, daughter of Surendra Nath Sen, of Rangoon, Burma. She had issue, one daughter and a twin son and daughter by her first husband. (2) Bibiji Rena Kaur [Ms Reena Ripjit Singh]. b. 1938. Interior designer. Founder Naina Devi Fdn 1994. Author of “A + D Interiors” (1991). i) Rajkumari Bibiji Pamela Devi [Kanwarani Pamela Prasada, of Shahjahanpur]. b. 1916. m. Kanwar Jyoti Prasada, sometime MLA, adopted son of Srimati Purnima Devi [Mrs Purnima Jwala Prasada], KIH, Zamindar, of Prasada Bhavan, Shahjehanpur, UP, née Sudakshina Devi, a niece of Sir Rabindranath Tagore, the youngest daughter of Babu Hemendranath Tagore, of Jorasanko, Calcutta, Bengal, and biological son of Major Madho Prasad, late IMS, by his wife, Jamuna. She d. 2002, having had issue, two sons and a daughter. Kanwar Suchet Singh also left two further sons by his Muslim secondary wives or concubines (a) Mussamat Budhan Bibi, and (b) Mussamat Umri Bibi: b) Amir Ali Khan (s/o Budhan). Fl 1921 c) Wazir Ali Khan (s/o Umri). Fl 1921 1) Rajkumari Bibiji Govind Kaur Sahib. 2) Rajkumari Bibiji Basant Kaur Sahiba (d/o Mai Hiran). 3) Rajkumari Bibiji As Kaur Sahiba [Sardarni As Kaur Sahiba, of Mukandpur]. m. at Kapurthala, 1844, as his first wife, Sardar Diwan Singh (m. second, a lady from Alawalpur, by whom he left four sons), of Mukandpur, in the Jullunder District of the Punjab. She d. from the effects of childbirth, at Kapurthala, 1845, having had issue, an only son.

1852 - 1870 H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia Raja-i-Rajgan Raja Sir Randhar Singh Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala, GCSI (10.12.1864). b. at Kapurthala Fort, 26th March 1831, eldest son of H.H. Raja Nihal Singh Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala, by his first wife, H.H. Rani Pratap Kaur Sahiba, educ. privately. Became Heir Apparent with the title of Sri Tikka Sahib BahadurOctober 1837. Succeeded on the death of his father, 13th September 1852. He rendered signal services to the Government of India during the Indian Mutiny in the Jullundar Doab 1857-1858, commanding his own troops in person, and Oudh 1858-1859 where he serving for the better part of ten months (MID, Mutiny Medal). He also made many improvements in the state administration, established a formal judicial and legal system, oversaw the creation of Anglo-Vernacular schools and the erection of many buildings and amenities for public utility. Rewarded for his services with a hereditary salute of 11-guns (local) and the titles of Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, 2nd June 1858. Also received large and valuable estates in the province of Oudh. Granted the title of Raja-i-Rajgan 12th March 1861, and a permanent salte of 11-guns with precedence before all other durbaris in the province of Oudh. Granted a sanad of adoption, 31st March 1862. Presdt of the Taluqdars of Oudh. Lay Mbr Punjab Missionary Conference (Lahore) 1862-1863. Rcvd: Indian Mutiny Medal with one clasp (1858). m. (first) at Kapurthala Palace, 21st February 1848, H.H. Rani ... Kaur Sahib (d. at Kapurthala, 1853). m. (second) H.H. Rani ... Kaur Sahib (d. at Kapurthala, 1857). m. (third) at Kapurthala Palace, 16th May 1859 (Christian rite) (div. 1869), Henrietta Melvina [Lady Randhir Singh] (bapt. at Kurnaul, 7th March 1841; m. second, at St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, 20th October 1871, John Hamer Oliver, MRCS, Staff Assist-Surgeon RA, and d. at Kumla Lodge, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, before 13th April 1893, bur. All Saints Church, Dodinghurst, Essex), Mbr Royal Colonial Inst (Lond), eldest daughter of Robert Theodore Hodges, Esq, sometime Head Writer at Ludhiana, Punjab, and tutor to Prince Randhar Singh, by his wife, Katherine, half sister of Mohan Lal Kashmiri, KDE, KLS, and daughter of Rai Bahadur Pandit Budh Singh [Rai Brahm Nath], of Delhi. He d. at sea onboard the SS Golconda, off the coast of Aden, 2nd April 1870 (crem. at Nasik, on the banks of the Godavari River), having had issue, two sons and one daughter by his first wife, one son by his second, and three daughters by his third wife: 1) Sri Tikka Kharak Singh Sahib Bahadur, who succeeded as H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia Raja-i-Rajgan Raja Kharak Singh Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala (s/o the first Rani) - see below. 2) The Hon Raja Sir Harnam Singh, KCIE (31.12.1898, CIE 1.1.1885). b. at Kapurthala Fort, 15th November 1851 (s/o the first Rani), educ. American Presbytarian Mission Sch, Kapurthala. Left Kapurthala in 1872 after a disagreement with his elder brother and settled at Jullundur. Baptised as a Christian. Superintendent of the Oudh estates 1876- 1895, Mbr Calcutta International Exhibition Cttee 1883-1884, Mbr Hemp Drugs Cmsn 1893-1894, MLC India and MLC Punjab 1900-1902, Mbr Indian Council of State 1920. Represented the Maharaja of Kapurthala at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations for Queen Victoria in 1887. Granted the personal title of Kanwar Bahadur, prom to Raja 1907 (made hereditary 12th December 1911). Chair Soc for the Protection of Children in India 1902. Presdt National Missionary Assoc of India 1905. Moderator of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in India. Elder Scots’ Church Simla. Patron Indian Christian Assoc (ICA) of the UP of Agra & Oudh. Hon Life Sec British India Assoc of Taluqdars of Oudh. Hon Fellow of Punjab Univ. Life Mbr Court of Lucknow Univ. MRAS (GB & Ire). Trustee of “The Tribune” newspaper. Rcvd: Prince of Wales’s Silver Medal (1876), KIH Silver Medal (1877), Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Gold Medal (1887), King Edward VII Coron (1903), Delhi Durbar (1903), and King George V Delhi Durbar (1911) silver medals. m. at Lucknow, 1875, Rani Priscilla, Lady Harnam Singh (b. 1849; d. September 1924), née Priscilla Golaknath, Chair Indian Women’s Memorial 1901, Founder Jullunder Infant Welfare Centre and Lady Chelmsford Purdah Club (Simla), Mbr Lady Reading Hospital Advisory Brd, rcvd: Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Gold Medal (1887), and Edward VII Coron Silver Medal (1903), third daughter of The Rev Charles Golak Nath Chaterjee, of Jullundur, Punjab, sometime Professor of Mathematics, Government Coll, Lahore, Punjab, and Minister of the Scottish American Presbyterian Mission, by his Kashmiri wife, Salina, née Tickoo. He d. at The Manor, Simla, 20th May 1930 (bur. there), having had issue, eight sons and two daughters: a) Raja Raghubir Singh, OBE (c 3.6.1919). b. at Kapurthala Palace, Badshah Bagh, Lucknow, 3rd May 1876, educ. Harrow Sch, Middlesex, Forman Christian Coll, Lahore, Punjab, Trinity Coll, Cambridge (BA 1897), and Middle Temple, London. Barr-at-Law 1898, joined the Punjab Civil Service 1902, Assist Cmsnr Punjab 1902, Deputy Cmsnr 1923, Deputy Collector Ludhiana, retd 1931. Succeeded to the title of Raja on the death of his father, 20th May 1930. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911). m. at Hoshiarpur, Punjab, December 1907, Rani Lena, second daughter of The Rev Dr Kali Charan Chatterjee, KIH, DD, of Hoshiarpur, Punjab, sometime Moderator of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in India, by his wife, Mary, daughter of The Rev Charles Golak Nath Chaterjee, of Jullundur, Punjab, sometime Professor of Mathematics, Government Coll, Lahore, Punjab, and Minister of the Scottish American Presbyterian Mission. He d.s.p. 6th November 1941 (succ. by his younger brother). b) Kanwar Rajinder Singh. b. at Kapurthala Badshah Bagh, Palace, Lucknow, 1877. He d.v.p. there, 13th May 1883 (bur. there). c) Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, CIE (3.6.1915), CStJ (23.7.1937). b. at Jullundur, Punjab, 17th May 1878, educ. Harrow Sch, Middlesex, Balliol Coll, Oxford (BA 1900, MA 1901), and Middle Temple, London. Barr-at-Law 1902, joined United Provinces Civil Service 1903, Deputy Collector 1904-1908, Assist Registrar Co-operative Credit Societies 1908-1911 (actg Registrar 1909 and 1910), transf ICS 1911, Assist Sec for Education GOI 1911-1915 (actg Joint Sec 1914), Snr Assist Sec 1915-1917, Magistrate and Collector Hamirpur 1917-1918, Deputy Cmsnr Hardoi 1918-1919, Judicial & Education Sec to the Govt of UP 1919-1920, Deputy Sec for Education GOI 1921-1922, Deputy Cmsnr Bahraich 1923-1926, Mbr Indian Deputations to Mauritius 1924, British Guiana 1925, and East Africa 1927-1928 and 1946, Cmsnr Allahabad dist 1927-1928 and 1929-1931, and Benares 1928-1929, Chief Minister of Jodhpur 1931-1932, Agent-General for India in South Africa 1932-1935, Home Member UP Govt 1935-1937, MLA UP 1937-1945 and MLC 1946-1947, Vice-Chancellor Lucknow Univ 1941-1943, Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir 1943-1945, Indian delegate to Commonwealth Relations Conference London 1945, Delegate to UN General Assembly (British 1946-1947, Indian 1947-1948), Governor of Bombay 1948-1952 (the first Indian to hold that post). Presdt National Liberal Fed 1943-1944, and Indian Christian Assoc 1944. Presdt of Honour Indian Amateur Boxing Fed 1949-1959. Vice-Patron United Service Institution of India 1948-1952. Hon LL.D. Allahabad Univ 1951. Succeeded to the title of Raja on the death of his elder brother, 6th November 1941. Rcvd: knighted (23.2.1933), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron (1937), and Indian Independence (1948) medals. m. 11th February 1918, Rani Gunwati Kaur, Lady Maharaj Singh (b. at Ferozepur, 13th January 1889), educ. Dufferin High Sch, Lahore, and Isabella Thoburn Coll, Allahabad Univ (BA), Trinity Coll of Music (Assoc) and St Mary’s Coll, London (dip Ed 1917), Lecturer in History & Literature at Isabella Thoburn Coll 1914-1916, Presdt Indian Women’s Assoc (South Africa) 1933-1935, Mbr Mgmt Brd of Theosophical Girls’ Sch (Allahabad), Indian Univ Women’s Movement, Purdah Club (Simla), etc, daughter of Rai Bahadur Maya Dass, of Kahanchandwala, Punjab, by his wife, Mohini, eldest daughter of Lala Chandu Lall, of Lahore, Punjab. He d. at Lucknow, 6th June 1959, having had issue, two sons and one daughter: i) Raja Ranbir Singh. b. at Hardoi, 11th June 1919, educ. Diocesan Coll for Boys (Bishop’s), Cape Town, South Africa, Balliol Coll, Oxford (BA 1937), and the Middle Temple, London. Joined External Affairs Dept, Second Sec Cairo 1954-1956, Assist Cmsnr in Fed of Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1956, Deputy Sec & Chief Passport Officer New Delhi 1959, Counsellor Dublin 1963, chargés d’affaires at Indian embassies in Tokyo, Cairo, The Hague and Dublin 1964. Succeeded to the title of Raja on the death of his father, 6th June 1959. Tennis player, represented India in Davis Cup 1938-1939. m. (first) 1951 (div. ca 1958) Khanum Haji [Mrs Khanum Singh] (b. at Jabbalpore, Bombay, 30th August 1922; m. second, ca 1959, Poothicote Oommen Cheryan, and d. at Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA, 29th November 2014), national tennis champion of India 1946-1948 an 1957, Ceylon tennis champion 1948, South India singles champion 1957, Asian doubles champion 1957, Western India doubles champion 1960, Presdt World Bank/Fundl/FC Tennis Club 1973-1974, Mbr Bombay Parsi Gymkhana Club, Calcutta South Club, All India Tennis Assoc, etc. m. (second) in India, 22nd April 1967 (div.), Catherine Auriol Lycett Green (b. at St Marylebone, London, 23rd April 1935; m. second, at Kensington, London, 1981, Patrick Field Till, of York, North Yorkshire, solicitor), only daughter of Commander David Cecil Lycett Green, RN, sometime Chair Senior Economisers Ltd, by his first wife, Angela [The Rt Hon Angela, Baroness Grimthorpe], youngest daughter of Edward Hubert Courage, Esq, of The Hall, Kirkby Fleetham, near Bedale, Yorkshire. He d. at New Delhi, 21st June 1996, having had issue, two sons by his first wife, and three daughters by his second wife: (1) Raja Jai Singh. b. 24th March 1952 (s/o Khanum Haji), educ. Harrow Sch, Middlesex. Succeeded to the title of Raja on the death of his father, June 1996. Settled in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Vice-Presdt Clearway LLC. m. at Hammersmith, London, 2000, Lucy Rose Singh (b. 15th December 1964), interior and garden designer, MD Lucy Rose Design 2000-2011, Mbr Marsh Landing Garden Club, former wife of Alexander Evelyn Giles Ward, of Cornwell Manor, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, eldest daughter of Rupert William Lycett Green, of The Mill House, Uffington, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, fashion designer, by his wife, Candida Rose, Mrs Lycett Green, daughter of Sir John Betjeman, CBE, sometime Poet Laureate. (2) Kanwar Pratap Singh [Paul Sinclair]. b. 16th at Cairo, Egypt, April 1955 (s/o Khanum Haji), educ. in the Netherlands, Ireland, and at Harrow Sch, Middlesex. Business psychology consultant and expert on psychometric testing. Mng Partner of Sinclair Assocs (Business Coaching & Team Building) 1993, MD of Greendawn Communications 2013-2017. Mbr European Mentoring & Coaching Council. m. (first) at Uttlesford, Essex, 26th August 1980 (div. ca. 1984), Jane Watson, from Saffron Walden, Essex. m. (second) at Ealing, London, June 1995, Angela M. [Angie Singh], née Crines, from Glasgow, Scotland, mosaic maker with Groovetastic Mozaics, Bath, Somerset. He d. 15th January 2017, having had issue, one son and one daughter by his second wife: (a) Alex Cody Singh. b. at Bath, Somerset, 22nd July 1996, educ. Devizes Sch, Devizes, Wiltshire, and Univ of Brighton, Brighton, Sussex. (a) Nina Catherine Singh. b. at Bath, Somerset, 17th April 1999. (1) Rajkumari Xenia Kaur [Xenia Ranbir Singh][The Hon Mrs Thomas Watson]. b. at Paddington, London, 9th June 1968 (d/o Catherine). Trustee Marwar Animal Protection Trust (UK). m. at St Mary’s Church, Westow, North Yorkshire, 16th July 2005, as his second wife, The Hon Thomas Philip Watson (b. 7th May 1958), younger son and triplet of Captain The Rt Hon Joseph Rupert Eric Robert (Watson), 3rd Baron Manton, late 7th Queen’s Own Hussars, former gentleman rider, of Houghton Hall, Sancton, York, by his wife, The Rt Hon Mary Elizabeth, Baroness Manton, twin daughter of Major Thomas Denehy Hallinan, of Ashbourne, Giounthaune, co. Cork, Ireland.Copyright© Christopher Buyer (2) Rajkumari Tamara Catherine Kaur [Tamara Catherine Ranbir Singh]. b. at Paddington, London, 6th May 1970 (d/o Catherine), educ. Queen Mary’s Sch, Baldersby Park, Thirsk, North Yorkshire. Teacher in Hong Kong. m. ..., and has issue, a daughter. (3) Rajkumari Alexia Indira Kaur [Alexia Indira Singh]. b. at St Marylebone, London, 8th January 1973 (d/o Catherine). Picture Editor EMPICS Sports Photo Library, Editor-in-Charge of the Magazine Desk at Reuters, Paris, 2005. m. Christopher Ratcliffe, writer. She has issue, one son. ii) Kanwar Mahindar Singh. b. at Delhi, 12th January 1921, educ. Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla, Diocesan Coll for Boys (Bishop’s), Cape Town, South Africa, Balliol Coll, Oxford, and Lucknow Univ. Employed with Tata & Co Ltd in Calcutta, and Mahendra & Mahendra Ltd. First Class cricketer 1941-1942, and Founder Mbr Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Assoc. m. Kanwarani Premola Mahindar Singh, widow of Wing Commander Karun Krishna Majumdar, DFC and Bar, RIAF, and daughter of Rai Bahadur Prio Nath Dutt, sometime Registrar of Punjab Univ, by his wife, Norma, daughter of Babu Brij Nath Mitter, sometime Supt of the Sessions Court, Jullundur, Punjab. He d. from cancer, at Chandigarh, (East) Punjab, 15th August 2004, having had issue, an only daughter: (1) Bibiji Nihar Kaur. b. at Bombay, 4th April 1962. m. at Chandigarh, East Punjab, 8th February 1992, Proshant Das (b. at Chandigarh, East Punjab, 11th August 1960), younger son of Captain Eris Shantwan Das, of Tarn Taran, Punjab, late 4th Btn (Sikhs), 12th Frontier Force Regt, IA and officer IFS, sometime MD Himachal Pradesh State Forest Corp, by his wife, Shuneila Rubra, daughter of The Rev Canon Anandswaroop Benjamin Chandu Lall, of Narowal, Punjab. She has issue, two sons: (a) Siddhant Das. b. at 13th December 1992. (b) Vikrant Das. b. at New Delhi, 8th December 1995. i) Rajkumari Bibji Prem Kaur. m. Kamal Seth (d. at Lucknow, UP). She had issue, one son and one daughter: (1) Arun Seth. Settled in Noida, UP. m. Poonam Seth, educ. St Mary’s Convent High Sch, Allahabad, and Allahabad Univ. He had issue, two daughters: (a) Nitika Seth. Fashion designer. (b) Sonali Seth. m. 7th November 2012, Anant Bhasin, educ. City Univ of London (BSc 2006), and Cass Business Sch (MSc 2007), probably son of Raaja Bhasin, by his wife, Indira, sometime Lecturer St Bede’s Coll, Simla. (1) Arati Seth. m. (div.) ... She had issue, two daughters. d) Lieutenant-Colonel Kanwar Shumshere Singh [Shummy]. b. at Bahraich, 21st June 1879, educ. Rugby, Warwickshire, Pembroke Coll, Cambridge (BA 1900), Middle Temple, and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, MRCS (1905), LRCP (Lond. 1905). Cmsnd as Lieut IMS 1/9/1906, prom Capt 1/9/1909, served in the Great War 1914-1918, prom Maj 1/9/1918, Civil Surgeon Punjab 1921-1924, and at Jullunder 1924-1934, prom Lieut-Col 1/9/1926, retd 1934. Cricketer who once played for the Co of Kent. Mbr Royal Societies Club. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar (1911), 1914 Star, British Defence, Allied Victory (1918), Silver Jubilee (1935), and Coron (1937) medals. m. at All-Souls, Langham Place, Westminster, Middlesex, 22nd December 1906, Kanwarani Maude Shumshere Singh (b. at Ramsgate, Kent, 1885; d. at Simla, 1956), née Juliette Alice Maude Anderson d’Auquier, daughter of The Rev Emile Cornet d’Auquier, sometime Headmaster of South Eastern Coll and Curate of St Luke’s Church, Ramsgate, Kent, by his wife, Alice Maud, daughter of Richard Cope, merchant, of Manchester and Malvern. He d. at 2 Willingdon Crescent, New Delhi, 12th May 1975, having had issue, one son and one daughter: i) Kanwar Hector Shumshere Singh. b. 1910. He d. in Switzerland, 1945. i) Bibiji (Cheryl) Beryl Maud Shumshere Singh. b. at Mussoorie, 27th March 1908. She d. unm. at Manorville, Simla, 1st May 1948.Copyright© Christopher Buyers e) Captain Kanwar Inderjit Singh, MC (posth. 1.1.1915). b. at Kapurthala Palace, Badshah Bagh, Lucknow, 27th December 1883, educ. Harrow Sch, Middlesex, Pembroke Coll, Cambridge (BA), and King’s Coll, London MBBS (1911), MRCP (1912). Cmsnd as Lieut IMS 28/1/1911, officiating MO 28th Punjabis 1912-1914, prom Capt 28/1/1914, MO 57th Wilde’s Rifles 1914, served in the Great War in France and Flanders as MO, QM and transport officer. Rcvd: MID twice, 1914 star, British War and Allied Victory medals. He was k-i-a at Festubert, Belgium, 23rd November 1914. f) The Hon Kanwar Sir Dalip Singh. b. at Kapurthala Palace, Badshah Bagh, Lucknow, 2nd June 1885, educ. Forman Christian Coll, Lahore, Pembroke Coll, Cambridge (BA), and Lincoln’s Inn, London. Barr-at-Law in private practice at the Lahore High Court 1912-1926, Sec Punjab Legislative Assembly 1921-1922, Assist Legal Remembrancer Punjab 1922-1924, Advocate-Gen Punjab 1924-1925, Additional Judge Lahore 1926-1930, Puisne Judge Lahore High Court 1930-1943, Presiding Officer of the Judicial Cttee and Judicial Adviser for the Mandi, Suket and Simla Hill States 1943-1946, Chair UN Cttee on the Progressive Development of International Law and its Codification 1946-1947, Legal & Treaties Advisor at the Ministry of External Affairs 1947, Agent-Gen for the GOI in Kashmir 1947. Trustee of “The Tribune” newspaper 1948-1963. Chair Forman Christian Coll Brd of Directors, and Punjab Public Library. Presdt Punjab Lawn Tennis Assoc (PLTA) 1932. Vice-Presdt All-India Lawn Tennis Assoc. Sec Assoc of Commonwealth Univs (Lahore). Fellow Punjab Library Assoc. Mbr Punjab Public Library Cttee, etc. Rcvd: knighted (23.2.1943), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron (1937), and Indian Independence (1948) medals. m. Kanwarani Reva, Lady Dalip Singh, KIH silver medal (20.11.1935) (b. at Calcutta, Bengal, 27th December 1904; d. at Chandigarh, Punjab, 24th September 1981), daughter of Babu Satish Chandra Gupta, CIE, sometime Sec of the Central Legislative Assembly, New Delhi, by his wife, Srimathi Priyabala, daughter of Babu Kedar Nath Roy Chattopadhya Bahadur, MA, LLB, of Raghunathpur, Dacca, sometime District and Sessions Judge, Bengal. He d. at Lahore, Punjab, 13th January 1971, having had issue, an only daughter: i) Bibiji Jaya Kaur [Jaya Dalip Singh Ahluwalia] [Mrs Jaya Thadani], educ. in England. Hon Private Sec to Countess Mountbatten of Burma 1947-1948. Washington representative of “The Tribune” newspaper. Author of “When Sparrows Killed Hawks: A children’s life of Guru Gobind Singh” (1966), and “Report of the World YWCA Council Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 12-26, 1975”. Joint editor of “Land of the Five Rivers: stories of the Punjab” (1965). Rcvd: Indian Independence Medal (1948). m. Dr Jivat N. Thadani (b. at Delhi, 8th September 1927), educ. Hindu Coll, Delhi Univ (BA 1939), Williams Coll (MA 1961), Williamstown, Maryland, USA, and the Delhi Sch of Economics (PhD 1950), joined IAS, Deputy Controller Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co Ltd, Dir of Industries, Economic Adviser for the World Bank in Washington DC, son of Professor Nanikram Vasanmal Thadani, sometime Principal Hindu Coll and Rector of Delhi Univ. She had issue, a son: (1) Dr Vijay Michael Thadani. b. 28th December 1954, educ. Princeton Univ, New Jersey (BA 1976), Yale Univ, New Haven, Connecticut (Ph.D. 1981), and Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, USA (MD 1985). Medical Intern at St Luke’s Hospital New York 1985-1986, Resident Neurologist at Yale-New Haven Hospital 1986-1989, Neurology-Epilepsy Fellow at Yale Univ Sch of Medicine 1989-1990, Neurologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Centre in Lebanon, NH since 1991, Assoc Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at Dartmouth Medical Sch. m. at St Francis Xavier RC Church, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 21st June 1986, Onita Canning Connington, educ. Goucher Coll, daughter of Richard Dewey Connington, sometime Presdt Dewey Irwin & Co, of New York, USA, by his wife, Florence K. , née Canning. He has issue, one son and one daughter: (a) Michael Christopher Himmat Thadani. b. at Norwich, Vermont, USA, September 1993, educ. Univ of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. (a) Eleanor Elizabeth Sunita Thadani. b. January 1990, educ. Hanover High Sch, New Hampshire, and Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. g) Kanwar Jasbir Singh, CIE (12.6.1941). b. at Kapurthala Palace, Badshah Bagh, Lucknow, 16th June 1887, educ. Forman Christian Coll, Lahore, Punjab, Balliol Coll, Oxford, Pembroke Coll, Cambridge (BA), and Lincoln’s Inn, London. Barr-at-Law 1912. Joined UP Civil Service 1913, Deputy Collector Gorakpur, Magistrate and Assist Settlement Officer 1913-1920, Under-Sec to govt of UP 1920-1922, Special Magistrate & Mngr Balrampur Raj on behalf of the Court of Wards 1922-1932, Collector Benares 1933-1934 and Saharampur 1934-1937, Deputy Cmsnr Lucknow 1938-1940, Sec UP Dept of Information 1940-1942. m. at Lucknow, 31st January 1914, Kanwarani Mabel Jasbir Singh (b. 1888; d. 1974), educ. Univ of Indiana (B.Ed.), Bloomington, Indiana, USA, teacher, née Mabel Golaknath, daughter of his maternal uncle, Edward Golaknath, Esq, sometime Deputy Inspector of Police Jullundar, by his wife, Eleanor Mary [Mrs Samuel Davis], daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas George Dupré Payn, VD, late 7th Royal Regt of Fusiliers and Kapurthala State Forces. He d. from typhoid fever, at Delhi, 15th October 1942, having had issue, three sons and one daughter: i) Air Vice-Marshal Kanwar Jaswant Singh [Jumper], PVSM (26.1.1963). b. at Budaon, UP, 19th September 1915, educ. Prince of Wales’s Royal Indian Military Coll (RIMC), Dehradun. Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut IA 2/2/1936, attached Royal Fusiliers 1936-1937, prom Lieut 2/5/1938, coy officer 4th Btn (Sikhs), 12th Frontier Force Regt 25/2/1938, served in WW2 1939-1945, prom Capt 2/2/1944, transf RIAF, prom Sqd Ldr 2/5/1944, CO No. 2 Sqd. RIAF 1944, prom Grp Capt 1956, OC Agra Air Force Station 1956-1958, prom Air Cdre 27/5/1958, AOC Transport HQ Bangalore 1958-1959, AOC-in-C Ghana Air Force 1960-1962, served in the Indo-China conflict 1962, prom AVM 3//3/1962, VCOS 1962, AOC-in-C EAC HQ 1962-1963. Mbr Roshanara Club (Delhi). Rcvd: 39/45 and Pacific stars, British War and India Service (1945), Indian Independence (1948) medals, etc. m. at Kohat, 1942, Kanwarani Mariam Jaswant Singh (b. 1920; d. 1988), only daughter of The Hon Khan ‘Abdu’l Jabbar Khan [Dr Khan Sahib], LRCP, MRCS, late Capt IMS, Premier the NWFP and Chief Minister of West Pakistan, by his second wife, Mrs Mary Khan Sahib [May], an English or Scottish lady. He d. suddenly from heart failure, at Calcutta, 1st January 1963, having had issue, one son and two daughters: (1) Kanwar Jairaj Singh [Tiggy]. b. 1949, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehradun, and St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi Univ (BA Econ. 1969), New Delhi. Chief Exec (Extrusion dvsn) of Indian Aluminium Co Ltd 1995-1998, Vice-Presdt (Sheet business) of Indian Aluminium Co Ltd 1999-2000, MD Avery India Ltd since 2001, Chair Tiger Haven Soc since 2010. Dir Salter India Pvt Ltd, Schenck Avery Ltd, etc. (1) Bibiji Brinda Kaur [Mrs Brinda Dubey]. b. 1946. Presdt West End Residents Welfare Assoc. Dir Tiger Haven Soc. Mbr Governing Council of The Hunger Soc. m. December 1966, Sushil Dubey (b. at Rawalpindi, Punjab, 27th November 1940), educ. The Doon Sch, Dehra Dun, Delhi Univ (BA Econ), New Delhi, and Oxford Univ, joined Indian Foreign Service 1964, 3rd Sec Madrid 1966-1968, 2nd Sec Singapore 1968-1970, 1st Sec Rio-de-Janeiro 1970-1972, Counsellor Permanent Mission to UN 1978-1980, Dir Ministry of External Affairs Delhi 1980-1983, Ambassador to Peru (conc. Bolivia) 1983-1986, Angola 1986-1988, and Sweden (conc. Estonia and Latvia) 1997-2000, Minister Permanent Mission to UN New York 1988-1991, Under-Sec African Affairs 1991-1992, Consul-Gen for California at San Franciso, USA 1992-1995, Additional Sec Ministry of External Affairs Delhi 1995-1997, Mbr The Doon Sch OBA, The Assoc of Indian Diplomats, etc, son of Major-General Uday Chand Dubey, IA retd, sometime GOC Delhi area. She had issue. (2) Bibiji Kamini Kaur. b. 1948. She d. from wounds received in a motorcycle crash, at Delhi, 1971. ii) Kanwar Arjan Singh [Billy]. b. at Gorakhpur, Punjab, 15th August 1917, educ. Philander Smith Coll, Naini Tal, Christain Coll, Lucknow, and Allahabad Univ (BA). Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut (W.S.) IA 28/12/1940, attached RIA, prom Lieut 30/6/1942, served in WW2 1940-1945 in India and Southern Iraq, resig 1946. Conservationist and expert on the Asian tiger. Presdt Tiger Haven Soc 1992-2010. Author of “Tiger Haven” (1971), “Prince of Cats” (1982), “Tiger Tiger” (1985), “Eelie and the Big Cats” (2001), “Watching India’s Wildlife: The Anthology of A Lifetime” (2004), etc. Rcvd: 39/45 Star, British War and India Service medals (1945), Padma Shri (26.1.1995), and Padma Bushan (26.1.2006), Officer of the Order of the Golden Ark of the Netherlands (1977), World Wildlife Gold Medal (1976), etc. He d. unm. at Jasbir Nagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, UP, 1st January 2010 (bur. Dudhwa National Park).Copyright© Christopher Buyers iii) Kanwar Balram Singh. b. at Balrampur, UP, 1926, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehradun, and St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi Univ (BA), New Delhi. Employed with Balmer Lawrie & Co Ltd in Calcutta. Mbr Bombay Natural History Soc 1948, Tiger Haven Soc, Oriental Bird Club, etc. m. at Calcutta, Bengal, 1955, Kanwarani Mira Balram Singh (b. 1932), educ. at Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, Mbr Bombay Natural History Soc, Tiger Haven Soc, Cttee of Young Women’s Christian Assoc (Calcutta), etc, née Mira Benjamin, elder daughter of Eric Joseph Benjamin, an official in the Indian High Cmsn in London, by his wife, Mrs Romola Benjamin. He d. 31st January 1998, having had issue, two sons: (1) Kanwar Jasmer Singh. b. at Calcutta, Bengal, 21st April 1957, educ. The Doon Sch, Dehradun, and St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi Univ, New Delhi. Joined McNeil & Magors in 1975 at their tea planation in Darjeeling, subsequently posted to Assam. He d.v.p. unm. 22nd February 1986. Copyright© Christopher Buyers (2) Kanwar Karanbir Singh. b. at Calcutta, Bengal, 21st August 1958, educ. The Doon Sch, Dehradun, and St Xavier’s Coll, Calcutta (BA), Bengal. Dir Al Mostaqbal Building Materials LLC in Dubai. m. at Calcutta, Bengal, 8th February 1981 (div. 1993) Lynda Elizabeth Vertannes Singh (b. at Calcutta, Bengal, 11th October 1958), daughter of Vernon S. Vertannes, of Calcutta, Bengal, by his wife, Arax, daughter of Hyrapiet Bethlehem Sookias, of Calcutta, Bengal, stockbroker. He had issue, two sons: (a) Kanwar Rajbir Stephen Singh. b. at Calcutta, Bengal, 25th August 1983, educ. The Doon Sch, Dehradun, the HR Coll of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai (B.Com. 2004), and the Univ of Wollongong in Dubai (MIB 2006), UAE. Brand Services Mngr Lowe Lintas & Partners in Mumbai 2006-2007 and Calcutta 2007-2008, Assist Producer Ten Sports 2008-2009, Group Account Mngr Olilvy & Mather 2009-2010, Marketing Mngr Al Mostaqlal Building Materials LLC in Dubai 2010-2011, MD of Dimensions Fitness 2011-2012, General Mngr Mechanical Engineering Services Est since 2012. m. at St Thomas Cathedral, Horniman Circle, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 3rd February 2017, Kanwarani Alamara Margaret Khan Singh, educ. Villa Theresa High Sch, and St Xavier’s Coll, Mumbai (BA 2004), and American Intercontinental Univ (dip. Photography 2004), writer, journalist and editor. (b) Kanwar Karamjit Eric Singh [Karam Singh]. b. at Dehradun, 21st March 1990, educ. La Martinere Sch for Boys, Calcutta, Bengal, Christ Univ (BBA 2012), Bangalore, AP, and the Univ of Wollongong in Dubai (MIB 2015), UAE. Account & Business Development Exec Al Mostaqlal Building Materials LLC in Dubai 2012-2015, Sports Adviser (Fitness) Decathlon Sports India 2015-2016, Assist Business Development Mngr at TomTom 2016-2017. i) Bibiji Amar Kaur Jasbir Singh [Mrs Amar K. Commander]. b. at Nainital, Kumaon, 1924. Research Assist and archivist at the India Office Library, expert on Bhutan and Tibet. Author of “Gandhi and Civil Disobedience: Documents in the India Office Records 1922-1946” (1980), “Himalayan Triangle: Historical Survey of British India’s Relations with Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan, 1765-1950” (1988), “A Guide to Source Materials in the India Office Library and Records for the History of Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan, 1765-1950” (1988), “How the Tibetan Problem Influenced China‚s Foreign Relations” (1992). Co-author “Archival Collections in the India Office Records” (1980). Dir Project Tiger. m. at St Peter‚s Church, Bayswater, London, 26th March 1951 (div. 1958), John Edward Commander (b. at Birmingham, Warwickshire, January 1927), cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut (NS List) RAEC 9/9/1949, publisher in London, Exeec Dir & Sec The William Blake Trust 1994-2013, Dir Lavenham Literary Festival Ltd, 2011-2013, author of “Samuel Palmer and his Circle” (1957), only son of Archibald Commander, of Eversham, Worcestershire, by his wife, Doris Winifred, elder daughter of Edward Anthony Druce, of Bournville, Worcestershire, sometime insurance and life ssurance agent. She has issue, one son and one daughter: (1) Simon John Commander. b. at Cambridge, 15th June 1953, educ. Christ Coll, Cambridge Univ (BA 1975), and Oxford Univ PhD 1980). Employed with the World Bank 1988-1990, Adviser to the Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) 1998, Snr Visiting Fellow at London Business Sch at the Centre for New and Emerging Markets and the Economics Dept 1999-2001, Research Fellow IZA Inst of Labor Economics 1999, Dir Centre for New and Emerging Markets (CNEM) since 2001, Tiger Haven Soc, etc. (1) Priyadarshani Commander. b. at St Marylebone, Middlesex, Jan-Mar 1958. Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, Counselling Mngr Charterhouse-in-Southwark, Project Mngr Multi-Ethnic Counselling Service in Waterloo. Artist and sculptor. Copyright© Christopher Buyers a) The Hon Rajkumari Bibiji Amrit Kaur, DStJ (22.12.1948). b. at Kapurthala Badshah Bagh, Palace, Lucknow, 2nd February 1889, educ. Sherbourne, Dorset. Chair All-India Women’s Conference 1931-1933 (Presdt 1938), Sec to Mahatma Gandhi 1934-1948, Mbr Jullunder Municipal Council 1934-1936, Mbr Indian Brd of Education 1942, 1946, Indian delegate UNESCO Conference London 1945, Deputy Leader Indian delegation UNESCO Paris 1946, Union Minister for Health 1947-1957 (conc Minister for Communications 1951-1952), Leader Indian delegation WHO conferences at Rome 1948 and 1949, MP (Lok Sabha) 1952-1957, MP (Rajya Sabha) 1957-1964. Author of “The Concept of Social Service” (1961), and editor of “Letters to Rajkumari Amrit Kaur” (1961). Presdt All-India Cttee for Social Work 1948-1949, Third World Health Assembly (Geneva) 1950, All India Inst of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) 1956, Tuberculosis Assoc of India. Chair Managing Body of Indian Red Cross Soc 1946-1960, Chair Exec Cttee St John’s Ambulance Assoc and Bde 1948, and 19th International Red Cross Conference (New Delhi) 1957. Vice-Chair Brd of Governors of the League of Red Cross Socs. Trustee of “The Tribune” newspaper. She d. unm. at New Delhi, 6th February 1964. b) Bibi Raj Kaur. b. at Kapurthala Badshah Bagh, Palace, Lucknow, and d. there 29th May 1882 (bur. Bara Banki Cemetery). 3) A son of the second Rani. He d. within two months of his birth. 1) Rajkumari Bibiji Govind Kaur Sahiba [Sardarni Buta Singh]. b. at Kapurthala Fort, 19th January 1851 (d/o the first Ran), educ. privately. m. (first) at Kapurthala Fort, 1863, Sardar Buta Singh, son of Sardar Ram Singh, of Sirnawati, in the Punjab. m. (second) 19xx, Colonel Waryam Singh, of Kalyan, Sultanpur district, UP, late Kaputhala State Forces. She had issue, at least one son by her first husband. 2) Rajkumari Bibiji Melvina Kaur Sahiba [Princess Melvina Rundheer Singh Ahloowalia]. b. 9th March 1860 (d/o Melvina). m. at Rue d’Aguesseau, Paris, France, 22nd January 1883, Major Arthur Stronge Gilbert (b. at Dublin, Ireland, 2nd September 1839; d. at “Powisland”, Tivoli Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 11th June 1913, bur. there), of Kelvedon Lodge, Brentwood, Essex, cmsnd as 1st Lieut Donegal Militia Artillery 10/4/1855, transf as Ensign 36th Foot 22/8/1856, prom Lieut 24/5/1859, served NZ War at Waikato, Taranaki and Wanganui 1863-1865, Instructor of Musketry 1865-1866, prom Capt 70th (The Surrey) Regt of Foot 27/11/1866, retd 1870, Capt North York Militia 18/4/1874, Capt 4th (Militia) Btn, Princess of Wales‚ Yorkshire Regt 1/7/1881, prom Hon Maj 5/7/1882, retd 1884, Dir Lady Ashburton Silver Mining Co Ltd, Silver Hill Mining Co Ltd, South Wheal Crebor Ltd, etc, Mbr Domatic Lodge No 177 United Grand Lodge of England 1875, rcvd: NZ Medal (1869), son of Lieutenant James Gilbert, RN, of Dublin, Ireland, sometime Chief Officer Irish Coastguard. She d. at “Powisland”, Tivoli Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1st July 1919, having had issue, a son: a) Arthur Stuart Ahluwalia Stronge Gilbert. b. at Kelvedon Lodge, Brentwood, Essex, 25th October 1883, educ. Dean Close Memorial Sch, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and Hertford Coll, Oxford (BA). Joined ICS 12/10/1907, Assist Cmsnr Burma, Postal Censor at Rangoon 1914-1916, cmsnd as 2nd Lieut No 3 Burma Ford Van Coy IARO 8/8/1918, temp Maj 1/7/1919, prom Lieut 8/8/1919, District Judge at Moulmien 1919-1922, Judge Court of Assizes 1922, retd 30/5/1927. Settled in France, where he made his career as a translator, author, and collaborator of James Joyce. Author of “James Joyce’s Ulysses – A Study” (1932), editor of “James Joyce. Letters, Volume I” (1957), etc. m. 1919, Marie Agnès Mathilde [Moune] (d. at Louveciennes, Yvelines, France, 19th May 1992), née Douin, a French citizen, co-author of “Promenades et excursions dans les montagnes du Biros et du Castillonnais” (1979). He d. at No. 7, rue Jean du Bellay, Paris, France, 5th January 1969, having had issue, a daughter: i) Madeleine Gilbert. Translator into French and adaptor of “Théatre” by W.B. Yeats (1954). Copyright© Christopher Buyers 3) Rajkumari Bibiji Victoria Kaur Sahiba. b. 11th April 1861 (d/o Melvina). She d. in early 1863. 4) Rajkumari Bibiji Helen Marion Kaur Sahiba [Princess Helen Rundheer Singh Ahloowalia]. b. 6th September 1864 (d/o Melvina), educ. privately. Mbr Royal Colonial Inst (Lond). She d. unm. at No. 14, Cannon Place, Brighton, Sussex, 16th October 1887 (bur. All Saints Church, Dodinghurst, Essex). Copyright© Christopher Buyers

Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright© Christopher Buyers 1870 - 1877 H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh al-Iqtidad Raja-i-Rajgan Raja Kharak Singh Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala. b. at Kapurthala Fort, August 1850, eldest son of H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh al-Iqtidad Raja-i-Rajgan Raja Sir Randhar Singh Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala, GCSI, by his first wife, educ. American Presbytarian Mission Sch, Kapurthala. Became Heir Apparent with the title of Sri Tikka Sahib Bahadur, 13th September 1852. Appointed as Regent and head of the Kapurthala state administration on his father’s departure for Europe, 15th March 1870. Succeeded on his death, 2nd April 1870. Ascended the gadi at the Royal Palace, Kapurthala, 12th May 1870. Formally installed by the Officiating Commissioner and Superintendent of Jalandhar, in the open court of Kapurthala Fort, 13th May 1870. Forced to accept a three member Council of Administration appointed by the Government of India, after suffering from a mental relapse at Hoshiarpur, 9th May 1874. The Council of Administration proved unworkable and was replaced by a single British Superintendent on 18th April 1875, and he was instructed to play no further part in the administration of the state. Rcvd: Prince of Wales’s Gold Medal (1876) and KIH Gold Medal (1877). m. H.H. Rani Anand Kaur Sahiba (d. at Kapurthala, 1897, crem. there at Shalimar Gardens). He d. at Bhagsu, near Dharamsala, Kangra District, Punjab, 3rd September 1877 (crem. at Shalimar Gardens, Kapurthala), having had issue, an only son: 1) Sri Tikka Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur, who succeeded as H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala - see below.

1877 – 1949 Major-General H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, GCSI (12.12.1911, KCSI 22.6.1897), GCIE (1.1.1921), GBE (c 29.11.1927). b. at the Royal Palace, Kapurthala, 24th November 1872, only son of H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh al-Iqtidad Raja-i-Rajgan Raja Kharak Singh Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala, by his wife, H.H. Rani Anand Kaur Sahiba, educ. privately. Became Heir Apparent with the title of Sri Tikka Sahib Bahadur, at birth. Succeeded on the death of his father, 3rd September 1877 and ascended the gadi at the Royal Palace, Kapurthala, 16th October 1877. Reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers, 24th November 1890. Advanced to the hereditary title of Maharaja, 12th December 1911. Indian Representative at the League of Nations General Assembly Geneva 1926, 1927 and 1929. Attended the Indian Round Table Conference, London, 1931. Celebrated his Golden Jubilee 29th November 1927, his Diamond Jubilee 24th November 1937, and his Platinum Jubilee 24th November 1947. Mbr Indian Defence Council 1941-1945. Signed the instrument of accession to the Dominion of India, 16th August 1947. Concluded a merger agreement with his fellow rulers in East Punjab to form the Patiala and Eastern Punjab States Union (PEPSU), 5th May 1948 (with effect from 20th August 1948, after which date he ceased to enjoy sovereign powers). Installed as Uprajpramukh at Patiala, 15th July 1948. Vice-Presdt Patiala and Eastern Punjab States Union (PEPSU) Council of Rulers 1948-1949. Cmsnd as Hon Lieut-Col IA 1/1/1918, attached as Hon Officer 3rd Btn (Rattray’s Sikhs), 11th Sikh Regt 31/12/1922, prom Hon Col 19/6/1926, Hon Brig 12/1/1943, and Hon Maj-Gen 20/6/1948. Hon Col 3rd Btn (Rattray’s Sikhs), 11th Sikh Regiment, 18/6/1925-1945, Hon Col 3rd Btn The Sikh Regiment (Rattray’s) 1/11/1945-1949, Col-in-Chief Kapurthala State Forces 1923-1949. Granted a permanent salute of 13-guns and a personal salute of 15-guns 1st January 1918, and a local salute of 15-guns, 1st January 1921. Attended the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Queen-Empress Victoria at St Paul’s Cathedral in London 1897, the Coronation of the King-Emperor George V at Westminster Abbey 1911, and his Silver Jubilee celebrations at St Paul’s Cathedral in 1935, and the Coronation of the King-Emperor George VI at Westminster Abbey 1937. Attended the Delhi Durbars of 1903 and 1911. Patron Empire of India Exhibition (London) 1895, Benares Hindu Univ, Circle Litteraire (Bombay), Indian Gymkhana Club 1920, All-India Oriental Conference 1930, etc. Vice-Presdt East India Assoc (London). Vice-Patron Indian Science Congress. Past Grand Warden (Past SGW) Empire Lodge of Antient Freemasons 1897. Delegate of the Acad Diplomatique Internationale (Paris). Hon Mbr Touring Club de France 1918. Mbr European Cttee of Honour Motor Yacht Club of America 1934. Assoc Mbr International Lawn Tennis Club of GB 1931. Author of “My Travels in China, Japan, and Java” (1903), and “My tour in South, Central, and North America” (1926). Founded the Nishan-i-Shahi (the Decoration of Kings) in 1898, and Nishan-i-Iftikhar (the Decoration of Honour) in three other classes 1914. Rcvd: Diamond Jubilee medal (1897), Durbar gold medals (1903 & 1911), Coron (1911), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron (1937), and Indian Independence (1948) medals, GC of the Orders of the Crown of Prussia 1st class (1911), Menelik of Ethiopia (1924), Nile of Egypt (31.3.1924), SS Maurice & Lazarus of Italy (24.5.1924), the Sharifan Order of Alaoui of Morocco (17.11.1924), Glory (Nishan-i-Iftikhar) of Tunis (1925), Merit of Chile (3.9.1925), Sun of Peru (1925), Red Cross of Honour and Merit of Cuba (10.10.1925), Crown of Rumania (civil 1926), Merit of Hungary (1926), St Sava of Yugoslavia (1928), Carlos III of Spain (15.10.1928), the Royal Order of Cambodia (1.12.1929), Crown of Iran (10.8.1930), Star of Rumania (civil 13.8.1935), St Agatha of San Marino (31.8.1935), St Silvester of the Vatican (2.9.1935), and the Legion of Honour of France (23.2.1948, GO 7.7.1924), the Order of the White Lion of Czechoslovakia 1st class (1934), Nishan-i-Iqbal 1st class of Rampur (1926), etc. m. (first) at Paprola, Kangra, 16th April 1886, H.H. Maharani Habans Kaur Sahib (b. at Paprola, 1872; d. from heart failure, at Chateau Kapurthala, St Helens, Mussoorie, 17th October 1941, crem. at Shalimar Gardens, Kapurthala), daughter of Mian Ranjit Singh Gularia, of Paprola, in the Kangra district of the Punjab. m. (second) at Kautach, 1891, H.H. Maharani Parvati Kaur Sahiba (d. after an illness of four months, at Kapurthala, 20th February 1944, crem. at Shalimar Gardens), daughter of the Katauch Sardar. m. (third) 1892, H.H. Maharani Lachmi Kaur Sahiba (d. at the Elysee Palace, Kapurthala, 1959, crem. at Shalimar Gardens), from Barsail in Bashahr. m. (fourth) 1895, Rani Kanari Sahib (d. ca. 1910), daughter of the Dewan of Jubbal. m. (fifth) at Paris, France, 1904, Rani Prem Kaur Sahiba (b. at Malaga, Spain, 8th February 1890; d. at Madrid, Spain, 7th July 1962, bur. there at the Sacramental de San Justo), née Ana Delgado y Briones [Anita Delgado], author of “Impressions de mes voyages aux Indes” (1915), daughter of Ángel Delgado y de los Cobos, proprietor of the “La Castaña” café, by his wife, Candelária Briones y Delgado. m. (sixth) at Kapurthala, 9th September 1942, Rani Tara Devi Sahiba (b. in Vienna, Austria, 1912; k. herself by jumping off the Qutb Minar, Delhi, 9th December 1946, bur. there at the Nicholson Cemetery, near St James’s Church), née Eugenie-Marie Grossupova, a Czech theatre actress, daughter of Mme. Nina Marie Grossupova, apparently by an unnamed Hungarian Count. He d. at the Taj Hotel, Bombay, 19th June 1949 (crem. at Shalimar Gardens, Kapurthala), having had issue five sons and one daughter: 1) Sri Tikka Raja Paramjit Singh Sahib Bahadur, who succeeded as H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Paramjit Singh, Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala (s/o Habans Kaur) - see below. 2) Major Maharajkumar Sri Mahijit Singh Sahib Bahadur. b. at Kapurthala, 9th May 1893 (s/o Habans Kaur), educ. Harrow Sch, Middlesex, Coll de Normandie, Clères, near Rouen, France, and Brasenose Coll, Oxford (BA 1912). Cmsnd as Hon Lieut 1st Kapurthala Jagatjit Infantry, Kapurthala State Forces 1911, served in the Great War in France and Flanders 1914-1918, Presdt Kapurthala War Loan Cttee 1917-1918, Comptroller of the Household, Supt Oudh Estates 1928-1932, MLA representing Oudh Taluqdars in the United Provinces (UP) legilsature 1928-1932, UP Minister for Industries and Agriculture 1928-1931. Attended the Coronation of the King-Emperor George V at Westminster Abbey in London 1911. Rcvd: Coron (1911 with Durbar clasp), 1915 Star, British War and Allied Victory (1918) medals, and Nishan-i-Iftikhar 1st class of Kapurthala. m. at the Durbar Hall, Jagatjit Palace, Kapurthala, November 1913, Maharajkumarani Anar Devi Sahiba, of a high caste Katoch family of Chandpore, in the Kangra district. He d. at Mahijit Niwas, Kapurthala, 7th April 1932 (crem. there at Shalimar Gardens), having had issue, an only daughterCopyright© Christopher Buyers a) Rajkumari Bibiji Usha Devi [Rani Usha Devi Sahiba, of Dada Siba]. b. at Mahijit Vilas, Kapurthala, 25th October 1919. m. at Jagatjit Palace, Kapurthala, 25th April 1945, as his second wife (sep. 1947), Major Raja Harmahendra Singh, Raja of Dada Siba (b. 1922; d. at Dada Palace, Siba, Kangra, 23rd May 2000), elder son of Raja Sham Singh, Raja of Dada Siba, in the Kangra district of the Punjab. She d. at New Delhi, September 2004, having had issue, an only son - see India Zamindars (Dada Siba). 3) Colonel Maharajkumar Sri Amarjit Singh Sahib Bahadur, CIE (3.6.1935). b. at Kapurthala, 5th August 1893 (s/o Parvati Kaur), educ. Coll de Normandie, Clères, near Rouen, France, Militar Theresianum Acad, Vienna, Austria, Univ of Paris, Sorbonne, Paris, France, and Christ Church, Oxford (BA 1916). Cmsnd as Hon Lieut 1st Kapurthala Jagatjit Infantry 1911, Hon Temp Hon 2nd-Lieut IA 31/12/1914, served in the Great War in France and Flanders with the 3rd Lahore Dvsn 1914-1915 (MID), prom Hon Capt IA 3/12/1918, Presdt State Recruiting Cttee 1917-1919, Hon ADC to the C-in-C India 1926-1930, ADC and Staff Officer to General Giraud, the Governor of Paris 1928-1929, prom Hon Maj IA 18/1/1930 attached Royal Deccan Horse IA, Insp-Gen Kapurthala State Forces 1934-1944, prom Col Kapurthala State Forces 15/7/1940, Hon Lieut-Col IA 3/4/1942, attached as Hon Officer 4th Btn 11th Sikh Regt 22/5/1943, Dir of Education for Kapurthala State 1915-1927, Insp-Gen of Police 1915-1927 and 1930-1933, Household Minister 1933-1944, Vice-Presdt Kapurthala State Council 1939-1944. Attended the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the King-Emperor George V in London 1935. Mbr Marlborough, Imperial Gymkhana (Delhi), Royal Western India Turf, Willingdon Sports (Bombay), Calcutta, and Cercle Interallié (Paris) Clubs. Rcvd: 1914/15 Star, British War, Allied Victory (1918), British War and India Service (posth 1945), Silver Jubilee (1935), and Coron (1937) medals, King’s Indian Recruiting Badge (1918), Nishan-i-Iftikhar 1st class, Distinguished & Long Service, and Diamond Jubilee (1937) medals of Kapurthala, Cdr of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France (15.3.1938). m. at Paris, France, 1922, Maharajkumarani Sonia Amarjit Singh [Princess Sonya Kapurthala] (b. at Yeisk, Kuban, Russia, 1890; d. at Manhatten, New York, USA, 2nd July 1947, bur. there at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester Co), née Sophia Georgievna Adzhemova [Sophie Adjemoff], a distinguished aviatrix who set a world altitude record for women at 2,400 meters in 1912, and the first woman to loop-the-loop (with N.E. Popov) in 1913, settled in New York, USA 1942, former wife of Haroutune Popoff, tea merchant, and daughter of Georgi Adzhemov [George Adjemoff], merchant, of Novo-Nakhichevan, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, by his wife, Princess Bebutova (probably Princess Sophia Gregorievna Bebutova, younger daughter of Prince Gregory Nikolaievith [Melikass] Bebutov, Actual State Councillor). He d.s.p. at Srinagar, Kashmir, 14th September 1944 (crem. at Shalimar Gardens, Kapurthala). 4) Major Maharajkumar Sri Karamjit Singh Sahib Bahadur. b. at Kapurthala, 9th August 1896 (s/o Kanari), educ. Harrow Sch, Middlesex, and Lyceé Janson de Sailly, Paris, France. Dir of Agriculture 1926, Home Minister 1932, Supt Oudh Estates 1932-1939, MEC and MSC 1939-1948, Vice-Presdt Kapurthala State Council 1944-1948 (Presdt 1948-1949). Presdt Kapurthala Poor House Cttee 1943-1945. Adviser Kapurtha Post War Development Programme 1945-1946. Maj Kapurthala State Forces. Rcvd: British War and India Service (1945), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron (1937), and Indian Independence (1948) medals, Nishan-i-Iftikhar 1st class and Diamond Jubilee medal (1937) of Kapurthala, and GC of the Order of the Nile of Egypt. m. at Naini Tal, 19th November 1928, Maharajkumarani Sita Devi Sahiba, KIH silver medal (1.1.1944) (b. at Naini Tal, 30th September 1915; d. at New Delhi, 2001), educ. privately, served with the Indian Red Cross during WWII 1939-1945, Presdt Save Mussoorie Soc, Trustee John Martyn Memorial Trust, third daughter of Raja Udai Raj Singh, Raj of Kashipur, a taluqdar of the United Provinces, by his wife, a daughter of Raja Shamsher Singh, Raja of Bashahr. He d. at New Delhi, 7th June 1967, having had issue, two sons: a) Rajkumar Sri Arun Singh. b. at Srinagar, Kashmir, 29th August 1944, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehradun, St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi Univ (BA) and St Catherine’s Coll, Cambridge (MA 1971). Employed by Metal Box, Marketing Controller with Reckitt & Colman India, MP (Rajya Sabha) for Uttar Pradesh 1984-1988, Parliamentary Sec to the Prime Minister 1984-1985, Minister of State for Defence R&D 1985-1987, Special Exec Assist (Security) in the Ministry of External Affairs 1999-2000. Mbr Asiad Organizing Cttee 1982, Delhi Gymkhana Club 1983, etc. m. 9th October 1967 (sep.) Kanwarani Nina Kaur Sahiba [Nina Singh] (b. 1945). He had issue, two sons and one daughter: i) Kanwar Shri Hanut Singh. b. at New Delhi, 1973, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehradun, and Hunter Coll (BA), New York, USA. Journalist with Elle magazine and Editor L’Officiel magazine (Delhi), jewellery designer. ii) Kanwar Shri Anirudh Singh. b. at New Delhi, 17th May 1975, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehradun. m. 1997, Kanwarani Pooja Singh, daughter of Mrs Meera Narula Bhalla. i) Bibiji Devaki Kaur. b. at New Delhi, August 1968, educ. Welham Girls’ Sch, Dehradun, and Cambridge Univ. Fashion designer and screenplay writer. m. at Delhi, 1st October 2006, Professor Marakand Ramchandra Paranjape (b. at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 31st August 1960), educ. Bishop Cotton Sch, Bangalore, St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi Univ (BA Hons 1980), the Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (MA 1982, PhD 1985), USA, Teaching Assist Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1980-1986, Lecturer and Reader Univ of Hyderabad 1986-1991, Homi Bhabha Fellow for Literature 1991-1993, Assoc Professor in Dept of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Delhi 1994-1999, Fellow Univs of Iowa and Texas, Professor of English at the Centre for Linguistics & English, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ since 1999, author of “Towards a Poetics of the Indian English Novel” (2000), “Used Book” (2001), and editor of “The Little Book of Sri Aurobindo” (2001), son of Shri Ramchandra Laxman Paranjape, by his wife, Shrimati Prabhavati Paranjape. She has issue, a son. b) Padma Bhushaan Rajkumar Sri Martand Singh. b. at Kapurthala, 10th February 1947, educ. the Doon Sch, Dehradun, and St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi (BA 1973). Textile designer and conservationist. Author of “Saris of India” (1996), and editor of “Tradition and Beyond – Handcrafted Indian Textiles” (2001) and “Saris: Tradition and Beyond” (2010). Historical Consultant “The Heart of India” (2002). Chair INTACH UK Trust 1993-2011. Vice-Chair Pacific Asian Travel Assoc (PATA), Cultural Heritage Award Cttee, etc. Sec Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) 1984. Co-Founder Jaisalmer Heritage Trust. Trustee Mehrangarh Museum (Jodhpur) 1993. Dir Calico Museum of Textiles. Art Consultant to UNDP 1995. Mbr Editorial Brd of Public Archaeology, All India Handicraft & Handlooms Brd, Handicrafts & Handloom Export Corp, Crafts Museum, etc. Rcvd: Padma Bushan (15.8.1986). He d. unm. from pancreatic cancer, at a hospital in New Delhi, 25th April 2017. 5) Lieutenant-Colonel Maharajkumar Sri Ajit Singh Sahib Bahadur. b. at Kapurthala, 26th April 1907 (s/o Prem Kaur), educ. Eton Coll, Berkshire, Clifton Coll, Bristol, St Catherine’s Coll, Cambridge (BA 1931), and the Prince of Wales’s Royal Indian Military Coll (RIMC), Dehra Dun. Cmsnd as temp Hon 2nd-Lieut IA 15/1/1936, attached 1st Btn, 11th Sikh Regt 1936-1937, prom Capt 1st Kapurthala Jagatjit Infantry Kapurthala State Forces 1/12/1937, o/c Paramjit Infantry 1939-1942, prom Maj 1/9/1940, Presdt State Soldiers’ Brd 1942, Minister of Miscellaneous Dept 1942-1946, retd as Lt-Col 1946, Assist Indian Govt Trade Cmsnr at Buenos Aires 1946-1947, and in London 1947. Rcvd: British War and India Service (1945), and Indian Independence (1948) medals, Nishan-i-Iftikhar 1st class, and Diamond Jubilee medal (1937) of Kapurthala. He d. unm. at New Delhi, 4th May 1982.Copyright© Christopher Buyers 1) Maharajkumari Bibiji Amrit Kaur Sahiba [H.H. Rani Amrit Kaur Sahib, Rani of Mandi]. b. 1904 (d/o Kanari), educ. Clovelly-Kepplestone Sch for Ladies, Eastbourne, Sussex. Chair Punjab Women’s Ctte Against Child Marriage. Settled in Paris after her husband’s second marriage, interned by the Germans during the occupation in 1940 but subsequently released, and settled in London in 1946. m. at Jagatjit Palace, Kapurthala, 5th February 1923, as his first wife, Colonel H.H. Sri Raja Sir Joginder Sen Bahadur, Raja of Mandi, KCSI (b. at Mandi, 20th August 1904; d. 16th June 1986), son of Mian Kishan Singh Sahib, sometime Chief Minister of Mandi. She d. from cancer, at No 42 Kensington Palace Mansions, Kensington, London, 19th November 1948, having had issue, one son and two daughters - see India (Mandi). Copyright© Christopher Buyers 1949 - 1955 Colonel H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Shri Paramjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala. b. 19th May 1892, eldest son of Major-General H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, GCSI, GCIE, GBE, by his first wife, H.H. Maharani Habans Kaur Sahiba, educ. Cheam Sch, Thatcham, Berkshire, Harrow Sch, Middlesex, St Paul’s High Sch, Kensington, London, Lyceé Janson de Sailly, and Univ of Paris, La Sorbonne, Paris, France. Became Heir Apparent with the title of Sri Tikka Sahib Bahadur, at birth. Raised to the title of Sri Tikka Raja Sahib Bahadur and granted the personal style of His Highness (the latter discontinued 1st October 1917). MSC and MEC 1949, Presdt Kapurthala State Council 1939-1944 and 1948-1949 (Vice-Presdt 1944). Succeeded on the death of his father, 19th June 1949 (confirmed by the Governor-General of India, 8th July 1949). Installed at Jagatjit Palace, Kapurthala, 25th June 1949. Col-in-Chief Kapurthala State Forces 1949 and Hon Col 2nd Kapurthala Paramjit Infantry 1923-1949. Attended the Coronations of the King-Emperor George V at Westminster Abbey in London 1911, and King-Emperor George VI 1937. Mbr Royal Automoble Club of France, St Cloud Country Club (Paris), European Cttee of Honour Motor Yacht Club of America 1934, etc. Rcvd: British War and India Service Medals (1945), Coron Medals (1911 with Durbar clasp 1911, 1937), Silver Jubilee (1935), and Indian Independence (1948) medals, the Nishan-i-Iftikhar 1st class (civil 1915), and Diamond Jubilee medal (1937) of Kapurthala, GC of the Orders of Civil Merit of Spain (23.10.1928), Glory (Nishan-i-Iftikhar) of Tunis, Star of Rumania (13.8.1936), and the Legion of Honour of France (1950, GO 25.10.1936, Cdr x.6.1934), GO of the Order of the Nile of Egypt (31.3.1924). m. (first) at Kapurthala, 2nd February 1911 (sep.), H.H. Maharani Brinda Devi Sahiba (b. at Jubbal, 11th January 1890; d. at Woodville Palace, Simla, May 1962), née Brinda Mati, educ. privately at Kapurthala, India, and Paris, France, author of “Maharani: Souvenirs de la Princesse Brinda de Kapurthala” (1956), third daughter of Kanwar Gambhir Chand, of Jubbal, by his second wife. m. (second) at the Elysee Palace, Kapurthala, 1932, H.H. Tikka Rani Lilavati Devi Sahiba (b. 1912; d. at Chateau Kapurthala, St Helens, Mussoorie, 21st September 1942), from a Rajput family of Kangra. m. (third) at the Sikh Gurdwara, London, July 1937, H.H. Maharani Narinder Kaur Sahiba (b. at Beckenham, Kent, 13th October 1904; d. at St Stephen’s Hospital, Delhi, 23rd February 1984, bur. there at the Prithviraj Road Cemetery), née Astella Alice Mudge, educ. Coburn Grammar Sch for Girls, Bow, Guildhall Sch of Music, and Miss Maclaren’s Sch of Dancing, London, alias Stella Mudge or Astella Villiers, former dancer with the Folies Bergere in Paris, second daughter of Joseph Mudge, sometime Councillor of Bow and Bromley, and proprietor of the “Earl of Ellesmere” public house, Bethnal Green, by his wife, Emily, Mrs Mudge, MBE, sometime Councillor of Bow and Bromley, daughter of Frederick Denby, from a farming family of Ilkley, Yorks. He d. at Chateau Kapurthala, St Helens, Mussoorie, 19th July 1955 (crem. at Shalimar Gardens, Kapurthala), having had issue, one son and five daughters: 1) Sri Tikka Raja Sukhjit Singh Sahib Bahadur, who succeeded as H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sukhjit Singh, Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala (s/o Lilavati Devi) - see below. 1) Maharajkumari Bibiji Indira Devi Sahiba. b. 26th February 1912 (d/o Brinda Devi), educ. Queen Mary’s Coll, Lahore, Punjab, and the Royal Acad of Dramatic Art (RADA), London. Served during WWII as a motor ambulance driver with the St John’s Ambulance Bde and as a postal censor 1939-1942, Radio Announcer with the BBC in London 1942-1968 with the Eastern Service Division and the Home Service, Compare of “Hallo Panjab”, “The Debate Continues” and “Favourite Moments”, Parliamentary Reporter for General Overseas Service, Producer and Announcer “The Road to Kapurthala” 1958. Author “The Revenge of the Gods, A Story of Ancient Egypt” (1928). She d. unm. at Ibiza, Spain, 8th September 1979. 2) Maharajkumari Bibiji Sushila Devi Sahiba. b. at Kapurthala, 14th December 1918& (d/o Brinda Devi). m. at Kapurthala, 19th February 1942, as his first wife (div. 1958), Squadron Leader Raja Sri Girraj Saran Singhji Bahadur (b. at Bharatpur, 30th November 1922; d. from cirrhosis of the liver, at New Delhi, 16th December 1969), late RIAF, fourth son of Colonel H.H. Maharaja Shri Brijendra Sawai Sir Kishan Singh Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur, KCSI, by his wife, H.H. Maharani Sri Maji Sahib Bibiji Rajendra Kaurji, youngest daughter of H.H. Farzand-i-Saadat, Nishan Hazrat-i-Kaiser-i-Hind, Raja Balbir Singh, Bara Bans Bahadur, Raja of Faridkot. She d. at Simla, 16th November 1974, having had issue, two sons - see India (Bharatpur). 3) Maharajkumari Bibiji Ourmilla Devi Sahiba. b. at Kapurthala, 29th November 1919 (d/o Brinda Devi). m. at Simla, 4th July 1941, Lieutenant-Colonel Rajkumar Birendra Singh (b. at Sheesh Mahal, Deorha, Jubbal, 15th May 1920; d. at Woodville Palace, Simla, on his birthday, 15th May 1961), sometime cdt 16th Btn, The Sikh Regt, IA, youngest son of Raja Rana Sir Bhagat Chand Sahib, Raja of Jubbal, KCSI, by his second wife, Rani Shri Leilaba Kunverba Sahiba, second daughter of H.H. Maharaja Thakore Shri Sir Bhagwantsinhji Sagramsinhji Sahib, Maharaja of Gondal, GCSI, GCIE. She had issue, one son and one daughter - see India (Jubbal). 4) Tikka Rajkumari Bibiji Cumla Devi Sahiba. b. 17th July 1926 (d/o Brinda Devi). She d. after 1937. 5) Maharajkumari Bibiji Aas Kaur Sahiba. b. 20th October 1933 (d/o Lilavati Devi), educ. St Bede’s Coll, Simla, and Miranda House, Delhi Univ, New Delhi. m. at New Delhi, 1958 (div.), Hari Inder Singh Bhagat (b. 27th February 1930), educ. Prince of Wales’s Royal Indian Military Coll, Dehra Dun, and ITW, RIAF Coimbatore, cmsnd as Pilot Officer IAF 15/4/1950, prom Flying Officer, prom Flight Lieut, retd 6/10/1960, emigrated to Australia, then NZ, Chair Estate Mortgage Fighting Fund Trust 1990-1994, Mbr Delhi Gymkhana Club, half-brother of Lieutenant-General Premindra Singh Bhagat, VC, PVSM, and youngest son of Surendra Singh Bhagat, executive engineer, UP, by his second wife. She d. at New Delhi, 1st January 2017, having had issue, an only son. Copyright© Christopher Buyers 1955 Brigadier H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sukhjit Singh Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, MVC (11.12.1971). b. at Bangalore, 15th October 1934, only son of Colonel H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Paramjit Singh Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, by his second wife, H.H. Tikka Rani Lilavati Devi Sahiba, educ. the Doon Sch, and the Prince of Wales’s Royal Indian Military Coll (RIMC), Dehradun, Indian Staff Coll, Wellington, Nilgiris, and the Joint Services Staff Coll, Latimer, Buckinghamshire. Became Heir Apparent with the title of Sri Tikka Raja Sahib Bahadur 17th June 1949. Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut IA 6/6/1954, attached 14th Horse (The Scinde Horse), IAC, served in Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 at Battle of Dera Baba Nanak, prom Lt-Col, GSO 1 Operations MO Directorate Army HQ, cdt 14th Horse (The Scinde Horse) 1971, served in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 at Battle of Malakpur (rcvd: MID, MVC), prom Brig, cdr Mountain Bde in Arunanchal Pradesh, retd 1977. Succeeded on the death of his father, 19th July 1955 (confirmed by the President of India, 4th August 1955). The GOI amended the Indian Constitution to remove his position as a “ruler” and his right to receive privy-purse payments, 28th December 1971. Publisher “Blizzard” weekly since 1961. Author of “The Punjab-1993” in “Indian Defence Review” (1993). Patron-in-Chief Kapurthala Heritage Soc since 2001. Dir-Gen Governing Council of Centre for Training & Employment of Punjab Youth (C-PYTE) since 2008. Truste