The Kapurthala Royal Collateral Families
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The Royal Family of Kapurthala State is unique for having a number of significant collateral branches. All of these branches emerged as separate powerful entities in their own right due to different historical circumstances.
, Member of the Council of State for India.
He was the second son of Raja Randhir Singh and the younger brother of Raja Kharak Singh. He embraced Christianity at an early age. He was given extensive Estates in Oudh and large properties in Lucknow. He was granted the hereditary title of Raja. His offspring have distinguished themselves in different fields.
Significant persons in Public Life
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
, (Daughter of Harnam Singh) Member of the Lok Sabha 1952/1957, Union Minister of Health 1947/1957, Union Minister of Health and Communications 1951/1952, Member of the Rajya Sabha 1957/1964, Secretary to Mahatma Gandhi for 16 years; President of the World Health Assembly 1950 and the International Red Cross Conference, New Delhi 1957; Founder-Member and Chairman, Managing Body of Indian Red Cross Society.
Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, C.I.E, Kt., (Son of Harnam Singh) Chief Minister of Jodhpur State 1931, Agent to Government of India in South Africa 1932, Member of the Executive Council in UP 1935/1937. After Independence the first Indian Governor of the erstwhile Bombay Province. 1948-1950.
Mr Justice Kanwar Dalip Singh. (Son of Harnam Singh) Judge of the Punjab High Court.
Raja Ranbir Singh.(son of Maharaj Singh) Diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service.
Kanwar Mahindar Singh.(Son of Maharaj Singh) Director Mahindra and Mahindra. Veteran Tennis Champion.Represented India at Wimbledon.
Kanwar Billy Arjan Singh
. (Grandson of Harnam Singh) Wildlife Conservationist. Eminent Writer. Winner of the J. Paul Getty Award. Awarded the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan by the Indian Government.
Rajkumari Amar Jasbir Singh. (Grand-daughter of Harnam Singh) Historian.
Mrs Jaya Thadani. (Daughter of Dalip Singh) Author.
Kanwar Jairaj Singh. (Great Grandson of Harnam Singh) Chairman Avery India Ltd
Bikrama Singh was the second son of Raja Nihal Singh. He was one of the main progenitors of the 19th Century Sikh Renaissance, being one of the founders of the Singh Sabha Movement. He founded the Khalsa Press Lahore as well as the "Khalsa Akhbar", the first journal for the Sikhs. He was instrumental in saving the lives of the royal musicians at the Mughal Court of Delhi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857; he gave them shelter at his court in Kapurthala, thus laying the foundation of the Kapurthala Gharana of Hindustani Classical Music.
He was involved in a lengthy litigation with his brother Raja Randhir Singh regarding the terms of the Will of Raja Nihal Singh. This dispute was finally settled by a permanent allowance being granted to Bikrama Singh in the form of a Privy Purse from the Kapurthala State. He was also the joint owner of extensive Estates in Oudh along with his brother Raja Randhir Singh. He sought a partition which was denied and, after a long litigation, monetary compensation was paid to him through which large Estates were acquired in the Districts of Sitapur and Rae Bareli. These Estates were confirmed by an Act of the Government of India, The Bikrama Singh Estates Act 1883.
Significant persons in Public Life
Col. the Honourable Kanwar Sir Pratap Singh Bahadur, K.C.S.I., C.S.I. (Pratap Singh of Kapurthala
)(Son of Bikrama Singh) Magistrate and Civil Judge, Punjab, M.L.C. Punjab 1906/1911, Member of the Imperial Legislative Council 1910/1911, Founder of the Punjab Chiefs' Association. Actively involved in the Sikh renaissance movement, Pratap Singh was a scholar of history and religion and was an eminent musicologist of his time.
Hon. Raja Sir Daljit Singh, K.B.E., C.S.I., (Son of Bikrama Singh) M.L.C. Punjab 1913/1915, Member of the Imperial Legislative Council 1913/1915, Member of the Council of State 1915/1917, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir State 1917/1921. Scholar. Author. Musicologist.
Rajkumari Anita Singh, (Grand-daughter of Daljit Singh) founder of the Indian Music Society, Member of the Kapurthala Heritage Trust, Member of the Governing Council of the Punjabi Academy for the Government of Delhi, Member of the Governing Council of the National Media Centre, Member of the Governing Council of the Punjab Sangeet Natak Academy, Advisor on Culture and Heritage in the Government of Punjab.
Jitendra Daulat Singh (Great Grandson of Pratap Singh) Diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service. Former Ambassador to Norway.
Sri Vishvjit Prithvijit Singh. (Vishvjit Singh
)(Great Grandson of Pratap Singh) Member of the Rajya Sabha (the Upper House of the Indian Parliament). 1982-1988 and 1988-1994. Indian Delegate to the United Nations 1991, 1992, 1995 and 2008. He has also driven initiatives to make more use of technology in election efforts. He is a supporter of dividing the larger Indian states into smaller units.
Kanwar Mukuljit Singh. (Great Grandson of Daljit Singh) National Shooting Champion. Wild Life Conservationist. Secretary of the Tiger Haven Society.
Suchet Singh was the third son of Raja Nihal Singh. He too was involved in a lengthy litigation with his brother Raja Randhir Singh regarding the terms of the Will of Raja Nihal Singh. This dispute was finally settled by a permanent allowance being granted to Suchet Singh in the form of a Privy Purse from the Kapurthala State. The family also acquired extensive Estates in the erstwhile United Provinces.
Kanwar Suchet Singh had one son, Rajah Sardar Charanjit Singh (1883-1970) who was granted the personal title of Raja on 3rd June 1932. He had three sons and one daughter.
i) Rajkumar Ajit Singh. b. 18th April 1901, educ. Harrow Sch, Mdsx and Oxford Univ. Joined BB&CI Railways 1927, DTS Indian Govt Railways, Ratlam in 1939. He had one son and one daughter.
ii) Rajkumar Sarabjit Singh. b. 3rd August 1902, educ. Eton Coll, Berks. Employed with the Imperial Bank of India. He had one son and one daughter.
iii) Lieutenant-Colonel Rajkumar Ripjit Singh, CIE (14.6.1945). b. 1906. He died at Raja Kothi, Raja Nagar, Kheri, UP, 1949, having two sons and two daughters
iv) Rajkumari Pamela Devi [Kunwarani Pamela Prasada, of Shahjahanpur] . b. 1916. m. Pandit Jyoti Prasada, son of The Hon Pandit Jwala Prasada, sometime Deputy Cmsnr of Hardoi, by his wife, Srimati Purnima Devi [Mrs Purnima Jwala Prasada], KIH, Zarmindar of Prasada Bhavan, Shahjehanpur, UP, nee Sudakshina Devi, a niece of Sir Rabindranath Tagore, and youngest daughter of Babu Hemendranath Tagore, of Jorasanko Thakurbari, Calcutta. She d. 2002, having had issue, two sons and a daughter.
Significant persons in Public Life:
Raja Charanjit Singh (Son of Suchet Singh)
Kunwarani Pamela Jyoti Prasada (Daughter of Raja Charanjit Singh) Married to Kunwar Jyoti Prasada of Shahjahanpur
, Uttar Pradesh, a leading zamindar and social reformist and member of the state legislative council. Kunwar Jyoti Prasada was the only child of Sir Jwala Prasada, who was in the Imperial Civil Service, and Purnima Devi
, who was the youngest daughter of Rabindranath Tagore's elder brother Hemendranath Tagore
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Kunwar Jitendra Prasada (deceased).(Elder son of Kunwarani Pamela Jyoti Prasada) Member of Parliament. Vice President Congress Party.Married to Kunwarani Kanta Prasada, daughter of Justice Chetram Thakur from Himachal Pradesh.She is a social worker and runs an NGO named after her later husband SRIJAN - JITENDRA PRASADA FOUNDATION for social upliftment and women's empowerment.
Kunwar Jayendra Prasada (Younger son of Kunwarani Pamela Jyoti Prasada) Agriculturalist. Married to Kunwarani Ratti Prasada, daughter of Raja Jagdish Singh of Birwa.
Kumari Dr Jaya Prasada (Daughter of Kunwarani Pamela Jyoti Prasada)PHD in History, a keen photographer and spiritualist.
Kunwar Jitin Prasada.(Son of Kunwar Jitendra Prasada) Member of Parliament. Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India.
Kumari Janhavi Prasada (Daughter of Kunwar Jitendra Prasada) Documentary film maker www.globallens.in and a Peace educator, she runs an NGO called Youth4Gandhi Foundation inspired by Mahatma Gandhi www.youth4gandhi.org
Kunwar Jayesh Prasada (Elder son of Kunwar Jayendra Prasada) Member of the Uttar Pradesh State Legislative Council. Married to Kunwarani Neelima Rawat Prasada. Two sons - Jagrit and Jayaditya.
Kunwar Jivesh Prasada (Middle son of Kunwar Jayendra Prasada) Agriculturalist. Married to Kunwarani Radhika Sharma Prasada. Son - Jaidev.
Kunwar Jinesh Prasada (Youngest son of Kunwar Jayendra Prasada). Businessman (Fizz Clothing Company). Married to Kunwarani Mandakini Kaul Prasada.
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Kanwar Kamaljit Singh. (Grandson of Charanjit Singh) Former Chairman WIMCO. The progenitor of Sustainable Forestry in India.
Kanwar Karanjit Singh. (Grandson of Charanjit Singh) Leading businessman involved in coal and power trading
Kanwar Rattanjit Singh. (Grandson of Charanjit Singh) Educationist. Founder Chapslee Schools. Member of the Board of Governors of the Doon School. Conservationist. Owner of Chapslee, one of the finest heritage properties in India. 6.
Rajkumari Reena Ripjit Singh. (Grand-daughter of Charanjit Singh) Conservationist. Interior designer. Has been involved in the restoration of numerous historical and heritage buildings.
Rajkumari Nilika Lall. (Grand-daughter of Charanjit Singh) Lives at Ranchi, Jharkhand, owner of Tikratoli Farm. Cultivates lemon grass, & other exotic herbs & flowers, has just written a Cookery book, "Secrets from my Kitchen at Tikratoli"
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The family of Hon. Raja Sir Harnam Singh. K.C.I.E., C.I.E.
Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India and of the Legislative Council of Punjab, Member of the Hemp Drugs Commission 1893/94Indian Hemp Drugs Commission
The Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report, completed in 1894, was a British study of marijuana usage in India.2 March 1893, the British House of Commons was concerned with the effects of hemp drugs in the province of Bengal, India. The Government of India convened a seven-member commission to look...
, Member of the Council of State for India.
He was the second son of Raja Randhir Singh and the younger brother of Raja Kharak Singh. He embraced Christianity at an early age. He was given extensive Estates in Oudh and large properties in Lucknow. He was granted the hereditary title of Raja. His offspring have distinguished themselves in different fields.
Significant persons in Public Life
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Dame Rajkumari Amrit Kaur DStJ was the health minister in the Indian Cabinet for ten years after India's independence from the British Raj in 1947. She was an eminent Gandhian, a freedom fighter, and a social activist....
, (Daughter of Harnam Singh) Member of the Lok Sabha 1952/1957, Union Minister of Health 1947/1957, Union Minister of Health and Communications 1951/1952, Member of the Rajya Sabha 1957/1964, Secretary to Mahatma Gandhi for 16 years; President of the World Health Assembly 1950 and the International Red Cross Conference, New Delhi 1957; Founder-Member and Chairman, Managing Body of Indian Red Cross Society.
Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, C.I.E, Kt., (Son of Harnam Singh) Chief Minister of Jodhpur State 1931, Agent to Government of India in South Africa 1932, Member of the Executive Council in UP 1935/1937. After Independence the first Indian Governor of the erstwhile Bombay Province. 1948-1950.
Mr Justice Kanwar Dalip Singh. (Son of Harnam Singh) Judge of the Punjab High Court.
Raja Ranbir Singh.(son of Maharaj Singh) Diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service.
Kanwar Mahindar Singh.(Son of Maharaj Singh) Director Mahindra and Mahindra. Veteran Tennis Champion.Represented India at Wimbledon.
Kanwar Billy Arjan Singh
Billy Arjan Singh
Kunwar "Billy" Arjan Singh was an Indian hunter turned conservationist and author. He was the first who tried to reintroduce tigers and leopards from captivity into the wild....
. (Grandson of Harnam Singh) Wildlife Conservationist. Eminent Writer. Winner of the J. Paul Getty Award. Awarded the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan by the Indian Government.
Rajkumari Amar Jasbir Singh. (Grand-daughter of Harnam Singh) Historian.
Mrs Jaya Thadani. (Daughter of Dalip Singh) Author.
Kanwar Jairaj Singh. (Great Grandson of Harnam Singh) Chairman Avery India Ltd
The family of Kanwar Bikrama Singh Bahadur C.S.I.
He was involved in a lengthy litigation with his brother Raja Randhir Singh regarding the terms of the Will of Raja Nihal Singh. This dispute was finally settled by a permanent allowance being granted to Bikrama Singh in the form of a Privy Purse from the Kapurthala State. He was also the joint owner of extensive Estates in Oudh along with his brother Raja Randhir Singh. He sought a partition which was denied and, after a long litigation, monetary compensation was paid to him through which large Estates were acquired in the Districts of Sitapur and Rae Bareli. These Estates were confirmed by an Act of the Government of India, The Bikrama Singh Estates Act 1883.
Significant persons in Public Life
Col. the Honourable Kanwar Sir Pratap Singh Bahadur, K.C.S.I., C.S.I. (Pratap Singh of Kapurthala
Pratap Singh of Kapurthala
Colonel the Honourable Kanwar Sir Pratap Singh Bahadur of Kapurthala was a Punjabi politician and scholar.-Biography:The son of Kanwar Bikrama Singh of Kapurthala, Pratap Singh was an honorary magistrate and civil judge in Punjab. He served as a member of the Punjab Legislative Council from 1906...
)(Son of Bikrama Singh) Magistrate and Civil Judge, Punjab, M.L.C. Punjab 1906/1911, Member of the Imperial Legislative Council 1910/1911, Founder of the Punjab Chiefs' Association. Actively involved in the Sikh renaissance movement, Pratap Singh was a scholar of history and religion and was an eminent musicologist of his time.
Hon. Raja Sir Daljit Singh, K.B.E., C.S.I., (Son of Bikrama Singh) M.L.C. Punjab 1913/1915, Member of the Imperial Legislative Council 1913/1915, Member of the Council of State 1915/1917, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir State 1917/1921. Scholar. Author. Musicologist.
Rajkumari Anita Singh, (Grand-daughter of Daljit Singh) founder of the Indian Music Society, Member of the Kapurthala Heritage Trust, Member of the Governing Council of the Punjabi Academy for the Government of Delhi, Member of the Governing Council of the National Media Centre, Member of the Governing Council of the Punjab Sangeet Natak Academy, Advisor on Culture and Heritage in the Government of Punjab.
Jitendra Daulat Singh (Great Grandson of Pratap Singh) Diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service. Former Ambassador to Norway.
Sri Vishvjit Prithvijit Singh. (Vishvjit Singh
Vishvjit Singh
Vishvjit Prithvijit Singh is an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress party. He is a great grandson of Col the Honourable Kanwar Sir Pratap Singh Bahadur of Kapurthala.-Biography:...
)(Great Grandson of Pratap Singh) Member of the Rajya Sabha (the Upper House of the Indian Parliament). 1982-1988 and 1988-1994. Indian Delegate to the United Nations 1991, 1992, 1995 and 2008. He has also driven initiatives to make more use of technology in election efforts. He is a supporter of dividing the larger Indian states into smaller units.
Kanwar Mukuljit Singh. (Great Grandson of Daljit Singh) National Shooting Champion. Wild Life Conservationist. Secretary of the Tiger Haven Society.
The family of Kanwar Suchet Singh
Kanwar Suchet Singh had one son, Rajah Sardar Charanjit Singh (1883-1970) who was granted the personal title of Raja on 3rd June 1932. He had three sons and one daughter.
i) Rajkumar Ajit Singh. b. 18th April 1901, educ. Harrow Sch, Mdsx and Oxford Univ. Joined BB&CI Railways 1927, DTS Indian Govt Railways, Ratlam in 1939. He had one son and one daughter.
ii) Rajkumar Sarabjit Singh. b. 3rd August 1902, educ. Eton Coll, Berks. Employed with the Imperial Bank of India. He had one son and one daughter.
iii) Lieutenant-Colonel Rajkumar Ripjit Singh, CIE (14.6.1945). b. 1906. He died at Raja Kothi, Raja Nagar, Kheri, UP, 1949, having two sons and two daughters
iv) Rajkumari Pamela Devi [Kunwarani Pamela Prasada, of Shahjahanpur] . b. 1916. m. Pandit Jyoti Prasada, son of The Hon Pandit Jwala Prasada, sometime Deputy Cmsnr of Hardoi, by his wife, Srimati Purnima Devi [Mrs Purnima Jwala Prasada], KIH, Zarmindar of Prasada Bhavan, Shahjehanpur, UP, nee Sudakshina Devi, a niece of Sir Rabindranath Tagore, and youngest daughter of Babu Hemendranath Tagore, of Jorasanko Thakurbari, Calcutta. She d. 2002, having had issue, two sons and a daughter.
Significant persons in Public Life:
Raja Charanjit Singh (Son of Suchet Singh)
Kunwarani Pamela Jyoti Prasada (Daughter of Raja Charanjit Singh) Married to Kunwar Jyoti Prasada of Shahjahanpur
Shahjahanpur
Shahjahanpur is a municipal board, town and district headquarters of Shahjahanpur District in Uttar Pradesh, India.-History:During the reign of Shahjahan, Mughal forces demolished the city of Kant...
, Uttar Pradesh, a leading zamindar and social reformist and member of the state legislative council. Kunwar Jyoti Prasada was the only child of Sir Jwala Prasada, who was in the Imperial Civil Service, and Purnima Devi
Purnima Devi
Purnima Devi also known as Sudakshina Devi , was the youngest child of noted Brahmo Hemendranath Tagore, and niece of Rabindranath Tagore, thus part of the larger Tagore family....
, who was the youngest daughter of Rabindranath Tagore's elder brother Hemendranath Tagore
Hemendranath Tagore
This article is connected to Tagore familyHemendranath Tagore , Debendranath Tagore's third son, is notable for being the first ever Brahmo as he was the first child born in 1844 to any of the 21 Brahmos who swore the First Brahmo Covenant on 21 December 1843 at Calcutta...
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Kunwar Jitendra Prasada (deceased).(Elder son of Kunwarani Pamela Jyoti Prasada) Member of Parliament. Vice President Congress Party.Married to Kunwarani Kanta Prasada, daughter of Justice Chetram Thakur from Himachal Pradesh.She is a social worker and runs an NGO named after her later husband SRIJAN - JITENDRA PRASADA FOUNDATION for social upliftment and women's empowerment.
Kunwar Jayendra Prasada (Younger son of Kunwarani Pamela Jyoti Prasada) Agriculturalist. Married to Kunwarani Ratti Prasada, daughter of Raja Jagdish Singh of Birwa.
Kumari Dr Jaya Prasada (Daughter of Kunwarani Pamela Jyoti Prasada)PHD in History, a keen photographer and spiritualist.
Kunwar Jitin Prasada.(Son of Kunwar Jitendra Prasada) Member of Parliament. Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India.
Kumari Janhavi Prasada (Daughter of Kunwar Jitendra Prasada) Documentary film maker www.globallens.in and a Peace educator, she runs an NGO called Youth4Gandhi Foundation inspired by Mahatma Gandhi www.youth4gandhi.org
Kunwar Jayesh Prasada (Elder son of Kunwar Jayendra Prasada) Member of the Uttar Pradesh State Legislative Council. Married to Kunwarani Neelima Rawat Prasada. Two sons - Jagrit and Jayaditya.
Kunwar Jivesh Prasada (Middle son of Kunwar Jayendra Prasada) Agriculturalist. Married to Kunwarani Radhika Sharma Prasada. Son - Jaidev.
Kunwar Jinesh Prasada (Youngest son of Kunwar Jayendra Prasada). Businessman (Fizz Clothing Company). Married to Kunwarani Mandakini Kaul Prasada.
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Kanwar Kamaljit Singh. (Grandson of Charanjit Singh) Former Chairman WIMCO. The progenitor of Sustainable Forestry in India.
Kanwar Karanjit Singh. (Grandson of Charanjit Singh) Leading businessman involved in coal and power trading
Kanwar Rattanjit Singh. (Grandson of Charanjit Singh) Educationist. Founder Chapslee Schools. Member of the Board of Governors of the Doon School. Conservationist. Owner of Chapslee, one of the finest heritage properties in India. 6.
Rajkumari Reena Ripjit Singh. (Grand-daughter of Charanjit Singh) Conservationist. Interior designer. Has been involved in the restoration of numerous historical and heritage buildings.
Rajkumari Nilika Lall. (Grand-daughter of Charanjit Singh) Lives at Ranchi, Jharkhand, owner of Tikratoli Farm. Cultivates lemon grass, & other exotic herbs & flowers, has just written a Cookery book, "Secrets from my Kitchen at Tikratoli"
See also
- Ahluwalia
- Harnam SinghSingh
- Rajkumari Amrit KaurRajkumari Amrit KaurDame Rajkumari Amrit Kaur DStJ was the health minister in the Indian Cabinet for ten years after India's independence from the British Raj in 1947. She was an eminent Gandhian, a freedom fighter, and a social activist....
he vice- - Billy Arjan SinghBilly Arjan SinghKunwar "Billy" Arjan Singh was an Indian hunter turned conservationist and author. He was the first who tried to reintroduce tigers and leopards from captivity into the wild....
- Bikrama SinghBikrama SinghKanwar Sri Bikrama Singh Bahadur was a 19th-century Sikh leader.-Early life and Political Contribution:Born in Kapurthala as the second son of Raja Nihal Singh of Kapurthala , he was one of the main progenitors of the 19th Century Sikh Renaissance, being one of the founders of the Singh Sabha...
- Chapslee EstateChapslee EstateChapslee Estate is a small locality adjacent to the Lakkar Bazaar in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The estate houses the erstwhile Secretary's Lodge which is now a heritage hotel run by the Maharaja of Kapurthala.- History :...
- Pratap Singh of KapurthalaPratap Singh of KapurthalaColonel the Honourable Kanwar Sir Pratap Singh Bahadur of Kapurthala was a Punjabi politician and scholar.-Biography:The son of Kanwar Bikrama Singh of Kapurthala, Pratap Singh was an honorary magistrate and civil judge in Punjab. He served as a member of the Punjab Legislative Council from 1906...
- Vishvjit SinghVishvjit SinghVishvjit Prithvijit Singh is an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress party. He is a great grandson of Col the Honourable Kanwar Sir Pratap Singh Bahadur of Kapurthala.-Biography:...
- Jitin Prasada
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References
Lt. Colonel Rajkumar Ripjit Singh had 2 sons, Kanwar Ratanjit Singh and Kanwar Karanjit Singh, and 2 dauhters, Kumari Nilika (now Mrs Nilika-June Lall) and Kumari Rena.External links
- Kapurthala History and detailed Genealogy Royalark
- Genealogy and History of Kapurthala (princely state) Queensland University.