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Dynasty

Hindi Name

बसाली

Also known as

Bassali

Last Updated

28th Jul, 2017

Present Head

Maharaj Rao Dr. Sumer Chand Katoch, working as a principal at Daly College, Indore. An alumni of The Doon School and St. Stephens College. He was the Head of Lawrence School, Sanawar, for seven years and served as the Director of the Asian School, Dehradun. He has taught at the Doon School, at Gordonstoun, Scotland, at Boxhill and Windermere St. Anne’s in England and in UWC, Wales. He has also served as the Chairman of a marketing cooperative society for 100 villages; as Vice President of SUTRA, an NGO with 40,000 women as members; as Advisor Education at the rank of Secretary in the Punjab Government; as Vice President in Himachal Pradesh of State Federation for Swimming, Tennis, Squash, Shooting & Cricket and as a Director of Indore Management Association. He has designed a number of Schools including Pathways World School, Doon Girls and Sanskar Valley. He is also serving on the Governing Body of Mayo College & Mayo Girl’s. He has been elected the chairman of IPSC for two years in January 2014, Trustee of the Round Square Board in London, on the Advisory Executive of HM King Constantine and is a member of G 20 and the Global Connections, and on the Advisory Board of AFS. He was recently conferred a Doctorate of Literature in Education by De Montfort University, England and was felicitated by the Education World for his outstanding contribution to the field of Education.He has authored three books -‘Doon-The Story of a School’, ‘Unity in Diversity’ and ‘The Daly College’.
  • Maharaj Jasmer Bahadur Singh
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Genealogy

  • Raja Shri Raj Rao Fateh Singh
  • Raja Silai Chand
  • Maharaj Rai Megh Chand
  • Raja Maharaj Jhaggar Chand
    • Raja Wazir Singh
      • Raja Shiv Chand
        • Raja Hira Chand
          • Raja Dewan Chand
    • Raja Sawan Singh (qv)
  • Raja Sawan Singh
    • Raja Lehana Singh (qv)
    • Raha Punjab Singh
      • Raja Surjan Singh
      • Raja Nain Singh
      • Raja Durga Singh
    • Raja Rattan Singh
      • Maharaj Kamur Singh
      • Maharaj Hemal Singh
      • Maharaj Niranjan Singh
        • Maharaj Hernam Singh
        • Maharaj Bhambool Singh
        • Maharaj Ranvir Singh
  • Raja Lehana Singh
    • Raja Prithvi Singh (qv)
    • Raja Raghunath Singh
  • Raja Prithvi Singh
    • Maharaj Rao Jagdish Singh (qv)
  • Maharaj Rao Jagdish Singh
    • Maharaj Rao Dr. Bikram Singh (qv)
    • Maharaj Rao Jang Bahadur Singh
      • Sumer Singh, adopted by Maharaj Rao Dr. Bikram Singh ji.
      • Zorawar Singh, an alumni of The Doon School, did Hotel Management from the Oberois in Delhi and fom Lausanne in Switzerland. He worked with the Oberois and with ITC and later set up as a consultant. He married Alka Tolani and their daughter, Pia Kumari, who studied at Sanawar, at Modern School Delhi, and in London, is a lawyer in Delhi.
    • Maharaj Narsingh Bahadur Singh
    • Indra Kumari
    • Krishna Kumari
    • Susa Kumari
    • Sunanda Kumari
    • Kumkum Kumari
  • Maharaj Rao Dr. Bikram Singh, married to Rani Chanderwati of Naglaa jagir.
    • (Adopted) Maharaj Rao Dr. Sumer Bahadur Singh (qv)
  • Maharaj Rao Dr. Sumer Chand Katoch (see above)
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Basali map
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