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Viramdevot

Hindi Name

कांकरवा

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16^th Mar, 2024

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Link to Kankarwa (Thikana) website http://www.kankarwahaveli.com

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Thakur SUBHASH SINGH RANAWAT, present Thakur Sahib of Kankarwa since 1971, married to Thakurani Suchana Kumari of Biharipura-Patan (Sikar), and has issues, one son and two daughters.

Kunwar Divyarishi Singh Ranawat, married to Rudrangda Kumari Chauhan of Baneriya, Mewar and has issue, one son.
- Bhanwar Bavji Veer Pratap Singh, born in October 2020.
Baisa Tapasya Ranawat
Baisa Diksha Ranawat

History

The Thakurs of this thikana are descendants of Maharana Udai Singh II of Mewar (founder of Udaipur) through his third son Baba Veeramdeo, the younger brother of Rana Sagat Singh (founder of the Shaktawat-Sisodia clan). This thikana is a Baba Ranawat thikana (that is, a thikana from which male children were adopted to the ruling house of Mewar, in the absence of a male heir). The descendents of Maharana Udai Singh II were the first branch of Sisodias to carry the patronym of Ranawat. They are a sub-branch of the jagir of Sanwar, and other Veeramdevot Ranawats are found in Khairabad, Hamirgarh, Sanwar, Jaiwana, Turkiya, Pahuna, Ranawaton-ki-sadri and Ranawaton-ka bangla.

Genealogy

Maharaj ISRI DAS ( - 1652 CE) 2^nd Baba Saheb of Ghosunda.
- Maharaj Sabal Singh of Ghosunda, ancestor of Sanwar, Haled, Mohi, Kooncholi, Ranawaton-ki-Sadri, Pipaliya, Shivsingh-ka-Khera, Aamba, Salaria, Khairabad, Mandapiya, Birmiyas, Basani Kalan, Borada, Aad, Kot Haal Kurabad, Bada Mahua, Langach, Hamirgarh, Aachuda, Kodiyakheri, Mobatpura, Bhagwatpura.
- Man Singh, ancestor of Jitya, Hasiyas, Jitya Kheri, Sameliya, Jitya Khera, Paladi, Moorliya, Uchakya, Batakon-ka-Khera, Chongawadi, Bhawanipura and Govindsinghji-ka-Khera.
- Vijayram
- Sunderdas
- Hariram
- Bhav Singh
- Girdharidas
- Mohan Singh
- Gopinath
- Surat Singh
- Jet Singh
- Khem Singh
- Balramji
- Behari Singh
- Manohardas
- Bagh Singh
- Hemant Singh
- Kanhaji (Kishendas), received Chaktiya as jagir but remained at Sanwar. Decendents (Zalim Singh) later received Khartana/Kankarwa as jagir. Ancestor of Kankarwa, Jaiwana, Pahuna, Chaktiya and Turkiya Kalan. Thakur Kanhaji remained at Sanwar with Chaktiya as his jagir.
  - Thakur Vijay Singhji, remained at Sanwar with Chagatia as his jagir.
    - Thakur Takht Singhji
    - Thakur Bakht Singhji
    - Thakur Jagat Singhji
    - Thakur Khuman Singhji
    - Thakur Zalim Singhji, received as his jagir Khartana and Kan Madari. (qv)
Thakur Zalim Singhji of Khartana and Kankarwa. He continued to reside at Sanwar.
- Thakur Surajmal II (qv)
- Thakur Pahad Singhji, received as his jagir Jaiwana (Jeewana).
Thakur Surajmal II of Khartana and Kankarwa received in addition Bhoobhlawas as jagir from Maharana Bhim Singhji as well as Sankhlon-ki-Haveli (current Kankarwa Haveli) on Lake Pichola. He continued to reside at Sanwar.
- Thakur Abhay Singhji (qv)
Thakur Abhay Singhji, moved to Khartana and received Kankarwa in exchange for Kan Madari from Maharana Jawan Singhji in 1842 CE. Also received the jagir of Kheri Panch Nagla.
- Thakur Uday Singhji (qv)
Rawat Sahib UDAY SINGHJI, Thakur Sahib of Kankarwa (1848-1913), moved to Kanakarwa and made his home there, he was appointed to the Council of Regency (1870-1874) during the minority of Maharana Shambhoo Singhji of Mewar, and the Council of Mahendraj Sabha (Ijalis Khas) (an 18 member Judicial Council similar to a Supreme Court); he was invested with the title of Rawat by Maharana Sajjan Singh. He was a trusted advisor to six consequtive Maharanas of Mewar, from Jawan Singhji to Fateh Singhji. Married a Udawat Rathore lady of thikana Gundoj. He build the fort at Kankarwa and repaired Kankarwa haveli on Lake Pichola.
- Kunwar Ishwar Singhji, married 1^stly in Ajmer and upon her passing secondly Baisa Rasal Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Sardar Singh Chandrasenot (Rathore) of Kerote (Kairot), Ajmer. Her elder sister was married to Thakur Raghunath Singhji of Isarda, father of Kunwar Kayam Singhji (adopted as Maharaja Sawai Madho Singhji II to the throne of Jaipur). Because of disagreements with his father, Kunwar Ishwar Singhji primarily resided in Jaipur and was given the Nanaji-ki-Haveli as residence by his cousin Maharaja Madho Singhji II. He had one daughter.
  - Baisa Bhoor Kanwar, married into thikana Baler, Sawai Madhopur.
    - Thakur Srinath Singh Ji, married into Tantoti, Ajmer.
      - Thakur Sher Singh Ji of Baler
        
        Kanwar Uma Nath Singh, passed away 2008.
        
        Bhanwar Manvendra Singh Rajawat
        
        Kanwar Abhay Singh Ji died young
- Kunwar Kesari Singhji, adopted into Jaiwana by Thakur Hameer Singhji.
  - Bhanwar Randhir Singhji, adopted back into Kankarwa. Married Kunwarani Fateh Kanwar (1856-1970), daughter of Thakur Bhopal Singhji Udawat (Rathore) of Peeh-Thamla in Ajmer, and had issue. He cleared his intermediate examinations from Calcutta University in 1888 CE ranking 1^st amongst 1^st divisioners. He then qualified for the Allahabad University entrance examinations ranking 7^th all over India. He owned a large library at Kankarwa and managed affairs of the thikana in the absence of his grandfather Uday Singhji, who resided at Udaipur in service of the Maharana. He died vp, 1906 CE of tuberculosis.
    - Thakur Sahib Khuman Singh (qv)
    - Hon. Thakur Mahendra Singhji Ranawat, born 31^st March 1901, educated at the Balwant Rajput College, Agra (M.A., LL.B.), Member of the Rajya Sabha [3.4.1952] - [2.4.1954], Food and Jagirdari Resettlement Commissioner, Government of Rajasthan; Minister to the Princely states of Kotah, Bundi (1932 Revenue and Resettlement Officer; followed by Revenue Minister), Sirohi and Bharatpur. He was a prominent historian of Rajasthan; married Thakurani Gulab Kanwar Rathoriji, and had issue, two sons and three daughters. He died on 16^th November 1987.
      - Thakur Narayan Singh Ranawat, involved in farming and business in Udaipur; married a lady from Danta State, Gujarat, and had issue. He died 1983.
        
        Thakur Yadvendra Singh Ranawat, married to Thakurani Leela Kanwar from Sirohi.
        
        Thakur Bhupendra Singh Ranawat, married to Thakurani Maya Kanwar from Jodhpur.
        
        Kunwar Manvendra Singh Ranawat
        
        Baisa Anushree
        
        Thakur Kuldeep Singh Ranawat, married to Thakurani Kismat Kanwar from Jalore.
        
        Kunwar Sawai Singh Ranawat
        
        Baisa Swaroop
        
        Rajshree Kanwar, married to Thakur Surendra Singh Udawat from Bhandu Kallan (Jodhpur) and have issues, one son and a daughter.
        
        Kunwar Dushyant Singh Udawat
        
        Baisa Shubhangini
        
        Thakur Pradyuman Singh Ranawat
      - Thakur Sajjan Singh Ranawat, IAS (1929-2021); Deputy Health Secretary, Rajasthan; married to Thakurani Asha Devi of Shakarpura (Dehad, Saharsa, Bihar), and has issues, two daughters and a son.
        
        Veena Kunwar, married Mr. Arjun Singh Pundir, a businessman from Aligarh.
        
        Kunwar Mrityunjay Singh Ranawat
        
        Thakurani Madhu Kanwar, married Col. Thakur Himmat Singh Bhati, son of the Late Col. Thakur Durjan Singhji of thikana Maluhga in Jodhpur, and has issue.
        
        Baisa Pitanjali Bhati
      - Thakurani Shyama Kumari, married Late Brig. Hari Singh Deora of thikana Galthani (Pali), and had issues, 2 daughters and a son. She died on 3^rd July 2020.
        
        Thakurani Nisha Kumari, married to Late. Thakur Ashwapat Singh Rathore of Bajekan, Haryana, and has issues, 2 sons.
        
        Jayendra Singh, married to Shailendra Kanwar of Bhukarka, and has issues, one son and a daughter.
        
        Anju Kumari, married Thakur Ganga Singh Ranawat of Nana, and has issues, three daughters.
    - Justice Thakur Jawan Singh Ranawat, born 1905, educated at the Balwant Rajput College, Agra (B.A., LL.B., LL.M.); Chief Justice of Rajasthan 1963/1968, Chief Justice of Mewar, shortlisted amongst three candidates for the position of Chief Justice of India. Formulator of the Ranawat Finance Commission, Rajasthan; married and had issue. He died 1993.
      - Thakur Rajendra Singh Ranawat, Commandant, Home Guards, Rajasthan, and WW2 veteran; married Bhatiyaniji (Rawalot) Swaroop Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Harnath Singhji Bhati of Mohanpura/Jakhan (Marwar) and Thakurani Hawa Kanwar Champawatji of Denok; had issues. He died in 1984.
        
        Thakur Virendra Singh Ranawat, farmer, married and has issue.
        
        Kunwar Ranaditya Singh Ranawat, B.A., LL.B.
        
        Kunwarani Nidhi Ranawat
        
        Bhanwar Hamir Deo Rathore
        
        Himangini Rathore
        
        Kirti Ranawat
        
        Thakurani Padma Kanwar, married Col. Thakur Rajendra Singh Naruka of Kothi Rao, Alwar, and has issue.
        
        Thakurani Pushpa Kanwar, married Dr. Kishen Singh.
        
        Thakur Parmeshwar Singh Ranawat, married Thakurani Pushpendra Kumari (Hada Bairisalot) from Balwan, Kotah, and has issue. Died in 2020 due to lung cancer.
        
        Kunwarani Praniti Ranawat, born in Jaipur, married Kunwar Chakovarty Singh of Thikana Ghantel in Bikaner, and has issue.
        
        Jai Singh Rathore
        
        Kunwarani Meghna Ranawat, born in Jaipur, married in Latoti, Marwar to Kunwar Abhimanu Singh, and has issue.
        
        Baisa Priyamvadha
        
        Kunwarani Bhawna Ranawat, born in Jaipur, married in Khejarla, Marwar, to Kunwar Nikkitesh Singh.
        
        Baisa Tripti Ranawat, born in Jaipur.
        
        Thakur Dhirendra Singh Ranawat, married Thakurani Madhu Singh, and has issue.
        
        Kunwar Harsh Singh Ranawat, B.Com., M.B.A., born 3^rd October 1983 in Udaipur.
        
        Kunwar Shakti Singh Ranawat, born 10^th December 1984.
        
        Kunwarani Jyoti Kanwar (?- Nov 26, 2022); married Kunwar Praveen Singh, son of Thakur Madan Singhji of Bhev in Sirohi, and has issue.
        
        Thakurani Anuradha Kanwar married Thakur Ranveer Singh Rathore of Kanota, Jaipur.
      - Thakur Raghubir Singh Ranawat B.A., married Thakurani Arjun Rajvi of Hanumangarh, and had issue. He died 1998.
        
        Rani Meena Kanwar, married 10^th December 1981, Maharaj Shri Abhimanyu Singhji Sahib of Bambolia in Kotah, and has issue, three daughters.
        
        Capt. Kunwar Ravindra Singh Ranawat, Regiment of the Artillery; DIG, Home Guards, Rajasthan; married Hansa Ba Kanwar, daughter of Thakore Sahib Shri Guman Singh Baghela, LLB. Deodar, Banaskantha, Gujarat; ex-Speaker of Gujarat Assembly.
        
        Baisa Purnima Kumari Ranawat
        
        Baisa Navjyoti Kumari Ranawat
        
        Kunwar Anil Singh Ranawat, Rajasthan Tourism.
        
        Thakurani Rajshri Ranawat, married Mr. Rajendra Singh Kachchawa, a hotelier in New York, USA.
      - Thakur Narendra Singh Ranawat, married Thukrani Indira Kunwar, daughter of Thakur Raghuveer Singh of Thikana Jawli.
        
        Kunwar Subhash Singh, he was adopted by his aunt Baijilalsa of Raja Durjan Singh Sahib of Jaoli, and wife of Thakur Khuman Singh Sahib of Kankarwa, and succeeded there as Thakur Sahib Subhash Singh Ranawat (qv)
        
        Thakur Vibhuraj Singh Ranawat, married to Prem Kumari of Ras in Ajmer district, has issue, one daughter.
        
        Baisa Uma Ranawat
        
        Thakur Janardan Singh Ranawat
        
        Thakur Niranjan Singh Ranawat, present (2015) Sarpanch of Kankarwa, married to Sulakshana Kanwar of Kushalgarh in Banswara and has issues, one daughter and a son.
        
        Baisa Parvati Ranawat
        
        Kunwar Lakshyadeep Singh Ranawat
      - Wing Commander Thakur Hargobind Singh Ranawat, married to a Suman Kanwar Parmar, of Nahan in Himachal Pradesh, has issue.
        
        Col. Thakur Yashwant Singh Ranawat, 11^th Armoured Regiment, married to Sonia Shekhawat of Renwal, Sikar.
        
        Kumari Pratibha Singh, married to Lt.-Col. Bhanu Pratap Singh Rathore of Para.
      - Thakurani Laxman Kanwar, married to Thakur Sardar Singhji of Sirohi thikana in Shekhawati.
      - Thakurani Mohan Kanwar, married to Thakur Sahib Maan Singhji of Thikana Baghpura in Mewar, and has issue.
      - Thakurani Krishna Kanwar, married to Thakur Kushalpal Singh Rawal (Rawalot-Bhati) of Amka-Dhoom near Dadri, Gautam Buddha Nagar, settled in Ealing, London.
        
        Privrat Rawal, married to Aditi Katoch.
        
        Dr. Jaikirty Rawal, MRCS (Orthopaedics).
      - Thakurani Vidhya Kanwar, married to Maharaja Surendra Singh Ji Hada of Khedli (Kotah).
        
        Gajendra Singh, married in Akhayapura (Dudu).
        
        Mahipal Singh
        
        Baisa Deepti Hada, married to Ajay Singh Khangarot of Jobner.
    - Thakur Bhawani Singh Ranawat (1907-26^th Jan 1958), R.A.S, educated at Balwant Rajput College (today Raja Balwant Singh College), Agra (B.A.-1929, LL.B.), Chief Excise Commissioner, Mewar State (1930s to 1947); Secretary to the Government of Rajasthan for Public Health and Education, Finance, Revenue, and Railways 1948/1954, Commissioner of Udaipur 1954/1957; married Thakurani Kamla Ranawat (1916- 2007) daughter of Thakur Chaudhary Gurdayal Singh Raval (Rawalot Bhati) Dhoom-Manikpur (Dadri, UP) and had issues.
      - Dr Saroj Singh (Mrs. Saroj Panwar, 1936-2012), educated at S.M.S. Medical College, Jaipur; D.C. Path, Senior Medical Officer, Indian Railways (Retd). First Rajput lady doctor from Rajasthan; married Mr. Udaiveer Singh Panwar (?-2008) of Boom, Haryana, died 2008; Alumni of Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore; Retd. Chief Administrator, Northern Railways. Twice awarded the President's Commendation for distinguished services to the nation. Chief, Diesel Component Works, Patiala. Forwarded on deputation to the Government of the Phillippines and Zimbabwe for development of their national railworks. Introduced the first diesel engine to the Indian Railways in 1962, and had issue.
        
        Aprajita Panwar (Mrs. Aprajita Rana), B.E. (Elec.), M.B.A., Lecturer in Business Administration, DAB University, Indore; married Mr. Sumit Rana (IIT-Delhi, Computer).
        
        Avi Rana
        
        Ashish Panwar, educated at Mayo College, Rajasthan (M.A. (Eng), B.H.M.); employed in Dubai, married Mrs. Utpala Chauhan, and has issue.
        
        Soumil Singh Panwar, Bachelors in Industrial Design; IIITDM, Jabalpur, MS in Strategic Design & Management; Parson's School of Design - The New School, New York (08/2021-08/2023).
      - Col.Thakur Ran Vijay Singh Ranawat, 2 & 3, Brigade of the Guards, Provost-Marshal, Corps of Military Police; married Asha Rajawat (?-2021) daughter of Brig. Raghubir Singhji Rajawat, MVC (Hazari Guards, Jaipur State Forces; 18 Rajputana Rifles-post-Independence) of Soda, Sawai Madhopur; and had issue.
        
        Kunwar Rohit Singh Ranawat, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, Rajasthan; involved in business in Kathmandu, Nepal; married Mrs. Julia Ranawat, Legal Administrator for U.N.H.C.R., and has issue.
        
        Bhanwar Francisco Vijay Singh Ranawat
        
        unwarani Ronilla Singh Ranawat, married to Late Kunwar Dr. Pritipal Singh Sodha, son of Rana Chander Singh Sodha 25^th Rana of Amarkot, Sindh, Pakistan; and Rani Subhadra Kumari of Rawatsar; has issue, two sons.
        
        Kanwar Karan Singh Sodha
        
        Kanwar Bhawani Singh Sodha
      - Thakur Dr. Ran Vikram Singh Ranawat, MD (General Medicine & Therapeutics), educated at Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur (1965) and R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur (1969, MD-Medicine), St Xavier's School, Jaipur; Ex-Assoc. Professor of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya; presently in private practice at Dubai, UAE; married to Thakurani Dr. Bharti Ranawat, and has issue.
        
        Kunwar Dr. Nishant Singh Ranawat, M.D. (American Board Certification in Neurology, Vascular Neurology and UCNS certification in Interventional Neurology; with post graduate training in Neurology; Fellowship training in Vascular Neurology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Neurocritical care and Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology); educated at St. Xavier's School, Jaipur; Mayo College, Ajmer, Rajasthan (1991 batch), Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur (1991 admission batch), Guys & St. Thomas' Hospital, London, U.K.; Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.; St Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J., Case Western Reserve University (Neurology Residency 2006-09), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Fellowship: Vascular neurology, 2009-10), University of Minnesota (Fellowship: Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2010-11) and Upstate Medical University (Fellowship: Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology, 2015-17) married Kunwarani Dr. Jaya Ranawat B.D.S. (née Kumari Jaya Shah), daughter of Rajkumar Surendra Kumar Shah (Jagmanpur), LLB, MBA (US) legal advisor(East India) to the Times of India group, Crompton Greves, Dalmia Group, etc and of Jagmanpur in Bundelkhand. He was the Medical Director of Cerebrovascular Diseases & Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology services at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital, Lynchburg, VA & ASANTE Health System, Medford Oregon having certified both centers as Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Centers (TCS) and qualified under EB-1 status (Extraordinary Ability Status) immigrate to the United States. Proprietor Sunbelt Neurological Services, PLLC.
        
        Bhanwarbaisa Niharika Kanwar Ranawat, Division I champion pianist Southern Oregon, having trained under Dr Tatsiyana Asheichyk PhD; Maestro Pianist, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon.
        
        Kunwar Dr. Jayant Singh Ranawat, MD; Fellow of the American Board of Internal Medicine, U.S.; Hepatology Fellow, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN.; educated at St Xavier's School, Jaipur; Mayo College, Ajmer, Rajasthan (1992), Pirogov Medical Institute, Vinnytsia, Ukraine; Rosalind Franklin University/Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL; is presently a Medical Director of Hospitalist Medicine, Davita Medical Florida, Inc., Florida; married Dr. Khushboo Pundir of Sia Khas (U.P.), and has issue.
        
        Bhanwar Baisa Miraya Ranawat (2007-)
        
        Bhawar Baisa Suhana Ranawat (2009-)
      - Wg. Cdr. Thakur Ranveer Singh Ranawat (Retd.), I.A.F.; 2218 Sqn ‘Desert Tigers’, educated at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington; NDA, Khadakvasla, Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMCOL), Deheradun. President’s Silver Medal for the Best Cadet at RIMCOL. Presently proprietor of a hotel at Jodhpur, married Thakurani Pavitra Jadaun, and has issue.
        
        Kunwar Dushyant Singh Ranawat, B. Com. (1^st rank JNV University, Jodhpur), M. Tech. (Computer Sc.-Australia), currently Director (Finance & Regulation), United Bank of Scotland, Singapore; ex-1^st VP United Overseas Bank Limited, Singapore; married a Vidhata Rathore (Champawat) of Naila, Jaipur.
        
        Bhanwar Fateh Singh Ranawat
        
        Bhanwaranisa Ameya Ranawat
        
        Kunwar Dhritiman Singh Ranawat, CA, business proprietor, married to Devina Ahlawat.
        
        Bhanwaranisa Tvisha Ranawat
        
        Bhawaranisa Smarika Ranawat
      - Brig. Thakur Ransher Singh Ranawat (Retd), Kirti Chakra, Sena Medal (9^th Bn, Brigade of the Guards); a graduate of Sainak School, Chittaurgarh and National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla; he was commissioned on 9^th June 1968 into the Brigade of Guards, and since then Brig. Ranawat has held various instructional and staff appointments during his last 32 years of service. He commanded an elite Guards Mechanised Battalion and the 12^th RR Sector (Badgam) in Jammu and Kashmir. He also commanded an Infantry Brigade in Rajasthan. Before becoming the Deputy-Director General of the National Cadet Corps (Uttaranchal & UP), he was the Deputy DG NCC at the NCC Directorate of West Bengal and Sikkim in Kolkata. During the 1971 Indo-Pak war (Bangladesh War-Sylhet sector), Brig Ranawat served in the eastern sector (Sylhet) where he was awarded Kirti Chakra as well as Sena Medal for gallantry, married to Thakurani Nilesh Gaur, daughter of Late. Thakur. Lt. Col. Avdesh Kumar Singh and Late. Thakurani Kusum Kumari of Parsendi, Sitapur, U.P. He is now involved in agriculture in his native village. He has issue.
        
        Kunwar Digvijay Singh Ranawat, licensed independent tour operator, Udaipur; married Kunwarani Shweta Bhati, MBA of thikana Gotan, Marwar (Distt: Nagaur).
        
        Banwar Baisa Dhruvika Ranawat.
        
        Banwar Saheb Divyapratap Singh Ranawat.
        
        Kunwarani Vaishali Chauhan, married to Mr. Amit Chauhan in London, and has issue.
        
        Aryaan Chauhan
        
        Yuvaan Chauhan
  - Thakur Ranjeet Singhji of Jaiwana.
- Kunwar Swaroop Singhji (1894-1969); (MP, Rajya Sabha 1967-69) was lost at a young age in Gangaur fair (or given by his father to Yogi Phul Nath a Nath Sampradaya devotee). He was brought up under the tutelage of Mahant Brahma Nath, and educated at St. Andrew's College. He excelled in horse-riding, target shooting and was an excellent tennis player. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1921 and was the leader of the Chauri Chaura incident. He was initiated in the Nath Sampradaya in 1932 and anointed Mathadheesh on Aug 15^th, 1935 after the passing of Baba Brahma Nath. Digvijay Nath's forceful personality lead to a major revival of Gorakhnath Math. He was instrumental in making Gorakhpur a major center of education. Disappointed with INC, he joined the Hindu Mahasabha in 1937, becoming its Chief for the United Provinces. He was arrested after the assassination of Mohandas Gandhi, but released after 9 months for lack of proof. He was the force majeure behind the Ram Janambhoomi movement, responsible for the "shilanayas" at the Babari Masjid in 1949. He was responsible for the Hindu Mahasabha becoming a major force in Indian politics. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1967 but passed away before completing his term in 1969.
- Kunwar Jodh Singhji, adopted into Pahuna upon death of Thakur Madho Singhji.
- Baisa Kishen Kunwar (1923-63), married Thakur Dhonkal Singhji (Mahecha Rathore) of Neemri.
Thakur Sahib KHUMAN SINGH, Thakur Sahib of Kankarwa (1898-1972 CE, Thakur 1913-72), married 1^stly, Baiji Lal (name unknown), married 2^ndly, Baiji Lal Anand Kanwar [Thakurani Sahiba Anand Kanwar of Kankarwa], daughter of Rao Bahadur Raja Durjan Singhji of Jaoli in Alwar, and had issue, one daughter. He died 1971.
- Chandra Kanwar Baisa (by Thakurani Anand Kanwar), died in infancy.
Thakur Sahib SUBHASH SINGH RANAWAT, Thakur Sahib of Kankarwa (see above)