Information

Dynasty

Clan

Udawat

State

Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Revenue

INR 40,000

Area

67,769 acres

Population

15,735

Hindi Name

नीमज

Also known as

Neemaj

Last Updated

6th Jan, 2023

Present Head

Thakur BHAGWATI SINGHJI, 15th and present Thakur of Nimaj, (Jagram Durg, Nimaj, Rajasthan, India). One of eight Premier Nobles of Marwar (Sirayat), married a Princess of Salumber, and has issue.
  • Kunwar Bhuwan Singh
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History

The founder of the family was Rao Udaji, a grandson of Rao Jodhaji of Marwar.
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Genealogy

  • Thakur JAGRAM SINGH, 1st Thakur of Neemaj 1708/-, died after 1733.
  • 2nd Thakur of Neemaj
  • 3rd Thakur of Neemaj
  • 4th Thakur of Neemaj
  • Thakur SURTAN SINGH, 5th Thakur of Neemaj -/1820, (brother of Thakur Sur Singh, died ), died .
  • 6th Thakur of Neemaj
  • Thakur SANWANT SINGH, 7th Thakur of Neemaj, married and had issue.
    • Thakur Sawai Singh (qv)
    • Thakur Shiva Singh of Mohrra.
    • Kunwar Lakshman Singh
  • Thakur SAWAI SINGH, 8th Thakur of Neemaj
  • 9th Thakur of Neemaj
  • 10th Thakur of Neemaj
  • Thakur CHATAR SINGH, 11th Thakur of Neemaj 1870/-, born about 1854, adopted from the Ramgarh family, Member of the Jodhpur State Council in 1882, married and had issue.
    • Thakur Prithvi Singh (qv)
  • Thakur PRITHVI SINGH, 12th Thakur of Neemaj -/1913, born about 1890, married and had issue. He died .
    • Thakur Ummed Singhji (qv)
  • Thakur UMMED SINGHJI, 13th Thakur of Neemaj 1913/-, 13th Thikanedar of Nimaj, born , educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; installed in 1930; married 1927 in Sikar, Thakurani Phool Kanwar, eldest daughter of Rao Raja Bahadur Kalyan Singh of Sikar, and had issue, seven sons and five daughters.
    • Rani Sahiba Prem Kumari, married Maharaj Bhim Singhji of Shivrati, and has issue.
    • Thakur Udai Singhji (qv)
    • Thakur Daulat Singhji, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; married in Gujarat, Thakurani Pratap Kumari of Danta. (Jaipur, Rajasthan, India)
    • Thakur Shyam Singhji, married a Princess of Rajpipla in Gujarat, and has issue, two sons.
      • Col. Kunwar Nipendra Singh, married a Princess of Dhenkanal in Orissa.
      • Kunwar Anirudh Singh, married to Jamnagar (Nawanagar).
    • Baiji Lal Man Kanwar
    • Baiji Lal Chandra Kanwar
    • Thakur Man Singh, born , married 1968, Thakurani Durga Kanwar, born , daughter of Raj Rana Hari Singhji of Tana, and his wife, Rani Marudhar Kanwar, and has issue.
      • Kunwar Nandi Vardhan Singh
      • Khunwar Harsh Vardhan Singh, married Kunwarani Shrinidhi Singh, daughter of Captain Kunwar Narjeet Singh of Singhnai, and his wife, Kunwarani Keshavlata Kumari, daughter of Rana Ran Bahadur Singh Jandaive of Balsan.
    • Baiji Lal Munni Kawar
    • Brig. Thakur Pratap Singhji V.S.M., A.D.C., educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and Government College, Ajmer; served in the Indian Territorial Army and later entered politics and served as M.L.A. from Jaitaran Constituency; married Thakurani Jaikirti Kumari, daughter of Thakur Janak Singhji of Chomu, and had issue, two sons and one daughter. He died O ctober 1999.
      • Capt. Thakur Ridhiraj Singh, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and at St. Stephens College, Delhi; served in the Indian Territorial Army; married a grand-daughter of Maj. Thakur Shaitan Singhji P.V.C., and has issue.
        • Kunwar Amritanshu Rathore, presently (2008) studying in Jodhpur.
      • Baisa Tripti Kumari [Thakurani Tripti Kumari of Bitar], married Lt.-Cdr. Thakur Anshuman Chauhan of Bitar, U.P., son of Lt.-Gen. Thakur D.S. Chauhan (Army Commander, Central Command), and has issue, one son and one daughter.
        • Kunwar Tribhuvan Chauhan
        • Kumari Padmanjali
      • Thakur Himanshu Rathore, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, Loretto School, Edinburg, Scotland and Jai Hind College, Bombay; married on 15th January 2012 with Deepti Kumari Ranawat, daughter of Rao Saheb Bahadur Singhji of Dhariawad and have issues, two daughters.
        • Krishnavi Kumari Rathore, born .
        • Shivanshika Kumari Rathore, born .
    • Baiji Lal Shyam Kawar
    • Insp.-Gen. (ret'd.) Thakur Raghu Raj Singhji, born in Nimaj, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; at King George School, Ajmer and Government College, Ajmer (Bachelors of Arts); served in the Border Security Force and retired as Inspector General in 2005, married 26th May 1972 in Jobner, Thakurani Vijay Laxmi, and has issue, a son and a daughter.
      • Kunwar Rishiraj Singh Rathore, born in Nimaj, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; at Delhi University (Bachelor of Commerce) and at Monash University, Melbourne (Master of Business Systems); married 28th January 2005 at Castle Bijaipur, Rajkumari Priyanka Kumari, daughter of Rawat Rao Narendra Singh of Bijaipur and his wife, Rani Harendra Kanwar.
      • Baisa Ritu Kawar, married Kunwar Jagat Singh of Sankotra.
    • Thakur Shakti Singhji, married to Roha in Kutch, and has issue, two sons.
      • Kunwar Jaivardhan Singh
      • Kunwar Rajyvardhan Singh
  • Thakur UDAI SINGHJI, 14th Thakur of Neemaj, born , married Thakurani Pritan Kunwar, daughter of Raja Sangram Singh of Khandela-Junior, and his wife, Rani Kishore Kanwar, and had issue, four sons and one daughter.
    • Baisa Nagendra Kunwar, married Col. Kunwar Bhupendra Singhji of Nimrana.
    • Thakur Bhagwati Singhji (qv)
    • Thakur Bhagirath Singh, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and St. Stephens College, Delhi; a hotelier; married in Jaipur, Thakurani Malvika Kumari of Danta, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
      • Kunwar Purnjai Rathore, born , passed out from Mayo College, Ajmer, then attended The King's School, Sydney, as an exchange student, and is currently (2009) studying at the Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad.
      • Baisa Chandravali Kumari, born , studied at Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer, married to Kr. Pradhyuman Singh Bhati, son of Thakur Harish Chandra Singh Bhati of Bithoo and Rajeshwari Singh of Amleta.
        • Bhanwar Baisa Krishnvi Singh Bhati of Bithoo.
    • Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh, married to Thikana Haveli Amarkot in Pakistan.
      • Kunwar Vishveshwar Singh Rathore, born , passed out from Mayo College, Ajmer, graduated from Symbiosis, Pune and MBA from IILM Gurgaon.
      • Kunwar Sarveshwar Singh Rathore, born , passed out from Mayo College, Ajmer and graduated from Jai Hind College, Mumbai.
    • Thakur Bharat Singh, married to Dhanariya.
      • Kunwar Bhagyaveer Singh Rathore, passed out from Mayo College in 2017, Diploma in photography in 2018, graduation in BA Political Science Honours; working in Mumbai in the film industry.
  • Thakur BHAGWATI SINGHJI, 15th Thakur of Neemaj (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Thakur Sahib of Neemaj, married Thakurani Lad Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Bhagwant Singh of Mandawa Line II, and his wife, Thakurani Suraj Kanwar.
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