Information

Dynasty

Dodiya Rajput

State

Madhya Pradesh

Agency

Central India Agency

Accession

15th June 1948

Revenue

INR 110,000 (1891)

Villages

40

Area

156 Square Kilometers km²

Population

12,792 (1891)

Privy Purse

INR 30,000

Hindi Name

पीपलोदा

Last Updated

15th Jul, 2022

Present Head

Rawat MAYURDHVAJA SINGHJI, Rao of Piploda, crowned at the age of 13, the young Maharaja studies at the Daly College Indore. He is a car enthusiast and an ardent animal lover. He spends a lot his time at Piploda in Kesar Vilas Palace performing his duties and enjoys the country life. His official residence is Piploda Kothi, Indore which he shares with his mother and two elder sisters.
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History

Founded in 1547 by Rawat Sawalsinghji, a younger son of the Rawat of Mandawal. The Dodiya Rajputs of Piploda also use the surname "Girnar" because their Kuldevi mata temple is situated atop the Girnar mountain.

The origin of the estate is that once, on a pilgrimage to Gujarat, the mother of Maharana Lakha of Mewar and her party were attacked by dacoits, and Rao Siha Dodiya came to the aid of the party, he was killed in the skirmish, but two of his sons, Kalu and Dhawal, took the royal travelers to safety in the Dodiya residence, then later escorted them back to the Mewar border. Maharana Lakha later invited the two sons to Mewar, and granted them the jagir of Lawa. The elder son further moved and established the present estate of "Piploda" in Madhya pradesh.

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Genealogy

  • Thakur SADAL SINGHJI [Shardul Singhji], 1st Thakur and founder of Piploda; married and had issue.
  • Thakur PRITHVI SINGHJI, Thakur of Piploda 1820/-, married and had issue.
    • Thakur Umed Singhji (qv)
  • Thakur UMED SINGHJI, Thakur of Piploda, married and had issue.
    • Thakur Onkar Singhji (qv)
  • Thakur ONKAR SINGHJI, Thakur of Piploda -/1863, married and had adoptive issue. He died .
    • (A) Rawat Dulai Singhji [Dule Singhji] (qv)
  • Maharawat DULAI SINGHJI, Maharawat of Piploda 1863/1888, born , succeeded 30th November 1863, 13th in descent from founder, married and had issue. He died .
    • Rawat Kesri Singhji Sarkar (qv)
    • Rao Raghunath Singhji Dodiya
      • Thakur Narayan Singh Ji, also referred to as the Baapji Saheb of Piploda.
        • Kunwar Mahipat Singh Ji
          • Bhanwar Gaurav Pratap Singh
        • Kunwar Rajendra Singh Ji
          • Bhanwar Jaideep Singh
        • Kunwar Narendra Singh Ji
          • Bhanwar Shardul Singh
        • Kunwar Digendra Singh Ji
          • Bhanwar Amarjeet Singh
          • Bhanwar Yashowardhan Singh
        • Kunwar Sangram Singh Ji
        • Kunwar Ajay Singh Ji, working as a Manager in State Bank of India.
          • Bhanwar Amar Singh, married to Kunwarani Saheba Nidhi Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Saheb Raghvendra Singh Ji of Chandakhedi Jagir.
      • Thakur Natwar Singh Ji
        • Kunwar Hamir Singh Ji
          • Bhanwar Bhuvan Vikram Singh
          • Bhanwar Chakravati Singh
        • Kunwar Shakti Singh Ji
          • Bhanwar Luvaditya Singh
          • Bhanwar Kushaditya Singh
    • Thakur Vijay Singhji Dodiya, married and had issue.
      • Thakur Man Singhji Dodiya, married and had issue, one son.
      • Thakur Bhagwat Singhji Dodiya, married a lady of Sarsi, and had issue , two sons and one daughter.
      • Thakur Pravin Singhji Dodiya, married a lady from Sikandarabad in U.P., and had issue, one son and three daughters.
      • Thakur Kirat Singhji Dodiya, married Kuwarani Gajendra Kumari from Ranasun, G.J., and had issue, two sons and two daughters.
        • Kunwar Prakash Singh, married to Kuwarani Asha Kumari from Mammadpur M.P, and had issues, one son and a daughter.
          • Karan Singh Girnar
          • Kuwarani Priyanka
        • Late Kunwar Harish Singh, married and had issue, one son.
          • Mohan Singh
      • Baisa (name unknown) Kumari, married Rana Dongar Singh of Barwaha, born , and had issue, two sons and one daughter.
      • Baisa Gauri Kumari [Rani Gauri Kumari of Jhaknaoda], married, (as his second wife), Thakur Narayan Singhji Rathore of Jhaknaoda in Jhabua, M.P., and had issue, one daughter.
        • Baisa Ratan Kumari (by Rani Gauri Kumari), born , married Kumar Shri Vijay Singh Rawal of Malpur in Maharashtra, and has issue, two sons and three daughters.
      • Baisa Har Kumari, married into Mindasun, G.J. She died sp.
      • Baisa Subdhara Kumari, married (as fourth wife), Thakur Narayan Singhji Rathore of Jhaknaoda in Jhabua, M.P., and had adoptive issue.
    • Thakur (name unknown) Singhji Dodiya
    • Thakur Jai Singhji Dodiya
    • Thakur Arjun Singhji Dodiya
  • Rawat KESRI SINGHJI Sarkar, Rao of Piploda 1888/1919, born , succeeded 8th November 1888, married (amongst others), Rani Mukan Kanwar, born , elder daughter of Maharaj Fateh Singhji of Raoti, and had issue. He died .
    • Rawat Mangal Singhji (qv)
    • Rani Brij Kanwar, married (as his second wife), 1906, Maharaj Ratan Singhji Sahib of Raoti, and had issue.
    • Thakurani Gulab Kanwar, married (as his second wife), Thakur Rewat Singh of Mundota.
  • Rawat MANGAL SINGHJI, Rao of Piploda 1919/1936, born and succeeded 5th November 1919; married and had issue. He died .
    • Rawat Ratan Singh, died , had a posthumous son.
      • Raghuraj Singh (qv)
    • Rao Durga Narayan Singhji, married Rani Prabhat Kunwar of Bedia, and has issue.
      • Rajkumar Ajeet Singh Piploda, married Rajkumar Rani Sumitra Singh Keraal, and has issue.
        • Kunwar Tribhuvan Singh, married to Kunwrani Ajay Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Bhawani Singh Ji of Sopra and has issue, one daughter.
          • Siddhangana Kumari
        • Kunwar Martand Singh
        • Baisa Bhavna Kunwar
        • Baisa Gaurie Kunwar
  • Rawat RAGHURAJ SINGH (known by friends as Reggie Piploda), Rao Saheb of Piploda since 1936, succeeded at the age of 6 months ("Piploda House" Manoramaganj, Indore 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India).
    • Maharaja Kumari Rani Singh
      • Rajkumari Sanghamitra Singh
      • Rajkumari Chitrangada Singh
      • Maharaja Rawat Mayurdhvaja Singh of Piploda, ascended his maternal grandfather in 2021 (qv)
  • Rawat MAYURDHVAJA SINGHJI, Rao of Piploda (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Kumari (name unknown), married Thakur Kalyan Singh of Heerwa, and had issue.
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