Information

Dynasty

Clan

Kandhalot

State

Bikaner

Accession

1954

Revenue

INR 30,000 (1893)

Villages

28

Hindi Name

रावतसर

Last Updated

8th Nov, 2022

Present Head

Wing Cdr. (ret'd.) Rawat GHANSHYAM SINGH Ji, Rawat Saheb of Rawatsar since 1970. (Lakshmi Niwas, Jagdeesh Marg, Bani Park, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India), born . Has Meritorious Service Award (Indian Air Force). Held the rank of Wing Commander (retired 1980), married 25th February 1963 in Khilchipur, Madhya Pradesh, Rani Indu Kumari, daughter of HH Raja Rao Bahadur Yashodar Singh of Khilchipur, and his wife, HH Rani Saraswati Devi, and has issue.
  • Rajkumari Padmini Kumari
  • Rajkumari Sanyogita Kumari
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History

Ancestor of the family was Rao Kandhal, a younger son of Rao Ranmal of Marwar.
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Genealogy

  • Rawat KANDHALJI, 1st Rawat of Rawatsar, he led half the Marwar forces and recovered Merta from Mewar; he was granted the title of Rawat by Rao Jodha; he accompanied his nephew, Rao Bikaji, and together they conquered Jangaldesh and established Bikaner; married and had issue, descendants in Bikaner. He died at Sahwa of wounds sustained in the battle with Sultan Sarang Khan at Hissar Fort.
    • Kunwar Bagh of Rawatsar. He died vp in a battle with the forces of Sultan Bahlol Lodi.
      • Rao Banirji, he was installed as the second Rawat of Rawatsar on his grandfather’s death, but the seat was usurped by his uncle and he was forced to flee, later he established his own estate around 1500, the Rao Sahebs of Ghanghu; the head seat of the Kandhalot subclan, married and had issue.
    • Rawat Lakhdir Singh (qv)
    • Generation
      • Rao Barsal of Chhapar-Dronpur. he was expelled by Kunwar Bida, however he recovered his jagir with the help of his uncle Kunwar Bagh, but after his uncle’s death, he was expelled by Rao Bika and the estate given to Kunwar Bida.
      • Kunwar Narbad
    • Kunwar Rajsi
    • Kunwar Nimba
    • Kunwar Sura
  • Rawat LAKHDHIR SINGH, 2nd Rawat of Rawatsar, on his father's death, he usurped the Gaddi of Rawatsar from his nephew, married and had issue.
  • Rawat CHATTAR SINGH, 3rd Rawat of Rawatsar, married and had issue.
    • Rani Jorawar Kanwar, married Raja Gaj Singh of Khandela-Junior.
    • Thakur Anand Singh, married and had issue.
      • Rani Lal Kanwar, married (as his first wife), Raja Indar Singh, 5th Raja of Khandela-Junior.
  • ......
  • Rawat HIMMAT SINGH, Rawat of Rawatsar fl.1800
  • ......
  • Rawat RANJIT SINGH, Rawat of Rawatsar -/1885, married and had issue. He died .
    • Rawat Hukam Singh (qv)
  • Rawat HUKAM SINGH, Rawat of Rawatsar 1885/1893, married a Princess of Suroth in Jaipur, and had issue. He died aged 22.
    • Rawat Man Singh (qv)
  • Rawat MAN SINGH, Rawat of Rawatsar 1893/1936, born posthumously in 1893, married 1911, Rani Lekh Kanwar, born , died , daughter of Kunwar Devi Singh of Parsoli, and his first wife, Kunwarani Gulab Kanwar, and had issue. He died .
    • Rawat Tej Singhji (qv)
  • Rawat TEJ SINGHJI, Rawat of Rawatsar 1936/1970, married 1934, Majisahiba Lakshmi Kumariji Chundawat, born , daughter of Rawat Vijai Singhji of Deogarh, and his wife, Rani Nand Kunwar, and had issue. He died .
    • Wing Cdr. (ret'd.) Rawat Ghanshyam Singhji (see above)
    • Rani Subhadra Kumari, married Rana Saheb Chander Singhji of Amarkot, and has issue.
    • Thakurani Roopmani Kumari, born , married in Bikaner, Col. Thakur Shailendra Kumar Singh, born in Lodha, Aligarh, son of Capt. Thakur Sheo Varan Singh of Lodha, and his wife, Thakurani Shanti Devi, and has issue.
      • Kunwar Dushyant Singh, born , educated at Welham Boys, Mayo College, Ajmer and at St. Stephens College, Delhi; he previously worked for Tata Tea as a manager and is presently (2010) working for the Jaipur family in Rambagh Palace Pvt. Ltd.; he married Kunwarani Ketaki Singh, daughter of Thakur Dhirendra Singh Bist, and his wife Thakurani Vijay Bist, daughter of Gen. Thakur Umrao Singh of Chomu, and has issue.
        • Bhanwar Baisa Ravija Singh, born , educated at the Maharani Gayatri Devi School, Jaipur and at ILS Law College, Pune.
        • Bhanwar Bharat Singh, born , educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and at St.Xavier's College, Mumbai.
    • Rajkumari Umashashi Kumari, born .
    • Thakur Balbhadra Singh, born , married Kunwarani Veena Chauhan and has issue.
      • Kunwar Anirudh Singh Rathore, married Kunwarani Mandvi Kumari of Karansar.
      • Kumari Charumati Rathore, married Rajesh Nirwan (IPS)
      • Kumari Rajyalaxmi Rathore, married Kunwar Digvijay Singh Ranawat of Pahuna.
    • Rajkumari Rajyashree Kumari, born .
  • Wing Cdr. (ret'd.) Rawat GHANSHYAM SINGHJI, Rawat of Rawatsar (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Thakur Anand Singh, married and had issue.
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Rawatsar map
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