History
Origin and Foundation of Udhani Thikana
The Thikana of Udhani was a small vassal estate located within the erstwhile princely Idar State (situated in modern-day Gujarat). The estate was ruled by the Mandanot branch of the Kumpawat Rathore clan, who trace their lineage back to the legendary Marwar general, Rao Kumpa. The foundation of the Udhani estate was laid when it was granted to Thakur Amar Singh, the fifth son of Thakur Padam Singh of Bagoria in Marwar, who was himself the son of Thakur Jait Singh of Badlu.
British Period and Integration
During the British Raj, Idar State was the premier state of the Mahi Kantha Agency. Udhani, as a subordinate fief, contributed to the military and administrative requirements of the Idar state. The Kumpawat thakurs of this region preserved their distinct Rajasthani heritage and marital traditions despite being geographically located in the Gujarat region. Following India's independence in 1947, the estate of Udhani was merged into the Indian Union along with Idar State, eventually becoming part of the Sabarkantha district in Gujarat.
Genealogy
- Thakur AMAR SINGH, Thakur of Udhani 1916/-, he held the post of Police Superitendent in Idar State; married 1stly, Thakurani Guman Kanwar, daughter of Barad Parmar Thakur Lal Singh Sardarsinhot of Sudasna, married 2ndly, a daughter of Raibar Thakur Surat Singh.
- Thakur Swarup Singh (by Thakurani Badan Kunwar), he was granted the estate of Maniyor, the head estate of the Kumapawats, situated 8 Kms. west of Idar; married and had issue.
- Thakur Vijai Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue.
- Thakur Udai Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue.
- Thakur Gulab Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue.
- Thakur Parbat Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue.
- Thakur Daulat Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue.
- Thakur Nahar Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue.
- Thakur Janak Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue, one son.
- Thakur Gajendra Singh, Thakur of Maniyor.
- Thakur Janak Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue, one son.
- Thakur Nahar Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue.
- Thakur Daulat Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue.
- Thakur Parbat Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue.
- Thakur Gulab Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue.
- Thakur Udai Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue.
- Thakur Vijai Singh, Thakur of Maniyor, married and had issue.
- Thakur Dhirat Singh (by Thakurani Badan Kunwar) (qv)
- Kunwar Ratan Singh (by Thakurani Bagheliji)
- Thakur Sher Singh (by Thakurani Bagheliji), he was granted the estate of Kukadia (12 villages, Rs 30,000), situated 15 kms from Idar at the banks of Guhavi by Maharaj Shiv Singh of Idar in 1752, married 1stly, Thakurani Abhai Kanwar, daughter of Barad Parmar Thakur Gulab Singh, married 2ndly, Thakurani Bhatianiji Sharda Kanwar, and had issue, five sons.
- Thakur Durjan Singh (by Thakurani Abhai Kanwar), Thakur of Kukadia; married Thakurani Udai Kanwar, daughter of Baghela Thakur Net Singh Surtansinhot of Poshina, and had issue, three sons.
- Kunwar Pratap Singh
- Kunwar Chhatra Singh
- Thakur Daulat Singh, Thakur of Kukadia, married Thakurani Amar Kanwar, daughter of Bhati Thakur Surajmal Bhagwatsinhot of Veraval, and had issue, one son.
- Thakur Ajit Singh, Thakur of Kukadia, he adopted Kunwar Shiv Singh from Maniyor; married Thakurani Sisodniji Nath Kanwar, and had adoptive issue. He died sp.
- (A) Thakur Shiv Singh, Thakur of Kukadia, succeeded by adoption; married Thakurani Sisodiniji, and had issue, one son.
- Raja Deep Singh, Thakur of Kukadia, he was granted the title of Raja by Maharaja Daulat Singh of Idar in 1918, married Rani Man Kanwar, daughter of the Jhala Thakur of Vana, and had issue, one son.
- Raja Nahar Singh, Thakur of Kukadia, married 1stly, Rani Takhat Kanwar (alias Nain Kanwar), daughter of Jarecha Thakur Hamir Singh, married 2ndly, Rani Indra Kanwar, daughter of Gohil Kumar Shri Himmatsinhji of Lakhanka village in Saurashtra, and had issue.
- Raja Karan Singh, Thakur of Kukadia, the estate was merged into the Indian Union in 1948; married 1stly, Rani Guman Kanwar, daughter of Chauhan Thakur Laxman Singh of Mundeti in Idar, married 2ndly, a Rani from Nathuwa Gamri in Mewar,
- Raja Pradyuman Singh (by Rani Guman Kanwar), Thakur of Kukadia, married Rani Prasanna Kanwar, daughter of Baghela Thakur Devi Singh of Vartol, and has issue, two sons and two daughters.
- Kunwar Rahul Singh
- Kunwar Bhojraj Singh
- Kunwar Rishiraj Singh, married Payal Kanwarba, daughter of Gunwant Singh Chauhan of Choti Padardiin Dungarpur Dist. in 2023 and settled in Sydney, Australia.
- Baisa Alaknanda Kanwar, married Karan Singh Khichi Chauhan from Lohgarh in the Punjab.
- Baisa Jaywanti Kanwar, married Narendra Singh Khichi, Chauhan from Lohgarh in the Punjab.
- Kunwar Kalyan Singh (by Rani Guman Kanwar), married in Thana family of Mewar.
- Baisa Gayatri Kanwar
- Kunwar Virat Singh, married Lavisha Kanwar Solanki, daughter of Indra Singh Solanki of Roopnagar and has issue one daughter.
- Baisa Nandani Kanwar
- Baisa Usha Kanwar (by Rani Guman Kanwar), married Kunwar Shivdan Singh (member of the Rajasthan Assembly from Nathdwara of BJP and was minister of Devsthan), fourth son of Rawat Man Singhji of Kotharia in Mewar, and has issue.
- Kunwar Upendra Singh (by 2nd Rani), married in Baghel family of Vartol.
- Kunwar Umed Singh [Ajit Singh] (by 2nd Rani), married in Kalyanpur in Mewar.
- Raja Pradyuman Singh (by Rani Guman Kanwar), Thakur of Kukadia, married Rani Prasanna Kanwar, daughter of Baghela Thakur Devi Singh of Vartol, and has issue, two sons and two daughters.
- Kunwar Hamir Singh
- Raja Karan Singh, Thakur of Kukadia, the estate was merged into the Indian Union in 1948; married 1stly, Rani Guman Kanwar, daughter of Chauhan Thakur Laxman Singh of Mundeti in Idar, married 2ndly, a Rani from Nathuwa Gamri in Mewar,
- Raja Nahar Singh, Thakur of Kukadia, married 1stly, Rani Takhat Kanwar (alias Nain Kanwar), daughter of Jarecha Thakur Hamir Singh, married 2ndly, Rani Indra Kanwar, daughter of Gohil Kumar Shri Himmatsinhji of Lakhanka village in Saurashtra, and had issue.
- Raja Deep Singh, Thakur of Kukadia, he was granted the title of Raja by Maharaja Daulat Singh of Idar in 1918, married Rani Man Kanwar, daughter of the Jhala Thakur of Vana, and had issue, one son.
- (A) Thakur Shiv Singh, Thakur of Kukadia, succeeded by adoption; married Thakurani Sisodiniji, and had issue, one son.
- Thakur Ajit Singh, Thakur of Kukadia, he adopted Kunwar Shiv Singh from Maniyor; married Thakurani Sisodniji Nath Kanwar, and had adoptive issue. He died sp.
- Thakur Fateh Singh, he was granted the estate of Bhawangarh (1 village, Rs 3000) situated 15 kms NW from Idar by Maharaja Gambhir Singh of Idar in 1819; died sp.
- Thakur Jaswant Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, he succeeded his brother; married and had issue.
- Thakur Ajit Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Pane Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Hamir Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Ram Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Mahtap Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Jagrup Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Umed Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh.
- Thakur Jagrup Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Mahtap Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Ram Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Hamir Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Pane Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Ajit Singh, Thakur of Bhawangarh, married and had issue.
- Thakur Durjan Singh (by Thakurani Abhai Kanwar), Thakur of Kukadia; married Thakurani Udai Kanwar, daughter of Baghela Thakur Net Singh Surtansinhot of Poshina, and had issue, three sons.
- Thakur Swarup Singh (by Thakurani Badan Kunwar), he was granted the estate of Maniyor, the head estate of the Kumapawats, situated 8 Kms. west of Idar; married and had issue.
- Thakur DHIRAT SINGH, Thakur of Udhani, he was confirmed in the estate of Udhani in 1752 by Maharaja Shiv Singh of Idar; married Thakurani Kalyan Kanwar, and had issue, two sons.
- Thakur Nahar Singh (qv)
- Thakur Chain Singh, he was granted the estate of Rohcha/Ruvach (6 villages, Rs 33,000), situated 15 kms from Idar, married and had issue.
- Thakur Bhim Singh, Thakur of Ruvach, married and had issue.
- Thakur Himmat Singh
- Thakur Prithvi Singh, Thakur of Ruvach, married in Sudasna and had issues, 7 sons.
- Thakur Saheb Himmat Singh
- Thakur Kushal Singh, Thakur of Ruvach, married and had issue.
- Thakur Hundu Singh, Thakur of Ruvach, married and had issue.
- Thakur Parbat Singh, Thakur of Ruvach, married and had issue.
- Thakur Udai Singh, Thakur of Ruvach, married and had issue.
- Thakur Sajjan Singh, Thakur of Ruvach.
- Thakur Udai Singh, Thakur of Ruvach, married and had issue.
- Thakur Parbat Singh, Thakur of Ruvach, married and had issue.
- Thakur Hundu Singh, Thakur of Ruvach, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Man Singh
- Kunwar Chandan Singh
- Kunwar Padam Singh
- Kunwar Laxman Singh
- Kunwar Pane Singh
- Kunwar Ray Singh
- Kunwar Chatra Singh
- Kunwar Takhat Singh
- Thakur Bhim Singh, Thakur of Ruvach, married and had issue.
- Thakur NAHAR SINGH, Thakur of Udhani, married and had issue, one son.
- Thakur Arjun Singh (qv)
- Thakur ARJUN SINGH, Thakur of Udhani, married Thakurani Suraj Kanwar, daughter of Chauhan Thakur Nawal Singh of village Bhoot, and had issue, three sons.
- Thakur Ummed Singh (qv)
- Thakur Dalpat Singh (qv)
- Thakur Madan Singh, he was granted the estate of Patalia; married and had issue.
- Kunwar Kuber Singh, he was adopted by his uncle, Thakur Dalpat Singh, and succeded as Thakur Kuber Singh of Udhani (see below).
- Thakur UMMED SINGH, Thakur of Udhani -/1886, married Thakurani Bhatianiji Fateh Kanwar, and had issue, one son. He died .
- Kunwar Madho Singh, married Kunwarani Sisodniji. He died .
- Thakur DALPAT SINGH, Thakur of Udhani 1886/1913, he adopted his nephew Kunwar Kuber Singh of Patalia (see above); married and had adoptive issue. He died .
- (A) Thakur Kuber Singh (qv)
- Thakur KUBER SINGH, Thakur of Udhani 1913/1916, succeeded by adoption; married 1stly, Thakurani Phool Kanwar, daughter of Chauhan Thakur Laxman Singh Indrabhan Singh of Mundeti in Idar, married 2ndly, Thakurani Gulab Kanwar, married 3rdly, Thakurani Chand Kanwar, daughter of Pawar Thakur Takhat Singh, and had issue, two sons. He died .
- Thakur Amar Singh (by Thakurani Phool Kanwar) (qv)
- Kunwar Sardar Singh (by Thakurani Chand Kanwar)
- Thakur AMAR SINGH, Thakur of Udhani 1916/-, he held the post of Police Superitendent in Idar State; married 1stly, Thakurani Guman Kanwar, daughter of Pawar Thakur Lal Singh Sardarsinhot of Sudasna, married 2ndly, a daughter of Raibar Thakur Surat Singh.