Amarkot Jagir

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Amarkot, also known as Rana Jagir is village and jagir of Sodha Rajputs in Umerkot District of Sindh, Pakistan.

Amarkot fort built by Rana Amar Singh

Rana Hamir Singh has been the 26th and present head of Jagir since 2009, and he is also Minister for Agriculture in the Sindh Government. Amarkot is located 16 km away from Umerkot. The Mughal emperor Akbar was born at Amarkot.[1]

Genealogy[edit]

  • Raja Dharnivrah, Raja of Nokoti in Marwar
  • Rana Sodha, Rana of Ratakot, he moved to Amarkot and captured Ratakot, married and had issue, the Sodha clan of the Parmar Dynasty.
  • Rana Raisi, Rana of Ratakot.
  • Rana Chachakdev, Rana of Amarkot and Ratakot, in 1155 he captured Amarkot from the Soomra Dynasty, a clan of the Parmar Dynasty
  • Rana Jaibhram, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Jasahad, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Someshwar, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Dharavarsh, Rana of Amarkot, married and had issue.
    • Rana Durjanshal (Dalji) (qv)
    • Rana Aasrao
  • Rana Durjanshal, Rana of Amarkot, married and had issue.
    • Rana Avtarde (qv)
    • Rani Natalde, married to Rao Ramdevji, son of Raja Ajmalji of Pokhran (Ramdevra).
  • Rana Avtarde, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Thira, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Hamir I, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Beesa, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Tejsi, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Kumpa, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Champa, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Ganga, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Prashad (Patta), Rana of Amarkot, he was a contemporary of the Mughal Emperor Humayun (1530/1556).[2]
  • Rana Chandarsen, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Bhojraj, Rana of Amarkot.
  • Rana Ishwardas, Rana of Amarkot (1708).
  • Rana Bahahut Singh, Rana of Amarkot, ancestor of the later Rana Sahebs of Amarkot.
  • Rana Meghraj Singh, 23rd Rana of Amarkot; married and had issue.
    • Rana Arjun Singh. (qv)
  • Rana Arjun Singh, 24th Rana of Amarkot, married Rani Dev Kumari, daughter of Thakur Bheru Singhji of Khatipur and had issues. He died January 1947.
    • Rana Chander Singh.
    • Thakur Saheb Inder Singhji, born 1934.
    • Thakur Saheb Balbeer Singhji, born 1938, married Rani Indira Kumari, youngest daughter of Rawat Jai Singhji, 3rd Rawat Saheb of Meja.
      • Kunwar Vikram Singh, married Rajkumari Kirti Kumari, daughter of Indrajit Singh Ji, Rao Saheb of Garhi and Rani Sampat Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Shri Ajit Singh Sahib of Jodhpur and has issue, one daughter.
        • Baisa Kiran Kumari, married in 2015 to Kanwar Dhruv Singh of Alsisar.
  • Rana Chandra Singh, 25th Rana of Amarkot (1947 to 2009), born 1931 in Rana Jagir, Tharparkar District, he was one of the founder members of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Umerkot, seven times with the PPP between 1977 and 1999.[3] he served as Minister for Agriculture and Revenue, and was Chairman of the National Commission of Minorities; married Rani Subhadra Kumari, daughter of Rawat Tej Singhji of Rawatsar in Bikaner, and his wife, Rani Lakshmi Kumariji, and had issue, four sons and one daughter. He died 1 August 2009 in Karachi[ and was cremated at Rana Jagir.
    • Kunwar Jungvijay Singh, born 5 February 1956.
    • Kunwar Hamir Singh, succededed as Rana Hamir Singh. (qv)
    • Kunwar Bhopal Singh, born 7 October 1959. (U.S.A.)
    • Kunwar Dr. Pritipal Singh Sodha, presently employed with the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi; married Kunwarani Ronilla Singh Ranawat, Administrative Coordinator of the Foundation Public School, daughter of Col. Thakur Ran Vijay Singh Ranawat of Kankarwa, and has issue, two sons.
      • Bhanwar Shivdan Singh Sodha.
      • Bhanwar Bhawani Singh Sodha.
    • Rajkumari Sangeeta Kumari, married to Thakur Narpat Singh Ranawat of Shahpura in Jaipur, and has issue, two children.
      • Kunwar Shatrunjay Pratap Singh, Conservationist working for the survival of tigers in India.
      • Kunwar Aditya Singh

Rana.

  • Rana Hamir Singh, 26th and present Rana Saheb of Amarkot since 2009 (Rana Jagir, Pakistan), born March 1957, Minister for Agriculture in the Sindh Government, married Rani Nalini Prabha Kanwar, daughter of Rao Gansham Singh of Tantoti, and his wife, Rani Partap Kanwar, and has issue, one son and three daughters.
  • Kumari Deval Sodha, married 10 February 2004, Bhanwar Rudra Pratap Singh, son of Kanwar Gajendra Singh of Auwa, and his wife, Kanwarani Vishalakshi Devi, and has issue, one son.
  • Kumari Aprajita Sodha, married April 2004, Yuvraj Ambrish Pal Singh, son of Raja Anirudh Pal Singh of Awagarh.
  • Maharaj Kumarani Mahalaxmi Sodha, married February 2008, Maharaj Kumar Jayendra Pratap Singh, son and heir of Maharaja Bahadur Dharmendra Prasad Singh of Balrampur, and his wife, Maharani Vandana Rajya Lakshmi.
  • Kunwar Karni Singh Sodha, married on 20 February 2015 to Baijilal Padmini Singh, daughter of Thakur Man Singh Rathore of thikana Kanota and has issue, one son.[2][4]
    • Bhanwar Vishwaraj Singh Sodha, born 1 April 2017

References[edit]

  1. ^ Abhinay Rathore. "Amarkot (Jagir) Homepage with Pictures and Map : Rajput Provinces of India". indianrajputs.com. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  2. ^ a b "Footprints: The ties that bind - Pakistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  3. ^ "SindhiDuniya". sindhidunya.com. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  4. ^ "Pakistani boy, Indian girl and a royal wedding in Jaipur - India News". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 2018-11-10.