As for as i know , Mahendra singh had officially "Divorced" himself from the family, so automatically had he renounced his claim to the raj gaddi . As a result , Arvind singh became maharana. But he does not call himself maharana . He is the "Custodian of house of mewar" --- Mandeep Singh Bajwa <[email protected]> wrote: > The Maharana is actually his elder brother, Mahendra > Singh. Arvind Singh is > however the owner of the entire family property. The > late Maharana, Bhagwat > Singh made Arvind Singh his successor through his > will but the Thikanedars > (Nobles) refused to accept the bypassing of the > elder son and therefore > Arvind Singh inherited the property but not the > title. > > Mandeep Singh Bajwa, > Chandigarh, > India > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

At 12:54 AM 05/08/04 -0700, you wrote: > >As for as i know , Mahendra singh had officially >"Divorced" himself from the family, so automatically >had he renounced his claim to the raj gaddi . As a >result , Arvind singh became maharana. But he does not >call himself maharana . He is the "Custodian of house >of mewar" > > > >--- Mandeep Singh Bajwa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The Maharana is actually his elder brother, Mahendra >> Singh. Arvind Singh is >> however the owner of the entire family property. The >> late Maharana, Bhagwat >> Singh made Arvind Singh his successor through his >> will but the Thikanedars >> (Nobles) refused to accept the bypassing of the >> elder son and therefore >> Arvind Singh inherited the property but not the >> title. >> >> Mandeep Singh Bajwa, >> Chandigarh, >> India >> Apparently correct, Maharaj Mahendra Singhji, basically disinherited himself when he "left" the family. The court case dragged on for years. I'm fairly certain that neither brother had the full support of all nobles nor even that of family members. IIRC their mother supported Mahendra, but the sister supported Arvind (apologies to Fr.Lawrence if I've stolen his thunder, (welcome to the list]) Cheers, Henry

True, Mahendra Singh had fallen out with his father and therefore was overlooked for succeeding him. But the Thikanedars took a strong stand and refused to accept Arvind Singh as the Maharana. The position now is that Mahendra Singh is the Maharana and Arvind Singh is the owner of all the family property and the 'Custodian of the House of Mewar' as you so rightly put it. Mandeep ----- Original Message ----- From: akshay chavan <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 1:24 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-ROYALTY] Inquiring about Sajja Singh and Maharaja Pratap Singh > > As for as i know , Mahendra singh had officially > "Divorced" himself from the family, so automatically > had he renounced his claim to the raj gaddi . As a > result , Arvind singh became maharana. But he does not > call himself maharana . He is the "Custodian of house > of mewar" > > > > --- Mandeep Singh Bajwa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The Maharana is actually his elder brother, Mahendra > > Singh. Arvind Singh is > > however the owner of the entire family property. The > > late Maharana, Bhagwat > > Singh made Arvind Singh his successor through his > > will but the Thikanedars > > (Nobles) refused to accept the bypassing of the > > elder son and therefore > > Arvind Singh inherited the property but not the > > title. > > > > Mandeep Singh Bajwa, > > Chandigarh, > > India > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >