> > Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:12:26 +1000 > To: "Steve Ruelberg" > From: Henry Soszynski > Subject: Re: INDIAN PRINCELY STATES - PALASNI > > At 06:55 21/01/04 -0800, you wrote: >> >> Looking at this state I am a little confused. The Indian Yearbooks in the >> 1930's list the ruler of Palasni as Chandrasinhji Jitsinhji b.1889 s.1929 & >> his two sons Sardarsinhji b.1919 >> & Veerbhadrasinhji b.1939.  Therefore I don't see how Indrasinhji b.1885 >> s.1907 could be the present ruler. If he did succeed to the state it could >> not have been in 1907. However I must admit I don't have any info here later >> then the 1930's. > > I'm cc'ing this to the list, hopefully someone may have further info. > This is confusing indeed. My source does show Indrasinhji as Thakur in 1944 > (Indian Annual Register by N.N. Mitra 1945), so unless my source is wrong or > I've noted the wrong heading I just don't know where if any error might be. > Regarding Tonk, the Nawab of Rampur, just mentioned in one of his e-mails > that the present Nawab is the brother-in-law of his predecessor, no further > info was provided. It is almost certain that the Nawab is agnatically > connected to the main line of the Nawabs. (The first Nawab had nine sons, all > of whom apparently had descendants). > I've received an e-mail from the grandson of the Nawab of Palanpur and there > are some minor additions to the family of the present Nawab (87 years old > this year).. > Cheers, > Henry