The Estate of Sikar was the largest chiefship in Jaipur, and its head held the title of Rao Raja. Rao Raja was a vassal of Jaipur State and functioned as a subordinate to it. The family seat of administration was at Sikar.
The estate included around 440 villages and covered an area of approximately 1,400 square miles (3,625 km²). [1] The territory was divided into seven tehsils for administrative purposes. [2] These were Reengus, Sikar, Singrawat, Nechwa, Laxmangarh, Fatehpur, and Ramgarh. [2]
It was bounded to the north by Bikaner State, to the east by Shekhawati, a nizamat of Jaipur, to the south by Sambhar, another nizamat of Jaipur, and to the west by Bikaner State and Jodhpur State. [2] Sikar had a total of nine forts. [3]
Raisal, a Shekhawat, was a favorite of Akbar, and his descendants went on to establish a series of estates in Rajasthan. [4] [5] His descendants are known by the patronymic Raisalot. [5] One of Raisal's many sons was Rao Tirmul. [5] He accompanied his father in the Battle of Ahmedabad. [6] Akbar, in recognition of his commendable service, conferred upon him the title of Rao and granted him the parganas of Nagaur and Kasli. [2] [6] His descendants came to be known as Raojika. [5] Rao Rajas of Sikar claim descent from Tirmul. [2] [3] A descendant of Tirmul, Jaswant Singh, was killed by Bahadur Singh, the Raja of Khandela, at Sheogarh Fort in Khandela. [6] [7] To atone for the murder, Bahadur Singh granted Virbhan-ka-Bas to Daulat Singh, the son of the deceased, in 1687. [8] Daulat Singh subsequently renamed it Sikar after Rao Shekha. [7] [9]
The title of Rao Raja was conferred by Jagat Singh on Lakshman Singh. [3] [10]
In 1877, Ram Singh II conferred on Madho Singh the Panchranga, a striped standard of five colors. [10]
Name | Reign Start | Reign End |
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Daulat Singh | 1687 | 1721 |
Shiv Singh | 1721 | 1748 |
Samrath Singh | 1748 | 1754 |
Nahar Singh | 1754 | 1756 |
Chand Singh | 1756 | 1763 |
Devi Singh | 1763 | 1795 |
Lakshman Singh | 1795 | 1833 |
Ram Pratap Singh | 1833 | 1850 |
Bhairon Singh | 1851 | 1886 |
Madho Singh | 1886 | 1922 |
Kalyan Singh | 28 June 1922 | 1954 |
Name | Reign Start | Reign End |
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Kalyan Singh | 1954 | 5 November 1967 |
Bikram Singh | 5 November 1967 |
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