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<b>The Ahluwalia Dynasty </b>---KAPURTHALA Royal family
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->4) Major Maharajkumar Karamjit Singh. b. 9th August 1896 (s/o Rani Kanari), educ. Harrow Sch., Mdsx. Dir. of Agric. 1926, Home Minister 1932, Supt. Oudh Estates 1932-1939, MEC and MSC 1939-1948, Vice-Presdt. State Cncl. 1944-1948 (Presdt. 1948). Rcvd: the Nishan-i-Shahi and Diamond Jubilee medal (1937) of Kapurthala. m. at Naini Tal, 19th November 1928, Rani Sita Devi Sahiba, KIH silver medal (1.1.1944) (b. at Naini Tal, 30th September 1915), Trustee John Martyn Memorial Trust, etc., third daughter of Raja Udai Raj Singh, of Kashipur Raj, in the United Provinces. He d. 7th June 1967, having had issue, two sons:
a) <b>Rajkumar Shri Arun Singh.</b> b. 29th August 1944, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun, and Cambridge Univ. (MA 1971). Employed by Metal Box and Reckitt & Colman India, MP (Rajya Sabha) for Uttar Pradesh 1984-1988, Parliamentary Sec. to the Prime Minister 1984-1985, Union Minister of State for Defence R&D 1985-1987, Special Exec. Assist. to the Minister for External Affairs 1999. Mbr. Delhi Gymkhana Club (1983), etc. m. (sep.) Kanwarani Nina Kaur Sahiba [Nina Singh]. He has issue, two sons and one daughter:
i) Kunwar Shri Hanut Singh. b. at New Delhi, 1973, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun, St Stephen's Coll., Delhi Univ., and Hunter Coll., New York, USA (AB). Journalist with Elle magazine and Editor L'Officiel magazine (Delhi), jewellery designer.
ii) Kunwar Shri Anirudh Singh. b. 1975, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun. m. 1997, Kanwarani Pooja Singh.
i) Kumari Bibiji Devaki Kaur. b. at New Delhi, August 1968. Fashion designer and screenplay writer. m. at New Delhi, 1st October 2006, Professor Marakand Ramchandra Paranjape, Fellow Univs. of Iowa and Texas, Professor of English at the Centre for Linguistics & English, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ., author of "Towards a Poetics of the Indian English Novel" (2000), "Used Book" (2001), and editor of "The Little Book of Sri Aurobindo" (2001), son of Ramchandra Laxman Paranjape, by his wife, Prabhavati.
b) Rajkumar Shri Martand Singh. b. 1947, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun. Textile designer and conservationist. Author of "Saris of India" (1996), and editor of "Tradition and Beyond - Handcrafted Indian Textiles" (2001). Historical Consultant "The Heart of India" (2002). Vice-Chair. Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Oacific Asian Travel Assoc. (PATA), Cultural Heritage Award Committee, etc. Co-Founder Jaisalmer Heritage Trust, Chair. INTACH UK Trust, Trustee Mehrangarh Museum (Jodhpur), Mbr. Editorial Brd. of "Public Archaeology". Copyright<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->4) Major Maharajkumar Karamjit Singh. b. 9th August 1896 (s/o Rani Kanari), educ. Harrow Sch., Mdsx. Dir. of Agric. 1926, Home Minister 1932, Supt. Oudh Estates 1932-1939, MEC and MSC 1939-1948, Vice-Presdt. State Cncl. 1944-1948 (Presdt. 1948). Rcvd: the Nishan-i-Shahi and Diamond Jubilee medal (1937) of Kapurthala. m. at Naini Tal, 19th November 1928, Rani Sita Devi Sahiba, KIH silver medal (1.1.1944) (b. at Naini Tal, 30th September 1915), Trustee John Martyn Memorial Trust, etc., third daughter of Raja Udai Raj Singh, of Kashipur Raj, in the United Provinces. He d. 7th June 1967, having had issue, two sons:
a) <b>Rajkumar Shri Arun Singh.</b> b. 29th August 1944, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun, and Cambridge Univ. (MA 1971). Employed by Metal Box and Reckitt & Colman India, MP (Rajya Sabha) for Uttar Pradesh 1984-1988, Parliamentary Sec. to the Prime Minister 1984-1985, Union Minister of State for Defence R&D 1985-1987, Special Exec. Assist. to the Minister for External Affairs 1999. Mbr. Delhi Gymkhana Club (1983), etc. m. (sep.) Kanwarani Nina Kaur Sahiba [Nina Singh]. He has issue, two sons and one daughter:
i) Kunwar Shri Hanut Singh. b. at New Delhi, 1973, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun, St Stephen's Coll., Delhi Univ., and Hunter Coll., New York, USA (AB). Journalist with Elle magazine and Editor L'Officiel magazine (Delhi), jewellery designer.
ii) Kunwar Shri Anirudh Singh. b. 1975, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun. m. 1997, Kanwarani Pooja Singh.
i) Kumari Bibiji Devaki Kaur. b. at New Delhi, August 1968. Fashion designer and screenplay writer. m. at New Delhi, 1st October 2006, Professor Marakand Ramchandra Paranjape, Fellow Univs. of Iowa and Texas, Professor of English at the Centre for Linguistics & English, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ., author of "Towards a Poetics of the Indian English Novel" (2000), "Used Book" (2001), and editor of "The Little Book of Sri Aurobindo" (2001), son of Ramchandra Laxman Paranjape, by his wife, Prabhavati.
b) Rajkumar Shri Martand Singh. b. 1947, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun. Textile designer and conservationist. Author of "Saris of India" (1996), and editor of "Tradition and Beyond - Handcrafted Indian Textiles" (2001). Historical Consultant "The Heart of India" (2002). Vice-Chair. Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Oacific Asian Travel Assoc. (PATA), Cultural Heritage Award Committee, etc. Co-Founder Jaisalmer Heritage Trust, Chair. INTACH UK Trust, Trustee Mehrangarh Museum (Jodhpur), Mbr. Editorial Brd. of "Public Archaeology". Copyright<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->