1500 -
1700
When Sikander Lodi was the king of Delhi in 1503 AD. Maharaja
Prithviraj
Singh Ji was the ruler of
Amber, capital before Jaipur was
built. One of his descendants in 1568 AD
Thakur Manohardas Ji,
the then Prime Minister of Amber was one of the greatest warriors in
the Rajput history, ruling over the territories of
Chaumoo,
Samode
and
Mohanna.
Thakur Sahib along with Maharaja
Man Singh
Ji of Jaipur gained victories in overall 22 battles including the
battle of Kandhar in Afghanistan where he defeated the army bravely
and snatched their flags to present to the King, in return
Thakur
Sahib got the original flag of Amber and a great fortune of wealth.
1700 - 1900
One of his descendants
Thakur Mohan Singh Ji, ruler of
Chaumoo
and the then Prime Minister of
Raj built the first haveli of
Jaipur in 1727 known as
The Chaumoo Haveli. The haveli
is still being inhabited by his descendants and is today renamed after
Thakur Raj Singh Ji, the last crowned
Thakur Sahib of Chaumoo
before the democratic India came into existence.
Ranjit Singhji succeeded Ratan Singhji in the year 1783 and his son
Kishan Singhji came to the throne in 1799 thereafter him came Thakur
Laxman Singhji in 1830 who did a lot for the state and adopted Gobind
Singh ji from Ajeyrajpura to succeed him in the year 1863 as he did
not have any male issue.
In 1889, Thakur Gobind Singhji received the title of Rao Bahadur
from the British Govt. Coln. Walter the AGG said that bestowing the
title of Rao Bahadur was to express their appreciation of his excellent
services and loyalty as member of council The resources of the state
was largely developed under him and he was appointed member of council.
1900 - till now
Thakur Devi Singhji succeeded Gobindji who was 13 descendents. His eldest
son Sangram Singhji was adapted to Samode and his second son Raj Singhji
succeeded the Chaumoo state. He had left behind his daughter Shakuntala
Kumari married to Rao Surendra Pal Singh ji chief of Umergarh State.
Shakuntala Kumari has only two daughters Jayendra and Chetna Kumari.
The Raj Palace is named after him which is now a beautiful heritage
hotel in the heart of the Jaipur city