Information
| Dynasty | Jadeja |
| State | Saurashtra |
| Gun Salutes | 11 |
| Agency | Kathiawar Agency |
| Area | 2,129 km² |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Hindi Name | मोर्वी |
| Last Updated | 09th Apr, 2026 |
Present Head/Ruler
HH Maharaja Shri VISHAL ADITYA SINGH JADEJA, 13th Thakore Sahib of Morvi since 1978, born 1973, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot.
Short History
Morvi was ruled by the Jethwa Rajputs until the fifteenth century, when it passed to the Sultans of Ahmedabad. After the surrender of Sultan Muzaffar to the Mughul Emperor Akbar, Khengarji, the Rao of Kutch, was rewarded for his services with a grant of the district of Morvi. During Rao Rayadhanji’s reign, an army from Ahmedabad attacked Morvi. His son, Ravaji, the direct ancestor of the Morvi House, boldly undertook to expel the enemy. For his efforts in rescuing Morvi, he obtained it as a gift from his father in 1675–76.
When Rao Rayadhanji’s eldest son Noghanji predeceased him, Ravaji became the rightful heir to the gadi of Kutch. But he was murdered by his nephew, Godji, whose father Pragmulji, the third son of Rao Rayadhanji, usurped the gadi, refusing the right of Kanyaji, the son of Ravaji. Kanyaji escaped from Bhuj and took immediate possession of Morvi and Kuttaria in Wagad, and established an independent state of his own. Thus the Morvi House is the seniormost house of the entire Jadeja clan, to which the houses of Kutch and Nawanagar, among others, belong.
Predecessors
- Thakore Sahib KANYAJI RAVAJI, 1st Thakore Sahib of Morvi 1697/1734, son of Jam Ravaji Rayadhanji of Kutch, married 1stly Keshar Kanwarba in Jhala family of Kotharia, 2ndly Suraj Kanwarba in Chauhan family of Vaveti, 3rdly Dhanjiba of Ganf, 4thly of Bet-Dwarka, 5thly Surajba of Wadhwan and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Tejmalji Kanyaji, married Kumari Shri Pamba Sahiba, daughter of Raj Sahib Jaswantsinhji Gajsinhji of Dhrangadhra, and his third wife, Rani Phuljiba Sahiba. He died spm.
- Thakore Sahib Aliaji Kanyaji (qv)
- Kumar Shri Bhimji Kanyaji of Gungan, with the villages of Jetpar [Machhu] and Sultanpar at Morvi.
- Kumar Shri Lakhaji Kanyaji of Lakadia, Nagdavas, Gharana, Bahadurgadh at Morvi and Manaba (Vagad) etc.
- Kumar Shri Raysangji Kanyaji of Kumbharia (Vagad).
- Thakore Sahib Modaji Kanyaji, by Suraj Kanwarba of Chauhan family, founder of Wandhia, Navagam, Vijapasar, Kumbhardi Chitrod and Malia.
- Kumar Shri Ranmalji Kanyaji of Kumbharia (Machhu) and Laliana (Vagad)
- Kumar Shri Ramsangaji Kanyaji of Jangi (Vagad).
- Thakore Sahib ALIAJI KANYAJI, 2nd Thakore Sahib of Morvi 1734/1739, married and had issues, murdered by Halaji of Padadhari.
- Thakore Sahib Ravaji Aliaji I (qv)
- Kumar Shri Jiyaji Aliaji of Modpar
- Kumar Shri Hardholji Aliaji, died younger.
- Thakore Sahib RAVAJI ALIAJI I, 3rd Thakore Sahib of Morvi 1739/1763, married and had issue.
- Thakore Sahib Panchanji Ravaji (qv)
- Thakore Sahib Waghji Ravaji I (qv)
- Kumar Shri Rayabji Ravaji of Khanpar
- Kumar Shri Ajubhai Ravaji of Mitana
- Kumar Shri Jivanji Ravaji of Lajai
- Kumar Shri Vinoji Ravaji of Sarvad
- Kumar Shri Veroji Ravaji of Deraru
- Thakore Sahib PANCHANJI RAVAJI, 4th Thakore Sahib of Morvi 1763/1772
- Thakore Sahib WAGHJI RAVAJI I, 5th Thakore Sahib of Morvi 1772/1783, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Hamirji Waghji
- Thakore Sahib Jyaji Waghji (qv)
- Kumar Shri Devaji Waghji of Sajjanpur
- Kumar Shri Mehramanji Waghji of Bela
- Thakore Sahib JYAJI WAGHJI, 6th Thakore Sahib of Morvi 1783/1828, married and had issue.
- Thakore Sahib Prithirajji Jyaji (qv)
- Kumar Shri Mokadji Jyaji of Savdi
- Thakore Sahib PRITHIRAJJI JYAJI, 7th Thakore Sahib of Morvi 1828/1846
- Thakore Sahib RAVAJI II PRITHIRAJJI, 8th Thakore Sahib of Morvi 1846/1870, married and had issue. He died 1870.
- HH Thakore Sahib Waghji Ravaji II (qv)
- Kumar Shri Harbhamji Ravaji, M.A., LL.B. (Cantab), educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot and Cambridge University, barrister-at-law, Member of the Foreign Service in the Berars under the British Government, Assistant Commissioner, Civil Judge, Prime Minister of Bharatpur, married and had issue.
- Shri Ranjitsinhji Harbhamji of Mota-Khijadia
- Unknown Generations
- Kumar Shri Manudada Jadeja of Mota-Khijadia, acknowledged as the Maharaja of Morvi in 1979, by the nobles of the former Princely State, as the nearest heir of the late Maharaja.
- Generation
- Maharaj Shri Manvendrasinhji Jadeja, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Omkarsinhji Manvendrasinhji Jadeja of Mota-Khijadia, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1964).
- Kumar Shri Arjunsinhji Manvendrasinhji Jadeja of Mota-Khijadia, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1968).
- Rajkumari Amrapali Devi, married Kumar Shri Mayurdhwajsinhji Kishorsinhji Zala of Lakhtar, and has issue, two daughters.
- Maharaj Shri Manvendrasinhji Jadeja, married and had issue.
- Unknown Generations
- Shri Ranjitsinhji Harbhamji of Mota-Khijadia
- Shri Parbatsinhji Ravaji of Dharuvnagar
- HH Thakore Sahib WAGHJI II RAVAJI, 9th Thakore Sahib of Morvi 1870/1922, born 7th April 1858, K.C.I.E. [cr.1887], G.C.I.E. [cr.1897], educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; married HH Thakorani Sahiba Bajirajba of Palitana, and had issue, as well as issue by secondary wives. He died 11th July 1922.
- HH Maharaja Shri Sir Lakhdirji Waghji Bahadur (qv)
- Kumar Shri Chandrasinhji Waghji
- Kumar Shri Shivsinhji Waghji (by a secondary wife), married Kumari Kiran Ba of Jaipur, and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Pruthvirajsinhji Shivsinhji Jadeja, married Kumari Alka Ba, daughter of Capt. Kumar Shri Raghuraj Sinhji Jhala, and his wife, Kumari Kusum Mehta, and has issue.
- Kumar Shri Mahipalsinhji Pruthvirajsinhji Jadeja [Kumar Mahipal Sinh P. Jadeja], married Kumari Nalini Kuwar Ba, daughter of Thakur Narender Singhji Rajawat of Thikana Chandroli near Jaipur, and his wife, Thakurani Puran Kuwar Ba, daughter of Balwant Singhji [Lalaji] of Jodhpur.
- Kumar Shri Pruthvirajsinhji Shivsinhji Jadeja, married Kumari Alka Ba, daughter of Capt. Kumar Shri Raghuraj Sinhji Jhala, and his wife, Kumari Kusum Mehta, and has issue.
- Kumar Shri Amarsinhji Waghji Jadeja, married Kumari Manohar Kumari, daughter of Shri Jaysinhji Rathore from Jodhpur, and had issue, three sons.
- Kumar Shri Ajitsinhji Amarsinhji Jadeja, married Kumari Gajendra Rathore of Jhabua.
- Kumar Shri Pritisinhji Amarsinhji Jadeja, married Kumari Nisha of Mumbai.
- Kumar Shri Dilipsinhji Amarsinhji Jadeja, married Kumari Seema Ba Dilip Sinh Jadeja, daughter of Kunwar Shri Narendra Sinhji Tanwar, and his wife, Kunwarani Sukanya Kumari of Kurukshetra, and has issue, one daughter.
- Kumari Yasna Ba D. Jadeja
- Kumar Shri Pratapsinhji Waghji Jadeja, married Rajkumariba Jadeja, daughter of Shri Raja Sher Singhji Rajawat of Chandroli in Jaipur State.
- Kumar Shri Rajendra Pratap Singhji Jadeja, married to Uma ba Jadeja daughter of maharaj Shri Gordhan Singhji Ranawat of Udaipur and has issues, 3 daughters.
- Shilpi R Jadeja
- Shivani R jadeja
- Shailja R Jadeja
- Kumar Shri Major Jaswant Pratap Singhji Jadeja (Saurya Chakra), married to Sangita ba Jadeja daughter of Shri. S P Srivastava and has issues, one son and a daughter.
- Aditya Jaswant Singhji Jadeja
- Saumya J Jadeja
- Kumar Shri Rajendra Pratap Singhji Jadeja, married to Uma ba Jadeja daughter of maharaj Shri Gordhan Singhji Ranawat of Udaipur and has issues, 3 daughters.
- HH Maharaja Shri Sir LAKHDHIRJI WAGHJI Bahadur, 10th Thakore Sahib of Morvi 1922/1948, born 26th December 1876, G.B.E., K.C.S.I., Maharaja [cr.1926]; Educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; St Mary’s School, Mumbai; and Bradfield College, Berkshire. He married 1stly, in 1898, Maharajkumari Nand Kunverba (b. 1883; d. 1915), a daughter of HH Maharana Gambhirsinhji Varisalji of Rajpipla; 2ndly, in 1898, HH Maharani Suraj Kunverba (b. 1883; d. 1945), a daughter of HH Maharawal Shri Mansinhji Prithvirajji of Baria; 3rdly, in 1908, HH Maharani Kesar Kunverba, a daughter of Sarvaiya Bawaji Ranaji, the talukdar of Ranigam and Datha; and had issue. He died 4th May 1957.
- HH Maharaja Shri Mahendrasinhji Lakhdhirji Sahib Bahadur (qv)
- Maharajkumar Kalikakumarsinhji Lakhdhirji Jadeja of Khareda, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Shri Shaktisinhji Kalikakumarsinhji Jadeja of Khareda, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1953).
- Ranisaheb Shrimant Devyani Raje (née Jadeja), married Col. Maharaj Ashok Raje of Baroda.
- HH Maharaja Shri MAHENDRASINHJI LAKHDIRJI Sahib Bahadur, 11th Thakore Sahib of Morvi 1948/1957, born 1st January 1918, married 1stly, 27th January 1932, HH Maharani Mohini Kunverba, died 1993, daughter of Lt.-Col. HH Maharana Shri Sir Vijaysinhji Chhatrasinhji Sahib of Rajpipla, married 2ndly, HH Maharani Sudhir Kunverba, daughter of HH Maharaja Sahib Indrasinhji Pratapsinhji of Bansda, married 3rdly, 1945, HH Maharani Vijay Kunverba, and had issue. He died 17th August 1957 at Ascot, Berkshire, UK.
- HH Maharaja Shri Mayurdhwajsinhji Mahendrasinhji (see below)
- Maharajkumari Shrimati Draupati Devi [Meera]
- Maharajkumari Shrimati Uma Devi [Mrs. Uma Dubash] (by Maharani Vijay Kunverba), married Adi Dubash, and has issue.
- Lia Dubash
- Maharajkumari Shrimati Raukshani Devi [Mrs. Maya Patroa] (by Maharani Vijay Kunverba), married Roy Patroa, and has issue, one son.
- Vishal Patroa (qv)
- Maharajkumari Harshad Purna Devi [The Hon. Mrs. Browne] (by Maharani Vijay Kunverba), born 1952, married 1981, Hon. Garech Domnagh Browne of the Lords Oranmore and Browne, born 25th June 1939.
- HH Maharaja Shri MAYURDHWAJSINHJI MAHENDRASINHJI, 12th Thakore Sahib of Morvi 1957/1978, born 29th November 1953, died unmarried 22nd August 1978.
- HH Maharaja Shri VISHAL ADITYA SINGH JADEJA, 13th Thakore Sahib of Morvi (see above)