ALI RAJPUR (Princely State) 

(11 gun salute) 

 
AREA:  2,165 km PRIVY PURSE:  95,000R  ACCESSION:  15th June 1948 
STATE:  Madhya Pradesh  DYNASTY:  Rathore  RELIGION:  Hindu 
VILLAGES:  307 (1901)  POPULATION:  50,185 (1901) REVENUE: 100,000Rs
     
PRESENT RULER: HH Raja KAMLENDRA SINGH, Raja Saheb of Alirajpur since 30th March 1996.
a retired B.S.F. officer.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:  Founded in 1437. Rulers were.... 
  • Rana ANAND DEO, founder of the state in 1437, married and had issue.
    • Rana PRATAP DEO (qv)
  • Rana PRATAP DEO, married and had issue.
    • Rana CHANCHAL DEO (qv)
  • Rana CHANCHAL DEO, married and had issue.
    • Rana GUGAL DEO (qv)
    • Kunwar Kesar Deo, founder of Jobat .
  • Rana GUGAL DEO
  • ...... 
  • Rana RAYA SINGH fl.1650, married Rani Devimati of Barwani
  • ....... 
  • Rana PRITHI DEO, married and had issue.
    • Rana SURAT DEO (qv)
  • Rana SURAT DEO -/1765, married and had issue.
    • Rana PRATAP SINGH (qv)
  • Rana PRATAP SINGH 1765/1818, married and had issue. He died 1818.
    • Rana JASHWANT SINGH (qv)
  • Rana JASHWANT SINGH 1818/1862, born 1818 (posthumous), married and had issue. He died 17th March 1862. 
    • Rana GANG DEO (qv)
    • Rana RUP DEO (qv)
  • Rana GANG DEO 1862/1871 (deposed) 
  • Rana RUP DEO 1871/1881, died sp 1881. 
  • Rana BIJAI SINGH 1881/1890, adopted from Sondwa, died 16th August 1890, succeeded by his cousin. 

  • INTERREGNUM 1890/1891

  • HH Maharaja Sir PRATAP SINGH 1891/-, born 12th September 1881, adopted from Sondwa, educated at Daly College, Indore; succeeded 14th February 1891 (#1), C.I.E. [cr.1915], K.C.I.E., Raja [cr.1911], Maharaja (Personal) [cr.1941], salute raised to 11 guns in 1920 and made hereditary in 1921, married and had issue.
    • HH Raja FATEH SINGH (qv)
  • HH Raja FATEH SINGH -/1941, born 1904, married and had issue. He died 23rd October 1941 (#2) .
    • HH Raja SURENDRA SINGH (qv)
    • HH Raja KAMLENDRA SINGH (qv)
    • Rajkumari Rohini Devi, married 1945 (div.), Raja NARENDRA SINGH of Sarila.
    • [Rajkumari (name unknown), married (as his first wife), Raj Rajeshwar Shreeman Thakor Saheb Maharawal SWAROOPSINGHJI CHATRASINGHJI, Thakor Saheb of Chorangala, and had issue.]
  • HH Raja SURENDRA SINGH 1941/1996, born 1923, educated at Marlborough College, Englan; served with the I.F.S., Indian Ambassador to Spain around 1980, married (div.). He died sp 30th March 1996 at the Shreemaya Hotel in Indore.
  • HH Raja KAMLENDRA SINGH (see above)
 
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LAST MODIFIED:   
1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 , p.21
2. Cricinfo.com, courtesy of Philip Bailey October 2002