CHURHAT (Thikana) 

 
VILLAGES:  REVENUE:  200,000Rs ACCESSION: 
LOCATION:  Rewah (Madhya Pradesh) DYNASTY:  Baghela RELIGION:  Hindu
     
PRESENT RULER:  Rao RAN BAHADUR SINGH, 27th Rao of Churhat.
married Rani Krishna Kumari, daughter of HH Raja DALIP SINGH of Jhabua, and his wife, Rani Gopal Kumari, and has issue.
  • Rajkumari Subhadra Kumari (+), born 13th January 1948, married into Achrol, and has issue.
    • Anand Singh
    • Abhay Singh
  • Yuvaraj Krishna Kumar Singh, married Yuvrani Durga Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of Shri Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and has issue.
    • Rajkumar Dhruv Singh
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:  Rulers were.... 
  • Raja SHIV BAHADUR SINGH, born 1894, 26th Rao of Churhat, granted the title of Raja as a personal distinction, married 1stly, married 2ndly, married 3rdly, Rani Mohini Devi, and had issue, 4 sons and 5 daughters.
    • Rani Laxmi Devi (by 1st wife), married the Raja Ramendra Vikram Singh of Athadma in Uttar Pradesh, and had issue, one son.
    • Rani Sushila Kumari (by 1st wife), married the Raja Sahib of Chaugain in Bihar, and had issue, 3 sons and 1 daughter.
      • Rajkumari Sahiba Asha Kumari, married Kunwar Sahib Jay Sinhji of Sitamau, and has issue.
    • Rani Shanta Devi (by 3rd wife), married Rao Saheb INDRA PAL SIINGH of Pachon in Aligarh District, Uttar Pradesh, and had issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters.
    • Rao RAN BAHADUR SINGH (by 1st wife) (qv)
    • Rajkumar Arjun SinghRajkumar Arjun Singh (by 3rd wife), born 5th November 1930 in Churhat, Distt. Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh; Educated at Allahabad University and Agra University (B.A., LL.B.); Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1957/1985; Minister of State for Agriculture, and General Administration Department (GAD) and Information and Public Relations in the Government of Madhya Pradesh 1963/1967; Minister of Planning and Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh 1967; Minister of Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh 1972/1977; Leader of Opposition, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1977/1980; Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh 1980/1985; Governor of Punjab in 1985; Minister of Commerce in the Government of India 1985/1986; Member of the Eighth Lok Sabha 1985/1988; Minister of Communications, Government of India 1986/1988; Member of the Madhya  Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1988/1991; Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh 1988/1989; Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India 1991/1994; Member of the Tenth Lok  Sabha 1991/1996; Elected to Rajya Sabha in April 2000; Member, Consultative Committee for the  Ministry of Home Affairs 2000/-; Member of the Committee on Rules 2001/-; Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development 2002/-; Member of the General Purposes Committee 2002/-; married 2nd June 1948, Rajkumar Rani Saroj Kumari of Pratapgarh (M.P.), born 25th July 1935, and has issue.
      • Kunwar Abhimanyu Singh, born 15th January 1950, married 22nd January 1976, Kunwarani Veena Kumari, born 25th July 1954, daughter of Maharaj Dilipsinhji Godji of Kutch, and has issue.
        • Bhanwar Abhijeet Singh, born 19th July 1978, married 19th February 2006, Bhanwarani Priyanka Singh, daughter of Raja MADHVENDRA SINGH of Narauli, Moradabad Dist.
        • Baiji Lal Aradhana Kumari, born 15th January 1985.
      • Thakurani Veena Kumari, born 9th September 1952, married Thakur Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh of Singhrauli, Sidhi District (M.P.), and has issue.
        • Kunwar Aishwarya Singh, born 1974, married 22nd/23rd February 2007 at New Delhi, Devyani Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of Shri Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and his wife Rani Usharaje Scindia.
        • Baiji Lal Amritha Kumari
      • Kunwar Ajay Singh [Rahul Singh], born 13th September 1954, married 1981, Kunwarani Suniti Singh of Gumanpura, and has issue.
        • Bhanwar Arundodya Singh, born 1983.
        • Baiji Lal Akriti Kumari, born August 1985.
        • Baiji Lal Ambika Kumari, born 1988.
    • Rajkumar Dr. Sajjan Singh (by 3rd wife), born 1932, educated in the U.S.A., married and has issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters.
      • Kunwar Dr. Vijay Singh, married and has issue.
        • Baiji Lal Malini Kumari
        • Baiji Lal Bhavna Kumari
      • Kunwar Amar Singh, married and has issue.
        • Bhanwar Udayan Singh
        • Baiji Lal Anushree Kumari
      • Thakurani Sandhya Kumari, married Thakur Ajai Singh of Pokhran, and has issue, 1 daughter.
        • Baisa Darshika Kumari, born 6th October 1983.
      • Baiji Lal Madhu Kumari, married and has issue, 1 son.
        • Raunak Singh
    • Rajkumari Usha Kumari (+) (by 3rd wife), married and had issue, 1 son and 2 daughters.
    • Rajkumar Ganga Singh (+) (by 3rd wife), married and had issue, 1 son and 2 daughters.
      • Baiji Lal Vandana Kumari
      • Baiji Lal Manju Kumari
      • Kunwar Sanjay Singh
    • Rajkumari Padma Kumari, married Uday Pratap Singh (+), and has issue, 1 son and 1 daughter.
  • Rao RAN BAHADUR SINGH (see above)
 
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