PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded
in 1778. The family apparently migrated from Alwar in the 17th or 18th
century with Bhim Singh, and obtained land from the Orchha chief.
Rulers
were....
- Thakur BENI SINGH 1778/1788, grandson of Bhim Singh, became
minister to
Raja Hindupat of Orchha, who granted him the territory that now forms
most
of the Maihar tehsil in 1778, which originally was part of Rewah, he
constructed
numerous tanks and buildings, married and had issue. He died 1788.
- Thakur RAJDHAR SINGH (qv)
- Thakur DURJAN SINGH (qv)
- Thakur RAJDHAR SINGH 1788/1790, his lands were occupied by
Ali
Bahadur of
Banda,
- Thakur DURJAN SINGH 1790/1826, in 1806 and 1814, Durjan
Singh
received
sanads
from the British Government confirming him in the possession of his
lands,
the state was divided between his two sons after his death, married and
had issue. He died 1826.
- Thakur BISHAN SINGH (qv)
- Thakur PRAG DAS of Kunwara, served as Kamdar to the Raja
of Panna in 1829; obtained Bijai Raghogarh in 1826, which
was
confiscated in
1858
owing to the rebellion of the chief; married and had issue. He died
1845.
- Thakur SURJU PRASAD of Bijai Raghogarh 1845/1858
- Thakur BISHAN SINGH 1826/1850, the Bengal
Government
in 1828/1831, recognized the right of the Thakur Sahib to the
Taluka of Khatoli which had been leased to Lal Jagmohan Singh, Jagirdar of Simeria and a
tributary of the Raja of Rewa; married
and
had issue.
- Thakur MOHAN PRASAD 1850/1852, married and
had issue.
- Raja RAGHUBIR SINGH 1852/1908, born 1843 (#1),
succeeded 1852, Raja [cr.1869] (Hereditary), a personal salute of 9
guns
was granted in 1877 and made hereditary in 1878; married and had issue.
He died 1908.
- Raja JAGUBIR SINGH (qv)
- Raja RANDHIR SINGH (qv)
- Raja JAGUBIR SINGH 1908/1910
- Raja RANDHIR SINGH 1910/1911, married and had issue.
- HH Maharaja Sir BRIJNATH SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur (qv)
- HH Maharaja Sir BRIJNATH SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur 1911/1968 ,
born
22nd
February
1896 (#2)., married nine wives, including
HH Maharani Surendra Kumari Devi, daughter of the Maharaj Sahib of
Semlia in Rajasthan, and had
issue, three sons
and five daughters. He died 13th October 1968.
- HH Maharaja GOVIND SINGH (by HH Maharani Surendra Kumari
Devi) (qv)
- Maharajkumar Ram Chandra Judeo (by HH Maharani Surendra
Kumari Devi)
- Maharajkumari Mahendra Kumari Devi (by HH Maharani
Surendra Kumari Devi), married Raja JAGDISH PRATAP SAHI of Deara Raj in
Sultanpur District, Oudh, U.P., and had issue.
- Maharajkumar Narayan Singh Judeo, third son, M.L.A.
(Maihar); married Rajkumari Sarat Kumari Devi, daughter of Raja Saheb
ANIRUDH PRATAP NARAYAN SINGH of Padrauna,
and has issue, four children.
- Rajkumari Sharda Kunwar, born 18th June 1968, married
2nd May 1986 in Salempur, Kunwar Sanjay Singh of
Salempur, Azamgarh, and has issue.
- Kumari Rajlaxmi Singh
- Kumari Rajeswari Singh
- Bhanwar Rudra Raj Singh
- Rajkumari Jayanti Kunwar
- Rajkumar Brij Raj Singh Judeo
- Rajkumari Jyoti Kunwar
- Kanwarani Rajendra Kumari, born 5th November 1943,
married 20th June
1957,
Kanwar Rajendra Singh of Bashahr, and
had issue.
- HH Maharaja GOVIND SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur 1968/1981, born
about
1924, married
(amongst others), (a), HH Maharani Giriraj Kumari, married (b), HH
Maharani
Yaduvansh Kumari, a daughter of
Maj.Gen. HH
Maharajadhiraj Raj
BHUPINDER SINGH Mahendra Bahadur of Patiala,
and his wife, HH Maharani Vimal Kaur, and had issue. He died 1981.
- HH Maharaja Shrimant Saheb CHARNAMIRIT SINGH Ju Deo
Bahadur (qv)
- Maharajkumar Raghuvir Singh (by Maharani Giriraj Kumari),
born 26th June 1969 at New Delhi, married 22nd May 1997 in Bikaner,
Kaurani Ambika Kumari, and has issue.
-
Kumar Yashwardhan Singh, born 2001.
-
Kumar Harshwardhan Singh, born 2002.
- Maharajkumari Durgesh Kumari (by Maharani
Yaduvansh Kumari), married Jitender Rangar,
and has issue, 2 sons.
- Maharajkumari Kaushalindra Kumari (by Maharani
Yaduvansh Kumari), married Man Mohan
Singh Puri, and has issue, 3 daughters.
- Maharajkumari Mithalindra Kumari (by Maharani
Yaduvansh Kumari), married Madhukar Gupta,
and has issue, a son and a daughter.
- HH Maharaja Shrimant Saheb CHARNAMIRIT SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur
1981/- , married HH
Shreemati Maharani Kaviteshwari Devi, eldest daughter of Shrimant Raja
NARENDRA SINGHJI of Jamnia, and his
wife, Shreemati Rani Kanak Devi, and had issue, one son and one
daughter.
- HH Maharaja Shrimant Saheb AKSAYRAJ SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur
(qv)
- Maharajkumari Vigayni Kumari
- HH Maharaja Shrimant Saheb AKSAYRAJ SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur
(see above)
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