PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
by Raja Dhara Singh when he seized the fort of Naro from the Teli Rajas
in 1344. Until the 18th century, the state was known as Unchahara from
the
name of its original capital. When the British became paramount after
the
treaty of Bassein of 1820, Nagod was held to be a tributary to Panna
and
was included in the sanad granted to that state in 1807. In 1809,
however,
a separate sanad was granted to Lal Sheoraj Singh confirming him in his
possessions. Rulers were...
- Raja BHOJA SINGH fl.1478, obtained Unchahara, which he made
the chief town,
and which remained so until 1720.
- .......
- Raja FAKIR SINGH 1685/1721
- Raja CHAIN SINGH 1721/1746, moved the capital to Nagod in
1720.
- Raja AHILAD SINGH 1746/1771
- Raja LAL SHEORAJ SINGH 1771/1818, married and had issue.
- Raja BALBHADRA SINGH (qv)
- Raja BALBHADRA SINGH 1818/1831 (deposed), married and had
issue.
- Raja RAGHVENDRA SINGH (qv)
- Raja RAGHVENDRA SINGH 1831/1874, in the mutiny of 1857,
Raja Raghvendra
Singh behaved most loyally in assisting the British and was rewarded by
the grant of 11 villages, which had belonged to the confiscated state
of
Bijeraghogarh, married and had issue. He died 1874.
- Raja JADVENDRA SINGH (qv)
- Rajkumari (name unknown), married into the Sirmur
Royal Family.
- Rajkumari (name unknown), married into the Nimrana Royal Family.
- Raja JADVENDRA SINGH 1874/1922, born 30th December 1855,
succeeded 12th
June 1874 (#1),
married
and had issue. He died 1922.
- Raja NARHARENDRA SINGH (qv)
- HH Raja Shrimant MAHENDRA SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur (qv)
- Rajkumari (name unknown), married 15th April 1936,
Lt. HH Maharaja
RAJENDRA PRAKASH
Bahadur
of Sirmur.
- (A) Lal Saheb Bhargavendra Singh, adopted by the
Raja
prior
to
the birth of
his own sons, married and had issue.
- Lal Saheb Surendra Singh, born 1914 at Unchahra in
Nagod,
educated at Mayo
College, Ajmer and Royal Indian Military College, Dehra Dun and Police
Training College, Sauger; joined Holkar State Police Service in 1937;
Superintendent
of Police, Special Reserve Officer, Indore; maried and had issue.
- Kunwar Dharmendra Singh Parihar, married Rajkumari
Bhuwaneshwari, daughter of Maharaja NARENDRA SINGH of Sanjeli, and his wife, Rani Laxmi Kanwar,
and has issue.
- Kumari Dr. Bhawna Singh, a Cardiac Surgeon,
married Kunwar Piyush Singh.
- Kumari Namrata Singh, married Kumar Debjit
Prasad
Singh Deo of Panchkote Raj in West Bengal.
- Capt. Kunwar Bharatendra Singh Parihar, born
31st August 1971 in Dahod, Gujrat; educated at the University of Delhi
(B.Com. with Hons.) and at Bond University, Gold Coast, Q.L.D.,
Australia (M.B.A.), presently serving as
a Captain in the Indian Territorial Army, married 29th February 2004 in
Ranchi, Kunwarani Manideepa,
daughter of Kumar Dinamani Nath Shah Deo of Chhota Nagpur, and has
issue.
- Raja NARHARENDRA SINGH 1922/1926, born about 1912, educated
at
Daly College,
Indore. He died unmarried 1926.
- HH Raja Shrimant MAHENDRA SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur 1926/1981,
born 5th February 1916 and succeeded 26th February 1926,
educated at
Daly College, Indore; married 1stly, HH Rani Jaswant Kumari, daughter
of HH
Maharana Sahib Shri VIJAYADEVJI MOHANDEVJI of Dharampur
in Gujarat, married 2ndly, HH Rani Shyam Kumari, daughter of the
Zamindar
of Bandhi under Rewah, and had issue, 8 sons and 6 daughters. He died
1981.
- HH Raja Shrimant RUDRENDRA PRATAP SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur
(by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari),
- Maharajkumar Shri Shailendra Singhji (by HH Rani Jaswant
Kumari),
married
Rani Usha
Devi,
second daughter of the Zamindar of Jaitpur-Rewah, and has issue.
- Kumar Rani Madhvi Kumari Devi, married Kumar Rohit
Ganga Deb of Bamra, and has issue, two
daughters.
- Rajkumar Shri Dharmendra Singhji (by HH Rani Jaswant
Kumari), unmarried.
- Thakur Rani Dilhar Kumari (by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari),
married Thakur
Saheb BHUPENDRASINHJI
HARISHCHANDRASINHJI of Malia, and has
issue.
- Rani Alka Kumari (by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari), married a
Doctor in the
USA.
- Rani Meena Kumari (by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari), married
the Raja Saheb
of Bilkha.
- Rajkumar Shri Nagendra Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari),
married
Rani Tara
Rajya
Lakshmi Kumari Devi, daughter of Cdg. Gen. Maharajkumar Sir Bahadur
Shumsher
Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal,
and has issue.
- Kunwar Shyamendra Singh, born 14th January 1964,
married
5th March
1991,
Kunwarani Bhavna Kumari, daughter of HH Raja Rana YOGENDRA CHAND of Jubbal
in Himachal Pradesh.
- Kunwar Pashupatendra Singh, married Darpana Kumari,
daughter of the
Raja
Saheb of Haldour in Uttar Pradesh.
- Rajkumar Shri Ram Dev Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari),
married
Rani Vijay
Laxmi,
daughter of Raja Sri PURNENDU NARAYAN SINGH Deo of Kharsawan
in Orissa, and has issue.
- Rajkumari Shyameshwari Kumari
- Rajkumar Shri Ranti Dev Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam
Kumari),
married
Rani Rama
Rajya
Laxmi, daughter of Thakur Vijay Singh, Zamindar of Kuma-Rewah, and has
issue.
- Kunwar Kirti Dev Singh, married Kunwarani Rukmini Devi,
daughter
of Maharaj Kumar Pattayet Matru Prasad Singh Deo of Dhenkanal, and his wife, Pattayet Rani
Basanti Devi, and has issue, one daughter.
- Kunwarani Omkareshwari Kumari, born 23rd May 1976 in
Allahabad, married
7th December 1993, Kunwar Rupendra Palji of Kutlehar,
and has issue.
- Kunwarani Shrutikirti Kumari, married Kunwar Aditya
Pratap
Singh of
Jasso.
- Rajkumari Vibhawari Kumari
- Kunwar Vasudev Singh, born 1991.
- Rajkumar Shri Kanti Dev Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam
Kumari),
married
Rani Shashi
Devi, daughter of the Zamindar of Rampurwa-Rewah, and has issue.
- Kunwar Roopendra Singh, married Kunwarani Yogita Singh,
daughter of
Thakur
C. S. Rathore of Roysa in Udaipur.
- Yuvarani Anchala Devi, married 4th February 1995 at
Nagod
in Madhya
Pradesh,
Yuvaraj Gajendra Chandra Singh of Nayagarh,
and has issue.
- Kunwar Preetendra Singh, married Kunwarani Kamaksha
Singh, daughter of
Maharaj Lokendra Singh of Panna, and his
wife, Rani Nishi
Kumari.
- Rajkumar Shri Chattrasal Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam
Kumari),
married
Rani Uma
Devi,
daughter of HH Thakur Saheb Shri MANOHARSINHJI PRADYUMANSINHJI of Rajkot,
and has issue.
- Kunwar Krishna Dev Singh
- Rajkumari Subhadra Singh, married Jaykumar Singh
Rawal (Sisodia) of Dondaicha in Maharashtra, at present, he is a
Member of Legislative Assembly.
- Rani Shobhna Kumari (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), married
Lt. Col. Shri
Sahadev
Shumsher
Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal.
- Rajkumari Kanak Kumari [Shreemati Rajmata Kanak Devi of
Jamnia] (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), married Shrimant Raja NARENDRA
SINGHJI of Jamnia in
Madhya
Pradesh, and has issue.
- Thakurani Meera Kumari (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), married
to the
Thakur
Saheb of Bera in Jodhpur.
- HH Raja Shrimant RUDRENDRA PRATAP SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur
1981/2005, born
7th March
1936,
married HH Rani Chandrika Devi, eldest daughter of the Zamindar of
Jaitpur-Rewah, and had issue. He died 2005.
- HH Raja Shrimant SHIVENDRA
PRATAP SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur (qv)
- Rajkumari Bageshwari Kumari, married Shri Deepak Sinha of
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
- Deeksha Sinha
- Naman Raj Sinha
- Rajkumari Sarod Kumari
- HH Raja Shrimant SHIVENDRA
PRATAP SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Naman Raj Sinha and Deeksha Sinha, grandchildren of HH Raja
Shrimant RUDRENDRA PRATAP SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur.
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