PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The State of Narsinghgarh was carved out of the state of Rajgarh by
Paras Ramji, the younger brother of the then Ruler of Rajgarh, Rawat Mohan Singhji in 1681.
Rulers were...
- Raja PARAS RAMJI 1681/1695, son of Raja Chhatar Singh of
Umatwara; founder
of
Narsinghgarh
in 1681, a just and a capable
Ruler, he named his state after Shri Narsingh
Bhagwan, who was his deity and aradhya Dev; afterwards he founded
the town of Narsinghgarh and transferred his capital there and
constructed the temple of his aradhya Dev Shri Narsingh Bhagwan, he
also constructed a tank known as Paras
Ram Sagar, married and had issue.
- Rawat DALEL SINGHJI 1695, married and had issue. He died
1695.
- Rawat MOTI SINGHJI 1695/1751, married and had issue. He
died 1751.
- Rawat KHUMAN SINGHJI 1751/1766, during
his rule, Mughul power declined in Malwa and the Marathas gained
the ascendancy; he married and had issue.
- Rawat ACHAL SINGHJI 1766/1795, a brave and wise ruler, he
married the daughter of the
Maharana of Udaipur, and had issue. He died 1795.
- Rawat SOBHAGH SINGHJI (qv)
- Rawat SOBHAGH SINGHJI 1795/1827, his reign witnessed the
advent of the British in Malwa and also the signing of treatise and
engagements between the Ruling Princes of Malwa and Sir
John Malcolm, who represented the British Government; he married the
niece of
Maharana Udaipur, and had issue.
- Rajkumar Chain Singhji, born 1800, courageous, brave and
intelligent, he was placed in charge of the administration of the state
due to the illness of his father, but he fell foul of the British
Government and a battle ensued at
Sehore in 1824, a town about 37 kilometers west of Bhopal, in he which
he died fighting valiantly. He died in battle in 1824 at Sehore. (#3)
- HH Raja HANWANT SINGHJI 1827/1873, Raja [cr.1872], as the
nearest heir and rightful successor to the gaddi, he was adopted from
Batkhera by the dowager Rani of the late Rawat Saheb with the consent
of Sirdars of Narsinghgarh
State in 1827; a generous, noble and high-minded Ruler with a great
administrative capabilities for which he was rewarded with a salute of
11 guns and the style of His Highness by the British Government,
married and
had issue. He
died 1873.
- Rajkumar Bhawani Singhji, married Rajkumari Rukmani
Kumari, daughter of Raja SHIVNATH SINGH of Khetri,
and had issue. He died vp.
- HH Raja PRATAP SINGHJI (qv)
- HH Raja MEHTAB SINGHJI (qv)
- Rajkumar Chhatrashalji
- Rajkumari Bijai Kunwar Bai Sahiba,
married HH Maharaja JASHWANT SINGHJI II of Jodhpur,
and had issue.
 HH Raja PRATAP SINGHJI 1873/1890, he succeeded his
grandfather to the gaddi in
1873; a strong, brave and hardworking, he was the first Rajpt ruler to
visit England and have an audience with Queen Victoria, in 1887; he was
conferred with the degree of D.C.L. by the University of Edinburgh;
married HH Rani
Fateh Kanwar, younger daughter of Maharaj ZORAWAR SINGH of Raoti in Jodhpur, and had issue. He died sp in 1890 at an early age.
 HH Raja MEHTAB
SINGHJI 1890/1895, succeeded 28th
June
1890 (#1), the
only surviving son of Raja Hanwant Singhji, he was as capable as his
father, and often toured his state every year and
dispensed even-handed justice to all his subjects on the spot, whenever
it was required. He died sp
1895.
 HH Shri Huzur Raja Sir ARJUN SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur
1895/1924, selected by the Government of India from Bhatkhera as
successor, born 10th January 1887, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and
Daly College, Indore; trained with the Imperial Cadet Corps in
Dehradun; K.C.I.E., married 1stly, 1907, HH Rani Shiv
Kunwarji,
daughter
of HH Raja Sir JASHWANT SINGHJI Bahadur of Sailana,
D.B.E.(civil) [cr.1924], married 2ndly, a Princess of Talsana in
Gujarat, and had issue, one son and three daughters. He died 22nd April
1924.
- HH Shri Huzur Raja Sir VIKRAM SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur (by
Rani Shiv Kunwarji) (qv)
- Rajkumari Damyanti Kumaribai Sahiba [HH Maharani
Damayanti Devi of Jaisalmer] (by Rani Shiv Kunwarji),
married 1926, HH
Maharajadhiraj
Maharawal
GIRDHAR SINGH of Jaisalmer as his
first
wife, and had issue. She died 1997.
- Rajkumari Hemant Kumaribai Sahiba [Rani Hemant Kanwar of
Jubbal] (by Rani Shiv Kunwarji), born 13th
September 1913 in
Narsingarh, married
31st
January 1932, Raja Rana DIGVIJAY CHANDRA of Jubbal,
and had issue. She died 11th March 1964 in Delhi.
- Rajkumari Basant Kumaribai Sahiba [Rani Basant Kumari of
Indargarh] (by the Talsana Rani),
she married Raja Sumer Singhji of Indargarh in Rajasthan.
 HH Shri Huzur Raja Sir VIKRAM SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur
1924/1957
, K.C.I.E.
[cr.1941],
born 21st September 1909 and succeeded 23rd April 1924, invested with
full ruling powers in 1929; educated at
Daly
College, Indore, and Mayo College, Ajmer; he was generally acknowledged
by all as a kind hearted and highly respected Ruler who enjoyed good
standing
amongst his brother Princes and Rulers of India; he signed the
Instrument of Accession to the Dominion of India on 15th August 1947
and concluded an agreement to form Madhya Bharat on 15th June 1948 with
other rulers; he was engaged to Maharajkumari Jeet
Kunwarba Sahiba, daughter of HH Maharao Swaroop Ram
Singhji of Sirohi, but the princess fell ill the very
morning of the marriage and died just before the marriage ceremony, he
married 1929, HH Rani Dev Kumariji, daughter
of HH Maharajadhiraj Mirzan Maharao Shri VIJAYARAJJI KHENGARJI Sawai
Bahadur
of Kutch, he adopted Kunwar Bhanuprakash
Singhji, son of Maharaj Prabhunath Singhji of Dhuwankheri in
1942.
He died sp 17th July 1957
dearly loved
and respected by all his subjects.
- HH Shri Huzur Maharaja BHANUPRAKASH SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur
(see
above)
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born June 1929, son of Maharaj Prabhunath Singhji, uncle
of HH Shri Huzur Maharaja Sir Vikram
Singhji, who adopted him in the 1942, he succeeded to the gadi on 17th July 1957; educated at
Mayo College Ajmer, Daly College, Indore
and St. John’s College, Agra; entered politics in 1962 and fought the
general
election as an
Independent candidate and won both the Assembly seat from Narsinghgarh
and the Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh, Convener of the
Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress to 1966, Parliamentary Secretary to the
Minister
of Communications in 1966, he donated the Arjun
Niwas Palace, to be used as a college for post-graduate classes in
Arts, Science
and Commerce, appointed as Secretary to the Central Citizens Council in
1966, elected to the 4th Lok Sabha in 1967 and was appointed a deputy
Minister in the Ministry of Industrial
Development, Internal Trade and Company Affairs, appointed to the
Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals and Mines and
Metals in 1970, delegate from India to the World
Conference of the Working People’s Socialist Union in Belgrade in 1966,
Leader of the Indian Delegation to the Second Session of the
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) held at
Vienna in April 1968, led the official Indian Delegation
for Small Scale Industries to Japan in 1969, Convener of the Madhya
Pradesh Rashtra Bhasha Prachar Samiti and
President of the All India Rajput Parishad, President of the
Board of Governors of the Daly College Indore 1971/1980, appointed as
the Governor of Goa and Administrator of Daman & Diu and Dadra
& Nagar Haveli from 18th March 1991 to 4th April 1994, the Maharaja
Sahib is widely travelled and is interested in sports, particularly
hockey and cricket, a lover of wild life, he was a keen
Shikari in his earlier days; he married Rajkumari Lakshmi
Kumari [HH Maharani Lakshmi Kumari of Narsinghgarh], daughter of
Maharajkumar Shri Bijai Singhji of Bikaner,
and has issue, five sons and an adopted daughter.
