RAJGARH (Princely State)

(11 gun salute)

 
AREA: 2,492 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 140,000Rs  ACCESSION: 15th June 1948
STATE: Madhya Pradesh DYNASTY: Umat (Ponwar) RELIGION: Hindu
  POPULATION: 88,376 (1901)  REVENUE: 450,000Rs 
     
PRESENT RULER: HH Raja Rawat BIKRAMADITYA SINGH Bahadur, Raja of Rajgarh (1936/-)
born 18th December 1936 and succeeded 18th December 1936 (#4), married the daughter of HH Maharao Shri BHIM SINGH II Bahadur of Kotah.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The predecessor state was Umatwara, whose chief received the title of Rawat in 1448. The state was divided between the two sons of the then Rawat in 1681, one receiving Narsingarh and the other Rajgarh. Rulers were...
  • Rawat MOHAN SINGH, died 14th April 1714.
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  • Rawat NEWAL SINGH -/1831
  • Rawat MOTI SINGH 1831/1871 converted to Islam in 1871, see next line.
  • Nawab MUHAMMAD ABD al-WASIH KHAN (aka Rawat Moti Singh) 1871/1880, married and had issue. He died 1880.
    • Rawat BAKHTAWAR SINGH (qv)
  • Rawat BAKHTAWAR SINGH 1880/1882
  • HH Raja Rawat BALBHADRA SINGH 1882/1902, born 1857, succeeded 6th July 1882 (#1), created Raja in 1886, married Rani Uday Kunwar of Namli in Ratlam, and had issue.
    • Thakurani Jadhav Kunwar, married Thakur JODH SINGH of Ghanerao.
  • HH Raja Rawat Sir BANE SINGH 1902/1916, born 1857, K.C.I.E. [cr.1908] (#2).
  • HH Raja Rawat Sir BIR INDRA SINGH 1916/1936, born 1878, K.C.I.E. [cr.1918], died 26th October 1936 (#3).
  • HH Raja Rawat BIKRAMADITYA SINGH Bahadur (see above)
 
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LAST MODIFIED:  
1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 437
2. "Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage", 1916 London, p.664
3. "Who Was Who 1929-1940" ; Volume III ; London 1941 ; Adam & Charles Black, p.1118
4. "Indian Annual Register" ,  N.N.Nitra, Calcutta 1945