PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
in 1817. Rulers were......
- NUNI SHAH RAJDHAR [Naune Shah Gujar], Diwan of Datia,
assisted the Raja
of Datia in the succession dispute in 1733.
- MADAN SINGH Rajdhar, was granted the title of Rajdhar
and the
governorship
of Samthar Fort, as a reward for his fathers part in assisting Raja
Indrajit
Singh of Datia to claim the gadi in 1733, married and had issue.
- DEVI SINGH Rajdhar, he was granted a jagir of five
villages, married and had issue.
- Raja Ranjit Singh I Rajdhar (qv)
- Raja RANJIT SINGH I Rajdhar, declared himself independant
and was
granted the title of Raja by the Marathas. Confirmed in his lands, by
the
British in 1817. (continued below)
- Raja RANJIT SINGH I Rajdhar 1817/1827, married and had
issue. He died 1827.
- Raja HINDUPAT SINGH Rajdhar 1827/1864 (deposed),
being of unsound
mind, administration was entrusted to his Rani, he was granted a sanad
of adoption in 1862, later the pargana of Amargarh was assigned for the
maintenance of the ex-Raja, his Rani and the younger son, which was
changed
to a cash allowance in 1883, he married and had issue. He died 1890.
- HH Maharaja CHHATAR SINGH Bahadur (qv)
- Rajkumar Arjun Singh [Ali Bahadur]
- HH Maharaja CHHATAR SINGH Bahadur 1864/1896, born 8th
October 1843,
asserted
his claim to rule the state in 1864, which was recognized by the
Government,
succeeded 3rd February 1865 (#1), Maharaja
[cr.1877], a good administrator, and improved the condition of the
state
considerably, married and had issue. He died 1896.
- HH Maharaja Sir BIR SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur (qv)
- Suraia Jah Vikramaditya Bahadur
- Lokindra Jagatraj Bahadur
 HH Maharaja Sir BIR SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur 1896/1935,
born 26th August 1864 and succeeded 17th June 1896, received the title
of Maharaja as a personal distinction in 1898, K.C.I.E. [cr.1915],
abdicated
9th October 1935, and was allowed to retain the use of his titles.
- HH Raja CHARAN SINGH 1935/- , born 15th May 1914.
- HH Raja ARJUN SINGH
- HH Raja RANJIT SINGH II (see above)
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