SARILA (Princely State)
AREA: 91 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 18,650Rs  ACCESSION DATE: 1st January 1950
STATE: Madhya Pradesh DYNASTY: Bundela RELIGION: Hindu
  POPULATION: 6,298 (1901)  REVENUE:  59,147Rs
     
PRESENT RULER: Raja NARENDRA SINGH Ju Deo, 8th Raja of Sarila  (1983/-) (The Palace, Sarila, Bundelkhand, UP, India)
Maharaja Bahadur NARENDRA SINGH Ju Deoborn 2nd January 1927 as heir to the Raja of Sarila, a Princely State in Central India, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, Allahabad University and Magdalene College, Cambridge; former officer of the Indian Foreign Service 1948/1985, ADC in 1948 to Lord Mountbatten, Governor-General of India, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Indian Delegation to the U.N. in New York 1963/1965, Officer on Special Duty, Kashmir Affairs 1967/1968, Joint Secretary dealing with Pakistan and then UN affairs in the External Affairs Ministry 1968/1972, Special Delegate to the Indian Delegation to the UN during the Bangladesh crisis and war in 1971, Ambassador to Spain 1972/1974; Ambassador to Brazil 1974/1977; Ambassador to Libya, with concurrent accreditation to Malta 1977/1981; Ambassador to Switzerland with concurrent accreditation to the Vatican 1981/1982 and Ambassador to France 1982/1985, from which post he retired from the Indian Foreign Service. Served as Chairman of the Board of Nestle India Ltd. from 1994 to 2000 and is now Chairman (Emeritus) of Nestle India Ltd. He has also been Adviser to the European Round Table (of leading Industrialists) Brussels. He has contributed articles on political affairs in the Internal Herald Tribune, The Times of India and other foreign and Indian journals. Author of the book "The Shadow of the Great Game; The Untold Story of India's Partition", published by Harper Collins, India, 2005 and best seller in the Non Fiction Category. He played in the Ranji Trophy Cricket Tournament for Rajasthan in 1944/1945 and for Uttar Pradesh in 1945/1946, married 1stly, 1945 (sep.'d. February 1947, div.), Rani Rohini Devi of Ali Rajpur, married 2ndly, 17th May 1955 in Dhera Dun (div.1959), Countess Rita von Oberndorff, born 29 October 1930 in 's-Gravenhage, married 3rdly, June 1972 in Madrid, Kumari Shefali Kunwar [Rani Shefali Kunwar of Sarila], born 1950, daughter of the late Raja Dhian Singh of Sheikhupura Estate, now in Pakistan, and has issue.
  • Rajkumari Sita de Sarila (by 2nd marriage), born 1956, married Marcos Bidal d'Asfeld, Argentine Diplomat, Cultural Attaché in Paris, son of Edouard Albert Jacques Bidal d'Asfeld, and his second wife, Florence Bisdom de Cattenbroeck, and has issue, two sons. (Paris, France).
  • Samar Singh Sarila (by 3rd marriage), born 1979, Heir Apparent, educated at Aiglon College, Villar, Switzerland, SOAC, London University (B.A. in Political Science) and EICAR Drama School, Paris.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Maharaja Chattarsal of the Bundela clan conquered the area now known as Bundelkhand from the Mughals in the 17th century. One of his grandsons, Raja Pahar Singh of Jaitpur, received Sarila. Rulers were...
  1. Raja AMAN SINGH 1755/1788, son of Raja Pahar Singh of Jaitpur, built Sarila Fortress, married and had issue, 2 sons. He died 1788.
    • Raja TEJ SINGH (qv)
    • Kunwar Khet Singh

  2. Raja TEJ SINGH 1788/1818, married and had issue, as well as illegitimate issue.
    • Raja ANIRUDH SINGH (qv)
    • Kunwar Budh Singh (natural son), died after 1823.

  3. Raja ANIRUDH SINGH 1818/1842, married and had issue.
    • Raja HINDUPAT SINGH (qv)

  4. Raja HINDUPAT SINGH 1842/1871, married twice and died sp 1871. 

  5. Raja KHALLAK SINGH 1871/1882, son of Kunwar Samar Singh, son of Kunwar Bakht Singh (descendant of Raja Jagatraj Singh of Jaitpur), adopted to Sarila gaddi, married and had issue. He died 1882.
    • Raja PAHAR SINGH (qv)

  6. Raja PAHAR SINGH 1882/1898, born 1875, succeeded 19th August 1882 (#1), married and had issue. He died 1898.
    • Maharaja MAHIPAL SINGH Ju Deo (qv)

  7. Raja MAHIPAL SINGH Ju Deo 1898/1983, C.S.I. [cr.1939], born posthumously 11th September 1898, invested with ruling powers 5th November 1919, educated at Daly College, Indore; represented small princely states at the First and Second Indian Round Table Conferences in London 1931 and 1932; Secretary of the General Council and Working Committee, Daly College; he signed the Instrument of Accession of Sarila State to the Indian Union in 1947 and the merger Agreement of 1948, by which he gave up his powers, Sarila State ceased to exist and later merged into Uttar Pradesh, he married 1919, Rani Bhawani Kunwar, a daughter of the Thakur of Basela, and had issue, 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died January 1983.
    • Raja NARENDRA SINGH Ju Deo (qv)
    • HH Maharajadhiraj JAYENDRA SINGH Ju Deo (+), succeeded to Charkhari in 1942 by adoption (Charkhari's separate status also ended in 1948).
    • Maharaj Virendra Singh Ju Deo (+), married Rani Veena Kumari, daughter of Thakur Bhagirath Singh of Khatipura in Jaipur State, and had issue.
      • Maharaj Upendra Singh Ju Deo [Prince Nati], educated at The Doon School, Dehra Dun, India and the Institute Ceasar Ritz, Switzerland; married (div. 2007), Rani Nanki Singh, daughter of Dr. Ravi Singh and Anjali Singh, educated at Aiglon College, Switzerland and L.S.E., London.
      • Rajkumari Archana Kumari, educated at Welham Girls School, Dehra Dun, India and LSR College Delhi, Group Editor of Cross Section Publications.
      • Rajkumari Arpana Kumari, educated at Welham Girls School, Dehra Dun, India and LSR College Delhi, married Maharaj Yaduvendra Singh of Samode, and has issue.
    • Maharaj Nripendra Singh Ju Deo (+), married Rani Kumudni Kumari, and had issue.
      • Rajkumari Mandira Kumari, married Ajay Khaitan.
      • Maharaj Abhay Singh, married Rani Himani Kumari, and has issue.
        • Kunwar Siddharaja Singh Sarila [Abhiveer Singh]
    • Thakurani Sushil Kumari, married Thakur Shivraj Singh of Khatipura in Jaipur, and has issue, two daughters.
      • Thakurani Joy Kumari, married Thakur Shri KRISHNAKUMARSINHJI DHARMENDRASINHJI, Thakur of Chuda.
      • Rani Vibha Kumari, married Shri Saurya Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal.
    • Rajkumari Saral Kumari (+)
    • Rani Rajendra Kumari, married Raja Dilawer Singh of Gamph, and has issue, two children.
      • Rajkumari Preeti Kumari, married Kunwar Gajendra Singh of Khimsar in Jodhpur State, and has issue.
      • Kunwar Jaideep Singh (+)
    • Rajkumar Devendra Singh, married Rani Sushma Kumari.

  8. Raja NARENDRA SINGH Ju Deo (see above)
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HH Maharajadhiraj Jayendra Singh Ju Deo of Charkhari (L) and Maharaj Virendra Singh Ju Deo of Sarila (R)



Top left: H.H. The Maharaja of Orchha, The Yuvraj of Patiala, HH The Nawab of Rampur, The Raja of Padrauna, The Yuvraj of Kotah, The Yuvraj of Baroda, M.K. of Sarila, Kr. Dhananjaya Singh of Jodhpur, in front, R.K. Aryajai Singh of Samode.
Top right: Front row: HH the Maharaja of Charkhari, Maharaj Upendra Singh of Sarila, Rani Meghna Kumari of Sarila.
Top right: Back row: Mandira Khatan, Rani Arpana Samode, Princess Archana Kumari of Sarila.
Middle left: Maharaj Upendra Singh of Sarila with Rani Meghna Kumari of Sarila.
Middle centre: Rani Meghna Kumari of Sarila.
Middle right: Maharaj Upendra Singh of Sarila.
Bottom left: Maharaj Upendra Singh of Sarila.
Bottom right: Rani Meghna Kumari of Sarila and Maharaj Upendra Singh of Sarila
1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 482