PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY:
The holders are Bundela Ponwars claiming descent from the
great
Agnikula
clan of Paramaras. The ancestor of the Beri jagirdars was
Diwan Mahma
Rai
of Karaiha in Gwalior, whose son, Diwan Achharaj Singh
migrated to
Sandi
in Jalaun District, at the end of the eighteenth century.
In 1893, the
Rao was allowed to maintain a military force of 10
cavalry, 66
infantry, and 2 guns. Rulers
were.....
- Diwan ACHARJYA
SINGH
[Achharaj Singh], 1st Diwan of
Beri 1753/-, married the daughter of Maharaja Jagat
Raj of Jaitpur, and
received
a jagir worth 12 lakhs, including the villages of
Umri, Dadri and
Chili,
married and had issue, four sons.
- Diwan Kuman Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Gandharab Singh, married and
had issue.
- Kunwar Raoju Singh, married and had
issue.
- Kunwar Umrao Singh
- Kunwar Vijay Singh
- Diwan KUMAN SINGH,
2nd Diwan of
Beri -/1780, married and had
issue. He died
1780.
- Rao Jugal Prasad Singh (qv)
- Rao JUGAL PRASAD
SINGH,
3rd Rao of Beri 1780/1814,
received
a sanad from Nawab Ali Bahadur Banda,
confirming him in his
possession
of the three villages (see above), however on the
establishment of
British
supremacy, he was, in 1809, confirmed in his
possession of Umri only.
Two
years later, in 1811, his claim to the two other
villages was admitted,
but due to an inexpediency, they were exchanged for
land of equal
value,
including the village of Beri, married and had issue.
- Rao PHERAN SINGH,
4th Rao of Beri
1814/1857, he succeeded by adoption, married and had
issue.
- Rao Vishwanath Singh (qv)
- Rao VISHAWANATH
SINGH,
5th Rao of Beri 1857/1861,
he adopted his
nephew as his successor. He died sp in 1861.
- Rao VIJAY SINGH,
6th Rao of Beri 1861/1880, born 14th
February 1848,
succeeded 18th March 1862 (#1),
married and had issue.
- Rao RAGHURAJ SINGH,
7th Rao of Beri 1880/1904, married and had issue.
- Rao Lokendra Singh (qv)
- Diwan Ghanraj Singh, born 10th August 1893.
- Rao LOKENDRA SINGH,
8th Rao of Beri 1904/1945, born 29th August 1891,
succeeded 8th June 1904, educated at Daly College,
Indore; married 1910, a daughter of HH Maharaja Sawai
Sir Sawant Singh
of Bijawar, and had issue.
- HH Raja Yadavendra Singh Ju Deo (qv)
- HH Raja YADAVENDRA
SINGH,
9th Raja of Beri 1945/1984, born 27th June 1918,
married
Rajkumari Laxmi Kumari [HH Rani
Laxmi
Kumari of Beri],
daughter of Rao Bir Singh Ju Deo of Bihat,
and
had issue. He died 1984.
- HH Raja Surendra Singh Ju Deo (qv)
- Rajkumar Brijendra Singh, born 1944, married 1966,
Kunwarani Pushpa Kumari, daughter of Raja Pratap
Singh of Garrauli,
and has issue, three daughters.
- Raj Kumari Mandakini Singh, married.
- Raj Kumari Kirti Singh, married.
- Raj Kumari Janhavi Singh.
- HH Raja SURENDRA
SINGH Ju
Deo (see above)
The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully
acknowledged,
July 2011.
|
