PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The state was founded in 1785. The family motto is Agni
pratap Vishweshah ("As fire resplendent, Lord of the
World"). The Raja maintains a military force of 39
cavalry, 814 infantry, and 39 guns, and is entitled to a
salute of 1 1 guns (in 1893). The rulers were..
- Raja SONE SHAH,
1st Raja of Chhatarpur 1785/1816, a Sardar of the
Panna Raj, who was in military possession of the
Chhatarpur jagir when the British acquired
Bundelkhand, he was granted a sanad by the British
Government in 1806, married and had issue, five sons.
He died 1816.
- Raja Pratap Singh Bahadur (eldest son) (qv)
- Kunwar Bakht Singh (fifth son), made over his
jagir to his brother and received a cash allowance
of 2,250Rs monthly, married and had issue.
- Kunwar (name
unknown) Singh, married and had issue.
- Raja Jagat Raj Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Raja PRATAP SINGH
Bahadur, 2nd Raja of Chhatarpur 1816/1854,
granted the title of Raja Bahadur in 1827. He died sp
in 1854 (#2).
- Raja JAGAT RAJ
SINGH Bahadur, 3rd Raja of Chhatarpur
1854/1867, born 1846, he was granted a sanad
of adoption in 1862, married and had issue. He died
1867.
- HH Maharaja Sir Vishwanath Singh Bahadur
(qv)
- HH Maharaja Sir
VISHWANATH SINGH Judeo Bahadur, 4th Maharaja
of Chhatarpur 1867/1932, born 29th August 1866,
succeeded 14th November 1866 (#1)(#3), commenced to administer
his state in 1887 and received enhanced criminal
powers in 1894, educated at Rajkumar College, Nowgong;
Maharaja (Personal)[cr. 1895], (Hereditary) [cr.1919],
married 1stly, 1884, a daughter of HH Maharaja Pratap
Singh of Orchha, died
sp in 1920, married 2ndly, a lady from Paigram,
and had issue. He died 5th April 1932.
- HH Maharaja Bhawani Singh Bahadur (by 2nd
marriage) (qv)
- HH Maharaja
BHAWANI SINGH Bahadur, 5th Maharaja of
Chhatarpur 1932/2006, born 16th August 1921, educated
at Daly College, Indore; Head of the Bundelkhand
Ponwars or Pamars, a local section of the great
Agnikula clan which separated from the parent branch
in the 13th century, married a daughter of Thakur
Shankar Pratap Singh Karaiya, a noble of Charkhari
State, and had issue. He died 2006.
- Yuvaraj Balwant Singh, married Yuvrani Kumkum
Kumari, daughter of HH Maharaja Mahendra Narendra
Singh Ju Deo Bahadur of Panna,
and his wife, HH Maharani Durga Rajya Laxmi Devi,
and had issue, one son. He died 1990.
- HH Maharaja Vikram Singh Bahadur (qv)
- HH Maharaja VIKRAM
SINGH Bahadur, 6th Maharaja of Chhatarpur
(see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Kunwar Karan Singh Panwar
The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully
acknowledged, July 2011.
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