PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
in 1544 by Dewan Ugra Sen, a Khichi Rajput, a section of the great
Chauhan
clan, and who was forced by family dissensions to migrate from the
Khichi
capital
of Gagraun. A grant of land was subsequently made to him by the Mughal
Emperor, which included the adjoining Zirapur and Machalpur parganas,
later
a part of Indore state, and Shujalpur, later in Gwalior state.
They became tributary to Gwalior in 1793. The Rao Bahadur maintains a
military force of 45 cavalry, 202 infantry,
and 2 guns, and is entitled to a salute of 9 guns (as of 1892). Rulers
were...
- Dewan ANUP SINGH,
Dewan of Khilchipur 1679/1715
- Dewan FATEH SINGH,
Dewan of Khilchipur 1718/1738
- Dewan ABHAI SINGH,
Dewan of Khilchipur 1770/1787, he lost some territories in 1770
when he
was forced to
make terms with Maharaja Scindia.
- Dewan DIP SINGH,
Dewan of Khilchipur 1787/-
- Dewan DURJAN SAL
(by Rani Gauriji), Dewan of Khilchipur -/1819, married 1stly,
Rani Rajawatiji, married 2ndly, Rani Umatiji. He died sp 1819.
- Dewan BALWANT SINGH,
Dewan
of Khilchipur in 1819, he was placed on the throne by
the mother and wife of the late Dewan, but an enquiry by the British
authorities found Thakur Aman Singh to be more suitable, but because he
was
feuding with his relatives, his infant son was place on the throne
instead.
- Dewan SHER SINGH,
Dewan of Khilchipur 1819/1868, born about 1814, son of Thakur
Aman
Singh, a nearer relative of Dewan Durjan Sal. He died 1868.
- Rao Bahadur AMAR SINGHJI,
Rao
Bahadur of Khilchipur 1868/1899, born 1834,
he succeeded his uncle to the gadi
on 27th November
1868 (#1), Rao
Bahadur
(Hereditary) [cr. xx.4.1873], he abolished all transit duties in the
state in 1884,
except
those on opium; he married and had issue.
- Rao Bahadur Bhawani Singh (qv)
- Rao Bahadur BHAWANI SINGH,
Rao
of Khilchipur 1899/1908
- Raja Rao Bahadur Sir
DURJANSAL SINGH, Raja of Khilchipur
1908/1942, born 26th
August 1897 and
succeeded 19th January 1908. Raja [cr.1928]. He died 1942.
- HH Raja Rao Bahadur
YASHODAR SINGH, Raja of Khilchipur
1942/1961, born 1918,
married
HH Rani Saraswati Devi, daughter of Raja Bahadur Bhagwant Singh,
Yuvaraj Saheb of Orchha, and had issue.
He died 25th December 1961
- Rajkumari Indu Kumari [Rani Indu Kumari of Rawatsar],
married 25th February
1963
in Khilchipur, Wing Cdr. (retd.)
Rawat
Ghanshyam Singhji of Rawatsar, and
has issue, two children.
- Rajkumari Meenakshi Kumari, married the Late Rajkumar
Sahib Arjun Singh of Barwari Bihar.
- HH Raja Rao Bahadur Bhartendra Singh (qv)
- Rajkumari Jaishree Kumari
[Princess Pinky], born 28th May 1955 in Indore, married 10th November
1981 in New Delhi, Maharaj Saheb Prithviraj Singhji, born 1955, son of
HH Umdae Rajhae Buland Makan Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sumar
Singh
Bahadur of Kishangarh,
and has issue, two sons.
- Rajkumar Kraturaj Singh, born 5th October 1985.
- Rajkumar Adhiraj Singh, born 24th January 1991.
- HH Raja Rao Bahadur
BHARTENDRA SINGH, Raja of Khilchipur
1961/-, born 9th April
1945, married 20th May
1970,
Maharajkumari
Gayatri Kumari [HH Rani Gayatri Kumari of Khilchipur, now Rajmata
Gayatri Kumari], daughter of HH Maharaja
Lokendra
Krishan Singh Ju Dev of Datia, and had
issue.
- Maj. HH Raja Rao Bahadur Devvrat Singh (qv)
- HH Raja Rao Bahadur Priyavrat Singh (qv)
- Maj. HH Raja Rao Bahadur
DEVVRAT SINGH, Raja of Khilchipur
-/2006, born 21st
January 1972, married 4th February 1999, HH Rani
Yogeshwari
Kumari, and had issue. He died of a brain haemorrhage on 31st July 2006
in Ethiopia in Northern Africa, and was
accorded a state funeral in India at Khilchipur.
- Rajkumari Katyayni Kumari, born 2002.
- HH Raja Rao Bahadur
PRIYAVRAT SINGH, Raja of Khilchipur
(see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Rani Sev Kunwar, married (as his eleventh wife), Raja Bhim
Singh I of Banera.
- Rajkumar (name unknown), married Baiji Lal (name
unknown) Kumari, daughter of Raja
Mangal Singh Bahadur of Bhinai.
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