MAKRAI (Princely State)

 
AREA: 401 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 25,000Rs  ACCESSION: 1st February 1948
STATE: Madhya Pradesh DYNASTY: Raj Gond RELIGION: Hindu

POPULATION: 16,764 (1892)  
     
PRESENT RULER: Raja Sahib AJAY KUMAR SHAH, Raja of Makrai
   
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The family originally held the taluka of Kalibhit in Hoshangabad district. Rulers were...
  • Raja MAKRAND SHAH, Raja of Makrai 1663/-
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  • Raja FATEH SHAH, Raja of Makrai, married Rani Birj Kune (qv).
  • Rani Birj Kune, Rani of Makrai 1749/-
  • Raja DHAR SHAH, Raja of Makrai
  • Raja BHARAT SHAH, Raja of Makrai 1765/-
  • Raja UDAI SHAH, Raja of Makrai
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  • Raja DEVI SHAH Hathriya Rai, Raja of Makrai 1832/1866, married and had adoptive issue.
    • Raja Lacchu Shah Hathriya Rai [aka Bharat Shah] (qv)
  • Raja LACCHU SHAH Hathriya Rai, Raja of Makrai 1866/1911, born 1846, succeeded 5th December 1866 (#1).
  • Raja CHHATRASAL SHAH Hathriya Rai, Raja of Makrai 1911/1918
  • Raja DRIGPAL SHAH Hathriya Rai, Raja of Makrai 1918/1929 , born 24th September 1904 and succeeded 30th October 1918 (#2)
  • Raja Sahib TODAR SHAH Hathriya Rai, Raja of Makrai 1929/- , married and had issue.
    • Yuvaraj Devi Shah, married Yuvarani Sita Rana [now Rajmata Sita Rani Devi of Makrai], daughter of Shri Thir Jung Rana of Nepal, and his wife, Rani Saheb Padma Kumari, and has issue.
      • Raja Ajay Kumar Shah (qv)
  • Raja Sahib AJAY KUMAR SHAH, Raja of Makrai (see above)
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 , p.305
2. "Indian Annual Register" , N. N. Nitra, Calcutta 1945 (stated birth date in this source is given incorrectly as 24th September 1918)