PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded in about 1250. Rulers were ...
- Raja Pancham Singh 1048/1071
- Raja Virbhadra Singh
1071/1087, married and had issue.
- Raja Karanpal Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Randhir Singh
- Kunwar Hirashah
- Kunwar Hansraj
- Kunwar Kalyanshah
- Raja Karanpal Singh
1087/1112, married and had issue.
- Raja Kinnar Shah (qv)
- Raja Shaukan Dev (qv)
- Raja Nanak Dev (qv)
- Kunwar Vir Singh, married and had issue.
- Raja Mohanpal Singh (qv)
- Raja Abhaybhupati
Singh (qv)
- Raja Kinnar Shah
1112/1130
- Raja Shaukan Dev
1130/1152
- Raja Nanak Dev
1152/1159
- Raja Mohanpal Singh
1159/1197
- Raja Abhaybhupati
Singh 1197/1215
- Raja Arjunpal, he ruled at Mahoni 1215/1231, married and had issue.
- Raja Virpal (qv)
- Raja Sohanpal (qv)
- Kunwar Dayapal, he settled at
Etaura, and
subsequent generations occupied Gurha in Bihat State, and finally
Bihat itself. (cf. below)
- Raja Virpal 1231/1251
- Raja Sohanpal 1251/1259, married and had
issue.
- Raja Sahjendra Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Ram Singh
- Kunwar Indrajit Singh, ancestor of the
later Rajas of Bihat.
- Raja Sahjendra Singh
1259/1283
- Raja Nanak Dev II
1283/1307, married and had issue.
- Raja Prithviraj Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Indraraj
- Raja Prithviraj Singh
1307/1339
- Raja Ram Singh
1339/1375, married and had issue.
- Raja Ramchandra Singh (qv)
- Raja Mednepal Singh (qv)
- Raja Ramchandra Singh
1375/1384
- Raja Mednepal Singh
1384/1437
- Raja Arjun Dev
1437/1468
- Raja Malkhan Singh
1468/1501, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Kharag Singh
- Kunwar Jagjit Singh
- Rauja Rudra Pratap (qv)
- Kunwar Jait Singh
- Kunwar Shah Diwan
- Kunwar Devi Singh
- Raja RUDRA PRATAP, 1st Raja of Orchha 1501/1531, he
managed to increase his
lands considerably during the confusion caused by Padshah Baber's
invasion; married
and had issue.
He died 1531.
- Kunwar Kirat Shah
- Kunwar Bhupat Shah
- Raja Bharti Chand (qv)
- Raja Madhukar Shah (qv)
- Kunwar Anand Das
- Kunwar Chandan Das
- Kunwar Durga Das
- Kunwar Ghanshyam Das
- Kunwar Prayag Das
- Kunwar Bhairon Das
- Kunwar Khande Rai
- Kunwar Udyajit Singh of Mahewa,
married and had issue.
- Kunwar Ragho Das
- Kunwar Kosi Das
- Kunwar Ganga Das
- Kunwar Hridaya Narayan
- Kunwar Bharti Chandra
- Kunwar Prem Chandra, married and had
issue.
- Kunwar Bhagwan Das, married and
had issue.
- Kunwar Bhagwan Das, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Chandju
- Kunwar Kharag Rai
- Kunwar Champat Rai, married and
had issue. He died
after 1649.
- Kunwar Gopal Rai
- Kunwar Sarvahan
- Kunwar Anand Rai
- Maharajadhiraja Chhatrasal, Raja of Mahewa,
born 1649, married
and had issue. He died 1731.
- Kunwar Rajaraj
- Kunwar Jagatraj [Raja Jagatraj Singh of
Jaitpur]
- Kunwar Hirde Shah [Raja Hirde Shah of Panna]
- Kunwar Unoop Singh
- Kunwar Bharti Chand [Dewan Bharti Chand of
Jaso]
- Kunwar Padam Rao [Rao Padam Rao of Jigni]
- Kunwar Govind Das
- Kunwar Umrood Singh
- Kunwar Sher Singh
- Kunwar Man Singh
- Kunwar Mohan Singh
- Kunwar Dalpat Singh
- Kumari (name
unknown) Devi, married Thakur Sabha Singh Panwar, on his
marriage , he was granted the village of Salaiyah in Pargana Panwari,
as well as the title of Rao, and had issue.
- generations
- Rao Nawal Singh, Thakur
of Salaiyah, married and had issue.
- generation
- Rao Aman Singh, Thakur of
Salaiyah, born 14th August 1876.
- Kunwar Ratan Shah
- Kunwar Sujan Rai
- Kunwar Kunwar Sen
- Kunwar Man Shah, ancestor of the Garrauli Royal
Family.
- Raja BHARTI CHAND, 2nd Raja of Orchha 1531/1554, he
unsuccessfully tried to
oppose Sher Shah on his march to Kalinjar in 1545. He died 1554
- Raja MADHUKAR SHAH, 3rd Raja of Orchha 1554/1592, a
religious recluse who
allowed the fortunes of the state to decline from this time; the Mughal
forces invaded Orchha for the first time in 1577 when Sadik Khan
managed to take Orchha after a severe fight; in 1591 the Raja seized
some parganas near Gwalior and was attacked and defeated by the
Imperial troops forcing him to flee to the jungles, where he died soon
afterwards of a natural death; married
and had issue.
He died 1592.
- Kunwar Horal Deo, died 1577.
- Raja Ram Shah (qv)
- Raja Bir Singh Deo [Virsingh Dev] (qv)
- Kunwar Indrajit Singh
- Kunwar Pratap Singh
- Kunwar Har Singh Deo, ancestor of the Bhasnai branch, to
which belonged HH Maharaja Lokendra Sir Bhawani
Singh
Bahadur of Datia.
- Raja RAM SHAH, 4th Raja of Orchha 1592/1605
(deposed), and
Raja of
Chanderi 1608/1612,
sued for pardon and was allowed to succeed, but he was a weak ruler and
was unable to keep his brothers in check; Padshah Akbar deposed the
Raja and placed his brother on the gadi; he was imprisoned in
Delhi for a short time, but was eventually released and granted the
fiefs of Chanderi and Banpur in 1608; married and had issue.
- Kunwar (name unknown)
Singh,
married and had issue.
- Raja Bharat Shah of Chanderi 1612/1646, married and had
issue.
- Raja Devi Singh of Chanderi 1646/1717, married and
had issue.
- Raja Duraj Singh of Chanderi 1717/1733, married and
had issue.
- Raja Durjan Singh of Chanderi 1733/-, married and
had issue.
- Raja Man Singh of Chanderi -/1760, married and
had issue.
- Raja Anirudh Singh of Chanderi 1760/1774,
married and had issue.
- Raja Ram Chand of Chanderi 1778/1802,
married and had issue.
- Raja Parjapal of Chanderi 1802
- Raja Mur Pahlad of Chanderi 1802/1842,
married and had issue.
- Raja Mardan Singh of Chanderi
1842/1858, the state lapsed with his death and was annexed by the ruler
of Gwalior.
- Raja Hati Singh of Chanderi 1774/1778
- Raja BIR SINGH DEO, 5th Raja of Orchha 1605/1627, a
ruler of strong principles
and no scruples, he amassed great wealth and property; he was not only
a great warrior but an enthusiastic builder, leaving many monuments,
forts and temples; married
and had issue.
He died 1627.
- Kunwar Chandrabhan
- Kunwar Narhari Das
- Raja Jhujhar Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Tulsi Das
- Kunwar Beni Das
- Raja Bhagwan Rao of Datia.
- Kunwar Kishan Singh
- Kunwar Hardaul of Baragaon, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Bejani Shah of Baragaon, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Pratap Singh of Baragaon, married and had
issue.
- Kunwar Diwanrai Singh of Baragaon, married and had
issue.
- Kunwar Umaid Singh, ancestor of the Banka Pahari
Royal Family.
- Kunwar Hindu Singh, ancestor of the Tori Fatehpur
Royal Family.
- Kunwar Samant Singh, received Bijna around 1690
and was the ancestor of the Bijna Royal
Family.
- Kunwar Mokham Singh, ancestor of the Chirgaon
Royal Family.
- Kunwar Aman Singh, ancestor of the Durwai Royal
Family.
- Raja JHUJHAR SINGH, 6th Raja of Orchha 1627/1635, a
weak and turbulent ruler,
he soon plunged his state into difficulties; after serving the Mughal
Emperor in the Deccan, he returned home and suspected his brother of
adultery with his wife, he forced his brother to drink poison and whose
name later became exalted into a local deity; he went into open
rebellion
against the Mughal forces in 1634-1635, but was pursued and
driven into the jungles where he was killed; married and had issue. He
died 1635.
- Raja DEVI SINGH, 7th Raja of Orchha 1635/1641
- Raja PAHAR SINGH, 8th Raja of Orchha 1641/1653, of
Kaniyadana, married and had issue.
- Raja Sujan Singh I (qv)
- Raja Indramani Singh (qv)
- Raja SUJAN SINGH I, 9th Raja of Orchha 1653/1672
- Raja INDRAMANI SINGH, 10th Raja of Orchha
1672/1675, married and had issue.
- Raja JASHWANT SINGH, 11th Raja of Orchha 1675/1684,
married and had issue.
- Raja BHAGWAT SINGH, 12th Raja of Orchha 1684/1689,
married and had issue.
- Raja Udwat Singh (qv)
- Diwan Rai Singh, married and had issue.
- Diwan Man Singh (fourth son), ancestor of the Diwan
Sahebs of Dhurwai.
- Raja UDWAT SINGH, 13th Raja of Orchha 1689/1735,
married and
had issue.
- Raja Prithvi Singh (qv)
- Raja Aman Singh, founder of Khaniadhana.
- Raja PRITHVI SINGH, 14th Raja of Orchha 1735/1752,
during his rule, more of his
territories were lost to the Marathas.
- Raja Mahendra SANWANT SINGH, 15th Raja of Orchha
1752/1765, he was granted the
title of Mahendra by Padshah Alamgir.
- Raja Mahendra HATI SINGH, 16th Raja of Orchha
1765/1768
- Raja Mahendra MAN SINGH, 17th Raja of Orchha
1768/1775
- Raja Mahendra BHARTI CHAND, 18th Raja of Orchha
1775/1776, adopted
from Bijna State.
- Raja Mahendra VIKRAMAJIT, 19th Raja of Orchha
1776/1817 (abdicated) and
in 1834,
adopted from
Bijna State, he entered into relations with the British authorities in
1812, later abdicated in favour of his son, but resumed power on his
death, married and had issue.
He died 1834.
- Raja Mahendra Dharam Pal (qv)
- Raja Mahendra DHARAM PAL, 20th Raja of Orchha
1817/1834, died 1834.
- Raja Mahendra TEJ SINGH, 21st Raja of Orchha
1834/1842,
adopted from Bijna
State, died 1842.
- Raja Mahendra SUJAN SINGH II, 22nd Raja of Orchha
1842/1848,
adopted from
Bijna State, died 1854
- HH Maharaja Mahendra HAMIR SINGH, 23rd
Maharaja of Orchha 1848/1874, Maharaja
[cr.1865], he received a sanad of adoption in 1862. He died
15th March 1874.
 HH Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Bundelkhand
Maharaja Mahendra
Sawai Shri Sir PRATAP SINGH Bahadur Ju Deo, 24th Maharaja of
Orchha 1874/1930, born
1854,
K.C.S.I. [cr.1900], G.C.S.I. [cr.1906], K.C.B.(mil)[cr.1901], G.C.I.E.
[cr.1900], K.C.I.E [cr.1894], Hon. ADC to HM,
Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Bundelkhand
[cr.1882], granted a personal salute of 17 guns; married and had issue.
He died 3rd March 1930.
- Raja Bahadur Bhagwant Singh, Yuvaraj Saheb of Orchha;
married (as his third
wife), the
third daughter of Rana Padam Chand of Jubbal,
she had issue, one daughter, and
had
issue, four sons and one daughter. He died vp.
- HH Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Bundelkhand
Maharaja Mahendra
Sawai Shri Sir Vir Singh Ju Deo Bahadur (qv)
- Rao Raja Karan Singh Ju Deo, married and had issue.
- Rajkumari Jayanti Devi [Rani Jayanti Devi of Koti],
married Rana Devesh Chand of Koti
in Himachal Pradesh, and had
issue. She died 10th March 2010.
- Rao Raja Narendra Singh Ju Dev, married and has
issue, one daughter and two sons.
- Rajkumari Gita Rathod
- Rajkumar Dhruv Singh Dev
- Rajkumar Rudra Singh Dev, born
1957, married 14th December
1987, Rajkumari Manjari Kumari, daughter
of Raja
Vishwaraj Pratap Singh of Kawardha,
and his wife, Rani Shashi Prabha Devi (now the Rajmata Sahiba of
Kawardha).
- Rao Raja Gayanendra Singh Ju Dev, married and has
issue, three daughters and one son.
- Rajkumari Gauri Parikh
- Rajkumari Hema Devi [Rani Hema Chand of Manaswal],
married (as his second wife), Rana Yatendra Chand of Manaswal.
- Rajkumari Maya Rana
- Rajkumar Vishwajeet Singh Dev
- Rao Raja Jayanendra Singh Ju Deo, married and had issue.
- Rao Raja Praduman Singh Ju Dev, married and has
issue, three sons.
- Rajkumar Brijraj Singh Dev
- Rajkumar Mrigendra Singh Dev
- Rajkumar Shivraj Singh Dev
- Rajkumari Usha Kumari
- Rao Raja Mahendra Singh Ju Deo, married and had issue,
three daughters and one son.
- Rajkumari Ila Raghuvanshi
- Rao Raja Dinesh Singh Ju Dev, married and has issue,
one daughter and two sons.
- Rajkumari Abha Singh
- Lt.-Col. Rajkumar Abhay Singh Dev
- Rajkumar Ajay Singh Dev
- Rajkumari Gayatri Kumari
- Rajkumari Kumud Singh
- Rajkumari Saraswati Devi [HH Rani Saraswati Devi of
Khilchipur], married HH Raja Rao Bahadur
Yashodar Singh, Raja of Khilchipur,
and had issue.
- Kunwar Sawant Singh, second son, adopted into Bijawar
in 1898, as HH Bharat Dharmendra Maharaja Sawai Sir Sawant Singh
Bahadur of Bijawar.
- Maharajkumari (name unknown) [HH Maharani Sahiba
of Chhatarpur], married 1884 (as his first wife), HH Maharaja Sir
Vishwanath Singh
Bahadur of Chhatarpur. She died sp
1920.
-
 HH
Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Bundelkhand Maharaja Mahendra Sawai Shri Sir VIR
SINGH
Ju Deo Bahadur, 25th Maharaja of Orchha 1930/1956, born 14th April
1899, K.C.S.I., married
1stly, 1919, a daughter of HH Thakore Sahib Shri Jaswantsinhji
Becharsinhji of Wadhwan in
Kathiawar, married 2ndly, HH Maharani Kamlaba Sahiba, daughter of HH
Maharajah Shri Bhojrajjisinhji Bhagwatsinhji Sahib of Gondal in Kathiawar, and his wife, HH
Maharani Raj Kunverba Saheb, and
had
issue, one son and one daughter. He died 1956.
- HH Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Bundelkhand
Maharaja Mahendra
Sawai Shri Devendra Vijay Singh Ju Deo Bahadur (by 1st marriage) (qv)
- Maharajkumari Sudha Kumari (by Maharani Kamlaba), born
22nd
November 1930,
married (as his second wife), Kanwar Ratan Singh of Dhami, and had issue. She died 25th
February 1978.
- HH Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Bundelkhand
Maharaja Mahendra
Sawai Shri DEVENDRA VIJAY SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur, 26th Maharaja
of Orchha 1956/-, born
1919.
- HH Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Bundelkhand
Maharaja Mahendra
Sawai Shri MADHUKAR SHAH Ju Deo Bahadur, 27th Maharaja of
Orchha
(see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Rani Mahendra Kumari, married
(as his first wife),
Raja Surendra Bikram Singh of Itaunja.
- Rao Raja Meherban Singh, married Rani Sheela Devi, and had
issue.
- Rajkumari Kamlesh
Kumari, born 1958, married Kanwar Dushyant Singh of Dhami, and has issue.
The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully acknowledged,
July 2011.
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