PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Samthar was a Treaty state founded in 1760. Rulers
were......
- Shri NAUNE SHAH
Rajdhar, 1st Chief of Samthar 1735/1740,
Diwan of Datia, he assisted the Raja of Datia in the
succession dispute in 1733.
- Shri MADAN SINGH
Ju Deo Rajdhar, 2nd Chief of Samthar
1740/1745, was granted the title of Rajdhar
and the governorship of Samthar Fort, as a reward for
his fathers part in assisting Raja Indrajit Singh of
Datia to claim the gadi in 1733, married and
had issue.
- Bishan Singh Rajdhar (qv)
- Devi Singh Rajdhar (qv)
- Raja Rajdhar BISHAN SINGH Ju Deo,
3rd Raja of Samthar 1745/1790
- Raja DEVI SINGH Ju Deo,
4th Raja of Samthar 1791/1800, he was granted a jagir
of five villages, married and had issue.
- Raja Ranjit Singh I Rajdhar (qv)
- Raja RANJEET SINGH
I Ju Deo, 5th Raja of Samthar 1800/1815
- Raja RANJEET SINGH
II Ju Deo, 6th Raja of Samthar 1815/1827,
declared himself independant and was granted the title
of Raja by the Marathas; he was confirmed in his
lands, by the British in 1817; married and had issue.
He died 1827.
- Maharaja HINDUPAT
SINGH Ju Deo, 7th Raja of Samthar 1827/1858
(deposed), born 1823, being of unsound mind,
administration was entrusted to his Rani, he was
granted a sanad of adoption in 1862, later the
pargana of Amargarh was assigned for the maintenance
of the ex-Maharaja, his Maharani and the younger son,
which was changed to a cash allowance in 1883, he
married and had issue. He died 1890.
- HH Maharaja Chhatar Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Rajkumar Arjun Singh [Ali Bahadur] (by 2nd wife)
- HH Maharaja CHATUR
SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur, 8th Raja of Samthar
1865/1896, born 8th October 1843, asserted his claim
to rule the state in 1864, which was recognized by the
Government, and succeeded 3rd February 1865 (#1), Maharaja [cr.1877], a
good administrator, and improved the condition of the
state considerably, married and had issue. He died
1896.
- HH Maharaja Sir Bir Singh Ju Deo Bahadur (qv)
- Rajkumar Suraia Jah Bikramajit Bahadur
[Vikramaditya], born 1871.
- Rajkumar Lokindra Jagatraj Bahadur, born 1875.
 HH Maharaja Sir BIR SINGH
Ju Deo Bahadur K.C.I.E., 9th Raja of Samthar
1896/1935, born 26th August 1864 and succeeded 17th
June 1896 (#2), he
received the title of Maharaja as a personal
distinction in 1898, K.C.I.E. [cr.1915], abdicated 9th
October 1935, and was allowed to retain the use of his
titles; married four wives, two from the Sojna family
and two from the Jakhauli family, both in Gwalior, and
had issue.
- HH Raja Radha Charan Singh (qv)
- HH Maharaja RADHA
CHARAN SINGH, 10th Raja of Samthar 1935/1972,
born 15th May 1914; married 1933, HH Rani Krishna
Kumari, daughter of Raja Balwant Singh, Raja of Landhaura in
Saharanpur district of U.P. , and had issue. He died
1972.
- HH Maharaja RANJEET
SINGH III Ju Deo, 11th Raja of Samthar (see
above)
The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully
acknowledged, July 2011.
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