PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded in 1550. This was a small sanad state of about 213
square miles, separated into two sections by the Kothi
state. Its founder, Fatehsingh was one of the two sons of
Maharaja Amarsingh of Rewa. He had revolted against his
father in the sixteenth century. Originally the state was
of considerable extent including Birsinghpur, Kothi and
other tracts in the neighbourhood. On the rise of Panna
under Chhatrasal, Sohawal became a tributary but retained
its independence. Later on, however, Jagatrai and
Hardeshah, sons of Chhatrasal, actually seized much of its
territory, while the Kothi chief, taking advantage of
these disturbances, threw off his allegiance, and attacked
and killed the Sohawal chief, Prithipal Singh. On the
establishment of British supremacy in nineteenth century,
Sohawal was first held to be subordinate to Panna. But a
separate sanad was granted to Rais Amansingh in 1809 on
the ground that, the state had existed before Chhatrasal's
rise to power and had remained independent throughout the
supremacy of Ali Bahadur of Banda. Rulers were....
- Rais FATEH SINGH,
1st Rais of Sohawal 1550/-, founder of Sohawal in
1550, son of Raja Amar Singh of Rewah, fl.16th century.
- ......
- Rais MAHIPAT SINGH,
Rais of Sohawal, he granted the jagir of Raigaon to
his brother, Sarup Singh, on condition of service and
of contribution towards the exigencies of the
State,
- .......
- Rais PRITHVI RAJ
SINGH, Rais of Sohawal, married Rani Raj
Kunwari, daughter of Raja Chain Singh, Raja of Nagod, and his first
wife, Rani Phool Kunwari.
- Rais PRITHIPAL
SINGH, Rais of Sohawal -/1750
- ......
- Rais Lal AMAN SINGH,
7th Rais of Sohawal before 1809/18xx (first time)
- Rais RAGHUNATH
SINGH, 8th Rais of Sohawal 18xx/1830, in
1830, the state was taken under British administration
to liquidate a private money claim preferred against
the Chief, but three years later it was restored to
his father. He died 1830/1833.
INTERREGNUM 1830/1833, under
British administration.
- Rais Lal AMAN SINGH,
Rais of Sohawal 1833/1840 (second time), he was
granted a Sanad
(No. LXXXVIII) in 1809, confirming him in his State on
his tendering a deed of allegiance; he resigned his
state in favour of his elder son, but he was restored
to the gaddi
after his sons death; in 1840 he resigned the state in
favour of his second son; married and had issue.
- Rais Raghunath Singh (qv)
- Rais Sheo Singh (qv)
- Rais SHEO SINGH,
9th Rais of Sohawal 1840/1865, he received a Sanod (No.
LXXXIX) in 1843 recognizing his succession; taken
under British administration in 1845 due to the
misrule of the Rais at the Chief's own request;
married and had issue.
- Kunwar Inderjit Singh, married and had issue. He
died 1856.
- Raja Sher Jang Bahadur Singh (qv)
- Raja SHER JANG
BAHADUR SINGH, 10th Raja of Sohawal
1865/1899, born 5th January 1853, he succeeded 1st
November 1865 (#1), and
was placed in charge of the state in 1871; the title
of Raja was granted as a personal distinction on 1st
January 1879 in recognition of his loyalty; married
and had issue.
- Raja Bhagwant Raj Bahadur (qv)
- Raja BHAGWANT RAJ
BAHADUR SINGH C.I.E., 11th Raja of Sohawal
1899/1930, born 7th August 1878 (#2)
and succeeded 23rd November 1899, the title of Raja
was granted as a hereditary distinction in 1911,
C.I.E. [cr.1916], married and had issue.
- Raja Jagendra Bahadur Singh (qv)
- Thakur Birendra Bahadur Singh, Thakur of Bandhi,
married and had issue.
- HH Rani Shyam Kumari, married as his second
wife, HH Raja Shrimant Mahendra Singh Ju Dev
Bahadur, Raja of Nagod,
and had issue.
- HH Maharani (name
unknown), married (as his second wife), HH
Maharana Sri Bhawanisinhji Hamirsinhji, Maharana of
Danta. She died spm in 1923.
- Kunwar Purushottam Singh
- Raja JAGENDRA
BAHADUR SINGH, 12th Raja of Sohawal
1930/1974, born 9th July 1899, married to a daughter
of Amethia Raja Rameshwar Bux Singh of Sheogarh alias
Birsinghpur in Rai
Bareilly district of Oudh. He died 20th March 1974.
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Kunwarani Sita Kumari, married Kunwar Vikram Singh
of Banera.
- Kunwarani Geeta Kumari, married Kunwar Udaibhan
Singh of Banera.
The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully
acknowledged, July 2011.
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