PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The
state of Jashpur was ceded to the British Government by the provisional
agreement concluded with Mudhoji Bhonsle in 1818. Although noticed in
the
second part of this agreement as a separate state, it was at first
treated
as a fief of Surguja to some measure. The relations of the chief are
regulated
by the provisions of the sanad granted in 1899 and later
reissued
in 1905. Rulers were...
- Raja RANJIT SINGH , died circa 1813.
- Raja PRATAP NARAYAN SINGH Deo Bahadur 1845/1900, born 1822,
succeeded
24th
October
1845 (#1), C.I.E.
[cr.1890].
- Raja Bahadur BISHAN PRATAP SINGH Deo 1900/1924, born 16th
December 1864, succeeded in April 1900.
- Raja DEO SARAN SINGH Ju Deo 1924/1926, married and had
issue.
- HH Raja BIJAY BHUSHAN SINGH Ju Deo (qv)
- HH Raja BIJAY BHUSHAN SINGH Ju Deo 1926/1982, born
11th January
1926
and succeeded 8th February 1926 (#2),
Member
of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1952/1962, the Lok Sabha
1962/1967
and the Rajya Sabha 1970/1976, married, HH Rani Jaya Kumari Devi, and
had
issue, two sons and three daughters. He died 4th October 1982.
- Yuvraj
Uppendra Singh Ju Deo, married Yuvrani Mohini Devi [now Rajmata
Mohini Devi of Jashpur], daughter of Thatraj Raj Raj Deb of Puri, and his wife, Thatrani Purneshwari
Devi, and had issue, two sons and one
daughter.
- HH Raja RANVIJAY PRATAP SINGH Ju Deo (qv)
- Rajkumar Vikramaditya Singh Ju Deo, married, and has
issue.
- Yuvrani Mrinalini Devi, married Yuvraj Shivendra Bhanj
Deo of Kanika,
and has issue, one son.
-
 Rajkumar
Shri Dilip Singh Ju Deo, born 8th March 1949 in Jashpur, Madhya
Pradesh; B.A.,
LL.B., educated at Kalyan Ashram, Mayo College, and Rajkumar College,
Raipur and Ranchi University. President, Municipal Board, Jashpur,
1975/82;
Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh; previously
associated
with Bharatiya Jana Sangh; Member of the R.S.S., Vishwa Hindu Parishad,
9th Lok Sabha, Committee on Commerce and Consultative Committee for the
Ministry of Coal; elected to the Rajya Sabha in June, 1992 and
re-elected
in June, 1998 and again in 2004, served as Union Minister in the
cabinet of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee for sometime; Member of the
Bhubaneswar Club Ltd., the Jashpur Club and the Puri Club. Interests
include
swimming,
shooting, stamp collection, cycling, outdoor games, volleyball and
cricket; he married 23rd May 1975, Rajkumar Rani Madhvi Devi of Sailana, and has issue,
three sons.
-
Rajkumari Lokeshwari Devi, married Shri Gyanendra
Chotray of Nariangarh, Dist, Khurda in Orissa, and has issue, three
daughters.
-
Rajkumari Kalpaneshwari Devi, married Maharajkumar
Rajyavardhan Singh of Narsinghgarh,
born 1953, and has issue, two sons.
- Kunwar Veer Vikram Singh
- Kunwar Vishwa Pratap Singh
-
Yuvrani Sushmeshwari Devi, married Yuvraj Bir Keshari
Deo of Bonai, and has issue, one
daughter and one son.
- Rajkumari Sarveshwari Devi, married Kumar Rajeev Ranjan
Singh of Rehsa, and has issue, two sons.
- Shivraj Singh
- Jaiaditya Singh
- HH Raja RANVIJAY PRATAP SINGH Ju Deo (see above)
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born
about 1970.