PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
by Raja Veerraj Judeo when he seized the fort of Naro from the Teli
Rajas
in 1344. Until the 18th century, the state was known as Unchahara from
the
name of its original capital. When the British became paramount after
the
treaty of Bassein of 1820, Nagod was held to be a tributary to Panna
and
was included in the sanad granted to that state in 1807. In 1809,
however,
a separate sanad was granted to Lal Sheoraj Singh confirming him in his
possessions. Rulers were...
- Raja VEERRAJ Judeo 1344/1357, married and had issue. He
died 1357.
- Raja DHARSINGH Judeo -/1375
- Raja KISHAN DAS Judeo 1375/1400
- Raja VIKRAMADITYA Judeo 1400/1424
- Raja BHARIT CHAND 1424/1446
- Raja GURPAL SINGH 1446/1469
- Raja SURAJ PAL Judeo 1469/1491, married and had issue.
- Raja BHOJ RAJ Judeo 1491/1523, obtained Unchahara, which he
made
the chief town in 1478,
and which remained so until 1720; married and had issue, seven sons and
one daughter.
- Raja KARAN Judeo (qv)
- Lal Saheb Dallu Shah, Thakur of Gobraon
- Lal Saheb Madhukar Shah, Thakur of Bharhut
- Lal Saheb Masa Singh, Thakur of Sitpura
- Lal Saheb Bhawani Singh, migrated to Rewah and was
ancestor of Barhata estate.
- Kumari Krishna Kanwar, married Kunwar Fateh Singh, Thakur
of Durjan Pur estated in Rewah, second son of Baghel Raja Amar Singh I
of Rewah.
- Raja KARAN Judeo 1523/1560, married 1stly, a daughter of
Sirnet Raja Gopal Deo, married 2ndly, a daughter of Gaharwar Raja
Chandra Pal Deo of Manda, and had issue, six sons.
- Raja PRATAP RUDRA Deo (by Rani Sirnetji) (qv)
- Lal Saheb Bhagat Rai (by Rani Gaharwarji), Thakur of
Bataiya.
- Lal Saheb Gulal Singh (by Rani Gaharwarji), Thakur of
Mohari.
- Lal Saheb Mallu Singh (by Rani Gaharwarji), Thakur of
Bharhut.
- Lal Saheb Ganpat Rai (by Rani Gaharwarji), Thakur of
Jakhi.
- Lal Saheb Meharban Singh (by Rani Gaharwarji), Thakur of
Bhadi.
- Raja PRATAP RUDRA Deo 1560/1593, he was granted the title
of ‘Shah’ by the Mughal Emperor; married and had issue, two son.
- Raja NARENDRA SHAH Judeo (qv)
- Lal Saheb Govind Rai (second son), he was granted the
estate of
Surdaha in 1592, married and had issue, four sons.
- Lal Saheb Deep Chandra Singh, Thakur of
Surdaha, married and had issue, two sons.
- Lal Saheb Bhishan Singh, Thakur of
Surdaha, married and had issue, six sons.
- Lal Saheb Devi Singh (eldest son), Thakur of
Surdaha, married and had issue, seven sons.
- Lal Saheb Meharban Singh (eldest son), Thakur of
Surdaha, married and had issue, four sons.
- Lal Saheb Pratap Singh (eldest son), Thakur of
Surdaha, married and had issue, four sons.
- Lal Saheb Ran Bahadur Singh, (eldest son),
Thakur of
Surdaha, married and had issue, one son.
- Lal Saheb Eam Niwaj Singh, Thakur of
Surdaha, died sp.
- Lal Saheb Gopal Singh, Thakur of
Surdaha, married and had issue, three sons.
- Lal Saheb Surat Singh (eldest son), Thakur of
Surdaha, married and had issue, three sons.
- Lal Saheb Harishchandra Singh (eldest son),
Thakur of
Surdaha, married and had issue, two sons.
- Lal Saheb Kardameshwar Pratap Singh
(eldest son), Thakur of
Surdaha, married and had issue, seven sons.
- Kumar Saheb Vindhyeshwari Pratap Singh,
married and had issue, one son. He died vp.
- Lal Saheb Chandramauli Pratap Singh,
Thakur of
Surdaha, married and had issue, one son.
- Lal Saheb Girish Pratap Singh,
Thakur of
Surdaha, married and had issue, two sons.
- Lal Saheb Manish Pratap Singh,
Thakur of
Surdaha.
- Lal Saheb Hathi Singh, Thakur of Amarkui.
- Lal Saheb Balbhadra Singh, Thakur of Hilaundha.
- Lal Saheb Prthvi Singh, Thakur of Kontu.
- Lal Saheb Veershah Singh, Thakur of Itma.
- Raja NARENDRA SHAH Judeo 1593/1612, married a daughter of
Gaur Raja Himmat Singh of Sheopur, and had issue, six sons.
- Raja BHARAT SHAH (qv)
- Lal Saheb Ani Rai, Thakur of Jiganhat.
- Lal Saheb Bhao Singh, Thakur of Karhi.
- Lal Saheb Swaroop Singh, Thakur of Ragla.
- Lal Saheb Man Singh, Thakur of Uradna.
- Lal Saheb Kanak Singh, Thakur of Bhatanwara, died sp.
- Raja BHARAT SHAH 1612/1648, married and had issue, two sons.
- Raja PRITHVI RAJ SINGH
- Lal Saheb Mardan Shah, Thakur of Bhatanwara.
- Raja PRITHVI RAJ SINGH 1648/1685, married three wives, and
had issue, eighteen sons (nine sons died young).
- Raja FAKIR SHAH (qv)
- Lal Saheb Kirat Shah, Thakur Saheb of Piprokhar.
- Lal Saheb Hriday Shah, Thakur Saheb of Chandkuan.
- Lal Saheb Atibal Shah, Thakur Saheb of Patharhata.
- Lal Saheb Sangram Singh, Thakur Saheb of Jakhi.
- Lal Saheb Arjun Singh, Thakur Saheb of Barkachhi.
- Lal Saheb Sabha Singh, Thakur Saheb of Podi.
- Lal Saheb Fateh Singh, Thakur Saheb of Kunia.
- Lal Saheb Dangal Singh, Thakur Saheb of Dhaneh.
- Lal Saheb Pahar Singh, Thakur Saheb of Narhathi.
- Raja FAKIR SHAH 1685/1721, married 1stly, a daughter of the
Thakur Saheb of Bardi, married 2ndly,
in Girh village, and had issue, four sons.
- Lal Saheb Chait Singh, died young
- Raja CHAIN SINGH (qv)
- Lal Saheb Narhar Shah, Thakur of Jiganhat, married
and had issue.
- Lal Saheb Jagrup Singh, Thakur of Jiganhat, married
and had issue.
- Lal Saheb Bakhtawar Singh, Thakur of Kundhari.
- Raja CHAIN SINGH 1720/1748, moved the capital to Nagod in
1720; married 1stly, Rani Phool Kunwari, married 2ndly, Rani Jit
Kunwari, married 3rdly, Rani Ramadhar Sharan, and had issue.
- Raja AHLAD SINGH (by Rani Phool Kunwari)
- Kumari Raj Kunwari (by Rani Phool Kunwari), married
Baghel Raja Prithvi Raj Singh of Sohawal.
- Raja AHLAD SINGH 1748/1780, married 1stly, Rani Adhar
Kunwari, married 2ndly, Solankini Rani Phulas Kunwari, married 3rdly,
Rani Sabha Kunwari, married 4thly, Rani Ilam Kunwari, married 5thly,
Rani Ratan Kunwari, and had issue.
- Raja SHIVRAJ SINGH (by Rani Adhar Kunwari) (qv)
- Lal Saheb Mahipal Singh (by Rani Phulas Kunwari), he was
granted the estate of Pataura with 13 villages.
- Lal Saheb Dilraj Singh (third son), he was granted the
estate of
Umarhat with 16 villages in 1786, married and had issue, two sons.
- Lal Saheb Bhagwat Pratap Singh (eldest son), Thakur of
of Umarhat, married and had issue, six sons.
- Lal Saheb Ambika Pratap Singh (eldest son), Thakur of
of Umarhat, married and had issue, two sons.
- Lal Saheb Avashesh Pratap Singh (eldest son),
Thakur of of Umarhat, married and had issue, one son.
- Lal Saheb Narendra Pratap Singh, Thakur of of
Umarhat, married and had issue, four sons.
- Lal Saheb Narain Pratap Singh (eldest son),
Thakur of of Umarhat, married and had issue, one son.
- Lal Saheb Digvijai Pratap Singh, present
Thakur Saheb of Umarhat.
- Raja SHIVRAJ SINGH 1780/1818, born 1777, married 1stly,
Rani Ratan Kunwari, married 2ndly, Rani Raghuvansh Kunwari, and had
issue, three sons. He died 1818.
- Raja BALBHADRA SINGH (qv)
- Lal Saheb Jagadhari Singh, he was granted the estate of
Sitpura with 19 villages.
- Lal Saheb Narain Bux Singh
- Kumari Subhadra Kunwari [Rani Subhadra Kunwari of Rewah],
married Raja VISHWANATH SINGH of Rewah.
- Raja BALBHADRA SINGH 1818/1831 (deposed), he
was put on trial before his peers for the murder of his brother, Lal
Saheb Jagadhari Singh, found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment
in
Allahabad Fort; married 1stly, Bagheli Rani Prabhuraj Kunwari of Kothi,
married 2ndly, Gaharbarin
Rani Jitnath Kunwari, married 3rdly, Chandelin Rani Raghunath Kunwari,
married 4thly, Baghelin Rani
Takhat Kunwari, married 5thly, Rani Jaipal Kunwari, married 6thly,
a daughter of Lal Jagmohan Singh of
Semaria, and had
issue, three sons and one daughter.
- Raja RAGHVENDRA SINGH (qv)
- Lal Saheb Ran Fatah
Singh, died sp.
- Lal Saheb Chhatra Pal Singh (third son), he was granted
the estate of Jiganhat in 1870, married and had issue, three sons.
- Lal Saheb Uma Pratap Singh, Thakur of Jiganhat, married
and had issue,
- Lal Saheb Rajendra Bahadur Singh, Thakur of Jiganhat,
married and had issue, one son.
- Lal Saheb Vishudh Pratap Singh, Thakur of Jiganhat,
married and had issue, one son.
- Lal Saheb Umashankar Pratap Singh, Thakur of
Jiganhat, married and has issue, six sons.
- Kumar Jaideep Singh (eldest son)
- Lal Saheb Vindhyeshwari Pratap Singh, died sp.
- Lal Saheb Siya Pratap Singh, he was granted the estate
of Turkaha, married and had issue, four sons.
- Lal Saheb Hanuman Singh, Thakur of Turkaha, married
and had issue, one son.
- Lal Saheb Makar Dhwaj Singh, Thakur of Turkaha.
- Kumari Chandrabhan Kunwari [HH Maharani Chandrabhan
Kunwari of Bundi], married HH Maharao RAM SINGH of Bundi.
- Raja RAGHVENDRA SINGH 1831/1874, born 1821, in the mutiny
of 1857,
Raja Raghvendra
Singh behaved most loyally in assisting the British and was rewarded by
the grant of 11 villages, which had belonged to the confiscated state
of
Bijairaghogarh, married and had issue. He died 22nd February 1874.
- Raja JADVENDRA SINGH (qv)
- Rajkumari (name unknown), married into the Sirmur
Royal Family.
- Rajkumari (name unknown), married into the Nimrana Royal Family.
- Raja JADVENDRA SINGH 1874/1922, born 30th December 1855,
succeeded 12th
June 1874 (#1),
married
1stly, a Princess of Gaharwar Raj of Vijaipur, died in childbirth,
married 2ndly, Rani Bhagwati Devi of Vijaipur, married 3rdly, Rani
Padam Kunwari (sister of Babu Beni Prasad Jhinna), died sp,
married 4thly, 1908, Rani Vatsraj Kunwari, sister of Baghel Thakur
Lalai Singh of Bhajikhera, and had issue, three sons (one died young),
and three daughters. He died 4th November 1922 in Varanasi.
- Raja NARHARENDRA SINGH (qv)
- HH Raja Shrimant MAHENDRA SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur (qv)
- Rajkumari (name unknown), married 15th April 1936,
Lt. HH Maharaja
RAJENDRA PRAKASH
Bahadur
of Sirmur.
- (A) Lal Saheb Bhargavendra Singh (see above)
- Raja NARHARENDRA SINGH 1922/1926, born 1911, educated
at
Daly College,
Indore. He died unmarried 27th February 1926 in Indore.
- HH Raja Shrimant MAHENDRA SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur 1926/1981,
born 8th February 1916 and succeeded 26th February 1926,
educated at
Daly College, Indore; married 1stly, 1934, HH Rani Jaswant Kumari
[Adhar Kunwari], daughter
of HH
Maharana Sahib Shri VIJAYADEVJI MOHANDEVJI of Dharampur
in Gujarat, married 2ndly, 1942, HH Rani Shyam Kumari, daughter of the
Zamindar
of Bandhi under Rewah, and had issue, 8 sons and 6 daughters. He died
23rd October 1981 in Allahabad.
- HH Raja Shrimant RUDRENDRA PRATAP SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur
(by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari),
- Maharajkumar Shri Shailendra Singhji (by HH Rani Jaswant
Kumari),
married
Rani Usha
Devi,
second daughter of the Zamindar of Jaitpur-Rewah, and has issue.
- Kumar Rani Madhvi Kumari Devi, married Kumar Rohit
Ganga Deb of Bamra, and has issue, two
daughters.
- Rajkumar Shri Dharmendra Singhji (by HH Rani Jaswant
Kumari), unmarried.
- Thakur Rani Dilhar Kumari (by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari),
married Thakur
Saheb BHUPENDRASINHJI
HARISHCHANDRASINHJI of Malia, and has
issue.
- Rani Alka Kumari (by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari), married a
Doctor in the
USA.
- Rani Meena Kumari (by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari), married
the Raja Saheb
of Bilkha.
- Rajkumar Shri Nagendra Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari),
served as Home Minster in the Madhya Pradesh Government; married
Rani Tara
Rajya
Lakshmi Kumari, daughter of Cdg. Gen. Maharajkumar Sir Bahadur
Shumsher
Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal,
and has issue.
- Kunwar Shyamendra Singh, born 14th January 1964,
married
5th March
1991,
Kunwarani Bhavna Kumari, daughter of HH Raja Rana YOGENDRA CHAND of Jubbal
in Himachal Pradesh.
- Kunwar Pashupatendra Singh, married Darpana Kumari,
daughter of the
Raja
Saheb of Haldour in Uttar Pradesh.
- Rajkumar Shri Ram Dev Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari),
married
Rani Vijay
Laxmi,
daughter of Raja Sri PURNENDU NARAYAN SINGH Deo of Kharsawan
in Orissa, and has issue.
- Rajkumari Shyameshwari Kumari
- Rajkumar Shri Ranti Dev Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam
Kumari),
married
Rani Rama
Rajya
Laxmi, daughter of Thakur Vijay Singh, Zamindar of Kuma-Rewah, and has
issue.
- Kunwar Kirti Dev Singh, married Kunwarani Rukmini Devi,
daughter
of Maharaj Kumar Pattayet Matru Prasad Singh Deo of Dhenkanal, and his wife, Pattayet Rani
Basanti Devi, and has issue, one daughter.
- Kunwarani Omkareshwari Kumari, born 23rd May 1976 in
Allahabad, married
7th December 1993, Kunwar Rupendra Palji of Kutlehar,
and has issue.
- Kunwarani Shrutikirti Kumari, married Kunwar Aditya
Pratap
Singh of
Jasso.
- Rajkumari Vibhawari Kumari
- Kunwar Vasudev Singh, born 1991.
- Rajkumar Shri Kanti Dev Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam
Kumari),
married
Rani Shashi
Devi, daughter of the Zamindar of Rampurwa-Rewah, and has issue.
- Kunwar Roopendra Singh, married Kunwarani Yogita Singh,
daughter of
Thakur
C. S. Rathore of Roysa in Udaipur.
- Yuvarani Anchala Devi, married 4th February 1995 at
Nagod
in Madhya
Pradesh,
Yuvaraj Gajendra Chandra Singh of Nayagarh,
and has issue.
- Kunwar Preetendra Singh, married Kunwarani Kamaksha
Singh, daughter of
Maharaj Lokendra Singh of Panna, and his
wife, Rani Nishi
Kumari.
- Rajkumar Shri Chattrasal Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam
Kumari),
married
Rani Uma
Devi,
daughter of HH Thakur Saheb Shri MANOHARSINHJI PRADYUMANSINHJI of Rajkot,
and has issue.
- Kunwar Krishna Dev Singh
- Rajkumari Subhadra Singh, married Jaykumar Singh
Rawal (Sisodia) of Dondaicha in Maharashtra, at present, he is a
Member of Legislative Assembly.
- Rani Shobhana Kumari (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), married
Lt. Col. Shri
Sahadev
Shumsher
Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal.
- Rajkumari Kanak Kumari [Shreemati Rajmata Kanak Devi of
Jamnia] (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), married Shrimant Raja NARENDRA
SINGHJI of Jamnia in
Madhya
Pradesh, and has issue.
- Thakurani Meera Kumari (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), married
to the
Thakur
Saheb of Bera in Jodhpur.
- HH Raja Shrimant RUDRENDRA PRATAP SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur
1981/2005, born
7th March
1936,
married 1stly, HH Rani Chandrika Devi from Jaipur, married 2ndly, Rani
Lalita Kunwar, eldest daughter of Baghel Raja of Jaitpur in Rewah, and
had issue. He died 3rd August 2005.
- HH Raja Shrimant SHIVENDRA
PRATAP SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur (by Rani Chandrika Devi) (qv)
- Rajkumari Bageshwari Kumari (by Rani Chandrika Devi),
married Shri Deepak Sinha of
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
- Deeksha Sinha
- Naman Raj Sinha
- Rajkumari Sarod Kumari (by Rani Chandrika Devi)
- HH Raja Shrimant SHIVENDRA
PRATAP SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur (see above)
The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully acknowledged,
February 2009. |