PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The state was founded
in 1785. The family motto is Agni pratap Vishweshah ("As
fire
resplendent, Lord of the World"). The Raja maintains a
military force
of 39 cavalry, 814 infantry, and 39 guns, and is entitled
to a salute
of 1 1 guns (in 1893). The rulers were..
- Raja SONE SHAH,
1st Raja of Chhatarpur 1785/1816, a Sardar of the
Panna Raj, who was in
military possession of the Chhatarpur jagir when the
British acquired
Bundelkhand, he was granted a sanad by the British
Government in 1806,
married
and
had issue,
five sons. He died 1816.
- Raja Pratap Singh Bahadur (eldest son) (qv)
- Kunwar Bakht Singh (fifth son), made
over his jagir
to his brother and received a cash allowance of
2,250Rs monthly,
married
and had issue.
- Kunwar (name
unknown)
Singh, married and had issue.
- Raja Jagat Raj Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Raja PRATAP SINGH
Bahadur,
2nd Raja of Chhatarpur
1816/1854,
granted the
title of Raja Bahadur in 1827. He died sp in
1854 (#2).
- Raja JAGAT RAJ
SINGH
Bahadur, 3rd Raja of Chhatarpur
1854/1867,
born 1846,
he was granted a sanad of adoption in 1862,
married and had
issue. He
died
1867.
- HH Maharaja Sir Vishwanath Singh Bahadur
(qv)
- HH Maharaja Sir
VISHWANATH SINGH
Judeo Bahadur, 4th Maharaja of Chhatarpur
1867/1932,
born 29th August 1866, succeeded 14th November 1866 (#1)(#3),
commenced to administer his state in 1887 and received
enhanced
criminal
powers in 1894, educated at Rajkumar College, Nowgong;
Maharaja
(Personal)[cr. 1895], (Hereditary) [cr.1919],
married 1stly, 1884, a daughter of HH Maharaja Pratap
Singh of Orchha,
died sp in 1920, married 2ndly, a lady from
Paigram, and had
issue.
He died 5th April 1932.
- HH Maharaja Bhawani Singh Bahadur (by 2nd
marriage) (qv)
- HH Maharaja
BHAWANI SINGH
Bahadur, 5th Maharaja of
Chhatarpur 1932/2006, born 16th
August 1921,
educated at Daly College, Indore; Head of the
Bundelkhand
Ponwars or Pamars, a local section of the great
Agnikula clan which
separated
from the parent branch in the 13th century, married a
daughter of
Thakur Shankar
Pratap Singh Karaiya, a noble of Charkhari State, and
had issue. He
died 2006.
- Yuvaraj Balwant Singh, married Yuvrani Kumkum
Kumari,
daughter of HH
Maharaja
Mahendra Narendra Singh Ju Deo Bahadur of Panna,
and his wife, HH Maharani Durga Rajya Laxmi Devi,
and had issue, one
son. He died 1990.
- HH Maharaja Vikram Singh
Bahadur (qv)
- HH Maharaja VIKRAM
SINGH
Bahadur, 6th Maharaja of Chhatarpur (see
above)
The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully
acknowledged,
July 2011.
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