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,
1st Raja of Unchahara 1344/1357, married and had
issue. He died 1357.
- Raja JUGRAJ Deo,
Raja of Unchahara 1357/-
- Raja DHARSINGH
Judeo, Raja of Unchahara -/1375
- Raja KISHAN DAS
Judeo, Raja of Unchahara 1375/1400
- Raja VIKRAMADITYA
Judeo, Raja of Unchahara 1400/1424
- Raja BHARIT CHAND,
Raja of Unchahara 1424/1446
- Raja GURPAL SINGH,
Raja of Unchahara 1446/1469
- Raja SURAJ PAL
Judeo, Raja of Unchahara 1469/1491, married
and had issue.
- Raja BHOJ RAJ Judeo,
Raja of Unchahara 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,
Raja of Unchahara 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, Raja of Unchahara 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 Ram 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, Raja of Unchahara 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,
Raja of Unchahara 1612/1648, married and had issue,
two sons.
- Raja Prithvi Raj Singh (qv)
- Lal Saheb Mardan Shah, Thakur of Bhatanwara.
- Raja PRITHVI RAJ
SINGH, Raja of Unchahara 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,
Raja of Unchahara 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,
Raja of Nagod 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,
Raja of Nagod 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,
Raja of Nagod 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 SINGHJI of Rewah.
- Raja BALBHADRA
SINGH, Raja of Nagod 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)
- Kumari Aprajita Singh, married (as his
second wife), Kunwar Virendra Raman Singh
of Agori-Barhar.
- 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 Singhji of Bundi.
- Raja RAGHVENDRA
SINGH, Raja of Nagod 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 eleven 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, Raja of Nagod 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, as well as
an adoptive son. He died 4th November 1922 in
Varanasi.
- Raja Narharendra Singh (qv)
- HH Raja Shrimant Mahendra Singh Ju Dev Bahadur
(qv)
- Rajkumari Durga Devi [HH Maharani Durga Devi of
Sirmur], born 1917, married 15th April 1936 (as his
first wife), Lt. HH Maharaja Rajendra Prakash
Bahadur of Sirmur,
and had issue. She died in January 2000.
- (A) Lal Saheb Bhargavendra Singh (see
above)
- Raja NARHARENDRA
SINGH, Raja of Nagod 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, Raja of Nagod
1926/1981, born 8th February 1916 and succeeded 26th
February 1926 (#3),
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,
eight sons and six 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 Jaso.
- 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, Raja
of Nagod 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, Raja
of Nagod (see above)
The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully
acknowledged, February 2009. |