PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY: The State of Narsinghgarh was
carved out of the state of Rajgarh by Paras Ramji, the
younger brother of the then Ruler of Rajgarh, Rawat Mohan
Singhji in 1681. Rulers were...
- Raja PARAS RAMJI,
Raja of Narsinghgarh 1681/1695, son of Raja Chhatar
Singh of Umatwara; Diwan of Rajgarh 1660/1681 and
founder of Narsinghgarh in 1681, a just and a capable
Ruler, he named his state after Shri Narsingh Bhagwan,
who was his deity and aradhya Dev; afterwards he
founded the town of Narsinghgarh and transferred his
capital there and constructed the temple of his
aradhya Dev Shri Narsingh Bhagwan, he also constructed
a tank known as Paras
Ram Sagar, married and had issue.
- Rawat DALEL SINGHJI,
Rawat of Narsinghgarh in 1695, married and had issue.
He died 1695.
- Rawat MOTI SINGHJI,
Rawat of Narsinghgarh 1695/1751, married and had
issue. He died 1751.
- Rawat KHUMAN
SINGHJI, Rawat of Narsinghgarh 1751/1766,
during his rule, Mughul power declined in Malwa and
the Marathas gained the ascendancy; he married and had
issue.
- Rawat ACHAL SINGHJI,
Rawat of Narsinghgarh 1766/1795, a brave and wise
ruler, he married the daughter of the Maharana of
Udaipur, and had issue. He died 1795.
- Rawat Sobhagh Singhji (qv)
- Rawat SOBHAGH
SINGHJI, Rawat of Narsinghgarh 1795/1827, his
reign witnessed the advent of the British in Malwa and
also the signing of treatise and engagements between
the Ruling Princes of Malwa and Sir John Malcolm, who
represented the British Government; he married the
niece of Maharana Udaipur, and had issue. He died 9th
March 1827.
- Rajkumar Chain Singhji, born 1800, courageous,
brave and intelligent, he was placed in charge of
the administration of the state due to the illness
of his father, but he fell foul of the British
Government and a battle ensued at Sehore in 1824, a
town about 37 kilometers west of Bhopal, in he which
he died fighting valiantly, married and had adoptive
issue. He died in battle in 1824 at Sehore. (#3)
- (A) HH Raja
Hanwant Singhji (qv)
- HH Raja HANWANT
SINGHJI, Raja of Narsinghgarh 1827/1873, Raja
(Hereditary)[cr. xx.5.1872], as the nearest heir and
rightful successor to the gaddi, he was adopted from Batkhera
by the dowager Rani of the late Rawat Saheb with the
consent of Sirdars of Narsinghgarh State in 1827; a
generous, noble and high-minded Ruler with a great
administrative capabilities for which he was rewarded
with a salute of 11 guns and the style of His Highness
by the British Government, he married and had issue.
He died in March 1873.
- Rajkumar Bhawani Singhji, married Rajkumari
Rukmani Kumari, born 1842, daughter of Raja Shivnath
Singh of Khetri, and
had issue. He died vp before 1873.
- HH Raja Pratap Singhji (qv)
- HH Raja Mehtab Singhji (qv)
- Rajkumar Chhatrashalji
- Rajkumari Bijai Kunwar Bai Sahiba, married HH
Maharaja Jashwant Singhji II of Jodhpur, and had
issue.
 HH Raja PRATAP SINGHJI,
Raja of Narsinghgarh 1873/1890, he succeeded his
grandfather to the gaddi
in 1873; a strong, brave and hardworking, he was the
first Rajpt ruler to visit England and have an
audience with Queen Victoria, in 1887; he was
conferred with the degree of D.C.L. by the University
of Edinburgh; married HH Rani Fateh Kanwar, younger
daughter of Maharaj Jorawar Singhji of Raoti in Jodhpur, and his
wife, Rani Sahiba Ranawatji, and had issue. He died sp in April 1890
at an early age.
HH Raja MEHTAB
SINGHJI, Raja of Narsinghgarh 1890/1895,
succeeded 28th June 1890 (#1),
the only surviving son of Raja Hanwant Singhji, he was
as capable as his father, and often toured his state
every year and dispensed even-handed justice to all
his subjects on the spot, whenever it was required. He
died sp in
1895.
 HH Shri Huzur Raja Sir
ARJUN SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur, Raja of
Narsinghgarh 1895/1924, selected by the Government of
India from Bhatkhera as successor, born 10th January
1887, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and Daly
College, Indore; trained with the Imperial Cadet Corps
in Dehradun; K.C.I.E., married 1stly, 1907, HH Rani
Shiv Kunwarji, daughter of HH Raja Sir Jashwant
Singhji Bahadur of Sailana,
D.B.E.(civil) [cr.1924], married 2ndly, a Princess of
Talsana in Gujarat, and had issue, one son and three
daughters. He died 22nd April 1924 (#4).
- HH Shri Huzur Raja Sir Vikram Singhji Sahib
Bahadur (by Rani Shiv Kunwarji) (qv)
- Rajkumari Damyanti Kumaribai Sahiba [HH Maharani
Damayanti Devi of Jaisalmer] (by Rani Shiv
Kunwarji), married 1926 (as his first wife), HH
Maharajadhiraj Maharawal Girdhar Singhji of Jaisalmer, and had
issue. She died 1997.
- Rajkumari Hemant Kumaribai Sahiba [Rani Hemant
Kanwar of Jubbal] (by Rani Shiv Kunwarji), born 13th
September 1913 in Narsingarh, married 31st January
1932, Raja Rana Digvijay Chandra of Jubbal, and had issue.
She died 11th March 1964 in Delhi.
- Rajkumari Basant Kumaribai Sahiba [Rani Basant
Kumari of Indargarh] (by the Talsana Rani), she
married Raja Sumer Singhji of Indargarh in
Rajasthan.
 HH Shri Huzur Raja Sir
VIKRAM SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur K.C.I.E., Raja
of Narsinghgarh 1924/1957, K.C.I.E. [cr.1941], born
21st September 1909 and succeeded 23rd April 1924 (#4), invested with full ruling
powers in 1929; educated at Daly College, Indore, and
Mayo College, Ajmer; he was generally acknowledged by
all as a kind hearted and highly respected Ruler who
enjoyed good standing amongst his brother Princes and
Rulers of India; he signed the Instrument of Accession
to the Dominion of India on 15th August 1947 and
concluded an agreement to form Madhya Bharat on 15th
June 1948 with other rulers; he was engaged to
Maharajkumari Jeet Kunwarba Sahiba, daughter of HH
Maharao Swaroop Ram Singhji of Sirohi, but the
princess fell ill the very morning of the marriage and
died just before the marriage ceremony, he married
1929, HH Rani Dev Kumariji, daughter of HH
Maharajadhiraj Mirzan Maharao Shri Vijayarajji
Khengarji Sawai Bahadur of Kutch,
and his wife, HH Maharani Shri Padmakunwar Ba Sahiba,
he adopted Kunwar Bhanuprakash Singhji, son of Maharaj
Prabhunath Singhji of Dhuwankheri
in 1942. He died sp
on 17th July 1957 dearly loved and respected by all
his subjects.
- HH Shri Huzur
Maharaja BHANUPRAKASH SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur,
Maharaja of Narsinghgarh (see above)
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born
June 1929, son of Maharaj Prabhunath Singhji of
Dhuwankheri, uncle of HH Shri Huzur Maharaja Sir Vikram
Singhji, who adopted him in the 1942, he succeeded to the
gadi on 17th July
1957; educated at Mayo College Ajmer, Daly College, Indore
and St. John’s College, Agra; entered politics in 1962 and
fought the general election as an Independent candidate
and won both the Assembly seat from Narsinghgarh and the
Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh, Convener of
the Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress to 1966, Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Communications in 1966, he
donated the Arjun Niwas Palace, to be used as a college
for post-graduate classes in Arts, Science and Commerce,
appointed as Secretary to the Central Citizens Council in
1966, elected to the 4th Lok Sabha in 1967 and was
appointed a deputy Minister in the Ministry of Industrial
Development, Internal Trade and Company Affairs, appointed
to the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals and Mines and
Metals in 1970, delegate from India to the World
Conference of the Working People’s Socialist Union in
Belgrade in 1966, Leader of the Indian Delegation to the
Second Session of the United Nations Industrial
Development Organisation (UNIDO) held at Vienna in April
1968, led the official Indian Delegation for Small Scale
Industries to Japan in 1969, Convener of the Madhya
Pradesh Rashtra Bhasha Prachar Samiti and President of the
All India Rajput Parishad, President of the Board of
Governors of the Daly College Indore 1971/1980, appointed
as the Governor of Goa and Administrator of Daman &
Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli from 18th March 1991 to
4th April 1994, the Maharaja Sahib is widely travelled and
is interested in sports, particularly hockey and cricket,
a lover of wild life, he was a keen Shikari in his earlier
days; he married Rajkumari Lakshmi Kumari [HH Maharani
Lakshmi Kumari of Narsinghgarh], daughter of Maharajkumar
Shri Bijai Singhji of Bikaner,
and has issue, five sons and an adopted daughter.