M.L.A from Murena in Madhya
Pradesh; educated at Sardar
School,
Fort Gwalior (now Scindia School) and at Mayo College,
Ajmer, graduating in Administration, Law and State
affairs; he
succeeded as a minor in 1910, during his rule, the state
was converted
into a Class I Jagir of Gwalior in 1921; President of the
Gwalior
Municipality for over
9 years and also a Mayor of the Corporation 1959/1960; the
corporation has named a new road in Gwalior in his honour
on the
occassion of his 100th
birthday; he served as President, chairman and executive
member of many
organizations like Gwalior Mela, Gwalior Development
Authority (Vikas
Samiti), Theosophical society, Wild Life Board, Madhya
Pradesh Olympic
Association etc.; in 1952 he merged Pahargarh with the
state of Madhya
Bharat in the Republic of India; Agra Vidya Peeth
University honoured him by conferring the degree of Sathya
Ratna
for
his work in Hindi and Sanskrit; married and has issue.
- Rajkumar Nihal Singh, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Shivendra Singhji, married 6th March
1992, Raj Kumari Bandana Kumari, born 16th November
1964, daughter of
Rao Sahib Bir Bikram Singhji of Patan, and
his wife, Rani Sahiba Raghuraj Kumari.
- Rajkumar Hari Singh, born 1940, married Rajkumar
Rani Uma
Raje, born 1944, and has issue.
- Kunwar Abhay Dev, born 1966, married Kunwarani
Neeti
Raje, born 1970.
- Kunwar Arjun Dev, born 1968.
- Rajkumar Nawal Singh Sikarwar, English Lecturer,
married a
Princess from Karauli Raj, and has issue.
- Kunwar Dr. Anurag Sikarwar Ph.D., M.V.Sc.
(Pharmacol.),
born 7th February 1979 in Jhalrapatan, Rajasthan;
educated at Ivri Izat
Nagar, Bareilly.
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PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Predecessor state was founded when Rao Akheypal conquered
the fort of
Sarsaini on the bank of the river Chambal in 1347;
Pahargarh was
established by the Sikri Rajputs after it fell to Padshah
Babar's
cannons in the battle of Khanwa, as an
independent kingdom of Sikarwari on both sides of the
river Chambal,
now in Madhya Pradesh; it remained independent till the
British brought
it under their control, and during the minority rule of
its last Ruler,
Raja
Pancham Singh it was settled as a 1st class jagir of
Gwalior state
after
the end of World War One. Estate holders were...
- Rao DALPAT SINGH,
Rao of Sikargarh
- Rao RATANPAL SINGH,
Rao of Sikargarh
- Rao DAAN SINGH,
1st
Rao of Pahargarh 1446/1503
- Rao BHARAT CHAND
SINGH,
Rao of Pahargarh 1503/1504 (8 months)
- Rao NARAYAN DAS,
Rao of Pahargarh 1504/1540
- Rao PATROKARNA
SINGH,
Rao of Pahargarh 1540/1584
- Rao JAGAN SINGH,
Rao of Pahargarh 1584/1613
- Rao VEER SINGH,
Rao
of Pahargarh 1613/1646
- Rao DALEL SINGH,
Rao of Pahargarh 1646/1722, he
was first in the Dynasty to be titled as the Maharaja;
he lead a
Sikarwar
army of 17 thousand strong, to assist Maharaja
Chattrasal Bundela
against Padshah Aurangzeb in which they were
successful.
- Maharaja KUNWAR RAI,
Rao of Pahargarh 1722/1725
- Maharaja BASANT
SINGH,
Rao of Pahargarh 1725/1734
- Maharaja PRITHVIPAL,
Rao of Pahargarh 1734/1744
- Maharaja
VIKRAMADITYA,
Rao of Pahargarh 1744/1803, in 1767 the Marathas of
Gwalior annexed Mangarh and Hassenpur from
Pahargarh; in 1792 Maharaja Vikramaditya entered into
a treaty with
the Peshwa’s Subedar, Daulat Rao Shinde, who later
became the Maharaja
of
Gwalior (which consisted of Ujjain, Malwa, Tawarghar,
Bhadawarghar,
part of Sikarwari and Jandonwati)
- Maharaja APARBAL
SINGH,
Rao of Pahargarh 1803/1841, he revolted against the
Scindias but, in the end, he accepted a treaty
in which he lost most of his possessions, and in
return he was granted
the title of Raisuddaulah Raja Bahadur.
- Raja MANOHAR SINGH,
Raja of Pahargarh in 1841 (6 months)
- Raja GANPAT SINGH,
Raja of Pahargarh 1841/1870, in 1857 the Raja with
other
Pahargarh Sikarwars, assembled their forces at
Lohagarh and went to the assistance of the Rani of
Jhansi at Gwalior,
but all perished
with her defeat, the Raja and the Rao of Devgarh gave
shelter to
Tatiya Tope from the British.
- Raja AJMER SINGH,
Raja of Pahargarh 1870/1910
- Raja PANCHAM SINGH,
Raja of Pahargarh (see above)
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