PRESENT RULER: HH Maharaja BIKRAM SINGH Bahadur, 6th Maharaja of Chhatarpur (2006/-)

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded in 1785, the rulers were...

1. Raja SONE SHAH 1785/1816, married and had issue, five sons. He died 1816.

   • Raja PRATAP SINGH (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)

2. Raja PRATAP SINGH Bahadur 1816/1854, granted the title of Raja Bahadur in 1827. He died sp 1854 ^(#2).

3. Raja JAGAT RAJ SINGH Bahadur 1854/1867, born 1846, granted a sanad of adoption in 1862, married and had issue. He died 1867.

   • HH Maharaja Sir VISHWANATH SINGH Bahadur (qv)

4. HH Maharaja Sir VISHWANATH SINGH Judeo Bahadur 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, Maharaja (Personal)[cr. 1895], (Hereditary) [cr.1919], married 1stly, 1884, a daughter of HH Maharaja Pratap Singh of Orchha, died sp 1920, married 2ndly, a lady from Paigram, and had issue. He died 5th April 1932.

   • HH Maharaja BHAWANI SINGH Bahadur (by 2nd marriage) (qv)

5. HH Maharaja BHAWANI SINGH Bahadur 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 BIKRAM SINGH Bahadur (qv)

6. HH Maharaja BIKRAM SINGH Bahadur (see above)