PRESENT RULER: Vacant since 1965

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded in 1728. Closely related to Dewas Snr. Rulers were....

1. Raja JIVAJIRAO PUAR 1728/1774, died 15th August 1774.

2. Raja SADASHIVRAO I PUAR 1774/1790, died 2nd December 1790.

3. Raja RUKMANGADRAO PUAR 1790/1817

4. Raja ANANDRAO PUAR 1817/1840

5. Raja HAIBATRAO PUAR 1840/1864

6. HH Raja NARAYANRAO DADA SAHEB PUAR 1864/1892, born 20th December 1860, succeeded 8th August 1864 ^(#1), educated at Daly College, Indore, married and had adoptive issue. He died 19th January 1892.

   • (A) HH Maharaja Sir Malharrao Baba Saheb Puar (qv)

7. HH Maharaja Sir MALHARRAO BABA SAHEB PUAR 1892/1934, Maharaja [cr.1918], K.C.S.I. [cr.1917], born 18th August 1877, adopted by his uncle in January 1892; educated at Daly College, Indore; succeeded 23rd May 1892; formally invested with ruling powers in November 1897; he was granted the K.I.H. Gold Medal in June 1912; married (unequally) Shrimant Prabhavati Bai Saheba, and had issue, not in line of succession. He died 4th February 1934.

   • Maharajkumar Martand Rao Puar, born 1919, died 1951 in Darjeeling.

   • Maharajkumari Shashiprabha (Wallia)

8. HH Maharaja SADASHIVRAO II KHASE SAHEB PUAR 1934/1943, born 1887, died 2nd December 1943

9. HH Maharaja Sir YESHWANTRAO BHAU SAHEB PUAR 1943/1965, born 2nd March 1905, married 1942, HH Maharani Menaka Devi, daughter of HH Maharaja Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur of Cooch Behar, and his wife, HH Maharani Indira Devi, and had issue, two daughters. He died 1965.

   • Maharajkumari Udaya Raje Puar [Princess Pixie], born 1950, married Raja Rudendra Bikram Singh of Payagpur.

   • Maharajkumari Durga Raje Puar