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PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The founder of Gwalior was said to Raja Suraj Sen, who became the first Raja in Gwalior in either legendary antiquity or the 8th century C.E. Around 300, Raja Nal lost Gwalior and moved to Naisadha, where he founded the Narwar Fort. Gwalior and Narwar both fell to the Kacchwaha Rajputs at the same time in around 933-940. They were expelled by the Pratihara Rajputs in 1129 who held Gwalior to 1232 when they moved to Narwar. Annexed by the Delhi sultanate 1232/1375. In 1517 the Fort was taken by Ibrahim Lodhi and subsequently by Babar, the Raja was reduced in status to that of an ordinary jagirdar. Part of the Mughal Empire 1517/1731. Following the defeat at Tarain, a branch of the Tomar dynasty established itself in the area of modern Gwalior in northern Madhya Pradesh. Gwalior Fort was captured by the Mughal Emperor in 1517 and many Tomar rajputs moved to other areas, including Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, the Punjab and Rajasthan. The Marathas then established themselves in Gwalior in 1731. Rulers were...

PRATIHARA RAJPUTS till ca933

KACCHWAHA RAJPUTS ca933/1129 (see Kachhwaha Dynasty)

PARIHAR RAJPUTS 1129/1232 (see Pratihara Dynasty)

MUSLIM CONQUEST AND OCCUPATION 1232/1375

• Raja Virsingh Dev, Raja of Gwalior 1375/-, originally he was merely a Zamindar of Dandroli, but he was granted Gwalior Fort by the Lodhi Sultan of Delhi for his bravery in battle in 1375, married and had issue.

  • Raja Viram Dev (qv

• Raja Uddharan Dev, Raja of Gwalior -/1400, he succeeded his brother and ruled briefly.

• Raja Lakshman Dev, Raja of Gwalior 1400/1417

• Raja Viram Dev, Raja of Gwalior 1417/1419

• Raja Ganapati Dev, Raja of Gwalior 1419/1424

• Raja Dungar Singh [aka Dugarendra], Raja of Gwalior 1424/1454 or 1425/1459, he made Gwalior a major power in Central India; he also executed the celebrated rock sculptures of Gwalior; married and had issue.

  • Raja Kirti Singh [ala Kalyanmal or Kirat Dev](qv)

• Raja Kirti Singh, Raja of Gwalior 1454/1479 or 1459/1480, he fought with Maharana Kumbha of Mewar, against the Muslim Kings of Malwa; married and had issue.

  • Rao Mangal Dev, he was granted an estate of 120 villages in Dhodri and Amba of Tomargarh, later he tried to recapture Gwalior after the fall of the Tomar dynasty in Gwalior in 1516.

  • Maharani Apoorva Devi, married Maharaja Bhairam Deo [Viram Dev], Maharaja of Bandhogarh, and had issue (see Rewah).

• Raja Kalyanmal, Raja of Gwalior 1479/1486, brother of Rao Badal Singh; married and had issue.

  • Raja Man Singh (qv)

• Raja Man Singh, Raja of Gwalior 1486/1516, he was reckoned as the greatest of the Kings of Gwalior, but ended up losing his kingdom, married (amongst others), Rani Mriganayana, a Gurjari Princess by caste, and had issue. He died 1516.

  • Raja Vikramaditya (qv)

  • Raja Ram Shah (qv)

• Raja Vikramaditya, Raja of Gwalior 1516/1526, Gwalior Fort was captured by Ibrahim Lodi of Delhi in 1518; He was killed in action at the Battle of Panipat on 20th April 1526.

• Raja Ram Shah, last Raja of Gwalior 1526/15xx and Thakur Saheb of Esahgarh and Bhainsrorgarh 15xx/1576, he was expelled from Gwalior and later fought at Haldighati with Maharana Pratap Singh of Mewar; married and had issue. He was killed in action on 18th June 1576 at the Battle of Haldighati.

  • Thakur Salivahan Shah, like his father, he too was expelled from Gwalior and later fought at Haldighati with Maharana Pratap Singh of Mewar; his descendants settled in Mewar after the sack of Gwalior; married the daughter of Maharana Udai Singhji of Mewar, and had issue. He was killed in action on 18th June 1576 at the Battle of Haldighati.

    • Raja Shyam Shah (qv)

    • Rajkumar Mitra Sen, he moved to Rohitasgarh, Bihar. He died after 1597.

    • Rao Dharmagat, third and youngest son (qv)

    • Rajkumari Dhropada, married to Maharaja Rai (Raj) Singh I, 6th Raja of Bikaner, she committed sati after the death of Maharaja in January 1612.

    • Rajkumari (name unknown), married to Maharana Amar Singhji I of Mewar, born 1559, died 1620, and had issue.

      • Maharana Karan Singh, 14th Maharana of Udaipur 1620/1628, born 1584, died 1628.

  • Rajkumar Bhan / Bhawani Shah or Singh, killed in action on 18th June 1576 at the Battle of Haldighati.

  • Rajkumar Pratap Singh, killed in action on 18th June 1576 at the Battle of Haldighati.

• Raja Shyam Shah, 'Raja of Gwalior' 1576/1595, he accepted Padshah Akbar as his suzerain and held Gwalior Fort a short time, married and had issue. He died after 1597.

  • Raja Udai Singh (qv)

  • Raja Sangram Singh (qv)

• Raja Udai Singh, 'Raja of Gwalior' 1595/-

• Raja Sangram Singh, 'Raja of Gwalior' 1670/-, married and had issue. He died after 1670 ^(#1).

  • Raja Krishna Singh [aka Kishen Singh] (qv)

• Raja Kishen Singh, 'Raja of Gwalior' -/1710, married and had issue. He died about 1710.

  • Thakur Vijay Singh, he sought refuge in Mewar, married and had issue in Udaipur (1908). He died 1781.

    • Thakur Uday Singh, married and had issue.

      • Thakur Narayandas

  • Kunwar Hari Singh, he sought refuge in Mewar