PRESENT RULER: HH Maharaja Shri KRISHAN CHANDRA PAL Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bhal, 43rd and present Maharaja of Karauli since 1984. (Karauli House, New Sanganer Road, Jaipur - 302019, Rajasthan, India)

married 1980, HH Maharani Rohini Kumari, first time winner as M.L.A. (Rajasthan) 2008/-, daughter of the Rao Saheb Indrajit Singhji of Garhi in Banswara, and his wife, Rani Sampat Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Shri Ajit Singhji Sahib of Jodhpur, and has issue.

• Maharajkumar Vaivasvat Pal, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; married 19th April 2014 in Jaipur, Kumari Anshika, daughter of Rajkumar Ratnakar Singh of Ramnagar-Dhameri, and his wife, Rajkumarani Mrinalini Kumari, daughter of Raja Digvijay Singhji, Raja Saheb of Raghogarh.

• Maharajkumari Katyaini Kumari, married March 2007, Kuwar Shatrunjay Singh Ranawat.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Predecessor state of Mathura, was founded about 900AD by Raja Brahm Pal. His Highness the Maharaja maintains a military force of 281 cavalry, 1640 infantry, and 56 guns, and is entitled to a salute of 17 guns (as of 1892). He is considered to be the Head of the Jadon clan of Rajputs who claim descent from Lord Krishna. In token of this claim, all members of the family bear the appellation of Pal, protectors of cows. In the 11th century Raja Bijni Pal, established himself in Bayana, and built the fort overlooking the town. His eldest son, built the fort of Tahangarh in around 1085 and shortly afterwards possessed himself of almost all of the country now comprising the Karauli State, as well as a good deal of land to the east as far as Dholpur. In 1196, Muhammed Gauri occupied Bayana and Tahangarh and when the whole of Jadon lands fell to the invaders, the Raja fled to Rewah. His descendant, Raja Arjun Pal, started to recover his ancestral lands in 1327 and be 1348 he recovered all the lands and founded the present capital of Karauli Town. About a hundred years lated Mahmud I of Malwa, captured Karauli and entrusted it to his son, then the Mughals from the time of Emperor Akbar had considerable influence in Karauli, until Mughal power declined and the Marathas subjugated the state exacting tribute until 1817, when a treaty was made with the British. Owing to financial difficulties in the state, the Ruler's authority was vested in a Council under general control of the political Agent from 1881 to 1889, when all debts were fully liquidated. Direct financial control by the Political Agent was exercised for similar reasons from 1906 to 1917 ^{(#4 p.279)}. Rulers were...

• Maharaja CHHATRA PAL [aka Chhatra Man], 24th Maharaja of Karauli 1643/1655, ruled at Bahadurpur, married and had issue.

  • Maharaja Dharam Pal II (qv)

  • Rao Bhup Pal, he was granted the Jagir of Inayati and the title of Rao at the same time; married and had issue, the estate holders of Inayati and Gulabpura.

  • Rao Shast Pal, he was granted the Jagir of Manoharpur Kotri

• Maharaja DHARAM PAL II, 25th Maharaja of Karauli 1655/1674 or 1644/1665, 25th Maharaja of Mathura and its successor states, and the first Maharaja to rule at Karauli, married and had issue.

  • Maharaja Ratan Pal, Maharaja of Karauli (qv)

  • Rao Kirti Pal, he was granted the Jagir of Hadoti and Gareri, and the title of Rao at the same time; married and had issue. [Note]

    • Rao Bijay Pal, Rao of Hadoti, married and had issue.

      • Rao Jodh Pal, Rao of Hadoti, married and had issue.

        • Rao Jorawar Pal, Rao of Hadoti, married and had issue.

          • Rao Pepe Pal, Rao of Hadoti, married and had issue.

            • Rao Madhu Pal, Rao of Hadoti, married and had issue.

              • Kunwar Narsingh Pal, he was adopted by Maharaja Pratap Pal and succeeded as Maharaja Narsingh Pal, 34th Maharaja of Karauli 1849/1852 (see below)

        • Thakur Bhom Pal, married and had issue.

          • Thakur Pepe Pal

          • Thakur Shitab Pal, married and had issue.

            • Thakur Goverdhan Pal

            • Thakur Sundar Pal, married and had issue.

              • Kunwar Madan Pal, he succeeded as Maharaja Sir Madan Pal G.C.S.I., 36th Maharaja of Karauli (see below)

              • Thakur Bishan Pal, married and had issue.

                • Kunwar Lakshman Pal, he succeeded as Maharaja Lakshman Pal, 37th Maharaja of Karauli (see below)

              • Thakur Kishan Pal

      • Thakur Khub Pal, married and had issue.

        • Thakur Chain Pal, married and had issue.

          • Maharaj Govind Pal, married and had issue.

            • Maharaj Narayan Pal, married and had issue.

              • Rao Jaisingh Pal, Rao of Hadoti, he was adopted and succeeded as Maharaja Jaisingh Pal, 38th Maharaja of Karauli (see below)

          • Maharaj Mangal Pal, married and had issue.

            • Maharaja Arjun Pal II (qv)

            • Maharaj Durjan Pal, Rao of Padampura, married and had issue.

              • HH Maharaja Sir Bhanwar Pal Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bhal (qv)

            • Maharaj Sujan Pal, Thakur Sahib of Pardampura, married and had issue.

              • HH Maharaja Sir Bhom Pal Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bhal (qv)

              • Maharaj Shri Moti Palji, Thakur Sahib of Pardampura, born 5th March 1876, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; Commander-in-Chief of the State Forces; married Rani Kamla Kunwar, daughter of Rao Bhadur Thakur Raghuvar Singh Ju, Thakur Saheb of Bidhupura. He died after 1914.

          • Maharaj Padam Pal, married and had issue.

            • Maharaj Ratan Pal, married and had issue.

              • Maharaj Sujan Pal, Member of Karauli State Council; married and had issue.

                • Maharaj Jasraj Pal

                • Maharaj Jaswant Pal

            • Maharaj Jatan Pal, married and had issue.

              • Maharaj Surjan Pal, a Tazimi Sardar of Karauli, he made a claim for the gadi of Karauli then for Hadoti, but he was unsuccessful in both attempts; married and had issue.

                • Maharaj Gajraj Pal

                • Maharaj Sarwar Pal

                • Maharaj Kanchan Pal

              • Maharaj Suraj Pal

              • Maharaj Chiman Pal

              • Maharaj Chattar Pal

  • Thakur Bhoj Pal, 1st Thakur Saheb of Raontra, he was granted the Jagir of Rawanthara, and the title of Thakur at the same time.

• Maharaja RATAN PAL, 26th Maharaja of Karauli 1674/1688 or 1665/1688, married and had issue.

  • Maharaja Kunwar Pal II, Maharaja of Karauli (qv)

  • Thakur Son Pal, married and had issue.

    • Kunwar Tursam Pal, he was adopted by his cousin and succeeded as Maharaja Tursam Pal, 29th Maharaja of Karauli (see below)

• Maharaja KUNWAR PAL II, 27th Maharaja of Karauli 1688/1724, married and had issue.

  • Maharaja Gopal Singh (qv)

• Maharaja GOPAL SINGH, 28th Maharaja of Karauli 1724/1757, he succeeded as a child, he was considered to be a very wise and good administrator, he extended his rule over 253 villages across the Chambal river, up to Vijaypur. The borders of Karauli state extended up to within 15kms of Gwalior. He caused to be built the Gopal temple, Madan Mohan temple, new Kalyan temple, Tripolia gate, Deewan E Aam and Nakkar Khana; married and had adoptive issue. He died sp in 1757 and was succeeded by a cousin.

  • (A) Maharaja Tursam Pal (qv)

• Maharaja TURSAM PAL, 29th Maharaja of Karauli 1757/1772, he succeeded by adoption in 1757, married and had issue. He died 24th October 1772.

  • Maharaja Manik Pal (qv)

  • Rao Jawahar Pal [aka Juhar Pal], founded Jawahargarh and was adopted to Hadoti, married and had issue.

    • Rao Ameer Pal, Thakur Saheb of Hadoti, married and had issue.

      • Kunwar Pratap Pal, he was adopted by Maharaja Harbaksh Pal and succeeded as Maharaja Pratap Pal, 33rd Maharaja of Karauli (see below)

  • Maharaj Nehal Pal

• Maharaja MANIK PAL, 30th Maharaja of Karauli 1772/1804, he lost Sabalgarh to the forces of Maharaja Scindia on account of the treachery of the Thakur of Amargarh in 1795; married Maharajkumari Fateh Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Shri Bhim Singh, Thikanedar of Bagore, and had issue.

  • Maharaja Amolak Pal (qv)

  • Maharaja Harbaksh Pal (qv)

  • Maharajkumari (name unknown), married 1782, Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singhji of Jaipur.

  • Maharajkumari (name unknown), married 1785, Rao Raja Bishan Singhji of Bundi.

• Maharaja AMOLAK PAL, 31st Maharaja of Karauli 1804/1805,he rebelled against his father; married (amongst others), the elder daughter of Raja Bahadur Singh Sahib of Jaoli. He died sp in Utgarh in 1804 (1805).

• Maharaja HARBAKSH PAL, 32nd Maharaja of Karauli 1805/1837, born circa 1792, the first treaty of alliance was negotiated with the British Government and was signed on 9th November 1817; he adopted Kunwar Pratap Pal of Hadoti (see above), married and had adoptive issue. He died 1837.

  • (A) Maharaja Pratap Pal (qv)

• Maharaja PRATAP PAL, 33rd Maharaja of Karauli 1837/1849, married (amongst others), (a), Maharani Takhat Kumari of Khandela-Senior, married (b), a daughter of Raja Fateh Singh Sahib of Jaoli, and had issue as well as adoptive issue. He died spm in 1849.

  • Maharajkumari (name unknown), married 1854, Maharao Chhatar Sal of Kotah.

  • (A) Maharaja Narsingh Pal (qv)

• Maharaja NARSINGH PAL, 34th Maharaja of Karauli 1849/1852, he succeeded by adoption from Hadoti as a child, disturbances broke out in the state during his reign, they were put down by Lt. Monck Mason, he adopted a distant relative the day before his death, died sp on 10th July 1852.

  • (A) Maharaja Bharat Pal (qv)

• Maharaja BHARAT PAL, 35th Maharaja of Karauli [4.9. 1852] - [14.3.1854], it was first proposed to enforce the doctrine of lapse, but finally his adoption was recognized. In the meantime a strong party had been formed in favour of Madan Pal, a nearer relative, whose claim was supported by the opinions of several chiefs in Rajasthan. An inquiry was ordered, and it was ascertained that the adoption of Bharat Pal was informal by reason of the minority of the Maharaja and the omission of certain necessary rites.

• Maharaja Sir MADAN PAL G.C.S.I., 36th Maharaja of Karauli [14.3.1854] - [16.8.1869], born 1830, he was accepted by the Ranis and by nine of the most influential Thakurs, and was recognized as the ruler on 14th March 1854, he sent a body of troops against the Kotah rebels in 1857, and for these services he was created a Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (G.C.S.I.), a debt of 1.2 lakhs to the British Government was remitted, a dress of honour was conferred, and the salute was permanently increased from 15 to 17 guns, a sanad of adoption was also granted in 1862, he married six wives, including (a), a daughter of Thakur Vrishbhan Singh Tanwar [aka Brighbhan Singh], married (b), in 1865, Maharani Phool Kunwar, sixth daughter of Maharao Shri Sheo Singhji of Sirohi, and had issue, one surviving daughter, as well as adoptive issue. He died spm on 17th August 1869 ^(#5).

  • Maharajkumari (name unknown) Kumari

  • (A) Maharaja Lakhshman Pal (qv)

• Maharaja LAKSHMAN PAL, 37th Maharaja of Karauli in 1869 (few weeks), his adoption was considered irregular and his succession was generally not recognized in some sources.

INTERREGNUM 1869/1871

• Maharaja JAISINGH PAL, 38th Maharaja of Karauli [xx.1.1871] - [17.11.1875], born 1839, there was a dispute on the matter of adoption, it took almost 2 years to finalize the matter, meanwhile the state was managed by Thakur Vrishbhan Singh Tanwar, father-in-law of Maharaja Madan Palji. Finally, Jaisingh Pal, Rao of Hadoti was adopted as the successor; married and had adoptive issue. He died sp on 17th November 1875.

  • (A) Maharaja Arjun Pal II (qv)

• Maharaja ARJUN PAL II, 39th Maharaja of Karauli 1876/1886 and Rao of Hadoti -/1876, born 1822, he succeeded by adoption having been adopted from Hadoti in January 1876, he adopted his nephew; married and had adoptive issue. He died sp on 14th August 1886 ^(#1).

  • (A) HH Maharaja Sir Bhanwar Pal Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bhal (qv)

• HH Maharaja Sir BHANWAR PAL Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bhal G.C.I.E., 40th Maharaja of Karauli 1886/1927, born 24th July 1864 or 24th February 1864, he succceeded to the gadi by adoption on 24th August 1886, having been adopted from Padampura, a collateral branch of the Royal Family; educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; he obtained full ruling powers in 1889, G.C.I.E. [cr.1897], K.C.IE. [cr.1894], married 1stly, 1878, HH Maharani Hadiji, daughter of Apji Ajit Singh of Koela, in Kotah, died 19th April 1897, married 2ndly, 1880, HH Maharani Shekhawatji, died before 1893, a daughter of Raja Kushal Singh of Khandela-Senior, married 3rdly in 1889, HH Maharani Shekhawatji, died after 1914, a daughter of Thakur Ajit Singh of Mandawa-Senior in Jaipur State, married 4thly in 1898, HH Maharani Sajjan Kumari, died after 1914, daughter of Raja Akshay Singh of Banera, and his second wife, Rani Mertaniji, married 5thly in 1900, HH Maharani Gaudji, died after 1914, a daughter of Raja Sheo Singh of Sheopur Baroda in Gwalior State, married 6thly in 1902, HH Maharani Sengarji Sahiba, died after 1914, daughter of Raja Rup Shah of Jagmanpur in Jalaun district of United Provinces, and had adoptive issue. He died sp on 3rd August 1927 ^(#2).

  • (A) HH Maharaja Sir Bhom Pal Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bhal (qv)

• HH Maharaja Sir BHOM PAL Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bhal, 41st Maharaja of Karauli 1927/1947, born 18th June 1866 ^{(#4 p.279)} as the son of Thakur Surjan Pal or Sugan Pal of Padampura, he succeeded to the gadi by adoption on 21st August 1927 ^{(#4 p.279)}; made a K.C.S.I. on 1st January 1935; on the outbreak of WWI, the Durbar place all its resources at the disposal of the Government; married 1stly, the daughter of Raja Bahadur Bhagwan Singh, a premier noble of Karauli State, she died sp, married 2ndly, a sister of Raja Bahadur Bhagwan Singh, she died sp, married 3rdly, a daughter of Tanwar Thakur Chiman Singh of Mundia in Alwar State, and had issue, one son and two daughters. He died 6th April 1947 ^(#3).

  • HH Maharaja Shri Ganesh Pal Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bhal (qv)

  • Maharajkumari (name unknown), she died before 1931.

  • Maharajkumari (name unknown), married Maharaj Lal Singh of Idar.

• HH Maharaja Shri GANESH PAL Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bhal, 42nd Maharaja of Karauli 1947/1984 and Rao of Hadoti, born 3rd February 1906 ^{(#4 p.279)}, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; married (amongst others) (a), a daughter of Raja Krishna Dutt Singh, Raja of Oel and Kaimahra, married (b), HH Maharani Jas Kanwar, daughter of Raja Shri Hamir Singh of Khandela-Senior, and his fourth wife, Rani Tanwarji, and had issue. He died 1984.

  • Yuvaraj Brijendra Pal Deo, born 27th October 1927, married 15th February 1947, Maharajkumari Dhairiya Kunwarba Sahiba, daughter of Major HH Maharana Shri Maharaja Shri Raj Sir Ghanshyamsinhji Ajitsinhji Sahib Bahadur of Dhrangadhra, and his fifth wife, HH Maharani Nawal Kunwarba Sahiba. He died sp on 9th August 1984.

  • Yuvraj Surendra Pal Deo married Yuvrani Narendra Kumari of Sailana, and had issue. He died vp.

    • HH Maharaja Shri Krishan Chander Pal Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bhal (qv)

    • HH Maharani Chandra Kumari, married 6th March 1975 in Jaipur, HH Maharana Sri Mahipendra Singh of Danta, and has issue.

    • Rajkumari Struti Kumari, married Kunwar Ajit Singh of Daulatgarh and Dhanoli.

  • HH Maharani Brijrajnandini Devi, married 12th March 1955, HH Maharaja Rao Virbhadrasinhji Krishnakumarsinhji of Bhavnagar.

• HH Maharaja Shri KRISHAN CHANDER PAL Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bhal, 43rd Maharaja of Karauli (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Raj Shree Thakur Raja Bhanwar Chiman Singhji, born 1868 at Soyala, he was the Mamosa son of HH Maharaja Shri Sir Bhanwar Palji Deo Bahadur Yadakul Chandra Bhal, 40th Maharaja of Karauli (see above), and who granted him the jagir of Kachroda and the title of Raj Shree Thakur Raja Bhanwar; he served as Diwan and Chief member of the Karauli State Council; he married in 1885, Rani Jadoniji Sahiba (name unknown), sister of Thakur Magan Singhji, Thakur of Kela wale Jagir, and had issue two sons and two daughters.

  • Raj Shree Kunwar Sahib Madan Singhji, born 1886, married 1stly, Rajkunwari Kala Kanwar, daughter of Raja Umrao Singhji of Pachon dist. Aligarh (see Churhat), married 2ndly, Rajkunwari Sardar Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Lochan Singhji Jadon of Machani (a 16 kotri Haridas Jadon thikana), he was the first freedom fighter in Karauli, and had issue, an adopted son. He died sp.

    • (A) Raj Shree Thakur Shivraj Singhji, he was adopted from Soyala and succeeded as Thakur of Kachroda, he received bond of Jagir in 1950, he was also a freedom fighter in Karauli and gave his name to the Government Hospital in Karauli, married and had issue, one son and two daughters.

      • Raj Shree Thakur Raja Bhanwar Narendra Singhji, present Thakur Saheb of Kachroda.

  • Kunwar Sahib Jaswant Singhji, born 1888, he was adopted by Raj Shree Thakur Ramnath Singhji of Soyala.

  • Raj Baisa (name unknown), eldest daughter, born 1891, married 1908, Maharaj Ummed Singhji, second son of Maharaj Durjansalji, Thakur of Chhapol, and had issue (see Indargarh).

  • Raj Baisa (name unknown), second daughter, born 1893, Maharaj Udai Singhji, third son of Maharaj Durjansalji, Thakur of Chhapol, and had issue (see Indargarh).