PRESENT RULER: Raja Bahadur VIKRAM BAHADUR SINGH, Raja Sahib of Raigarh since October 2000. (Moti Mahal, Raigarh, Madhya Pradesh - 496001)

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Predecessor state founded before 1625, became a Princely State in 1911. Rulers were....

• Thakur DARYAO SINGH, Raja of Raigarh 1625/-; created a Raja in about 1625, by the Raja of Sambalpur.

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• Raja JHUJHAR SINGH, Raja of Raigarh fl.1808, married and had issue.

  • Raja Deonath Singh (qv)

• Raja DEONATH SINGH, Raja of Raigarh 1833/1862, he was granted the zamindari of Bargarh in 1833, due to the rebellion of its chief; married and had issue. He died 1862.

  • Raja Ghanshyam Singh (qv)

• Raja GHANSHYAM SINGH, Raja of Raigarh 1863/1890, born 1824, Zamindar of Bargarh, he was removed from the administration of the estate in 1885 due to mismanagement. He died 1890.

• Raja Bahadur BHUP DEO SINGH, Raja of Raigarh 1890/1911, born 1867, succeeded 7th June 1890 ^(#1) (see below).

1. Raja Bahadur BHUP DEO SINGH, 1st Raja of Raigarh 1911/1917, born 1867, married and had issue.

   • Raja Bahadur Natwar Singh (qv)

   • Raja Bahadur Chakradhar Singh (qv)

2. Raja Bahadur NATWAR SINGH, 2nd Raja of Raigarh 1917/1924, born 13th March 1891, succeeded 22nd March 1917.

3. Raja Bahadur CHAKRADHAR SINGH, 3rd Raja of Raigarh 1924/1947, born 19th August 1905 and succeeded 23rd August 1924, educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur; a famous exponent of Katthak (a type of Indian Classical dance), author of two well regarded books on music, married Rani Basantmala Devi, daughter of Raja Bahadur Jawahir Singh of Sarangarh, and had issue.

   • Raja Bahadur Lalit Kumar Singh (qv)

   • Maharaj Shri Surendra Kumar Singh, educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur; Mayo College, Ajmer and St. Xavier's College, Bombay, B.E. (Radio, Television Engineering); I.N.C. (Madhya Pradesh), born 14th September 1932 in Raigarh, Madhya Pradesh. Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1962/67 and 1972/90, Committee on Defence, 1996/97, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas and Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation, Science and Technology and other Science Departments 1996/97; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1996. Interests include painting, music, shikar, photography, electronics and yoga. Married 27th May 1954 in Cuttack, Orissa, Rani Snehmala Devi, and has issue.

     • Rajkumari Urvashi Devi

     • Rajkumari Rajlaxmi Devi

     • Rajkumari Kirti Kala Devi

     • Rajkumari Purnima Devi

     • Rajkumar Devendra Pratap Singh

     • Rajkumar Yogendra Pratap Singh

     • Rajkumari Jaimala Devi

4. Raja Bahadur LALIT KUMAR SINGH, 4th Raja of Raigarh 1947/2000, M.L.A. (Madhya Pradesh) for two terms, married 1stly, Rani Mangalmoti Devi, married 2ndly, Rani Shakuntla Devi, and had issue. He died October 2000.

   • Raja Bahadur Vikram Bahadur Singh (by Rani Mangalmoti Devi) (qv)

   • Maharaj Shri Surendra Kumar Singh (by Rani Shakuntla Devi)

   • Maharaj Shri Devendra Kumar Singh (by Rani Shakuntla Devi)

   • Rajkumari Shri Pushpa Devi (by Rani Shakuntla Devi)

5. Raja Bahadur VIKRAM BAHADUR SINGH, 5th Raja of Raigarh (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Rajkumar Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh of Raigarh, educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur; M.L.A. (Madhya Pradesh), Minister in the Madhya Pradesh Government.