PRESENT RULER:

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Estate holders were...

• Thakur LAL SINGH, Thakur of Hatia, second son of Thakur Puranmal, 9th Thakur Saheb of Baikunthpur, he was granted Hatia as his share, married and had issue, two sons.

  • Kunwar Jit Rai, succeeded in Hatia.

  • Thakur Harihar Rai (qv)

• Thakur HARIHAR RAI, married and had issue, two sons.

  • Thakur Singhju, he was granted the jagir of Gadwar.

  • Thakur Tribhuban Rai (qv)

• Thakur TRIBHUBAN RAI, married and had issue, one son.

  • Thakur Chhatrasal (qv)

• Thakur CHHATRASAL, married and had issue, two sons.

  • Thakur Shahju (qv)

  • Kunwar Ballabh Shah, married and had issue, three sons.

    • Kunwar Chain Singh, Dewan of Rewah in the time of Raja Ajit Singh, married and had issue, one son.

      • Kunwar Jagrup Singh, married and had issue, three sons.

        • Kunwar Bhimsen, married and had issue, three sons.

          • Kunwar Shahzad Singh, showed gallantry in Mau battle. On some dispute with Rewa, he went to Lahore along with his brothers Rudra Shah and Vijay Bahadur Singh and joined the Sikh army and took part in the Anglo-Sikh war. They were later recalled by Raja Jai Singh of Rewah.

          • Kunwar Rudra Shah, married and had issue, one son.

            • Kunwar Dhyan Singh, took part in the Maihar battle in 1857 and he was granted the jagir of Madhopur. He died sp and was succeeded by his cousin, Sansar Chandra Singh.

          • Kunwar Vijai Bahadur Singh, died during the Anglo-Sikh wars.

        • Kunwar Sarvajit Singh

        • Kunwar Jodh Rai, married and had issue, one son.

          • Kunwar Sansar Chandra Singh, succeeded to his cousin’s estate of Madhopur, married and had issue, three sons.

            • Kunwar Chandra Shekhar Singh, married and had issue, one son.

              • Capt. Kunwar Awadhesh Pratap Singh, B.A., LL.B.; born October 1888, Member of Congress (Madhya Pradesh), Member of the Constituent Assembly, Member of the Provisional Parliament and Member of the Rajya Sabha 1952/1960; Prime Minister of Rewah State 1948, 1st Chief Minister of Vindhya Pradesh 1948/1949, married Shrimati Kunwarani Maharaj Kumari, and had issue, one son and one daughter. He died 16th June 1967 in Kanpur.

                • Kunwar Dr. Govind Narain Singh, born 25th July 1920 in Rampur Baghelan, educated at Benaras Hindu University (Ph.D. in Literature); elected to the Vindhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in 1951, elected to the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in 1957, 1963 and 1967; Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh [30.7.1967] - [12.3.1969], Governor of Bihar [26.2.1988] - [24.1.1989], married and had issue, five sons and one daughter. He died in 2005.

                • ----- Kunwar Harsh Narain Singh, M.L.A., married Kumari Kukki Singh, daughter of Lal Shiv Bahadur Singh of Dhourpur, M.P., and his wife, Lal Saheba Gayatri Devi, and has issue, two sons.

                • ---------- Bhanwar Veer Singh, educated at Scindia School, Gwalior.

                • ---------- Bhanwar Vikram Singh, educated at Scindia School, Gwalior.

            • Kunwar Kamalbhan Singh

            • Kunwar Ramendra Singh

      • Kunwar Nahar Singh, went to Panna State on annual salary of 125,000Rs, being disappointed with jamatdari but returned to Rewah in battle of Gaharwar in 1802, married and had issue, one son.

        • Kunwar Jai Singh, showed gallantry in Gaharwar battle.

      • Kunwar Bakhtawar Singh, he was granted the jagir of Karahi.

• Thakur SHAHJU, Thakur of Rampur Baghelan, he was granted the jagir of Rampur Baghelan, married and had issue, two sons.

  • Thakur Meharban Singh (qv)

  • Thakur Shiv Singh (qv)

• Thakur MEHARBAN SINGH, Thakur of Rampur Baghelan, married and had issue.

  • Kunwar Khuman Singh, died in the battle of Aswarn in 1783.

• Thakur SHIV SINGH, Thakur of Rampur Baghelan, married and had issue.

  • Thakur Dalthambhan Singh (qv)

  • Kunwar Ram Singh, he was granted the jagir of Itma, married and had issue, one son.

    • Kunwar Dhir Singh, he was granted the jagir of Bhadaura, married and had issue, three sons.

      • Kunwar Gadadhar Singh

      • Kunwar Shyam Singh, married and had issue, three sons.

        • Kunwar Shankar Singh, born 1886, B.A., Home Minister in Rewah, retiring in 1946. He died in Kashi in 1948.

        • Kunwar Shivnabh Singh, married and had issue, one son.

          • Kunwar Mahesh Pratap Singh

        • Kunwar Shivsharan Singh

      • Kunwar Harihar Singh

  • Kunwar Amar Singh, married and had issue, one son.

    • Kunwar Man Singh

• Thakur DALTHAMBHAN SINGH, Thakur of Rampur Baghelan, married and had issue, three sons.

  • Thakur Sahab Rai (qv)

  • Kunwar Bharat Singh, married and had issue, one son.

    • Kunwar Pushkar Singh, he was granted the jagir of Krishangarh, he was given the title of ‘Samant’ for his gallantry in the Maihar battle in 1802. He constructed a temple in Bakna. He died sp.

  • Kunwar Chhatradhari Singh

• Thakur SAHAB RAI, Thakur of Rampur Baghelan, married and had issue, two sons.

  • Kunwar Baijnath Singh

  • Thakur Bhagat Singh (qv)

• Thakur BHAGAT SINGH, Thakur of Rampur Baghelan, married and had issue, two sons.

  • Thakur Anant Singh (qv)

  • Kunwar Ganga Prasad Singh, rebelled against Rewah state and was exiled, married and had issue, two sons. He died in exile.

    • Kunwar Rai Bahadur Singh, married and had issue, one son.

      • Kunwar Sriniwas Singh

    • Kunwar Rangnath Singh

• Thakur ANANT SINGH, Thakur of Rampur Baghelan, married and had issue, one son.

• Thakur RAJIVLOCHAN SINGH, Thakur of Rampur Baghelan, married and had issue, one son.

• Thakur JAGAT BAHADUR SINGH, Thakur of Rampur Baghelan

The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully acknowledged, September 2005.