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Raja PARAS RAMJI, Raja of Narsinghgarh 1681/1695, son of Raja Chhatar Singh of Umatwara; Diwan of Rajgarh 1660/1681 and founder of Narsinghgarh in 1681, a just and a capable Ruler, he named his state after Shri Narsingh Bhagwan, who was his deity and aradhya Dev; afterwards he founded the town of Narsinghgarh and transferred his capital there and constructed the temple of his aradhya Dev Shri Narsingh Bhagwan, he also constructed a tank known as Paras Ram Sagar, married and had issue

Rawat Dalel Singhji (qv

Rawat DALEL SINGHJI, Rawat of Narsinghgarh in 1695, married and had issue. He died 1695

Rawat Moti Singhji (qv

Rawat MOTI SINGHJI, Rawat of Narsinghgarh 1695/1751, married and had issue. He died 1751

Rawat KHUMAN SINGHJI, Rawat of Narsinghgarh 1751/1766, during his rule, Mughul power declined in Malwa and the Marathas gained the ascendancy; he married and had issue

Rawat Achal Singhji (qv

Rawat ACHAL SINGHJI, Rawat of Narsinghgarh 1766/1795, a brave and wise ruler, he married the daughter of the Maharana of Udaipur, and had issue. He died 1795

Rawat Sobhagh Singhji (qv

Rawat SOBHAGH SINGHJI, Rawat of Narsinghgarh 1795/1827, his reign witnessed the advent of the British in Malwa and also the signing of treatise and engagements between the Ruling Princes of Malwa and Sir John Malcolm, who represented the British Government; he married the niece of Maharana Udaipur, and had issue. He died 9th March 1827

Rajkumar Chain Singhji, born 1800, courageous, brave and intelligent, he was placed in charge of the administration of the state due to the illness of his father, but he fell foul of the British Government and a battle ensued at Sehore in 1824, a town about 37 kilometers west of Bhopal, in he which he died fighting valiantly, married and had adoptive issue. He died in battle in 1824 at Sehore

(A) HH Raja Hanwant Singhji (qv

HH Raja HANWANT SINGHJI, Raja of Narsinghgarh 1827/1873, Raja (Hereditary)[cr. xx.5.1872], as the nearest heir and rightful successor to the gaddi, he was adopted from Batkhera by the dowager Rani of the late Rawat Saheb with the consent of Sirdars of Narsinghgarh State in 1827; a generous, noble and high-minded Ruler with a great administrative capabilities for which he was rewarded with a salute of 11 guns and the style of His Highness by the British Government, he married and had issue. He died in March 1873

Rajkumar Bhawani Singhji, married Rajkumari Rukmani Kumari, born 1842, daughter of Raja Shivnath Singh of Khetri, and had issue. He died vp before 1873

HH Raja Pratap Singhji (qv

HH Raja Mehtab Singhji (qv

Rajkumar Chhatrashalj

Rajkumari Bijai Kunwar Bai Sahiba, married HH Maharaja Jashwant Singhji II of Jodhpur, and had issue

HH Raja MEHTAB SINGHJI, Raja of Narsinghgarh 1890/1895, succeeded 28th June 1890, the only surviving son of Raja Hanwant Singhji, he was as capable as his father, and often toured his state every year and dispensed even-handed justice to all his subjects on the spot, whenever it was required. He died sp 1895

HH Shri Huzur Raja Sir ARJUN SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Narsinghgarh 1895/1924, selected by the Government of India from Bhatkhera as successor, born 10th January 1887, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and Daly College, Indore; trained with the Imperial Cadet Corps in Dehradun; K.C.I.E., married 1stly, 1907, HH Rani Shiv Kunwarji, daughter of HH Raja Sir Jashwant Singhji Bahadur of Sailana, D.B.E.(civil) [cr.1924], married 2ndly, a Princess of Talsana in Gujarat, and had issue, one son and three daughters. He died 22nd April 1924

HH Shri Huzur Raja Sir Vikram Singhji Sahib Bahadur (by Rani Shiv Kunwarji) (qv

Rajkumari Damyanti Kumaribai Sahiba [HH Maharani Damayanti Devi of Jaisalmer] (by Rani Shiv Kunwarji), married 1926 (as his first wife), HH Maharajadhiraj Maharawal Girdhar Singhji of Jaisalmer, and had issue. She died 1997

Rajkumari Hemant Kumaribai Sahiba [Rani Hemant Kanwar of Jubbal] (by Rani Shiv Kunwarji), born 13th September 1913 in Narsingarh, married 31st January 1932, Raja Rana Digvijay Chandra of Jubbal, and had issue. She died 11th March 1964 in Delhi

Rajkumari Basant Kumaribai Sahiba [Rani Basant Kumari of Indargarh] (by the Talsana Rani), she married Raja Sumer Singhji of Indargarh in Rajasthan

HH Shri Huzur Raja Sir VIKRAM SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Narsinghgarh 1924/1957, K.C.I.E. [cr.1941], born 21st September 1909 and succeeded 23rd April 1924, invested with full ruling powers in 1929; educated at Daly College, Indore, and Mayo College, Ajmer; he was generally acknowledged by all as a kind hearted and highly respected Ruler who enjoyed good standing amongst his brother Princes and Rulers of India; he signed the Instrument of Accession to the Dominion of India on 15th August 1947 and concluded an agreement to form Madhya Bharat on 15th June 1948 with other rulers; he was engaged to Maharajkumari Jeet Kunwarba Sahiba, daughter of HH Maharao Swaroop Ram Singhji of Sirohi, but the princess fell ill the very morning of the marriage and died just before the marriage ceremony, he married 1929, HH Rani Dev Kumariji, daughter of HH Maharajadhiraj Mirzan Maharao Shri Vijayarajji Khengarji Sawai Bahadur of Kutch, and his wife, HH Maharani Shri Padmakunwar Ba Sahiba, he adopted Kunwar Bhanuprakash Singhji, son of Maharaj Prabhunath Singhji of Dhuwankheri in 1942. He died sp 17th July 1957 dearly loved and respected by all his subjects

HH Shri Huzur Maharaja BHANUPRAKASH SINGHJI Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Narsinghgarh from 17th July 1957 to 24th January 2019. Born June 1929, son of Maharaj Prabhunath Singhji of Dhuwankheri, uncle of HH Shri Huzur Maharaja Sir Vikram Singhji, who adopted him in the 1942, he succeeded to the gadi on 17th July 1957; educated at Mayo College Ajmer, Daly College, Indore and St. John’s College, Agra; entered politics in 1962 and fought the general election as an Independent candidate and won both the Assembly seat from Narsinghgarh and the Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh, Convener of the Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress to 1966, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Communications in 1966, he donated the Arjun Niwas Palace, to be used as a college for post-graduate classes in Arts, Science and Commerce, appointed as Secretary to the Central Citizens Council in 1966, elected to the 4th Lok Sabha in 1967 and was appointed a deputy Minister in the Ministry of Industrial Development, Internal Trade and Company Affairs, appointed to the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals and Mines and Metals in 1970, delegate from India to the World Conference of the Working People’s Socialist Union in Belgrade in 1966, Leader of the Indian Delegation to the Second Session of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) held at Vienna in April 1968, led the official Indian Delegation for Small Scale Industries to Japan in 1969, Convener of the Madhya Pradesh Rashtra Bhasha Prachar Samiti and President of the All India Rajput Parishad, President of the Board of Governors of the Daly College Indore 1971/1980, appointed as the Governor of Goa and Administrator of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli from 18th March 1991 to 4th April 1994, the Maharaja Sahib is widely travelled and is interested in sports, particularly hockey and cricket, a lover of wild life, he was a keen Shikari in his earlier days; he married Rajkumari Lakshmi Kumari [HH Maharani Lakshmi Kumari of Narsinghgarh], daughter of Maharajkumar Shri Bijai Singhji of Bikaner, and has issue, five sons and an adopted daughter. He died on 24th January 2019 in Indore after a prolonged illness

Maharajkumar Shiladitya Singh, born 1951, married Rajkumari Madhulika Kumari, born 1951, daughter of Maharaja Mahendra Ripudaman Singh of Bhadawar, and his wife, Maharani Braj Shree Devi, and has issue, two daughters

Bhanwarbai Sahiba Yogeshwari Kumari [HH Maharani Yogeshwari Kumari of Ajaigarh], married HH Sawai Maharaja Ajayraj Singh of Ajaigarh

Bhanwarbai Sahiba Poornamrita Kumar

Maharajkumar Rajyavardhan Singh, born 1953, married Rajkumari Kalpaneshwari Devi, daughter of HH Raja Bijay Bhushan Singh Ju Deo of Jashpur, and his wife, HH Rani Jaya Kumari Devi, and has issue, two sons. Presently a BJP MLA from Narsinghgarh, previously he was MLA from 1985-1990 and a parliamentary secretary in Motilal Vohra Govt

Maharaj Kumar Veer Vikram Singh, born 1st July 1978 in Indore, married Bhanwarani Neha Kumari of Delhi, and has issue

Bhanwarbai Saheba Ujjaiti Kumari Singh, born 1st January 2007

Bhanwarbai Saheba Tvisha Kumari Singh, born 2nd May 2012

Bhanwarbai Saheba Tavishi Kumari Singh, born 2nd May 2012

Maharaj Kumar Vishwa Pratap Singh, born 1st September 1980 in Indore

Maharajkumar Giri Ratna Singh, born 1955, married Rajkumari Gayatri Kumari of Gabhana, U.P., daughter of Rajkumar Raghuraj Singhji, and grand daughter of Captain Raja Devraj Singhji, and has issue, one son

Bhanwar Saheb Divya Ratna Singh, born 1989

Maharajkumar Bhagyaditya Singh, born 1957, married Kumari Yashodhara Kumari from Ujjain, and has issue, one daughter

Bhanwarbai Sahiba Shraddha Kumar

Maharajkumar Yashovardhan Singh, born 1959, he renounced the World and became a Sanyasi at the age of 22 years and succeeded to the gadi of his guru Avadhoot Bhagwan Ram in 1992 at Aghorpeeth Shri Sarveshwari Samooh Sansthan Devsthanam (Awadoot Bhagwan Ram Kushta Seva Ashram, Padav, Varanasi - 221102, U.P.); he is now known as Gurupad Sambhav Ramji

(A) Kumari Mrigendra Kumari, daughter of the sister of the Maharaja Saheb; married Thakur Narendra Singhji of Bhikamkor in Rajasthan, and has issue, one son and one daughter

Kunwar Janmayjay Sing

Kumari Kamayani Kumari, married Rajkumar Manvendra Singh of Uniara in Rajasthan, and has issue, one daughter

Bhanwarbai Saheba Niranjana Kumari

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कुंवर चैन सिंह मध्य प्रदेश में भोपाल के निकट स्थित नरसिंहगढ़ रियासत के राजकुमार थे,

जो 24 जून 1824 को अंग्रेजों के विरुद्ध लड़ते हुए वीरगति को प्राप्त हुए।

1857 के सशस्त्र स्वाधीनता संग्राम से भी लगभग 33 वर्ष पूर्व की यह घटना कुंवर चैन सिंह को इस अंचल के पहले स्वतंत्रता संग्राम सेनानी के रूप में प्रतिष्ठित करती है।

मध्य प्रदेश सरकार ने वर्ष 2015 से सीहोर स्थित कुंवर चैन सिंह की छतरी पर गार्ड ऑफ ऑनर प्रारम्भ किया है।

पृष्ठभूमि-

सन 1818 में ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी ने भोपाल के तत्कालीन नवाब से समझौता करके सीहोर में एक हजार सैनिकों की छावनी स्थापित की। कंपनी द्वारा नियुक्त पॉलिटिकल एजेंट मैडॉक को इन फौजियों का प्रभारी बनाया गया। इस फौजी टुकड़ी का वेतन भोपाल रियासत के शाही खजाने से दिया जाता था। समझौते के तहत पॉलिटिकल एजेंट मैडॉक को भोपाल सहित नजदीकी नरसिंहगढ़, खिलचीपुर और राजगढ़ रियासत से संबंधित राजनीतिक अधिकार भी सौंप दिए गए। बाकी तो चुप रहे, लेकिन इस फैसले को नरसिंहगढ़ रियासत के युवराज कुंवर चैन सिंह ने गुलामी की निशानी मानते हुए स्वीकार नहीं किया।

अंग्रेजों से संघर्ष -

रियासत के दीवान आनंदराम बख्शी और मंत्री रूपराम बोहरा अंग्रेजों से मिले हुए थे। यह पता चलने पर कुंवर चैन सिंह ने इन दोनों को मार दिया। मंत्री रूपराम के भाई ने इसकी की शिकायत कलकत्ता स्थित गवर्नर जनरल से की, जिसके निर्देश पर पॉलिटिकल एजेंट मैडॉक ने कुंवर चैन सिंह को भोपाल के नजदीक बैरसिया में एक बैठक के लिए बुलाया। बैठक में मैडॉक ने कुंवर चैन सिंह को हत्या के अभियोग से बचाने के लिए दो शर्तें रखीं। पहली शर्त थी कि नरसिंहगढ़ रियासत, अंग्रेजों की अधीनता स्वीकारे। दूसरी शर्त थी कि क्षेत्र में पैदा होनेवाली अफीम की पूरी फसल सिर्फ अंग्रेजों को ही बेची जाए। कुंवर चैन सिंह द्वारा दोनों ही शर्तें ठुकरा देने पर मैडॉक ने उन्हें 24 जून 1824 को सीहोर पहुंचने का आदेश दिया। अंग्रेजों की बदनीयती का अंदेशा होने के बाद भी कुंवर चैन सिंह नरसिंहगढ़ से अपने विश्वस्त साथी सारंगपुर निवासी हिम्मत खां और बहादुर खां सहित 43 सैनिकों के साथ सीहोर पहुंचे। जहां पॉलिटिकल एजेंट मैडॉक और अंग्रेज सैनिकों से उनकी जमकर मुठभेड़ हुई। कुंवर चैन सिंह और उनके मुट्ठी भर विश्वस्त साथियों ने शस्त्रों से सुसज्जित अंग्रेजों की फौज से डटकर मुकाबला किया। घंटों चली लड़ाई में अंग्रेजों के तोपखाने ओर बंदूकों के सामने कुंवर चैन सिंह और उनके जांबाज लड़ाके डटे रहे।

ऐसा कहा जाता है कि युद्ध के दौरान कुंवर चैन सिंह ने अंग्रेजों की अष्टधातु से बनी तोप पर अपनी तलवार से प्रहार किया जिससे तलवार तोप को काटकर उसमे फंस गई। मौके का फायदा उठाकर अंग्रेज तोपची ने उनकी गर्दन पर तलवार का प्रहार कर दिया जिससे कुंवर चैन सिंह की गर्दन रणभूमि में ही गिर गई और उनका स्वामीभक्त घोड़ा शेष धड़ को लेकर नरसिंहगढ़ आ गया। कुंवर चैन सिंह की धर्मपत्नी कुंवरानी राजावत जी ने उनकी याद में परशुराम सागर के पास एक मंदिर भी बनवाया जिसे हम कुंवरानी जी के मंदिर के नाम से जानते हैं।