HISTORY OF BAGHEL'S
History of Satna district is part of the history of the region known as Baghelkhand, a very large portion of which was ruled by the treaty state of Rewa, while a small part towards the west was ruled by feudatory chiefs, holding their States under sanads given by the British rulers, There were eleven in all; important ones being Maihar, Nagod, Kothi, Jaso, Sohawal and Baraundha and the five Chaube Jagirs of Paldeo, Pahra, Taraon, Bhaisundha and Kamta-Rajula.
The early Budhist books, the Mahabharat etc, connect the Baghelkhand tract with rulers of the Haihaya, Kalchuri or Chedi clan, who are believed to have gained sufficient importance sometime during the third century A.D. Their original habitat is placed on the Narbada with Mahishmati (identified by some with Maheshwar in west Nimar district) as the capital; from where they seem to have been driven eastwards. They had acquired the fort of Kalinjara (a few miles beyond the border of Satna district, in U.P.), and with this as base, they extended their dominious over Baghelkhand. During the fourth and fifth centuries, the Gupta dynasty of Magadha was paramount over this region as is shown by the records of the feudatory chiefs of Uchchakalpa (Unchehra in Nagod tehsil) and the Parivrajak Rajas of Kot (in Nagod tehsil). The chief stronghold of the Chedi clan was Kalinjar, and their proudest title was Kalanjaradhishwara (Lord of Kalanjar). The Kalchuris received their first blow at the hand of Chandel chief Yashovarmma (925-55), who seized the fort of Kalinjar and the tract surrounding it. The Kalchuris were still a powerful tribe and continued to hold most of their possessions until the 12th century.
The chiefs of Rewas were Baghel Rajputs descended from the Solanki clan which ruled over Gujrat from the tenth to the thirteenth century. Vyaghra deo, brother of the ruler of Gujrat, is said to have made his way into northern India about the middle of the thirteenth century and obtained the fort of Marpha, 18 miles north-east of Kalinjar. His son Karandeo married a Kalchuri (Haihaya) princess of Mandla and received in dowry the fort of Bandhogarh (now in the tehsil of the same name in Shahdol district), which, until its destruction in 1597 by Akbar was the Baghel Capital.
In 1298, Ulugh Khan, acting under order of emperor Alauddin drove the last Baghel ruler of Gujrat from his country and this is believed to have caused a considerable migration of the Baghels to Bandhogarh. Until the 15th century the Baghels of Bandhogarh were engaged in extending their possessions and escaped the attention of the Delhi kings. in 1498-9, Sikandar Lodi failed in his attempt to take the fort of Bandhogarh. The Baghel king Ramchandra (1555-92), was a contemporary of Akbar. Tansen, the great musician, was in the court of Ramchandra and from their he was summoned by Akbar to his court. After the death of Birdhabra, Ramchandra's son, a minor named Vikramaditya acceded to the throne of Bandhogarh. His accession gave rise to disturbances. Akbar intervened and captured and dismantled the Bandhogarh fort in 1597 after a seize of eight months. It is after this that the town of Rewa started gaining in importance. It is said to have been founded by Raja Vikramaditya in 1618 (which perhaps means that he undertook the construction of palaces and other buildings there because the place had already assumed importance in 1554 when it was held by Jalal Khan son of emperor Shershah).
In 1803, after the treaty of Bassein, the British made overtures of alliance to the ruler of Rewa, but the latter rejected them. In 1812, during the time of Raja Jaisingh (1809-35), a body of Pindaris raided Mirzapur from Rewa territory. Upon this Jaisingh was called upon to accede to a treaty, in which he acknowledged the protection of the British Government, and agreed to refer all disputes with neighbouring chiefs to their arbitration and to allow British troops to march through or be cantoned in his territories. At the mutiny of 1857, Maharaja Raghuraj Singh helped the British in quelling the uprisings in the neighbouring Mandla and Jabalpur district, and in Nagod which is now a part of Satna district. For this, the king was rewarded by restoration to him of the Sohagpur (Shahdol) and Amarkantak parganas, which had been seized by the Marathas in the beginning of the century . The rulers of Rewa State bore the title of 'His Highness' and "Maharaja" and received a salute of 17 guns. Most of the Raghuraj Nagar and entire Amarpatan tehsil of the present Satna district were in the Rewa State prior to the formation of Vindhya Pradesh
| NAGOD (Princely State) (9 gun salute) | |
| AREA: 1,298 km2 | PRIVY PURSE: 55,400R | ACCESSION: 1st January 1950 |
| STATE: Madhya Pradesh | DYNASTY: Parihar | RELIGION: Hindu |
| POPULATION: 67,092 (1901) | | |
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| PRESENT RULER: HH Raja Shrimant SHIVENDRA SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur, present Raja Saheb of Nagod since 3rd August 2005. |
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| PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded by Raja Veerraj Judeo when he seized the fort of Naro from the Teli Rajas in 1344. Until the 18th century, the state was known as Unchahara from the name of its original capital. When the British became paramount after the treaty of Bassein of 1820, Nagod was held to be a tributary to Panna and was included in the sanad granted to that state in 1807. In 1809, however, a separate sanad was granted to Lal Sheoraj Singh confirming him in his possessions. Rulers were... o Raja BHOJ RAJ Judeo (qv) o Raja KARAN Judeo (qv) o Lal Saheb Dallu Shah, Thakur of Gobraon o Lal Saheb Madhukar Shah, Thakur of Bharhut o Lal Saheb Masa Singh, Thakur of Sitpura o Lal Saheb Bhawani Singh, migrated to Rewah and was ancestor of Barhata estate. o Kumari Krishna Kanwar, married Kunwar Fateh Singh, Thakur of Durjan Pur estated in Rewah, second son of Baghel Raja Amar Singh I of Rewah. o Raja PRATAP RUDRA Deo (by Rani Sirnetji) (qv) o Lal Saheb Bhagat Rai (by Rani Gaharwarji), Thakur of Bataiya. o Lal Saheb Gulal Singh (by Rani Gaharwarji), Thakur of Mohari. o Lal Saheb Mallu Singh (by Rani Gaharwarji), Thakur of Bharhut. o Lal Saheb Ganpat Rai (by Rani Gaharwarji), Thakur of Jakhi. o Lal Saheb Meharban Singh (by Rani Gaharwarji), Thakur of Bhadi. o Raja NARENDRA SHAH Judeo (qv) o Lal Saheb Govind Rai (second son), he was granted the estate of Surdaha in 1592, married and had issue, four sons. § Lal Saheb Deep Chandra Singh, Thakur of Surdaha, married and had issue, two sons. § Lal Saheb Bhishan Singh, Thakur of Surdaha, married and had issue, six sons. § Lal Saheb Devi Singh (eldest son), Thakur of Surdaha, married and had issue, seven sons. § Lal Saheb Meharban Singh (eldest son), Thakur of Surdaha, married and had issue, four sons. § Lal Saheb Pratap Singh (eldest son), Thakur of Surdaha, married and had issue, four sons. § Lal Saheb Ran Bahadur Singh, (eldest son), Thakur of Surdaha, married and had issue, one son. § Lal Saheb Eam Niwaj Singh, Thakur of Surdaha, died sp. § Lal Saheb Gopal Singh, Thakur of Surdaha, married and had issue, three sons. § Lal Saheb Surat Singh (eldest son), Thakur of Surdaha, married and had issue, three sons. § Lal Saheb Harishchandra Singh (eldest son), Thakur of Surdaha, married and had issue, two sons. o Kumar Saheb Vindhyeshwari Pratap Singh, married and had issue, one son. He died vp. § Lal Saheb Chandramauli Pratap Singh, Thakur of Surdaha, married and had issue, one son. § Lal Saheb Girish Pratap Singh, Thakur of Surdaha, married and had issue, two sons. § Lal Saheb Manish Pratap Singh, Thakur of Surdaha. § Lal Saheb Hathi Singh, Thakur of Amarkui. § Lal Saheb Balbhadra Singh, Thakur of Hilaundha. § Lal Saheb Prthvi Singh, Thakur of Kontu. § Lal Saheb Veershah Singh, Thakur of Itma. o Raja BHARAT SHAH (qv) o Lal Saheb Ani Rai, Thakur of Jiganhat. o Lal Saheb Bhao Singh, Thakur of Karhi. o Lal Saheb Swaroop Singh, Thakur of Ragla. o Lal Saheb Man Singh, Thakur of Uradna. o Lal Saheb Kanak Singh, Thakur of Bhatanwara, died sp. o Raja PRITHVI RAJ SINGH o Lal Saheb Mardan Shah, Thakur of Bhatanwara. o Raja FAKIR SHAH (qv) o Lal Saheb Kirat Shah, Thakur Saheb of Piprokhar. o Lal Saheb Hriday Shah, Thakur Saheb of Chandkuan. o Lal Saheb Atibal Shah, Thakur Saheb of Patharhata. o Lal Saheb Sangram Singh, Thakur Saheb of Jakhi. o Lal Saheb Arjun Singh, Thakur Saheb of Barkachhi. o Lal Saheb Sabha Singh, Thakur Saheb of Podi. o Lal Saheb Fateh Singh, Thakur Saheb of Kunia. o Lal Saheb Dangal Singh, Thakur Saheb of Dhaneh. o Lal Saheb Pahar Singh, Thakur Saheb of Narhathi. o Lal Saheb Chait Singh, died young o Raja CHAIN SINGH (qv) o Lal Saheb Narhar Shah, Thakur of Jiganhat, married and had issue. § Lal Saheb Jagrup Singh, Thakur of Jiganhat, married and had issue. § Lal Saheb Drigpal Singh, Thakur of Jiganhat, married and had issue. § Lal Saheb Harvansh Rai Singh, Thakur of Chhoti Katkon, married and had issue. § Lal Saheb Ram Singh, Thakur of Chhoti Katkon, married and had issue. § Lal Saheb Jaimangal Singh, Thakur of Chhoti Katkon, married and had issue. § Lal Saheb Bhargavendra Singh, born as as Kumar Baldeo Singh of Katkon Khurd, adopted by Raja Jadvendra Singh of Nagod, prior to the birth of his own sons, Dewan of Nagod 1938/1942; married to a daughter of Baghel Maharao Ram Singh of Kasauta in Rewah, and had issue, four sons. § Lal Saheb Mahavir Singh § Lal Saheb Surendra Singh, born 1914 at Unchahra in Nagod, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and Royal Indian Military College, Dehra Dun and Police Training College, Sauger; joined Holkar State Police Service in 1937; Superintendent of Police, Special Reserve Officer, Indore; maried and had issue. o Kumari Dr. Bhawna Singh, a Cardiac Surgeon, married Kunwar Piyush Singh. o Kumari Namrata Singh, married Kumar Debjit Prasad Singh Deo of Panchkote Raj in West Bengal. o Capt. Kunwar Bharatendra Singh Parihar, born 31st August 1971 in Dahod, Gujrat; educated at the University of Delhi (B.Com. with Hons.) and at Bond University, Gold Coast, Q.L.D., Australia (M.B.A.), presently serving as a Captain in the Indian Territorial Army, married 29th February 2004 in Ranchi, Kunwarani Manideepa, daughter of Kumar Dinamani Nath Shah Deo of Chhota Nagpur, and has issue. § Kumari Shivranjini Parihar, born 20th November 2004 at Kolkatta, India. § Lal Saheb Upendra Singh § Lal Saheb Gajendra Singh o Lal Saheb Bakhtawar Singh, Thakur of Kundhari. o Raja AHLAD SINGH (by Rani Phool Kunwari) o Kumari Raj Kunwari (by Rani Phool Kunwari), married Baghel Raja Prithvi Raj Singh of Sohawal. o Raja SHIVRAJ SINGH (by Rani Adhar Kunwari) (qv) o Lal Saheb Mahipal Singh (by Rani Phulas Kunwari), he was granted the estate of Pataura with 13 villages. o Lal Saheb Dilraj Singh (third son), he was granted the estate of Umarhat with 16 villages in 1786, married and had issue, two sons. § Lal Saheb Bhagwat Pratap Singh (eldest son), Thakur of of Umarhat, married and had issue, six sons. § Lal Saheb Ambika Pratap Singh (eldest son), Thakur of of Umarhat, married and had issue, two sons. § Lal Saheb Avashesh Pratap Singh (eldest son), Thakur of of Umarhat, married and had issue, one son. § Lal Saheb Narendra Pratap Singh, Thakur of of Umarhat, married and had issue, four sons. § Lal Saheb Narain Pratap Singh (eldest son), Thakur of of Umarhat, married and had issue, one son. § Lal Saheb Digvijai Pratap Singh, present Thakur Saheb of Umarhat. o Raja BALBHADRA SINGH (qv) o Lal Saheb Jagadhari Singh, he was granted the estate of Sitpura with 19 villages. o Lal Saheb Narain Bux Singh o Raja RAGHVENDRA SINGH (qv) o Lal Saheb Ran Fatah Singh, died sp. o Lal Saheb Chhatra Pal Singh (third son), he was granted the estate of Jiganhat in 1870, married and had issue, three sons. § Lal Saheb Uma Pratap Singh, Thakur of Jiganhat, married and had issue, § Lal Saheb Rajendra Bahadur Singh, Thakur of Jiganhat, married and had issue, one son. § Lal Saheb Vishudh Pratap Singh, Thakur of Jiganhat, married and had issue, one son. § Lal Saheb Umashankar Pratap Singh, Thakur of Jiganhat, married and has issue, six sons. § Kumar Jaideep Singh (eldest son) § Lal Saheb Vindhyeshwari Pratap Singh, died sp. § Lal Saheb Siya Pratap Singh, he was granted the estate of Turkaha, married and had issue, four sons. § Lal Saheb Hanuman Singh, Thakur of Turkaha, married and had issue, one son. § Lal Saheb Makar Dhwaj Singh, Thakur of Turkaha. o Kumari Chandrabhan Kunwari [HH Maharani Chandrabhan Kunwari of Bundi], married HH Maharao RAM SINGH of Bundi. o Raja JADVENDRA SINGH (qv) o Rajkumari (name unknown), married into the Sirmur Royal Family. o Raja NARHARENDRA SINGH (qv) o HH Raja Shrimant MAHENDRA SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur (qv) o Rajkumari (name unknown), married 15th April 1936, Lt. HH Maharaja RAJENDRA PRAKASH Bahadur of Sirmur. o (A) Lal Saheb Bhargavendra Singh (see above) o HH Raja Shrimant RUDRENDRA PRATAP SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur (by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari), o Maharajkumar Shri Shailendra Singhji (by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari), married Rani Usha Devi, second daughter of the Zamindar of Jaitpur-Rewah, and has issue. § Kumar Rani Madhvi Kumari Devi, married Kumar Rohit Ganga Deb of Bamra, and has issue, two daughters. o Rajkumar Shri Dharmendra Singhji (by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari), unmarried. o Thakur Rani Dilhar Kumari (by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari), married Thakur Saheb BHUPENDRASINHJI HARISHCHANDRASINHJI of Malia, and has issue. o Rani Alka Kumari (by HH Rani Jaswant Kumari), married a Doctor in the USA. o Rajkumar Shri Nagendra Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), served as Home Minster in the Madhya Pradesh Government; married Rani Tara Rajya Lakshmi Kumari, daughter of Cdg. Gen. Maharajkumar Sir Bahadur Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and has issue. § Kunwar Shyamendra Singh, born 14th January 1964, married 5th March 1991, Kunwarani Bhavna Kumari, daughter of HH Raja Rana YOGENDRA CHAND of Jubbal in Himachal Pradesh. § Kunwar Pashupatendra Singh, married Darpana Kumari, daughter of the Raja Saheb of Haldour in Uttar Pradesh. o Rajkumar Shri Ram Dev Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), married Rani Vijay Laxmi, daughter of Raja Sri PURNENDU NARAYAN SINGH Deo of Kharsawan in Orissa, and has issue. § Rajkumari Shyameshwari Kumari o Rajkumar Shri Ranti Dev Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), married Rani Rama Rajya Laxmi, daughter of Thakur Vijay Singh, Zamindar of Kuma-Rewah, and has issue. § Kunwar Kirti Dev Singh, married Kunwarani Rukmini Devi, daughter of Maharaj Kumar Pattayet Matru Prasad Singh Deo of Dhenkanal, and his wife, Pattayet Rani Basanti Devi, and has issue, one daughter. § Kumari Nandika § Kunwarani Omkareshwari Kumari, born 23rd May 1976 in Allahabad, married 7th December 1993, Kunwar Rupendra Palji of Kutlehar, and has issue. § Kunwarani Shrutikirti Kumari, married Kunwar Aditya Pratap Singh of Jasso. § Rajkumari Vibhawari Kumari § Kunwar Vasudev Singh, born 1991. o Rajkumar Shri Kanti Dev Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), married Rani Shashi Devi, daughter of the Zamindar of Rampurwa-Rewah, and has issue. § Kunwar Roopendra Singh, married Kunwarani Yogita Singh, daughter of Thakur C. S. Rathore of Roysa in Udaipur. § Yuvarani Anchala Devi, married 4th February 1995 at Nagod in Madhya Pradesh, Yuvaraj Gajendra Chandra Singh of Nayagarh, and has issue. § Kunwar Preetendra Singh, married Kunwarani Kamaksha Singh, daughter of Maharaj Lokendra Singh of Panna, and his wife, Rani Nishi Kumari. o Rajkumar Shri Chattrasal Singhji (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), married Rani Uma Devi, daughter of HH Thakur Saheb Shri MANOHARSINHJI PRADYUMANSINHJI of Rajkot, and has issue. § Kunwar Krishna Dev Singh § Rajkumari Subhadra Singh, married Jaykumar Singh Rawal (Sisodia) of Dondaicha in Maharashtra, at present, he is a Member of Legislative Assembly. o Rani Shobhana Kumari (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), married Lt. Col. Shri Sahadev Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal. o Rajkumari Kanak Kumari [Shreemati Rajmata Kanak Devi of Jamnia] (by HH Rani Shyam Kumari), married Shrimant Raja NARENDRA SINGHJI of Jamnia in Madhya Pradesh, and has issue. o HH Raja Shrimant SHIVENDRA PRATAP SINGH Ju Dev Bahadur (by Rani Chandrika Devi) (qv) o Rajkumari Bageshwari Kumari (by Rani Chandrika Devi), married Shri Deepak Sinha of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and has issue, one son and one daughter. § Deeksha Sinha § Naman Raj Sinha o Rajkumari Sarod Kumari (by Rani Chandrika Devi) The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully acknowledged, February 2009. |
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