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This province does not belong to a Rajput Dynasty.

Dynasty

Raj Gond

State

Chattisgarh

Agency

Chhattisgarh States Agency

Accession

1^st January 1948

Area

2,067 Square Kilometers km²

Population

86,362 (1892)

Privy Purse

INR 63,800

Hindi Name

कावर्धा

Last Updated

3^rd Aug, 2024

Wikipedia

Wikipedia link to Kawardha (Princely State) Kawardha

Present Head

Kawardha (Princely State) flag — Flag of Kawardha

Raja YOGESHWAR SINGH, present Raja Saheb of Kawardha since 14^th May 2007 (Palace Kawardha, Kawardha - 491995, Distt. Rajnandgaon, Madhya Pradesh, India). Born 1967, a Congress MLA of Kawardha, married 19^th February 2003, Rani Kriti Devi [née Maharaj Kumari Kriti Deb Burman], born 3^rd June 1971, younger daughter of HH Bisam-Samar-Bijayi Mahamahodya Pancha-Srijukta Maharaja Kirit Bikram Kishore Dev Varman Manikya Bahadur of Tripura, and his second wife, HH Maharani Bibhu Kumari Devi, and has issue.

Yuvaraj Mikhileshwar Singh, born 2^nd April 2004 at Calcutta, West Bengal.

Genealogy

The ancestor of the family was Raja Sham Chand. The state was founded in 1751. Rulers were...

Thakur MAHABALI SINGH, Thakur of Kawardha 1751/1801
Thakur UJIYAR SINGH, Thakur of Kawardha 1801/1848
Thakur TOK SINGH, Thakur of Kawardha 1848/1852
Thakur BAIJNATH SINGH, Thakur of Kawardha fl.1860
Thakur RAM SINGH, Thakur of Pandaria -/1863, married and had issue.
- Thakur Rajpal Singh (qv)
- Thakur Gajpal Singh, Thakur of Pandaria.
Thakur BAHADUR SINGH, Thakur of Kawardha 1863/1864
Thakur RAJPAL SINGH, Thakur of Kawardha 1864/1891, born 13^th November 1849, 13^th in descent from Raja Sham Chand, he succeeded to the gadi on 11^th December 1874,
Thakur JADUNATH SINGH, Thakur of Kawardha 1891/1920, born 1885.
Raja DHARAMRAJ SINGH, Raja of Kawardha 1920/- , born 18^th August 1910 and succeeded 4^th February 1920, educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur; married and had issue. He died 20^th August 1959.
- Raja Vishwaraj Pratap Singh (qv)
Raja VISHWARAJ PRATAP SINGH, Raja of Kawardha 1959/2007, succeeded to the gadi of Kawardha on the death of his father on 20^th August 1959, M.L.A. (Madhya Pradesh), Member of the Executive Committee of Rajkumar College at Raipur, married Rani Shashi Prabha Devi of Mallapur in U.P. (now the Rajmata of Kawardha), and had issue. He died 14^th May 2007 at Durg.
- Rajkumari Manjari Kumari [Princess Chinky], born 1959, married 12^th December 1989, Kunwar Rudra Dev Singh of Orchha, born 1957.
  - Rajkumari Gopika Kumari, born 4^th August 1993; schooling from Rajkumar College (Raipur) and topped the Chattisgarh state in ISC 2011-2012 exams. Studied B.A. History (Hons.) at St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Studied M.A. History at Delhi University and won a gold medal.
- Rani Vasundhara Kumari [Princess Twinky], married 28^th April 1982, Rawal Shri Sanjai Singhji of Bissau, and has issue.
  - Yuvraaj Kunwar Eklavya Singhji (see Bissau)
- Raja Yogeshwar Singh (qv)
Raja YOGESHWAR SINGH, Raja of Kawardha (see above)