Present Head
- Rajkumari Vishalaakshi Manjari Devi, born .
- Rajkumari Aaradhya Manjari Devi, born .
- Yuvraj Advait Pratap Deo, born .
Genealogy
The state was founded about 1005AD (traditional date). Rulers were..
- Raja RAGHUNATH SAI, 1st Raja and founder of Kalahandi 1005/1040
- Raja PRATAPNARAYAN DEO I, 2nd Raja of Kalahandi 1040/1072
- Raja BIRABAR DEO, 3rd Raja of Kalahandi 1072/1108
- Raja JUGASAI DEO I, 4th Raja of Kalahandi 1108/1142
- Raja UDENARAYAN DEO, 5th Raja of Kalahandi 1142/1173
- Raja HARICHANDRA DEO, 6th Raja of Kalahandi 1173/1201
- Raja RAMACHANDRA DEO, 7th Raja of Kalahandi 1201/1234
- Raja GOPINATH DEO, 8th Raja of Kalahandi 1234/1271
- Raja BALABHADRA DEO, 9th Raja of Kalahandi 1271/1306
- Raja RAGHURAJ DEO, 10th Raja of Kalahandi 1306/1337
- Raja RAISINGH DEO I, 11th Raja of Kalahandi 1337/1366
- Raja HARIA DEO, 12th Raja of Kalahandi 1366/1400
- Raja JUGASAI DEO II, 13th Raja of Kalahandi 1400/1436
- Raja PRATAPNARAYAN DEO II, 14th Raja of Kalahandi 1436/1468
- Raja HARIRUDRA DEO, 15th Raja of Kalahandi 1468/1496
- Raja ANKU DEO, 16th Raja of Kalahandi 1496/1528
- Raja PRATAP DEO, 17th Raja of Kalahandi 1528/1564
- Raja RAGHUNATH DEO, 18th Raja of Kalahandi 1564/1594
- Raja BISWAMBHAR DEO, 19th Raja of Kalahandi 1594/1627, married and had issue.
- Raja Raisingh Deo II (qv)
- Raja RAISINGH DEO II, 20th Raja of Kalahandi 1627/1658, married and had issue.
- Raja Dusmant Deo (qv)
- Sri Padman Singh, Zamindar of Thuamul.
- Raja DUSMANT DEO, 21st Raja of Kalahandi 1658/1693, married and had issue.
- Raja Jugasai Deo III (qv)
- Sri Bishwanath Singh
- Sri Pratap Rai Singh, Zamindar of Dadpur.
- Raja JUGASAI DEO III, 22nd Raja of Kalahandi 1693/1721, married and had issue.
- Raja Khadag Rai Deo (qv)
- Sri Mohan Rai Singh, Zamindar of Koksara.
- Sri Bhramarbar Deo, Zamindar of Lanjigarh.
- Sri Nathu Singh, Zamindar of Chhorlagarh.
- Sri Chakradhar Singh, Zamindar of Khariyar.
- Raja KHADAG RAI DEO, 23rd Raja of Kalahandi 1721/1747, married and had issue.
- Raja Raisingh Deo III (qv)
- Sri Pratap Singh, Zamindar of Baldhiamal.
- Sri Keshari Singh, in rebellion.
- Raja RAISINGH DEO III, 24th Raja of Kalahandi 1747/1771, married and had issue.
- Raja Purusottam Deo (qv)
- Raja PURUSOTTAM DEO, 25th Raja of Kalahandi 1771/1796, married and had issue.
- Raja Jugasai Deo IV (qv)
- Sri Bishwanath Deo, Zamindar of Lanjigarh.
- Sri Sunder Singh, Zamindar of Dadpur.
- Raja JUGASAI DEO IV, 26th Raja of Kalahandi 1796/1831, married and had issue.
- Raja Fateh Narayan Deo (qv)
- Raja FATEH NARAYAN DEO, 27th Raja of Kalahandi 1831/1853, married and had issue.
- HH Raja Bahadur Udit Pratap Deo (qv)
- Sri Krishna Deo
- Sri Gopinath Deo, Zamindar of Dadpur.
- Rajkumari (name unknown), married Maharaja Udit Narayan Singh Deo of Seraikella, and had issue, four sons.
- HH Raja Bahadur UDIT PRATAP DEO, 28th Raja of Kalahandi 1853/1881, born ?, Raja Bahadur [cr.1877], he was granted a permanent salute of 9 guns in 1878, married and had issue. He died .
- HH Raja Bahadur Raghu Kesari Deo (qv)
- Rajkumari Giriraj Kumari [Rani Giriraj Kumari of Bamra], married 1871, Raja Sir Basudeb Sudhaldeb of Bamra, and had issue. She died about 1873.
- HH Raja Bahadur RAGHU KESARI DEO, 29th Raja of Kalahandi 1881/1897, born , married and had issue. He died .
- HH Maharaja Brij Mohan Deo (qv)
- HH Maharaja BRIJ MOHAN DEO, 30th Maharaja of Kalahandi 1897/1939, born , O.B.E., educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur; married 1916, Rajkumari Suratarangini Devi [HH Maharani Suratarangini Devi of Kalahandi], only daughter of Raja Satchitananda Tribhuban Deb of Bamra, and had issue. He died .
- Tikayet Rani Kusum Manjari Devi, married Tikayat Nrupendra Narayan Singh Deo, eldest son and heir of Maharaja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo of Seraikella, and had issue, six sons and four daughters. She died .
- HH Maharaja Pratap Kesari Deo (qv)
- Rani Jyoti Manjari Devi, born , she joined active politics by joining the Ganatantra Parishad Party in 1955, and had a keen interest in education for the people of her constituency of Deogarh; M.L.A. (Orissa) 1957/1961; interests and pastimes were gardening and religious activities; maried Raja Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb of Bamra, and had issue, two sons and one daughter. She died .
- Rani Soubhagya Manjari Devi, married to Raja Anup Singh Deo of Khariar, and had issue, three sons and five daughters.
- Maharajkumar Bira Kesari Deo B.A., born , I.Sc., B.L.D. (Orissa); Member, Bhawanipatna Municipal Council 1951/1956 and Chairman 1953/1956; Member, Assurances and Estimate Committees; Member, Swatantra Party State Executive Committee; M.L.A. (Orissa) 1957/1967; Member of Rajya Sabha 1967/1976; interests are Anthropology, Hunting and Cricket; married Maharajkumari Manjushree Devi, daughter of Kumar Saheb Nagendra Singh Deo of Nua Pacca II (see Seraikella), and has issue, two daughters and four sons. (Post Office, Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi, Orissa)
- Kumar Bharat Bhushan Deo, married Rajkumari Asha Poorna Devi, third daughter of Raja Anup Singh Deo of Khariar, and his wife, Shrimati Rani Soubhagya Manjari Devi, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
- Kumari Aparna Devi, married Jagman Ramdasia in 2017 and has issue, one daughter.
- Devanshee Kumari
- Kumar Abhishek Kesari Deo, married on 25th Nov 2018 to Rajkumari Sada Rajlakshmi, eldest daughter of Raja Bishweshwar Prasad Singh & Rani Snehalata Devi of Jharia Raj.
- Kumari Aparna Devi, married Jagman Ramdasia in 2017 and has issue, one daughter.
- Kumari Anjali Devi, married [?Kunwar Surendra Dev Singh of Poonch], and has issue.
- Kumari Parvati Devi, married Kumar Bharat Chandra Bhanj Deo, son of Lal Saheb Sarat Chandra Bhanj Deo of Sompata in Mayurbhanj, and has issue, three sons.
- Kumar Lankeshwar Prasad Singh Deo
- Kumar Sangram Kesari Deo, married Kumari Sindhu Kumari, daughter of Kumar Jogeswar Singh Deo of Nuagarh in Seraikella, and his wife, Kumari Annapurna Devi, and has issue, one son and two daughters.
- Kumar Aditya Pratap Deo
- Kumar Bharat Bhushan Deo, married Rajkumari Asha Poorna Devi, third daughter of Raja Anup Singh Deo of Khariar, and his wife, Shrimati Rani Soubhagya Manjari Devi, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
- HH Maharaja PRATAP KESARI DEO B.A., M.A., 31st Maharaja of Kalahandi 1939/2001, born and succeeded 19th September 1939; Vice-President, Eastern States Union, 1947; President of Ganatantra Parishad 1954/1955 and 1959/1960; Chairman, Board of Foresty and Agricology, Eastern States Agency; President of Sree Neelachal Seva Sangha, New Delhi; President of Rajaji Memorial Committee; Member of Central Board of Wild Life; Member of Central board of Archaeology; Life-Member of Bombay National History Society, the Asiatic Society of Calcutta, and the Numismatic Society of India; President, General Council, University 1957/1960 and Sambalpur University 1960/-; Member and Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Orissa Legislative Assembly, 1952/1956; Member of Forest Enquiry Committee, Orissa, 1958/1959; Member of State Department Advisory Board, Orissa, 1958/1959, Member of National Railway user's Consultative Committee, 1962/1964; Member, Second Lok Sabha, 1957/1962, Third Lok Sabha, 1962/1967, Fourth Lok Sabha, 1967/1970, Fifth Lok Sabha, 1971/1977; Leader of Ganatantra Parishad in Parliament, 1957/1962; Leader of Swatantra Party in Parliament, 1962 and 1971/1975; Leader of Bharatiya Lok Dal in Parliament, 1975/1976; Member of the following committees, Estimates Committee, 1959/1960 and 1962/1964; Railway Convention Committee and Consultative Committee; Leader, Indian Delegation to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference at Lagos; author of My humble Contributions, Turbulent Five Years, The Forgotten Forts of Kalahandi; married HH Maharani Kasturika Mohini Devi, died , daughter of Sri Gajapati Raja Ramchandra Deb IV of Puri, and his wife, Rani Chandramani Pattamahadei, and had issue, two sons and two daughters. He died in Delhi.
- HH Maharani Savitri Devi, married 6th May 1962, Brig.(retd) HH Maharaja Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo Mahendra Bahadur of Dhenkanal, and has issue.
- HH Maharaja Udit Pratap Deo (qv)
- Pattayet Bikram Kesari Deo (Keshari Nahar, At/P.O. Bhawanipatna, Distt. Kalahandi-766 001, Orissa), born in Bhawanipatna, Distt. Kalahandi, Orissa, educated at St. Stephen’s College and the University of Delhi (B.A.), M.L.A. (Orissa) 1985/2000 (three terms); Member of the 12th (1998/1999), 13th (1999/2004) and 14th Lok Sabha (2004/-); Leader of B.J.P. Legislature Party, 1990/1995; Vice President, B.J.P., Orissa, 1999/-; Member, Special Committee on Natural Calamities in 1985/1998; Member, Library Committee 2000/2001; Member, Committee on External Affairs; Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Water Resources in 1998/1999; Member, Committee on Surface Transport in 1999/2004; Member, Committee on Water Resources 2004/-; Member, Committee on Estimates; Member, Committee on Petitions; Member, Business Advisory Committee; Member, Committe on Public undertakings; Member, Public Accounts Commitee; Member, Urban Development Consultative Committee; Vice-Chairman, Environment and Wild life Protection Society, Bhawanipatna; Vice-President, Zilla Sainik board; Member, Wild Life Advisory Board, Orissa; Participated in the Sampoorna Kranti Movement 1973/1974 and the Ayodhya Movement; Member, Central Board of Arachacology 2004/-; Member, Rose Society of India 2005/-; Member, Indian delegation to World Summit for Sustainable Development, Johannesburg; attended the 59th Session of United Nations General Assembly and was part of Legal Committee; President, Kalahandi Law College and various Colleges and High Schools in Orissa; Member, Braja Mohan Sahitya Samiti; Member, Wildlife and Environment Conservation Society, Kalahandi ; Member, Mahabir Sanskrutik Anushthan; Life Member, National Rifle Association of India; Life Member, Delhi Gymkhana Club; Life Member, Bhubaneswar Club; Member, Kalahandi Cricket Club, Member, Kalahandi Rifle Club, Member, Orissa State Archery Association, Member, Kalahandi Adventure Sports Association; Member, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH);interests and pastimes are Social Work, Photography, Outdoor life, playing tennis, cricket, football, wild life photography and Reading, listening to music, wildlife photography and visiting national parks, sanctuaries and places of heritage; married 3rd May 1974, Pattayet Rani Shrimant Nayanshree Devi, daughter of Sri Gajapathi Maharaj Bira Kishore Deb, Raja Saheb of Puri, and his wife, Maharani Suryamani Pattamahadei, and has issue, one son and two daughters.
- Kumari Arundhati Devi [Rani Arundhati Devi of Bamra], married Raja Nitish Ganga Deb, Raja Saheb of Bamra, and has issue, two sons.
- Yuvrani Aparajita Devi, married Yuvraj Gopal Narayan Singh Deo of Kharsawan, and has issue, one son.
- Kumar Saheb Arka Kesari Deo, active member of Indian politics, elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Kalahandi constituency in Odisha, member of the Biju Janata Dal political party; married Kumar Rani Malavika Devi of Ambotah, Una Dist., H.P., and has issue, one son.
- Kumar Fateh Kesari Deo
- Maharajkumari Geeta Devi (Rani Geeta Devi of Sanjeli), married Raja Manvendra Singh of Sanjeli, died at Indore, after a prolonged illness; and has issue, two daughters.
- HH Maharaja UDIT PRATAP DEO II, 32nd Maharaja of Kalahandi from 8th October 2001 - 2nd September 2019 (The Palace, Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi, Odisha-766001). Born , educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur and at Delhi University (B.A (Hons.) in Poltical Science); Member of the Executive Committee of Rajkumar College at Raipur, M.L.A. (Orissa) 1974/1977; interests and pastimes are Photography, Precision shooting, Trekking, Mountaineering, Riding, Squash, Tennis and Football; married HH Maharani Padma Manjari Devi, born O ctober 1953 in Calcutta, daughter of HH Maharaja Shri Pradeep Chandra Bhanj Deo of Mayurbhanj, and his wife, HH Maharani Bharati Rajya Lakshmi Devi, and has issue, one son and one daughter. He died on .
- Yuvaraj Anant Pratap Deo (qv)
- Maharajkumari Shree Manjari Devi, married 28th February/1st March 2009 in Bhopal, Rajkumar Anant Vijay Singh of Churhat.
- HH Maharaja ANANT PRATAP DEO, 33rd Maharaja of Kalahandi (see above)
