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Dynasty

Raksel

State

Madhya Pradesh

Agency

Chhattisgarh States Agency

Accession

1^st January 1948

Revenue

INR 852,000

Area

15,553 Square Kilometers km²

Population

502,058

Privy Purse

INR 145,300

Hindi Name

सुर्गुजा

Last Updated

31^st Mar, 2024

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Maharaja TRIBHUVANESHWAR SARAN SINGH Deo, 118^th and present Maharaja Saheb of Surguja since 2001. Born 1952, present Opposition Leader, Chhattisgarh Government, currently the Minister or Health & Rural Development in Chhattisgarh Government after winning the 2019 state elections, Chairperson of the State Finance Commission, Member of the Executive Committee of Rajkumar College at Raipur, presently (2023) Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh State; married 31^st October 1981 (div.1983), Kumari Taruna Devi, born 16^th March 1953, daughter of Kanwar Nar Bir Singh of Sirmur, and his wife, Kanwarani Urmila Devi.

Genealogy

Raja JAGGANATH SINGH Deo, 98^th Raja of Surguja 1562/1574
Raja GARAGNATH SINGH Deo, 99^th Raja of Surguja 1574/1591
Raja RUPNATH SINGH Deo, 100^th Raja of Surguja 1591/1602
Raja GANNATH SINGH Deo, 101^st Raja of Surguja 1602/1621
Raja SRABPAL SINGH Deo, 102^nd Raja of Surguja 1623/1633
Raja NARENDRA RUDRA SINGH Deo, 103^rd Raja of Surguja 1633/1678
Raja BAIHA DADU SINGH Deo, 104^th Raja of Surguja 1678/1709
Raja BALBHADRA SINGH I Deo, 105^th Raja of Surguja 1709/1728
Raja JASWANT SINGH Deo, 106^th Raja of Surguja 1728/1749
Raja BAHADUR SINGH Deo, 107^th Raja of Surguja 1749/1758
Raja SHEO SINGH Deo, 108^th Raja of Surguja 1760/-
Raja AJIT SINGH Deo, 109^th Raja of Surguja 1792/1799, married and had issue.
- Rajkumar (name unknown), married and had issue.
  - Raja Lal Amar Singh Deo (qv)
  - Lal Bahadur Bishveshwar Bux Singh Deo, Zamindar of Lakhanpur; married and had issue.
    - Lal Bahadur Maheshvari Singh Deo, Zamindar of Lakhanpur; married and had issue.
      - Lalji Ram Prasad Singh Deo, Zamindar of Lakhanpur; married and had issue.
        
        Lal Bahadur Harprasad Singh Deo, Zamindar of Lakhanpur; married and had issue, six sons.
        
        Lalji Avdhendra Prasad Singh Deo, Zamindar of Lakhanpur; married and had issue, six sons.
        
        Lal Amresh Prasad Singh Deo, Zamindar of Lakhanpur, M.L.A. in 1962, married and had issue, four sons and five daughters.
        
        Lalji Ajeet Pratap Singh Deo, present Zamindar of Lakhanpur.
        
        Lalji Ranjeet Pratap Singh Deo, married Kumari Smita Singh, and has issue.
        
        Kumar Digvijay Singh Deo, born 17^th October 1981 in Ambikapur, Surguja.
        
        Kumar Ranvijay Singh Deo, born 15^th January 1984 in Jabalpur, M.P.
        
        Lalji Indrajeet Pratap Singh Deo, married Kumari Shova Manjari Devi, daughter of Raja Suraj Mani Deo Samant of Athmalik, and his wife, Rani Radha Manjari Devi, and has issue, three daughters.
        
        Kumari Supriya Singh
        
        Kumari Swati Singh
        
        Kumari Sneha Singh
        
        Lalji Vikramajeet Pratap Singh Deo
        
        Kumari Radharani Singh Deo, married Rajkumar Rajendra Prasad Singh of Daiya, and has issue.
        
        Kumari Usha Singh Deo, married Kumar Rabindra Narayan Singh Deo of Seraikella.
        
        Kumari Nirmala Singh Deo, married Kumar Leladitya Deb of Bamra (Deogarh) in Orissa.
        
        Kumari Kalpana Singh Deo, married Kumar Pratap Chandra Singh Deo of Kharsawan.
        
        Kumari Indu Singh Deo, married Kumar Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo of Kharsawan.
        
        Lal Suresh Prasad Singh Deo
        
        Lal Ramesh Prasad Singh Deo
        
        Lal Devendra Prasad Singh Deo
        
        Lal Akhandeshwar Prasad Singh Deo
        
        Lal Brijendra Prasad Singh Deo
        
        Lalji Yadvendra Prasad Singh Deo
        
        Lalji Raghuvendra Prasad Singh Deo
        
        Lalji Shailendra Prasad Singh Deo
        
        Lalji Devendra Prasad Singh Deo
        
        Lalji Umendra Prasad Singh Deo
Raja BALBHADRA SINGH II Deo, 110^th Raja of Surguja 1799/1800 (first time)
Raja Lal SINGRAM SINGH Deo, 111^th Raja of Surguja 1800/1813
Raja BALBHADRA SINGH II Deo (nephew), Raja of Surguja 1813/1816 (second time)
Raja Lal AMAR SINGH Deo, 112^th Raja of Surguja 1820/1851, married and had issue.
- Raja Indrajit Singh Deo (qv)
- Raja Bindeshwar Prasad Singh Deo Bahadur, he was granted the state of Udaipur (MP) by Britishers.
Raja INDRAJIT SINGH Deo, 113^th Raja of Surguja 1851/1879, born 1827, married and had issue. He died 25^th March 1879.
- Raja Bahadur Raghunath Saran Singh Deo (qv)
Raja Bahadur RAGHUNATH SARAN SINGH Deo, 114^th Raja of Surguja 1879/1917, born 1860, succeeded 25^th March 1879, married and had issue. He died 31^st December 1917.
- Maharaja Ramanuj Saran Singh Deo (qv)
- Rajkumari Chandrakanta Kumari [Ranidhirani Chandrakanta Kumari of Banera], married 1899, Rajadhiraj Amar Singhji of Banera, and had issue.
Maharaja RAMANUJ SARAN SINGH Deo, 115^th Maharaja of Surguja 1917/1965, born 4^th November 1893 [1895], succeeded 31^st December 1917; C.B.E. (Civil) [cr.1919], Maharaja [cr.1918], married twice and had issue. He died 1965.
- Maharaja Ambikeshwar Saran Singh Deo (by 1^st marriage) (qv)
- Maharajkumar Chandikeshwar Saran Singh Deo (by 1^st marriage), married Maharajkumar Rani Saheb Bhupeswari Kumari, daughter of Rao Raja Sir Madho Singh Bahadur, and had issues.
  - Rajkumar T. S. Singh Deo, married Rajkumari T. S. Devi, daughter of Raja Kishor Chandra Deo Bhanj of Daspalla, and his wife, Rani Ras Sundari Devi, and had issue, three daughters.
    - Rajkumari Abhilasha Kumari, married Maj.-Gen. Mahavir Singh, and has issue, two children.
    - Rajkumari Devaki Kumari [Rani Devaki Kumari of Khandpara], married Raja Saheb Bibhuti Bhushan Singh of Khandpara in Orissa, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
    - Rajkumari Sandhaya Kumari, married Shri Rajendra Singh, and has issue, one child. (Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India)
  - Rajkumar Madweshwar Saran Singh Deo
  - Rajkumar Brijeshwar Saran Singh Deo, died sp unmarried.
  - Maharaj Shri Umeshwar Saran Singh Deo, born 10^th March 1942, married March 1978 in Indore, Rani Nirmala Kumari Sahiba, daughter of HH Maharana Sahib Devi Singhji of Barwani, and his wife, HH Maharani Dilhar Kumari, and has issue, two children.
    - Rajkumari Ambika Kumari
    - Rajkumar Vindeshwar Saran Singh Deo
  - Maharaj Shri Someshwar Saran Singh Deo, born 2^nd July 1947, married 25^th February 1984 in Patna, Rani Manju Singh, and has issue.
    - Rajkumari Abha Kumari, engaged 8^th June 2010 in Jaipur, to Kanwar Manav Singh of Chamba.
    - Rajkumari Vijeshwari Kumari
  - Rajkumari Lata Kumari, married to Kunwar Udai Pratap Singh of Kesath Darbar, and has issue, one child.
    - Dr. Ravi Vikram Singh
      - Kunwar Vaibhav Vikram Singh
  - Rajkumari Prabha Kumari, married Maharaj Mahipendra Singh of Ajaigarh, and has issue, one child.
  - Rajkumari Jyoti Kumari, married Thakur Shri Shailendra Kumar Singh of Pachon, U.P., and had issue, two children.
    - Kunwar Nripendra Singh, married Kunwarani Kamakshi, daughter ofLt. Col. Mandaleshwar Shriman Lal Pushp Mitr Singh Deo, Zamindar of Jorasingha, Patna in Orissa, and his wife, Rani Meenakshi Devi, and has issue.
      - Bhanwar Saamanyu Pratap Singh
    - Kumari Shruti Singh, married Shri Debajeet.
- Thakorani Manishwari Devi (by 1^st marriage), married Thakore Saheb Surendrasinhji Karansinhji of Sayla, and had issue.
- Raja Chandra Chur Prasad Singh Deo (by 2^nd marriage), adopted into Udaipur in Madhya Pradesh in 1927.
- Rajkumari Prem Lata Devi (by 2^nd marriage), married Thakore Sahib Pravinsinhji Gambhirsinhji of Wallabhipur/Vala, and has issue.
Maharaja AMBIKESHWAR SARAN SINGH Deo, 116^th Maharaja of Surguja 1965/1966, born 15^th December 1910, married 1^stly, married 2^ndly, Maharani Krishna Kumari, daughter of HH Raja Ram Singhji of Sitamau, and had issue, six children. He died December 1966.
- Rajkumari Chandra Kiran Kumari, married Maharaja Saheb Shri Shri Shri Ramachandra Gajapathi Narayana Deo of Parla-Khimedi in Orissa, and has issue.
- Maharaja Madaneshwar Singh Deo (qv)
- Rajkumar Kameshwar Saran Singh Deo, died aged 14 years.
- Rajkumari Shashi Kiran Kumari (by Maharani Krishna Kumari) [Rani Shashi Kiran Kumari Sahiba of Dhampur], married Maharaj Virendra Singh of Dhampur, and has issue (see Sailana).
- Rajkumari Hemlata Kumari, married Raja Saheb Uday Pratap Singh of Bhiti, and has issue, three children.
  - Rajkumari Rajshree Singh, married Shri Deepak Agrawal, and has issue, one daughter.
  - Yuvraj Saheb Chandra Pratap Singh, married Yuvrani Sahib Radhika Singh of Dhooni, and has issue, two children.
- Maharajkumar Jagdeshwar Saran Singh Deo, married Kurani Saheb Rajshree Singh Deo, daughter of the late Thakur Saheb Shashi Bhushan Singh of Manegaon, Narsinghpur, M.P., and has issue, two children.
  - Rajkumar Vishweshwar Saran Singh Deo
  - Rajkumari Gitanjali Kumari, married March 2008, Rajkumar Suryavir Singh of Idar.
Maharaja MADANESHWAR SINGH Deo, 117^th Maharaja of Surguja 1966/2001, born 2^nd June 1930, Ex-Chief Secretary of the Government of Madhya Pradesh, married 1^stly, a Princess of Rajkot, died sp, married 2^ndly, 21^st April 1948 at Woodville Palace, Maharani Devendra Kumari (died on 10^th February 2020), Minister in the Government of Madhya Pradesh, daughter of Raja Rana Digvijay Chand of Jubbal, and his wife, Rani Hemant Kanwar; and had issue, five children. He died 2001.
- Rajkumari Mohini Kumari, born 6^th September 1949, married on 11^th Dec 1976 to Shri Jaya Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and has issue, two children.
  - Saurabh Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana
  - Nikhil Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Maharaja Tribhuvaneshwar Saran Singh Deo (qv)
- Rajkumari Asha Kumari, born 23^rd September 1955, B.A., President's Medal awardee for girl guides; General Secretary, M.L.B. Girls College, Bhopal, 1975/1977; represented M.L.B. Girls College as University representative to Bhopal University; 1977/1978; Elected President NSUI, Bhopal University, 1978/1979; Regional Director, INTACH, 1990/1991. Elected to State Legislative Assembly in 1985, 1993, 1998 & 2003. Remained Minister of State for Primary Education 1995-1998; Education Minister from 2003-2005. Also Panel of Chairman of H.P. Vidhan Sabha and Chairman of various House Committees. Currently elected Congress MLA from Dalhousie Assembly segment; and appointed Chairman, Public Undertakings Committee. State convenor of INTACH. Interests include, reading (especially books on psychology), cooking, music ande sports. Received Best Parliamentary Award for outstanding attendance in the meetings of the House Committees during 1994/1995 by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, Shimla; married 19^th April 1979, Rajkumar Brijendra Singhji of Chamba, and has issue, one daughter.
- Rajkumari Manjushree Kumari, born 23^rd December 1959, married on 17^th April 1983 to Ashok Kumar Anand (born 28^th May 1952), and has issues, one son and a daughter.
  - Rudra Kumar Anand, born 11^th February 1984, studied in Scindia School Gwalior and further he did his Audio Engineering from Toronto Canada with distinction. Married on 5^th December 2016 to Priya Tandon.
  - Chiteshwari Anand, born 14^th August 1987, studied in Mayo Girls School Ajmer, graduation from Hindu College Delhi and Masters degree from Melbourne Australia.
- Rajkumar Aruneshwar Saran Singh Deo, born 6^th September 1963, Ex Chairman/Sc Vice Chairman Awas Sangh, Madhya Pradesh. Currently Chairman Bhopal Divisional Cricket Association and President Bhopal District Rifle Club. Lifetime Trustee, Rajkumar College Raipur and Chairman The Mayoor School, Bhopal. Patron to various Sports bodies presently. Married in 1988 to Kunrani Sapna Singh Deo (Mother), daughter of Late Ayodhyanath Seth, Bussiness man in Bhopal and Mrs. Asha Seth. She is the owner to the World Of Cottons, GoodHomes and Worship, all based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. They have issues, a son and a daughter.
  - Yuvraj Aadityeshwar Saran Singh Deo, Masters of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering - Product Design from the University of California, Berkley and Bachelors of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering. Worked as Mechanical Design Engineer at Schlumberger, Houston, Texas. Rreturned from America in March 2016, and joined the Congress Party in January 2020 and won the Jilapanchayat Elections from Surguja District in Chhattisgarh with a record breaking 87% vote lead and has started his political journey. Married to Trishala Singh Deo daughter of Shri Mahendra Singh Sisodia, ex MLA and currently (2020) the Labour Minister in the Madhya Pradesh Government with Congress Party winning the 2019 state elections in the state, Chairman Co-operative Bank and Shiva Raje Sisodia, daughter of Late Raja Ragvendra Singh Judev Bundela of Khaniyadhana.
  - Rajkumari Aishwarya Kumari Singh Deo, schooling from The Sanskaar Valley School, Bhopal, further Bachelors of Arts in International Politics from Kings College London along side certificate degrees in Journalism and International Law from the University of Oxford, Interior Design from the University of Arts London and International Journalism and Society from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Since 2011 has been the Founder and President of Ashray, an NGO working for the welfare of Stray Animals in Bhopal.
Maharaja TRIBHUVANESHWAR SARAN SINGH Deo, 118^th Maharaja of Surguja (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

Lal Vikramaditya Pratap Singh Deo of Lakhanpur, married Lal Saheba Pratima Singh, and has issue.
- Kumar Virendra Singh Deo, born 22^nd July 1988 in Ambikapur, Surguja.