Alirajpur State

Alirajpur State was formerly a princely state of India, administratively under the Bhopawar Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 2165 square kilometres, with a population of 50,185 in 1901 and its capital at Alirajpur. The average revenue of the state was Rs.100,000 in 1901.

History
The early history of the state is not very clear, the founder of the state was either Anand Deo or Ude Deo. The state got its name from the fort of Ali and the capital of Rajpur. The rulers of Alirajpur claim to be Rathore's from the royal family of Jodhpur, however this claim is not accepted by the Maharaja's of Jodhpur. The state came under British rule in 1817. The last ruler of Ali Rajpur was Surendra Singh, who subsequently served as the Ambassador of India to Spain in the 1980s. After Indian independence in 1947, Alirajpur acceded to the Union of India, and the principality was incorporated into the new state of Madhya Bharat, which subsequently became Madhya Pradesh state on 1 November 1956.

The state flag consisted of 12 red and white horizontal stripes. The Raja had a personal flag with five stripes of different colors.

Alirajpur State is the birth place of the Indian revolutionary from the Indian struggle against the British Rule, Chandra Shekhar Azad.

Ranas

 * 1437 - 1440               Anand Deo                          (d. 1440)
 * 1440 - ....               Pratap Deo
 * .... - ....               Chanchal Deo
 * .... - ....               Gugal Deo
 * .... - ....               Bachchharaj Deo
 * .... - ....               Dip Deo
 * .... - ....               Pahad Deo I
 * .... - ....               Udai Deo
 * .... - 1765               Pahad Deo II                       (d. 1765)
 * 1765 - 1818               Pratap Singh I                     (d. 1818)
 * 1818                      Musafir Makrani
 * 1818 - 17 Mar 1862        Jashwant Singh  (usurper)                  (b. 1818 - d. 1862)
 * 1818 - 1839               Musafir Makrani -Manager
 * 1862 - 1869               Gang Deo                           (b. c.1845 - d. 1871)
 * 1869 - 29 Oct 1881        Rup Deo                            (b. 1847 - d. 1881)
 * 1869 - 1873               Muhammad Najaf Khan -Superintendent
 * Shamsuddin Makrani Superintendent of Police alirajpur State
 * 1881 - 16 Aug 1890        Bijai Singh                        (b. 1881 - d. 1890)
 * 16 Aug 1890 – 14 Feb 1891 Interregnum
 * 14 Feb 1891 - 1911        Pratap Singh II                    (b. 1881 - d. af. 1950) (installed Mar 1892)

Rajas

 * 1911 - 1941               Pratap Singh II                    (s.a.) (from 3 Jun 1933, Sir Pratap Singh II)(personal style of Maharaja from 1941)
 * 1941 - 23 Oct 1941        Fateh Singh                        (b. 1904 - d. 1941)
 * 23 Oct 1941 – 15 Aug 1947 Surendra Singh                     (b. 1923 - d. 1996)
 * 23 Oct 1941 – 15 Aug 1947 Sir Pratap Singh -Regent           (s.a.)