Narsinghgarh State

The Kingdom of Narsinghgarh or later Narsinghgarh State was a kingdom and later a princely state in subsidiary alliance with British India. It was ruled by Umath branch of the Parmar Rajputs.

It formed an enclave within Rajgarh State and was placed administratively under the Bhopal Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 1920 km2 and had a population of 92,093 and an average revenue of Rs.5,00,000 in 1901.

The state capital was the town of the same name, Narsinghgarh.

History


The State of Narsinghgarh was carved out of the state of Rajgarh State by Paras Ramji, the younger brother of the then Ruler of Rajgarh, Rawat Mohan Singhji in 1681.

During the 18th century, the state was a feudatory to the Holkar rulers of Indore State, but in 1872 Narsinghgarh was recognized as a princely state by British India.

After Indian independence in 1947, the rulers of Narsingarh acceded to the Union of India, and the principality was incorporated into the new state of Madhya Bharat in 1948, which subsequently became Madhya Pradesh state on 1 November 1956.

List of Rulers
The rulers of Narsinghgarh State were styled 'Raja', and were entitled to an 11-gun salute.

Rajas

 * Rawat Paras Ramji (1681–95)
 * Rawat Dalel Singhji (1695)
 * Rawat Moti Singhji (1695–1751)
 * Rawat Khuman Singhji (1751–66)
 * Rawat Achal Singhji (1766–95)
 * Rawat Sobhagh Singhji (1795–1827)
 * 1872 - Mar 1873           Hanwant Singh                      (d. 1873)
 * 1873 - Apr 1890           Pratap Singh                       (d. 1890)
 * 28 Jun 1890 - 1896        Mahtab Singh                       (b. 1889 - d. 1896)
 * 1896 - 22 Apr 1924        Arjun Singh                        (b. 1887 - d. 1924) (from 3 Jun 1916, Sir Arjun Singh)
 * 23 Apr 1924 – 15 Aug 1947 Vikram Singh                       (b. 1909 - d. 1957) (from 1 Jan 1941, Sir Vikram Singh)