Information

Dynasty

Parihar

State

Madhya Pradesh

Agency

Central India Agency

Accession

1st January 1950

Revenue

INR 30,000

Villages

31

Area

189 km 2

Population

14,592 (1901)

Privy Purse

INR 28,150

Hindi Name

अलीपुरा

Also known as

Ali Pura

Present Head

Rao Bahadur Raja MANVENDRA SINGH Judeo, 11th and present Raja Saheb of Alipura, born , he belongs to the Parihar clan of Agnikula Rajputs; he is active in Madhya Pradesh politics and has been elected on a number of occasions to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly and was for one term a Minister in the Madhya Pradesh Government. He has converted Alipura Palace into a beautiful Heritage site , married 23rd January 1976, Rani Brijraj Kumari, daughter of the Rao Saheb of Kundla, and has issue, one son.
  • Yuvraj Kamakhya Pratap Singh, born .

History

The state was founded in 1757 by the descendants of Raja Jhujhar Singh, second son of Parihar Raja Mahipaksha Deo of Gwalior in the 13th century. The old title of the family was Sawai Rao, but Rao alone was used until 1877, when the additional title of Bahadur was granted as a personal distinction at the Delhi Imperial Assemblage, on the occasion of the Proclamation of Her Majesty as Empress of India. In 1893, the Rao Bahadur maintained a military force of 6 cavalry, 277 infantry, and 3 guns.

Genealogy

  • Rao ACHAL SINGH, 1st Rao of Alipura 1757/1790, son of Rao Mukund Singh, a Sardar of Panna, he received a grant of lands from Raja Aman Singh of Panna in 1757 and was the founder of Alipura; married and and issue. He died .
    • Rao Pratap Singh
    • Kunwar Kishor Singh, married and had issue.
      • Kunwar Jagatraj Singh, married and had issue.
        • Kunwar Bakhat Singh
  • Rao PRATAP SINGH, 2nd Rao of Alipura 1790/1835, confirmed in his lands by Nawab Ali Bahadur of Banda, whereupon the state was named Alipura after the Nawab, he was granted a sanad by the British authorities in 1808, married and had issue, four sons.
    • Rao Pancham Singh
    • Kunwar Trilok Singh, married and had issue.
      • Kunwar Achal Singh
      • Kunwar Majbut Singh
    • Kunwar Jawahar Singh
  • Rao PANCHAM SINGH, 3rd Rao of Alipura 1835/1840, he divided the State amongst his brothers in 1835; married and had issue.
    • Rao Daulat Singh
  • Rao DAULAT SINGH, 4th Rao of Alipura 1840/1841, he ruled for one year, two months and four days; married and had issue.
    • Rao Hindupat Singh
  • Rao HINDUPAT SINGH, 5th Rao of Alipura 1841/1871, he was rewarded with a khilat worth 5,000Rs for his loyalty during the Mutiny, a sanad of adoption was granted him in 1862, he adopted Kunwar Chhatrapati Singh as his successor, married and adoptive issue. He died sp in 1871.
    • (A) Rao Bahadur Raja Chhatrapati Singh
  • Rao Bahadur Raja CHHATRAPATI SINGH C.S.I., 6th Raja of Alipura 1871/1922 , born , he succeeded to the Raj on 3rd November 1871, Rao Bahadur [cr.1877], Raja [cr.1903] , C.S.I. [cr. 15.2.1887]; married and had issue, one son and two daughters. He died .
    • Rao Bahadur Raja Harpal Singh (qv)
    • Rajkumari (name unknown) [Rani Sahiba of Kama], married Raja Pratap Singhji of Kama.
    • Rajkumari Rajyashree Devi [Thakurani Sahiba of Geejgarh], born , married 1916, Thakur Saheb Khushal Singh of Geejgarh.
  • Rao Bahadur Raja HARPAL SINGH, 7th Raja of Alipura 1922/1934, born , succeeded 26th March 1922; Regent of Alipura 1919/1922, he was granted the title of Rao in 1923, and the title of Raja in 1931 as a personal distinction; married a daughter of Tomar Thakur Saheb of Porawas in Dist. Morena, M.P., and had issue, four sons and one daughter. He died in .
    • Rao Bahadur Raja Bhopal Singh Ju Deo
    • Rao Bahadur Raja Raghuraj Singh Ju Deo
    • Rajkumar Veerendra Singh, born .
    • Rajkumari Vindeshwari Devi, married 1924 (as his first wife), Raja Hemendra Sen of Keonthal, and had issue.
    • Rajkumar Shiv Raj Singh, born , married Rajkumarani Savitri Devi, daughter of the Raja Saheb of Kurwar, Sultanpur, Oudh, and had issue. He died .
      • Kumari Pushpa Kumari, married Lal Umesh Prasad Singh Deo of Lakhanpur (see Surguja), and has issue.
        • Kumari Roop Rani Singh, married Kunwar Ragnender Singh, Phoolwari Darbar, and has issue, two sons.
        • Kumari Madhu Singh, married Kunwar Jayant Narayan Singh Deo (Nua Pucca II) of Seraikella, and has issue, one daugher and one son.
        • Kumar Rajesh Kumar Singh Deo, married 6th May 1992, Kumari Kum Kum Singh of Majhauli, and has issue, one daughter and one son.
        • Kumar Rajeev Singh Deo, married Kumari Sangeeta Singh Deo of Bolangir (see Patna), and has issue, one son.
        • Kumari Abha Singh Deo, married Dharmendra Singh Deo of Salur, and has issue, two sons.
      • Kumari Tara Singh Deo, married Lal Ashok Kumar Singh Deo of Umroli, and has issue, two sons.
        • Dinesh Singh Deo, married Abha Singh Deo of Gauria, and has issue, one daughter.
        • Sanjay Kumar Singh Deo, married Rachna Singh Deo.
      • Kunwar Praveen Kumar Singh, born , married 9th July 1970, Kunwarani Rajlakshmi Kumari of Lodhika, and has issue.
        • Kumari Heena Singh, born , married 2nd December 1996, Sanjay Singh.
        • Kumari Madhuri Singh, born , married Pradeep Singh Rana, and has issue, one son.
        • Brij Raj Singh, born .
      • Kumari Rani Singh, married 26th February 1957, Rajendra Singh Ghalot of Ganlthni, Aligarh, and has issue.
        • Rajesh Ghalot, married Tanuja Ghalot, and has issue, one daughter.
        • Ruchi Singh Ghalot, married Survir Singh, and has issue, one son.
      • Kunwar Kiran Pratap Singh, born , married 15th June 1986, Kunwarani Mamta Singh of Majhauli, and has issue, one daughter.
        • Kumari (name unknown), born .
      • Kunwar Lokesh Bhushan Singh, born , married 22nd June 1986, Kumari Sangeeta Kumari, born , daughter of Kanwar Jagdish Singh of Sirmur.
  • Rao Bahadur Raja BHOPAL SINGH Ju Deo, 8th Raja of Alipura in 1934
  • Rao Bahadur Raja RAGHURAJ SINGH Ju Deo, 9th Raja of Alipura 1934/1987, born ; succeeded to the gaddi in 1934; he was granted the title of Raja as a personal distinction on 11th July 1946; married 1921, Rani Vijay Kumari of Barakhera, and had issue. He died .
    • Rao Bahadur Raja Yadvendra Singh Judeo
    • Rajkumar Gajendra Singh [Vidurji], born ; married 30th November 1953, Maharajkumari Nalini Kumari, born , daughter of HH Maharaja Rajendra Prakash Bahadur of Sirmur, and had issue, three sons and two daughters. He died .
  • Rao Bahadur Raja YADVENDRA SINGH Judeo, 10th Raja of Alipura 1987/1990, born ; married 1943, Rani Chandraprabha, daughter of Hon. Lt. Maharaja Mahendra Maan Singhji of Bhadawar, by his second wife, the daughter of Raja Udit Narayan Singh of Tirwa, and had issue. He died .
    • Rao Bahadur Raja Manvendra Singh Judeo (qv)
    • Rajkumari Bhubaneshwari Devi, born , married 2nd June 1971, Maharaj Dileep Singh Rathore of Jobat, and has issue, two daughters.
      • Kumar Rani Chandrika Kumari, married Kumar Saheb Harsh Vardhan Singh Deo of Dhenkanal, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
        • Kumar Som Kirti Singh Deo, studying at Ooty.
        • Kumari Nilambika Kumari
      • Rani Himantika Kumari Devi, married to Raja Braj Keshari Deb of Aul, and has issue, three daughters.
        • Rajkumari Padmakshi Devi (twin)
        • Rajkumari Ambujakshi Devi (twin)
        • Rajkumari Kamakshi Devi
    • Rajkumari Lokeshwari Devi, born ; married 20th April 1980, Maharajkumar Dipta Bhanu Singh Deo of Seraikella, born , an accomplished sportsman, he was educated at Raj Kumar College, Raipur, Chattisgarh and graduated from North Bengal University at (North Point) St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling; and has issue, two sons.
      • Kumar Saheb Bheem Vikram Singh Deo
      • Kumar Saheb Tribikram Singh Deo
    • Rajkumar Surendra Singh Ju Deo, born , died unmarried 14th May 1982.
    • Rajkumari Shaileshwari Kumari, born ; married 7th December 1983, Raj Kumar Digvijay Singh, born , younger son of Rana Ragunath Singh of Kotkhai, and his second wife, Rani Basantika Devi, and has issue, one son.
      • Kumar Suryaveer Singh, born .
    • Rajkumari Geeteswari Kumari, born , married 31st August 1979, Kunwar Ran Vijay Singh, son of Thakur Saheb Rohetgarh (Jodhpur), and has issue, one daughter and one son.
      • Kumari Radhika Singh, born .
      • Kunwar Surya Vijay Singh, born .
  • Rao Bahadur Raja MANVENDRA SINGH Judeo, 11th Raja of Alipura (see above)