Raghogarh State

Raghogarh State Raghugarh / Khichiwara राघोगढ़ रियासत
Vassal State of Maratha Confederacy (1780 - 1818) [1] Princely State of British India
1673–1947
Raghogarh State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Capital	Raghogarh
Area
• 1901	109 km2 (42 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	19,446
History
• Established	1673
•  Independence of India	1947
Succeeded by India
Today part of	Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, India

Raghogarh State or Raghugarh and Khichiwara, was a non-salute princely state of the Gwalior Residency, ^[2] under the Central India Agency of the British Raj. It was a Thikana state of about 109 km² with a population of 19,446 inhabitants in 1901. The Parbati River marked the western border of the state. ^[3] The capital was at Raghogarh in the present-day Guna district of Madhya Pradesh. ^[3]

History

Raghogarh State was established in 1673 by Lal Singh Khichi, a Rajput of the Khichi Chauhan clan. The founder of Delhi, Prithviraj Chauhan, also belonged to this clan. ^[4] The state took its name from the fort of Raghogarh, founded in 1673 by Raja Lal Singh in 1677. ^[5] Raghogarh's fortune declined due to Maratha attacks led by Mahadaji Shinde which took place around 1780. By 1818, there were disputes regarding succession in Raghogarh, which were settled through the intervention of the British authorities. ^[3]

Raja Dhiraj Singh of Raghogarh (1697/1726)

Rulers

Name		Notes	Reign began	Reign ended
1	Raja Lal Singh	founder of the state	1673	1697
2	Raja Dhiraj Singh		1697	1726
3	Raja Gaj Singh		1726	1729
4	Raja Vikramaditya I		1730	1744
5	Raja Balabhadra Singh I		1744	1770
6	Raja Balwant Singh		1770	1797
7	Raja Jai Singh		1797	1818
8	Raja Ajit Singh		1818	1856
9	Raja Jai Mandal Singh		1856	1900
10	Raja Vikramjit Singh II		1900	1902
11	Raja Bahadur Singh		1902	1945
12	Raja Balabhadra Singh II	last ruler	1945	1967
13	Raja Digvijaya Singh	titular ruler	1967	present

The ruling family were members of the Khichi Chauhan Dynasty of Rajputs. ^[6] The rulers used the title of Raja . ^[3]

See also

• Madhya Pradesh
• Political integration of India
• Dhiraj Singh (Khichi)
• Chachaura Fort

References

1. "The Great Maratha Mahadji Scindia". 10 January 1994.
2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gwalior Residency"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
3. "Räewind". Vol. 21. Imperial Gazetteer of India. p. 34. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008 – via Digital South Asia Library.
4. "History of Khichi Chauhan – Rajput Samaj Of UK" . Retrieved 25 April 2025.
5. Kumar, Jagadeesh. "What-is-the-name-of-the-first-king-of-Raghogarh?". Quora.
6. "Raghogarh (Thikana)". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.

External links

• Media related to Raghogarh State at Wikimedia Commons
• Raghogarh—Indian Rajputs

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