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PRESENT RULER: Rao RAN BAHADUR SINGH, 27th Rao of Churhat.
married Rani Krishna Kumari, daughter of HH Raja DALIP SINGH of Jhabua, and his wife, Rani Gopal Kumari, and has issue.

* Rajkumari Subhadra Kumari (+), born 13th January 1948, married into Achrol, and has issue.
o Anand Singh
o Abhay Singh
* Yuvaraj Krishna Kumar Singh, married Yuvrani Durga Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of Shri Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and has issue.
o Rajkumar Anant Vijay Singh [Dhruv Singh], married 28th February/1st March 2009 in Bhopal, Maharajkumari Shree Manjari Devi, daughter of HH Maharaja Shri UDIT PRATAP DEO of Kalahandi, and his wife, HH Maharani Padma Manjari Devi, daughter of HH Maharaja Shri PRADEEP CHANDRA BHANJ DEO of Mayurbhanj.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Rulers were....

* Raja SHIV BAHADUR SINGH, born 1894, 26th Rao of Churhat, granted the title of Raja as a personal distinction, married 1stly, married 2ndly, married 3rdly, Rani Mohini Devi, and had issue, 4 sons and 5 daughters.
o Rani Laxmi Devi (by 1st wife), married the Raja Ramendra Vikram Singh of Athadma in Uttar Pradesh, and had issue, one son.
o Rani Sushila Kumari (by 1st wife), married the Raja Sahib of Chaugain in Bihar, and had issue, 3 sons and 1 daughter.
+ Rajkumari Sahiba Asha Kumari, married Kunwar Sahib Jay Sinhji of Sitamau, and has issue.
o Rani Shanta Devi (by 3rd wife), married Rao Saheb INDRA PAL SIINGH of Pachon in Aligarh District, Uttar Pradesh, and had issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters.
o Rao RAN BAHADUR SINGH (by 1st wife) (qv)

# Rajkumar Arjun Singh (by 3rd wife), born 5th November 1930 in Churhat, Distt. Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh; Educated at Allahabad University and Agra University (B.A., LL.B.); Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1957/1985; Minister of State for Agriculture, and General Administration Department (GAD) and Information and Public Relations in the Government of Madhya Pradesh 1963/1967; Minister of Planning and Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh 1967; Minister of Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh 1972/1977; Leader of Opposition, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1977/1980; Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh 1980/1985; Governor of Punjab in 1985; Minister of Commerce in the Government of India 1985/1986; Member of the Eighth Lok Sabha 1985/1988; Minister of Communications, Government of India 1986/1988; Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1988/1991; Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh 1988/1989; Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India 1991/1994; Member of the Tenth Lok Sabha 1991/1996; Elected to Rajya Sabha in April 2000; Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs 2000/-; Member of the Committee on Rules 2001/-; Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development 2002/-; Member of the General Purposes Committee 2002/-; married 2nd June 1948, Rajkumar Rani Saroj Kumari of Pratapgarh (M.P.), born 25th July 1935, and has issue.

* Kunwar Abhimanyu Singh, born 15th January 1950, married 22nd January 1976, Kunwarani Veena Kumari, born 25th July 1954, daughter of Maharaj Dilipsinhji Godji of Kutch, and has issue.
o Bhanwar Abhijeet Singh, born 19th July 1978, married 19th February 2006, Bhanwarani Priyanka Singh, daughter of Raja MADHVENDRA SINGH of Narauli, Moradabad Dist.
o Baiji Lal Aradhana Kumari, born 15th January 1985.
* Thakurani Veena Kumari, born 9th September 1952, married Thakur Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh of Singhrauli, Sidhi District (M.P.), and has issue.
o Kunwar Aishwarya Singh, born 1974, married 22nd/23rd February 2007 at New Delhi, Devyani Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of Shri Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and his wife Rani Usharaje Scindia.
o Baiji Lal Amritha Kumari
* Kunwar Ajay Singh [Rahul Singh], born 13th September 1954, married 1981, Kunwarani Suniti Singh of Gumanpura, and has issue.
o Bhanwar Arundodya Singh, born 1983.
o Baiji Lal Akriti Kumari, born August 1985.
o Baiji Lal Ambika Kumari, born 1988.

# Rajkumar Dr. Sajjan Singh (by 3rd wife), born 1932, educated in the U.S.A., married and has issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters.

* Kunwar Dr. Vijay Singh, married and has issue.
o Baiji Lal Malini Kumari
o Baiji Lal Bhavna Kumari
* Kunwar Amar Singh, married and has issue.
o Bhanwar Udayan Singh
o Baiji Lal Anushree Kumari
* Thakurani Sandhya Kumari, married Thakur Ajai Singh of Pokhran, and has issue, 1 daughter.
o Baisa Darshika Kumari, born 6th October 1983.
* Baiji Lal Madhu Kumari, married and has issue, 1 son.
o Raunak Singh

# Rajkumari Usha Kumari (+) (by 3rd wife), married and had issue, 1 son and 2 daughters.
# Rajkumar Ganga Singh (+) (by 3rd wife), married and had issue, 1 son and 2 daughters.

* Baiji Lal Vandana Kumari
* Baiji Lal Manju Kumari
* Kunwar Sanjay Singh

# Rajkumari Padma Kumari, married Uday Pratap Singh (+), and has issue, 1 son and 1 daughter.

After Sometime it is used By the MOdel Scholl Churhat but in 1985 it was shifted to own priemisis