Datia Princely State of Madhya Pradesh : 

Datia is the district headquarters of the Datia District in north central Madhya Pradesh, a state of Central India. It is an ancient town, mentioned in the Mahabharata ruled by King 'Dantavakra'. It was formerly the seat of the eponymous princely state in the British Raj. Datia is situated near Gwalior and on the border with Uttar Pradesh (U.P.).

History :

The state was founded in 1549. Rao Bhagwan Rao, 1st Rao of Datia and Baroni 1626/1656, received Datia and Baroni from his father, Raja Bir Singh Deo of Orchha in 1626, and established his own state. After he died in 1676, the state came under British control with other territories in Bundelkhand under the Treaty of Bassein in 1802. The treaty was formed with the Peshwa. The ancient title of the ruling family was Maharaja Rao Raja, but in 1865 the British Government recognized only the title of Maharaja as hereditary. For the British, the Peshwa maintained a military force consisting of 945 cavalry, 5203 infantry, and 3 million guns.

The motto of the royal family was Wir dalap Sharandah ("Lord of the Brave Army, Giver of Refuge"). In 1896–97, the state suffered from famine, and again to a lesser extent in 1899–1900. After India's independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Datia acceded the dominion of India, which later merged with the Union of India. Datia, together with the rest of the Bundelkhand agency, became part of the new state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1950. In 1956, the Vindhya Pradesh state was merged with certain other areas to form the state of Madhya Pradesh within the Union of India.

Genealogy :

Rao Bhagwan Rao :1st Rao of Datia and Baroni 1626/1656, received Datia and Baroni from his father (Raja Bir Singh Deo of Orchha) in 1626 and established his own state. He died in1656.

Raja Parichhat Singh : 7th Raja of Datia 1801/1839, he allied himself with the British throughout the subsequent wars with the Mahrattas; and was rewarded in 1817, on the deposition of the Peshwa, by a new treaty and enlarged territories, later he was granted the title of Raja in the 1820's., married and had adoptive issue. He died in 1839.

Raja Bijai Singh Bahadur : 8th Raja of Datia 1839/1857, born 1826, married 1sty, Senior Rani, died 1858, married 2ndly, Junior Rani, and had illegitimate issue as well as adoptive issue. He died in 1857.

Kunwar Arjun Singh :  favoured for adoption as successor by the Junior Rani, he briefly contested the succession after his father's death.
(A) HH Maharaja Lokendra Sir Bhawani Singh Bahadur 

 Maharaja Lokendra Sir Bhawani Singh Bahadur :  9th Maharaja of Datia 1857/1907, born 13th August 1846 (1854 ), he succeeded by adoption on 20th November 1857, he belonged to the Bhasnai branch of the Orchha Royal Family, descended from Kunwar Har Singh Deo, brother of Raja Bir Singh Deo of Orchha, the title of Maharaja was recognized as hereditary in 1865, and on 1st January 1877, at the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi, in honour of the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of India, the additional title of Lokendra was granted, he enjoyed a personal gun salute of 19 which was granted in 1906, married and had issue, one son. He died in 4th August 1907.

Hon. Lt.-Col. Maharaja Lokendra Sir Govind Singh Ju Dev Bahadur : 10th Maharaja of Datia 1907/1951, born in 1886, Vice President of the St John Ambulance Association and Patron of the Red Cross Society, married 1stly, 1902, a daughter of the Dhandera Jagirdar of Manpura in Gwalior, she died before 1935, married 2ndly, a daughter of Thakore Sahib of Sayla, married 3rdly, a daughter of the Thakur of Suara in Datia, and had issue. He died in 1951.

Maharajkumar Ghanshyam Singh : Former Member of the Legislative Assembly in Madhya Pradesh, President of the Datia District Congress Committee, married and has issue.

Rajkumari Ksheerja Kumari [Rani Ksheerja Kumari of Baghal] : married  in January 2008, Rajkumar Harvashvardhan Singh [now Raja Harvashvardhan Singh of Baghal], son of Tikka Pramod Singh of Baghal, and his wife, Tikka Rani Poornima Devi, and has issue, one daughter.