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{{Short description |Indian princely state}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
| native_name =
| conventional_long_name = Raghogarh State Raghugarh / Khichiwara
| common_name = Raghogarh
| nation = [[British India]] (1818–1947)
| subdivision = [[Vassal]] [[State (polity)|State]] of [[Mughal Empire]] (1673–1780) Vassal State of [[Maratha Confederacy]] (1780–1818) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/the-great-maratha-mahadji-scindia | title=The Great Maratha Mahadji Scindia | date=10 January 1994 }}</ref> [[Princely State]] of
| capital = [[Raghogarh-Vijaypur|Raghogarh]]
| era =
| year_start = 1673
| date_start =
| event_start =
| year_end = 1947
| date_end =
| event_end = [[Independence of India]]
| event1 =
| date_event1 =
| p1 =
| s1 = India
| flag_p1 =
| flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
| image_flag =
| image_coat =
| image_map = Tonk-map.jpg
| image_map_caption = Raghogarh State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
| stat_area1 = 109
| stat_year1 = 1901
| stat_pop1 = 19,446
| today = [[Guna district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]
| footnotes =
| title_leader = [[Raja]]
| leader1 = Lal Singh {{small|(first)}}
| year_leader1 = 1673–1697
| leader2 = Balabhadra Singh II {{small|(last)}}
| year_leader2 = 1945–1947
}}
'''Raghogarh State''' or '''Raghugarh''' and '''Khichiwara''', was a non-salute [[princely state]] of the [[Gwalior Residency]],<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Gwalior Residency |volume=12}}</ref> 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 (Madhya Pradesh)|Parbati River]] marked the western border of the state.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Räewind |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_040.gif |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216052855/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_040.gif |archive-date=February 16, 2008 |publisher=[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] |page=34 |via=Digital South Asia Library |volume=21}}</ref> The capital was at [[Raghogarh-Vijaypur|Raghogarh]] in the present-day [[Guna district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name=":0" />

==History==
Raghogarh State was established in 1673 by Lal Singh Khichi, a [[Rajput]] of the [[Chauhan Dynasty|Khichi]] [[Chauhan clan]]. The founder of [[Delhi]], [[Prithviraj Chauhan]], also belonged to this clan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Khichi Chauhan – Rajput Samaj Of UK |url=https://www.rajputsamaj.co.uk/history-of-khichi-chauhan/ |access-date=2025-04-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> The state took its name from the fort of Raghogarh, founded in 1673 by Raja Lal Singh in 1677.{{cn|date=October 2025}} 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 Raj|British authorities]].<ref name=":0" />[[File:Raja Dhiraj Singh of Raghogarh (6125101254).jpg|thumb|270px|Raja Dhiraj Singh of Raghogarh (1697/1726)]]
===Rulers===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Name
! Notes
! Reign began
! Reign ended
|-
! 1
|Raja Lal Singh
|founder of the state
| 1673
| 1697
|-
!2
|Raja [[Dhiraj Singh (Khichi)|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raghogarh (Thikana) |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/r/raghogarh.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117124033/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/r/raghogarh.html |archive-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref> The rulers used the title of ''[[Raja]]''.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
*[[Madhya Pradesh]]
*[[Political integration of India]]
*[[Dhiraj Singh (Khichi)]]
*[[Champavati Fort]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{commonscat-inline}}
*[http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/raghogarh Raghogarh State] — Indian Rajputs
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[[Category:Guna district]]
[[Category:Rajput history]]
[[Category:Princely states of Madhya Pradesh]]

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