Monarchy of Rajyaghar

Maharaja of Rajyaghar
Incumbent
Incumbent since April 10th 1984
Details
Style	His Majesty
Heir apparent	Shivaji, Prince of Sanyukt
First monarch	Krishan III
Formation	1935
Residence	Royal Palace of Kinadica, Sanyukt Fort
Appointer	Hereditary

The Monarchy of the Kingdom of Rajyaghar, commonly referred to as the Rajyani Monarchy, is the constitutional monarchy of the Kingdom of Rajyaghar. The current monarch is Maharaja Krishan VII, who ascended the throne in 1984. The heir apparent to the throne, styled as the Prince of Sanyukt, is Prince Shivaji who assumed this position upon the ascension of his father Krishan III to the throne.

The Maharaja, or Maharani when the sovereign is female, is aided in their ceremonial and diplomatic duties by their immediate family. The Maharaja is also the head of the armed forces as the Commander in Chief as well as the Government. However, the executive functions of the Government are carried out by the Prime Minister and their Cabinet who are all appointed by the Maharaja following the procedures laid out in the constitution. As a result, the Armed Forces are formally called "His Majesty's Armed Forces" and the Government is "His Majesty's Government".

The Monarchy of Rajyaghar is considered to be one of the oldest monarchies in the world with the origins of the Rajyani Monarchy date back to 430 CE when the Rajana Dynasty was founded. When Kismat was looted by the Mirza Sultante in 800 CE, the only surviving member of the Rajana Dynasty was Prince Prashant, aged 7, who was evacuated from the city by one of the Rajana Generals; Sunder Sirasikar. Sirasikar would flee with the young Prince to Kinadica where he would lead what remained of the Rajana Dynasty's forces on behalf of the young Prince. In 1815, after trying to unify the splintering Rajana Dynasty, the now King Prashant created the Sanyukti Confederacy to rule over the territories he could control whilst the rest of the Dynasty was split by its warring generals. The Rajana Royal Family survived through King Prashant and his successors in the Sanyukti Confederacy for over a thousand years as it transformed into the Sanyukti Empire. When, the Sanyukti Empire fell to XX in the 1840s, the Rajana Royal Family continued on as Princes of the Colonial State of Sanyukt within the XX Colony of the Rajyani Territories until in the 1940s, the Sanyukti Princes were called on by Rajyani leaders to lead the newly independent Rajyaghar as Maharajas.

In modern Rajyaghar, the Monarchy plays an important functional role in the government and armed forces, as set out by the Constitution as well as through convention, precedent and tradition. The Monarchy also plays an important role in the tulyatan faith in Rajyaghar, despite the faith being considered an 'unorganised religion'. The Maharaja is tasked with appointing, at their discretion, the High Priest of Bishnupur who is the most senior tulyatan priest in the country.

History

Rulers of the Sanyukti Confederacy and Empire

The rulers of the Sanyukti Confederacy were called Maharajas. The later rulers of the Sanyukti Empire were called Chhatrapatis.

Name	Portrait	Life span	Reign start	Reign end	Length of Reign	Official Titles
Karan III		18th January 1801 - 4th June 1873 (Aged 72)	17th June 1828	1st October 18401	12 years	His Imperial Majesty, Shivaji III, Chhatrapati of Rajyaghar Lord Protector of Bishnupur

1 = Became Prince of the Princely State of Sanyukt following the signing of a treaty of suzerainty with XX

Princes of the Princely State of Sanyukt

The Sanyukti Empire was a Colonial Princely State under a Treaty of Suzerainty with XX.

Name	Portrait	Life span	Reign start	Reign end	Length of Reign	Official Titles
Karan III		18th January 1801 - 4th June 1873 (Aged 72)	1st October 1840	4th June 1873	33 years	His Highness, Prince Shivaji III of the State of Rajyaghar Lord Protector of Bishnupur
Krishan V		15th August 1837 - 17th May 1912 (Aged 75)	4th June 1873	17th May 1912	38 years	His Highness, Prince Krishan V of the State of Rajyaghar Lord Protector of Bishnupur
Krishan VI		3rd November 1877 - 7th September 1963 (Aged 86)	17th May 1912	21st July 19351	23 years	His Highness, Prince Krishan V of the State of Rajyaghar Lord Protector of Bishnupur "Krishan the Great"'*

* = Title given posthumously
1 = Ascended the newly independent throne of the Kingdom of Rajyaghar

Maharajas of the Kingdom of Rajyaghar

Name	Portrait	Life span	Reign start	Reign end	Length of Reign	Official Titles
Krishan VI		3rd November 1877 - 7th September 1963 (Aged 86)	21st July 1935	7th September 1963	28 years	His Majesty, Krishan III, Maharaja of Rajyaghar Governor of the Zulmat Sultanate Lord Protector of Bishnupur "Krishan the Great"*
Shakti III		28th January 1906 - 10th April 1984 (Aged 78)	7th September 1963	10th April 1984	20 years	Her Majesty, Shakti III, Maharani of Rajyaghar Governor of the Zulmat Sultanate1 Lord Protector of Bishnupur
Krishan VII		17th March 1944 (Age 76)	10th April 1984	Incumbent	36 years	His Majesty, Krishan VII, Maharaja of Rajyaghar Lord Protector of Bishnupur

* = Title given posthumously
1 = Until the annexation of the Zulmat Sultanate into the Kingdom of Rajyaghar