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LIVES AND PORTRAITS OF RULING CHIEFS ; NOBLES, TITLED
PERSONAGES, AND
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CORONATION EDITION
1911
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LUCKNOW
NEWUL KISHORE PRESS
WHOS WHO IN INDIA
PART IV
UNITED PROVINCES
( Continued)
Banarji, The Honble Mr. Justice Pramada Charan, B. A., B. L., J.
P., Puisne Judge of the High Court, Allahabad; is a native of
Uttarapara, in Bengal, and was born on the loth of April, 1848.
After receiving his education at the Presidency College, Calcutta,
he graduated in the Calcutta University; he practised for a short
time in the Allahabad High Court as pleader, and then entered the
Judicial Service of the North-West Provinces. He had a
distinguished career in that service and rose to the top in the
short period of eleven years. In 1886 he was appointed Judge of the
Small Cause Court at Allahabad, an appointment till then reserved
for the members of the Indian Civil Service only. In 1893 he was
appointed Additional Judge of Lucknow, and in December of that year
was elevated to the Bench of the High Court of the North-West
Provinces, an office which he still holds. He is a Fellow of the
University of Allahabad, and was thrice elected President of the
Committee of the High Court Legal Practitioners^ Examination and
also of the Council on Law Reporting of the Allahabad High
Court.
Address: Allahabad.
Karamat Husain, The Honble SAiYiD,Barrister-at-Law; Puisne Judge
of the High Court of the North-Western Pror vinces; Fellow of the
Allahabad University ; was born on July 1st, 1852- He traces his
descent from Musa Kazim, the seventh Imam, and his ancestors have
been famous for their
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Part IV
learning and piety. His grandfather, Mufti Saiyid Moham- mad Ali
Khan, entered Government service and was Sadr Ainin in Meerut ; his
father, Saiyid Siraj-uI-Husain, was appointed a Munsiff, and
afterwards was Diwan in one of the Native States. Mr. Justice
Karamat Husain studied Arabic under the tutelage of his uncle, the
late Saiyid Hamid Husain, Shams-ul-Ulma, Mujtahid of Lucknow. On
completing his studies he applied himself to Western languages and
science. He was for some time Mir Munshi to the Political Agent in
Bundelkhand, and also acted as Diwan in the Narsingarh State. He
proceeded to England with the Chief of Baoni, where he finished his
education, being called to the Bar from the Middle Temple in July,
1889. In 1907 he was appointed Honorary and Special Magistrate and
Honorary Munsiff at Allahabad, and on July 21st, 1908, he was
appointed Judge of the High Court. He has written several books in
Arabic and is a man of enlightened views. He is a great supporter
of female education, in the cause of which he has expended a
considerable sum. Address : Allahabad.
Mohammad Rafiq, The Honble Mr., b.a., Barrister-at- Law; Member
of the United Provinces Legislative Council; Second Additional
Judicial Commissioner, Oudh; Fellow of the Allahabad University;
was born on May 29th, 1863 ; joined the service as Judge of the
Court of Small Causes, Lucknow, September ist, 1892; has held the
appointments of Additional Civil Judge, or Judge of the Small Cause
Court, at Lucknow, Fyzabad, Rae Bareli, Gonda, Ghazipur, Azam-
garh, Jaunpur, and Mirzapur, and has been officiating as District
and Sessions Judge since 1898. In October, 1909, Mr. Rafiq was
given the substantive appointment of District and Sessions Judge,
and in 1910 was appointed to officiate as Second Additional
Judicial Commissioner, Oudh; this appointment was made substantive
in November, 191 1. Mr. Rafiq was appointed to the United Provinces
Council in November, 1909. Address: Lucknow.
Part IV
RAJAS
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Muneshwar Bakhsh Singh, Raja, of Mallaivan;hoxn, 1850; succeeded
to the hereditary title, 1864, The Raja was educated at Benares and
Lucknow. He is an Honorary Magistrate of the second class for the
police circles ofTambour in Sitapur and Isanagar in Kheri.
The State comprises fifty-one villages and three fnahals in
Kheri, forty-six villages and six pattis in Sitapur, and the
Ambapur estate of thirty-one villages in Bahraich. The old title
was that of Rao, but that of Raja was recognised as hereditary in
1864.
The Raja of Mallanpur is a Raikwar Rajput, and is descend- ed
from Rao Ratan Singh, a member of the great family of Baundi, in
Bahraich. Ratan Singh appears to have received a grant of five
villages in Sitapur in 1558, and to have obtained the title of Rao
in reward for military service. His descend- ants established
themselves in Mallanpur, and afterwards spread across the Dahavvar
and acquired the whole of the Firozabad estate in Kheri. In the
days of Saadat AH Khan Rao Basti Singh of Mallanpur made large
additions to the property, which in time descended to his thir d
son, Rao Amar Singh. The latter died shortly before the birth of
his infant son, Rao Muneshwar Bakhsh Singh, who still holds the
estate. After the Mutiny the taluka was taken under the Court of
Wards, and was not released till 1870. Address: Mallanpur,
Sitapur.
Kishen Datt Singh, Raja, of Oel;horn, 1861; succeeded to the
hereditary title in 1879. The estate comprises 164 villages in
Kheri and the village of Baransa in Sitapur. The title of Rai was
generally held by the head of the family, but was not officially
recognised till 1849. The title of Raja was recognised as
hereditary in 1877.
The Raja of Oel represents a branch of the Chaulian family of
Kheri, and Is connected with the Houses of Kaimahra and Mahewa. The
estate was originally held by Janvars, who, for many centuries,
were the chief proprietors of the Kheri pargana. The last of this
family was Mahman Singh. He chose as his
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successor Haldeo Singh, who had married his daughter and was a
son of Birsingh Deo, the Chauhan Raja of Muran, in Jaipur. The
descendants of Haldeo Singh continued to hold the pargana of Kheri
till the middle of the eighteenth century, when Raja Aparbal Singh
was driven out by the Gaurs of Katesar and fled with his sons to
Muttra. Subsequently the pargana came into the possession of the
Saiyids of Muhamdi, but after their downfall Aparbal Singh returned
and regained his estate. He was succeeded^by Raja Debi Singh, who
died childless, his property passing to his brother, Anand Singh.
The latter had two sons^ who divided the taliika ^the elder, Raja
Gajraj Singh, taking Kaimahra as his share, the younger, Pitam
Singh, receiving Oel. This occurred about 1780, and soon afterwards
Pitam Singh and his descendants acquired a very large property with
the assistance of the Government officers. In 1823 his son, Bakht
Singh, obtained two hundred and ninety-nine villages in the
Srinagar pargana^ and in 1839 Sabha Singh gained possession of the
old pargana of Karan- pur. The next owner of the estate was Raja
Anrudh Singh, who obtained the recognition of his title from the
King of Oudh in 1849. lived to be under the British Government,
and died in 1879, when he was succeeded by his son, the present
holder of the title.
Address: Oel, Kheri, Oudh.
Bindeshwari Prasad Singh, Raja, of Payagpur ; born, September
23rd, 1890; succeeded to the hereditary title in 1903. The estate
comprises 149 villages and pattis in Bahraich,
and two villages and one patfi in Gonda. The title of Raja was
first conferred by Asaf-ud-Daula, and it was recognised as
hereditary in 1864.
The Raja is a Rajput of the Janvar clan, and claims connec- tion
with the Houses of Balrampur and Ikautia. The estate was founded by
one Prag Sah, who, according to one account, was the grandson of
Man Singh, a younger brother of Chhatar- 3al Singh, of Ikauna. The
family resided in Payagpur for
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RAJAS
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several generations, and the estate remained of small import-
j
ance till the days of Himmat Singh, who in 1788 received a
clearing lease in Nanpara Charda, Dharmanpur, and a portion of the
Nepal Terai, comprising 1,486 villages. Himmat Singh was entirely
successful and established himself in possession of a large estate
; while his nephew, Duniapat Singh, formed ; an independent taluka
in Charda. Himmat Singh was mur- dered by the Raja of Gangwal, and
was succeeded by his son,
Asre Singh, and then by his grandson, Dalthaman Singh,
During their time the property suffered much at the hands of the
nazims, and the whole country was laid vraste by Raghu- bar Dayal.
At the annexation it was held by Raja Narpat Singh, the nephew and
adopted son of Dalthaman Singh. He died in 1878, and was succeeded
by his son, Raja Mahendra Bahadur Singh, who inherited a very
heavily-encumbered property. Mahendra Bahadur Singh died in 1882,
leaving a son Raja Bhupendra Bikram Singh, During his tenure the
estate was freed from debt and greatly improved The Raja was a man
of much public spirit, and in 1896 was made a Companion of the
Order of the Indian Empire. He built a dispensary at Payagpur, and
endowed it with the sum of Rs. 40,000; and he subsequently founded
the LaTouche Anglo-Vernacular School at the same place. He died in
1905, and was succeeded by his son, the present Raja. Address:
Payagpur, Bahraich,
Oudh.
Partab Bahadur Singh, Raja, of Katari ; born, March loth, 1874;
succeeded to the hereditary title in 1886. The estate comprises
thirteen villages, payingarevenue of Rs. 12,770 in Sultanpur. The
title of Raja has been held for many gener- ations, and was
confirmed as hereditary in .1864.
The Raja is a Rajput of the Kanpuria clan, and represents a
younger branch of the Tiloi family, the history of which will be
found elsewhere. Raja Jagdis Rai, - of Tiloi, had two sons Mitarjit
Singh, who^ retained the Tiloi estates in Rae Bareli, and Indarjit
Singh who received, as his share, a large property in the
north-west of Sultanpur. He was ^succeeded
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by Balbhaddar Singh, whose four sons founded four talukas. From
Bhara Mai come the Rajas of Katari ; from Raj Sah, the Talukdars of
Jamun; from Tribliuwan Sah, those of Bhawan Shahpur ; and from
Salibahan, those of Raisi. In the latter generation came
RajaRanmast Singh, of Katari, who had three sons. The eldest,
Bunyad Singh, succeeded, and ultimately left the estate to his
elder son, Sukhmangal Singh, who died without issue. It then passed
to his brother, Sarnam Singh, who also died childless in iSSg,
leaving a widow. Rani Hamath Kunwar, The latter chose, as her
successor, the present Raja, who is descended from the second son
of Ranmast Singh, who obtain- ed the title and estate although his
father and grandfather were still alive. Address: Datari,
Sultanpur.
RudraPratab Sah, Raja, of Dara; horn, i860; succeed- ed to the
hereditary title in 1867. The Raja has done much towards the
revival of Indian theology, and has encouraged Indian arts and
industry with great liberality ; in 1898 he gave Rs. 1,16,000 for
the endowment of a temple, a dharamsala^ and a Sanskrit school. He
also maintains an Ayurvedic hospital for the benefit of the poor.
He served on the Public Service Commission, and in 1886 was
appointed an Honorary Magi- strate. The estate comprises 105
villages in Sultanpur, sixty-eight in Fyzabad, eight in Rae Bareli,
and one in Jaunpur, The Talukdars of Dera were formerly styled
Babu, and the title of Raja was recognised as hereditary in
1877.
The Raja is the head of the Rajkumar branch of the Bachgoti clan
of Rajputs. The family was founded by Bariar Singh, a Chauhan of
Mainpuri. He came to Oudh in 1248, and there displaced the
Bilkharias, of Kot Bilkar. The grand- son of Bariar Singh was Asre
Singh, whose descendant in the ninth generation was Bijai Chand.
His son, Jai Narayan, was the founder of the Dera family ;
Birbhaddar Singh, fourth in descent from Jai Narayan, led a colony
of Rajkumars across the Gumti and Settled at Dera, on the banks of
that river. In the fifth generation from Birbhaddar Singh came
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RAJAS
Chhattar Singh, who had two sons Ram Kalandar Singh and Garul
Singh The former was succeeded by his son, Ram Parkash Singh; and
he by his grandson, Gur Datt Singh, who had four sons, of whom the
eldest, Beni Bakhsh, held the estate for three years. The property
then passed to the youngest brother, Madho Singh. He died in 1823,
and his place was taken by his widow, Thakurain Dariao Kunwar, who
for twenty. five years held her own authority against her turbulent
neighbours, and even added to the property, which she managed most
successfully. In 1838 she fought against the Gargbansis, of
Birsingpur ; killed the Thakur, and annexed his estate to Dera. The
Thakurain had quarrelled with the next male collateral heir Rustam
Sah a descendant of Garul Singh and the son of Chhattarsal Singh,
who was killed in an attack on the fort of Dera in 1846. In the
next year Rustam Sah, w^ho was encouraged by Raja Man Singh, took
the Thakurain prisoner at Ajodhya. She was compelled to write a
deed of transfer in favour of Rustam Sah, and a few months later
she died. Rustam Sah was then put in possession of the estate. At
the annexation he lost the greater part of his property, but
none-the-less he rendered excellent service during the Mutiny,
rescuing the fugitives from Sultanpur and defying the emissaries of
the Fyzabad Maul vi who had demanded the surrender of the officers
; afterwards he gave material assistance to the Jaunpur
authorities. As a reward for his services he received the title of
Raja, a khilat of Rs. 15,000, ^jagir of Rs. 10,000, and the
confiscated estate of Mau Jadu- banspur, as well as the old
Khanazada property of Amhat, His brother, Bariar Singh, received
the Damodra estate. Raja Rustam Sah, who in i860 was invested with
the powers of an Assistant Commissioner, died in 1864, and was
succeeded by his brother, Shankar Bakhsh Singh, who died in 1876..
Dera then passed to the lattePs son, Raja Rudra Partab Singh,
during whose minority the estate was under the Court of Wards.
, Address ; Dera, Sultanpur, U. P.
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Part IV
Partab Bahadur Singh, Raja, of Kurwar-, was born on August 31st,
1876; and succeeded to the hereditary title on July 26th, 1885. He
was educated at the Wards Institution in Agra, and afterwards at
home under European tutors. He has been made an Honorary Magistrate
of the second class and an Honorary Munsiff. The title of Raja has
been recog- nised ever since the foundation of the estate, and was
con- firmed as hereditary in 1877. The Bachgotis of Kurwar are
descended from Pirthipat, younger brother of Jai Chand. In the
ninth generation after Pirthipat lived Nawaz Singh, whose son,
Lachman Singh, obtained Kurwar. He was succeeded by Chattardhari
Singh, whose sons died without issue. Ishri Bakhsh, a descendant of
Nawaz Singh, was then selected by the Bachgotis as Raja. His son,
Madho Partab Singh, re- ceived ^tsajiad for the estate, and died
without issue in 1871; his widow. Rani Kishannath Kunwar,
succeeding to the estate. The Rani died in 1885, having adopted the
present Raja. The estate comprises sixty-four villages in Sultanpur
and thirty-seven in Fyzabad. Address: Kurwar, Sultanpur.
Jag&tpal Bahadur Singh, Raja, of Kaithaula-, born, 25th
February, 1895 ; succeeded to the hereditary title, 1905. The
estate comprises thirty villages in Partabgarh. The title of Raja
was confirmed as hereditary in 1864.
The Kanpurias of Kaithaula represent the senior branch of the
clan, being descended from Sahas, the elder son of Kanh, whose
younger brother Rahas was the ancestor of the Rajas of Tiloi, Atra
Chandapur, Katari, and many other Taluqdars. - Hem Singh, fourth in
descent from Sahas, had two sons Chait Singh of Kaithaula and Arjun
Singh, the founder of the Nain family in the Salon fargana of Rae
Bareli. Seven generations later came Kalyan Singh, whose elder son,
Indarjit Singh, -retained Kaithaula, with the title of Raja; while
the younger, Jurawan Singh, founded the small taluka of
Nur-ud-dinpur, also in Salon. The
