PRESENT RULER: Raja Saheb KADAMBA KESHRI CHANDRA DEO

born 1928, succeeded by adoption; married Rani Saheba Geeta Kumari Devi, born 29th October 1930, died 17th December 2002, daughter of Lal Sahib Prafulla Chandra Bhanj Deo of Mayurbhanj, and his wife, Rani Prafulla Kumari Devi of Bastar, and has issue, two sons and three daughters.

• Tikayet Kiran Kesari Deo, died young, unmaried.

• Yuvraj Bir Keshari Deo, Member of the Executive Committee of Rajkumar College at Raipur; married Yuvrani Sushmeshwari Devi, daughter HH Raja Bijay Bhushan Singh Ju Deo of Jashpur, and his wife, HH Rani Jaya Kumari Devi, and has issue, one son and one daughter.

• Rajkumari Jaishree Devi (+)

• Rajkumari Minakshi Devi, married Shri Samarendra Singh Deo, Zamindar of Madanpur-Rampur, and has issue, two daughters.

• Rajkumari Enakshi Devi, married Shri Shankar Singh Adhikari, Vice-Principal of Rajkumar College, Raipur; and has issue.

  • Kamakshi Devi, born about 1987.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The Rajas of Bonai share an agnatic descent with the rulers of Seraikhella, Kharsawan and Rairakhol. Rulers were...

• Raja DAYANIDHI CHANDRA DEO 1804/1851

• Raja CHANDRA DEO 1851/1876, born 1805, married and had issue.

  • Tekait Dyanidhi Deo Bahadur, rendered the British Government, distinguished service during the Keonjhar rebellion.

• Raja INDRA DEO Bahadur 1876/1898, born about 1836 (or 1838), succeeded 12th September 1876 ^(#1), married and had issue. He died 1898.

  • Raja NILAMBAR CHANDRA DEO (qv)

  • Pattayat Bishambhar Deo

  • Lal Hari Krishna Deo

  • Rani Krishnapriya Devi, [daughter of the Raja of Bonai], married Raja Mitrabhanu Sai of Sambalpur. She died sp.

  • Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Dinabandhu Mahendra Bahadur of Dhenkanal, and had issue, one son.

  • Unknown generation

    • Rani Maithali Devi Patta Mahadei, married Raja Braja Sundar Deb of Aul, and had issue. [She is described as a cousin of Rani Swarna Manjari Devi (see below)]

• Raja NILAMBAR CHANDRA DEO 1898/1902, married and had issue. He died 1902.

  • Raja DHARANI DHAR DEO Deb (qv)

  • Lal Bir Chandra Deo, adopted by the Raja Saheb of Rairakhol and succeeded there as Raja Bir Chandra Jadumani Deo Janamuni (see Rairakhol)

  • Lal (name unknown) Deo, married and had issue.

    • Tikayat Keshari Deo, born 1928, adopted by his uncle as his intended successor.

  • Rani Swarna Manjari Devi, married Raja Pitamber Deb of Aul, and had issue, one daughter.

• Raja DHARANI DHAR DEO Deb 1902/- , born 6th January 1884 and succeeded 19th February 1902, adopted his brother's son as his heir; married and had adoptive issue.

  • (A) Tikayat Keshari Deo, succeeded as Raja Saheb Kadamba Keshri Chandra Deo (qv)

• Raja Saheb Kadamba KESHRI CHANDRA DEO (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Rajkumar Kadam Chandra Deo of Bonai, married Rajkumari Jyotsna Moyee Devi, daughter of Rai Bahadur Thakur Birendra Nath Singh, Zamindar Saheb of Chandrapur and Padampur Estates, and his wife, Thakurani Leelabati Devi.

• a Princess of Bonai, married Raja Dinabandhu Mahendra Bahadur of Dhenkanal, and had issue.

• Kumar Pradeep Chandra Deo, of the Bhaludungri Branch of the Bonai Royal family, married 20th November 1972, Rajkumari Pratibha Devi of Jarada, and has issue, three daughters.

• Kumar Ramanuj Chandra Deo of the Bhaludungri branch of the Bonai Royal family, married Rajkumari Sureshwari Devi of Khariar, and has issue, three sons.

  • Kumar Debashish Chandra Deo

  • Kumar Digvijay Chandra Deo

  • Kumar Debraj Chandra Deo

• Kumar Devanand Chandra Deo of Bonai, married Kumari Hira Devi, daughter of Kumar Govind Pratap Singh Deo of the Nuagarh branch of the Seraikella Royal Family, and his wife, Kumari Lakshmi Kumari Devi, and has issue two daughters.

  • Kumari Anuradha Devi

  • Kumari Anupama Devi