PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE: Raja DIVYA VIJAY SINGH, present Raja of Jagdishpur since 4th September 2012.

born 6th June 1969 in Mussoorie.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: In the early fourteenth century Allaudin Khalji overran Malwa and forced the Ujjainia Rajputs to migrate to the east and settled at different places in Bihar-Dawa, Matila, Bhojpur and Jagdishpur (all in Shahabad district). They were locally known as Ujjainya Rajputs because of the place of their origin. Rulers and estate holders were....

• Raja BHOJRAJ, Raja of Shahbad 1320/1333, younger brother of Raja Mulkdev, last Parmar ruler of Dhar, migrated to Shahabad around 1320, married and had issue. He died 1333.

  • Raja Devraj [Santan Singh] (qv)

• Raja DEVRAJ [Santan Singh / Sanatana Shahi], Raja of Bhojpur 1324/1344, named the area Bhojpur after his father, married and had issue. He died 1343/1344.

  • Raja Somraj (qv)

• Raja SOMRAJ, Raja of Bhojpur 1344/1388, married and had issue. He died 1388/1389.

  • Raja Hariraj (qv)

  • Raja Gajraj (qv)

  • Raja Jagdev (qv)

• Raja HARIRAJ, Raja of Bhojpur 1389/1394, he died in a battle with the Nawab of Jaunpur.

• Raja GAJRAJ, Raja of Bhojpur 1394/1414, he continued the fight with the Nawab of Jaunpur.

• Raja JAGDEV, Raja of Bhojpur 1414 or 1417/1424, he also continued the fight with the Nawab of Jaunpur; married and had issue.

  • Raja Sangramdev (qv)

• Raja SANGRAMDEV, Raja of Bhojpur 1424/1453, married and had issue. He died 1453/1454.

  • Raja Ishwari Singh (qv)

• Raja ISHWARI SINGH, Raja of Bhojpur 1454/1456, he was captured and killed by Jaunpur forces; married and had issue. He died 1456.

  • Raja Omkar Dev (qv)

• Raja OMKAR DEV, Raja of Bhojpur 1456/1489, he effectively thwarted the onslaught of the Nawabs of Jaunpur; married and had issue.

  • Kanwar Dev Shahi, married and had issue.

    • Kanwar Dariyau Shahi, married and had issue.

      • Kanwar Padam Shahi, married and had issue.

        • Kanwar Gopal Shahi

  • Raja Durlabh Dev (qv)

  • Kanwar Pratap Singh, by the early 16th century the Ujjainia rajputs had split into mutually hostile and warring groups. Out of this fratricidal struggle, Bhojpur was divided into three parts, namely, Jagdishpur, Dumraon and Chaugain, the latter falling to Kanwar Pratap Singh, who became the first independent Raja of Chaugain.

• Raja DURLABH DEV, Raja of Bhojpur 1489/1519, his reign ushered in an era of peace and prosperity for the Parmars (Ujjains) of Bhojpur (Shahbad) after 100 years of struggle with the Nawabs of Jaunpur, however by the early sixteenth century the Ujjainia’s had split into mutually hostile and warring groups, represented by the three sons of Durlabh Dev; Badal, Shivram and Mahipal. Out of the tripartite fratricidal struggle Shivram came out successfully for the time being. Badal’s wife with her two minor sons, Gajpati and Bairisal, abandoned Jagdispur and retired into the jungles, married and had issue. He died 1519.

  • Kanwar Badal Shahi, married and had issue.

    • Raja Gajapathi Shahi (qv)

    • Kanwar Bairisal Singh

  • Raja Shivram Singh / Shahi (qv)

  • Raja Mahipal Shahi (qv)

  • Kanwar Devendra Shahi

  • Kanwar Dalip Shahi

• Raja MAHIPAL SHAHI, Raja of Bhojpur -/1519, married a daughter of Raja Birbhan of Arrail, and had issue. He died 1519.

  • Raja Dalpat Shahi (qv)

• Raja SHIVRAM SINGH [Shahi], Raja of Bhojpur 1519/1534; he shifted the capital to Bihta near Dauwar in Shahabad; married and had issue. He was killed by his nephew, Gajapati Shahi in 1534.

  • Kanwar Ugrasen Shahi, married and had issue.

    • Kanwar Horil Shahi, married and had issue.

      • Raja Narayan Mull (qv)

      • Raja Rudra Pratap Narayan Singh (qv)

      • Kanwar Kirat Singh

    • Kanwar Kangali Shahi

  • Kanwar Chintameni

  • Kanwar Jitwar Shahi

• Raja GAJAPATI SINGH [Gajan Shahi], Raja of Bhojpur 1534/1577, born 1495, he moved his capital to Naya Bhojpur; with the help of Sher Shah Suri, he fought and defeated Shivram Singh and ascended the gaddi in 1534. He rendered substantial help to Sher Shah in the crucial battle of Surajgarh in 1534, who rewarded him for his services, by conferring upon him the jagirs of Buxar, Sasaram and Rohtas. He rebelled against the Mughals, but was defeated and was forced to abandon his stronghold at Jagdishpur and flee to the jungles of the Rohtas hills. He died around 1577.

• Raja DALPAT SHAHI, Raja of Bhojpur 1577/1601, towards the end of the Akbar’s reign the Ujjainia’s again sought to defy the imperial authority, but were reduced to submission by Prince Danyal, the governor of Allahabad, married and had issue. He died 1601.

  • Raja Mukutman Shahi [Mukuthani] (qv)

• Raja MUKUTMAN SHAHI, Raja of Bhojpur 1601/1607, a thoroughly incompetent man and highly unpopular amongst his kinsmen, he was forced to abdicate in 1607 in favour of his nephew.

• Raja NARAYAN MAL, Raja of Bhojpur 1607/1622, through his friendship with Mughal Prince Khurram, he received the title of Raja and a mansab of one thousand horses; he put down a rebellion of Chero tribes, and in the Battle of Buxar 1607-1608, he routed the Chero and Munda forces; he chose Jagdishpur as his capital; married and had issue. He was assassinated in 1622 at Basudhar (near Ithari) in a family feud.

  • Raja Amar Singh I (qv)

  • Kunwar Prabal Singh, born 1611, married and had issue. He died 1672.

    • Raja Mandhata Singh (qv)

    • Raja Sujan Singh (qv)

• Raja RUDRA PRATAP NARAIN SINGH, Raja of Bhojpur 1622/1638, born 1590, rebelled during the reign of Shah Jahan who sent a double pronged expedition which led to his defeat. He was taken prisoner and brought to Patna, where he was executed at the Paschhim Darwaza of the City in 1638.

• Raja AMAR SINGH I, Raja of Bhojpur 1638/1665, born 1605, he played a promiment part in the Mughal succession wars; he constructed the new capital at Mathila (nine miles south of Dumraon); married and had issue. He died 1665.

  • Raja Rudra Singh (qv)

• Raja RUDRA SINGH, Raja of Bhojpur 1665/1699, born 1634, he moved at his capital to Naya Bhojpur, initially loyal to the Mughal Government, he eventually rebelled, Naya Bhojpur was sacked and he was captured and executed in Patna. He died spm in 1699.

• Raja MANDHATA SINGH, Raja of Bhojpur 1699/1708 (at Buxar), he shifted the capital to Buxar, but later returned to Mathila; he improved administration and constructed several buildings near Mathila. He was killed as a result of family intrigues in 1708.

JAGDISHPUR

• Raja SUJAN SINGH, Raja of Jagdishpur 1702/1708, re-established himself at Jagdishpur in 1702, married and had issue, three sons. He died in a dispute at the hands of the Faujdar of Shahabad in 1708.

  • Raja Horil Shah of Dumraon.

  • Raja Udwant Singh (qv)

  • Kanwar Budh Singh, he received Buxar.

• Raja UDWANT SINGH, Raja of Jagdishpur 1708/1765, he came into conflict with Nawab Fakruddaulah, the last Mughal Governor of Bihar, who defeated him and destroyed Jagdispur. Udwant Singh soon recovered his territories, captured and beheaded the Mughal officals in Shahabad, in spite of this, the period of Udwant Singh’s chieftainship was characterized by internal prosperity within his jurisdiction and the development of Jagdispur. He married and had issue. He died 1765.

  • Raja Gajraj Singh (qv)

  • Kanwar Umraon Singh, married and had issue.

    • Raja Sahabzada Singh (qv)

  • Kanwar Ran Bahadur Singh, married and had issue.

    • Kanwar Ram Bux Singh, married and had issue.

      • Raja Ishwari Prasad Singh (qv)

      • Kanwar Laxmi Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

        • Kanwar Kali Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

          • Kanwar Raghunath Prasad Singh

        • Kanwar Govind Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

          • Kanwar Bejnath Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

            • Kanwar Sarda Prasad Singh

    • Kanwar Brijraj Singh, married and had issue.

      • Kanwar Bhavani Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

        • Kanwar Hanuman Bux Singh, married and had issue.

          • Kanwar Jageshwar Prasad Singh, died 12th August 1857 at the Battle of Jagdishpur.

          • Kanwar Bhagirathi Prasad Singh, married and had issue. He died 1910.

            • Kanwar Gaya Prasad Singh, born 1862, married and had issue. He died 1928.

              • Kanwar Narsingh Prasad Singh, born 1893, married and had issue. He died 1947.

                • Kanwar Pratap Singh, born 1924, married and had issue.

                • @ Kanwar Ashok Singh, born 1948.

                • @ Kanwar Ashank Singh, born 1949.

                • @ Kanwar Bibhuti Bhushan Singh, born 1956.

                • @ Kanwar Jyoti Bhushan Singh, born 1959.

              • Raja Shriniwas Prasad Singh (qv)

          • Kanwar Ambika Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

            • Kanwar Mathura Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

              • Kanwar Ayodhya Prasad Singh, born 1916, married and had issue.

                • Kanwar Chandragupt Pratap Singh, born 1956.

                • Kanwar Chandrabhan Pratap Singh, born 1958.

                • Kanwar Sunil Singh, born 1964.

        • Kanwar Balwan Bux Singh, married and had issue.

          • Kanwar Vindhyachal Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

            • Kanwar Kulyshwari Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

              • Kanwar Kapildev Singh

          • Kanwar Satrohan Prasad Singh, adopted to Buxar.

    • Kanwar Teg Bahadur Singh, married and had issue.

      • Kanwar Durga Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

        • Kanwar Krishan Dutt Singh

        • Kanwar Uditbhan Singh, married and had issue.

          • Kanwar Raghav Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

            • Kanwar Mahadev Prasad Singh

            • Kanwar Sahadev Prasad Singh, married and had issue. He died 1963.

              • Kanwar Indramani Singh, married and had issue.

                • Kanwar Birendra Singh, born 1942, married and has issue.

                • @ Kanwar Ajit Singh, born 1971.

                • @ Kanwar Sanjit Singh, born 1974.

                • @ Kanwar Rajnish Singh, born 1977.

                • Kanwar Nagendra Singh, born 1944, married and has issue.

                • @ Kanwar Kali Charan Singh, born 1976.

                • @ Kanwar Durga Charan Singh, born 1980.

              • Kanwar Rajendra Singh

              • Kanwar Anand Singh, born 1917.

          • Kanwar Madhav Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

            • Kanwar Ranjit Singh

            • Kanwar Kameshwar Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

              • Kanwar Bijay Singh, married and had issue. He died 1997.

                • Kanwar Rahul Singh

                • Kanwar Rohit Singh

      • Kanwar Tulsi Prasad Singh, went to Dalippur.

  • Kanwar Deega Singh

• Raja GAJRAJ SINGH, Raja of Jagdishpur 1765/1773, married and had issue. He died 1773.

  • Raja Shivraj Singh (qv)

• Raja SHIVRAJ SINGH, Raja of Jagdishpur 1773/1779, married and had issue. He died 1779.

  • Raja Bhup Narayan Singh (qv)

• Raja BHUP NARAYAN SINGH, Raja of Jagdishpur 1779/1794, succeeded by his 2nd cousin. He died sp on 10th February 1794.

• Raja ISHWARI PRASAD SINGH, Raja of Jagdishpur 1794/1804 (deposed)

• Raja SAHABZADA SINGH, Raja of Jagdishpur 1804/1826, born 1747, he belonged to the Jagdishpur branch of the family, married Rani Panchratan Devi, and had issue. He died 1826.

  • Raja Kunwar Singh (by Rani Panchratan Devi)(qv)

  • Kanwar Rajpati Singh, went to Mithaha in 1830.

  • Raja Amar Singh II (qv)

  • Kanwar Dayal Singh, went to Dalippur in 1830.

• Raja KUNWAR SINGH, Raja of Jagdishpur 1826/1858, born in November 1777 at Jagdishpur, succeeded to the gadi in 1826, which comprised two parganas and several talukas of the Shahabad district. The total annual income of the estate was about rupees six lakhs. But several factors, including family litigations, extravagant living, generosity beyond his means and, above all, the machinations of his own staff with unscrupulous creditors, combined to put the estate under ruinous debts which amounted to rupees twenty lakhs on the eve of the Rising of 1857. He played a prominent part in the events of 1857/1858, he fought in the battle of Kanpur. Subsequently, he arrived in Lucknow, where the King of Oudh awarded him a robe of honour and a farman for the area comprising the Azamgarh district. He decided in April 1858 to return to his home district. Fighting a careful rearguard action, he crossed the Ganges at Sheopur Ghat, and re-entered Jagdishpur on 22 April 1858. He was greviously injured during the retreat and lost his right hand. Four days later, Kunwar Singh died of injuries and exhaustion. A man of generous disposition, Kunwar Singh gave numerous grants to individuals and for the maintenance of shrines, including a Muslim shrine in the Patna City. On the establishment of the Arrah Zilla School in 1846, he not only donated the land for the building but also gave a cash donation of rupees one hundred. He got a Shiva temple and a tank constructed at Jagdishpur. He was an admirer and a patron of men well versed in martial sports, such as riding, shooting, archery etc. He invited such experts to Jagdishpur and retained them for long periods to train his men in those arts. He married the daughter of Raja Fateh Narain Singh Sisodia of Deo, a wealthy zamindar of Gaya district, and had issue. He also had some concubines, including Dharman Bibi, who accompanied him on his journeys outside Bihar during the Rising of 1857/1858. He died 26th April 1858 at Jagdishpur.

  • Kanwar Dal Bhanjan Singh, married and had issue. He died 7th November 1857 at the Battle of Kanpur.

    • Bhanwar Vir Bhanjan Singh, died 8th October 1857 at the Battle of Banda.

  • Kumari (name unknown), married Kunwar (name unknown), son of Rana Beni Madho Baksh Singh of Shankarpur.

  • Maharani Murti Kumari, married Maharaja Bahadur Shiv Prasad Singh, Maharaja of Gidhaur, and had issue.

• Raja AMAR SINGH II, 'Raja' of Jagdishpur 1858/1860, he continued the struggle after his brother's death and died 5th February 1860.

INTERREGNUM 1858/19xx, after the Indian Mutiny, the estates belonging to the family were confiscated by the British Authorities, and in the case of Jagdishpur, was sold to Mr. Ernest Mellon, who was succeeded on his death by his son, as the Zamindar of Jagdishpur. Sometime in the 1900's it was sold to Raja Shriniwas Prasad Singh, thus being returned to its original owners.

• Raja SHRINIWAS PRASAD SINGH, Raja of Jagdishpur 19xx/1939, (Larger Photo) born 30th July 1902, married 1923, Rani Savitri Devi, born 1910, died 1958, daughter of HH Sawai Maharaja Punya Pratap Singh of Ajaigarh, and had issue. He died 19th November 1939.

  • Raja Dig Vijay Singh (qv)

  • Rajkumar Virendra Vijay Singh, born 1930, died 1958.

  • Rani Vina Kumari, born 3rd September 1932, married 27th May 1954 at Bombay, Maharaj Indrajeet Singh of Rajpipla, and has issue.

• Raja DIG VIJAY SINGH, Raja of Jagdishpur 1939/2012, born 1925, educated at the Theosophical National School, Varanasi 1933/1940 and at Besant College, Varanasi 1940/1943 (Graduation); General Manager, Laxmi Talkies, Mysore, Karnataka 1954/1959; Founder Trustee, Maharaja Narendra Shah Trust, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal 1958/1979; Chief Architect, Indumati Andh Shihu Sharnalaya and Narendra Mahila Vidyalaya, Tehri, Uttaranchal 1959/1964; Member Managing Committee Indumati Andh Shihu Sharnalaya and Narendra Mahila Vidyalaya ,Tehri, Uttaranchal 1964/1979; President, Durga Devi Mela Trust, Babuganj, Pratapgarh, U.P. 1989/1995; Administrator Raja Bajarang Bahadur Singh Degree College, Kunda, Pratapgarh U.P. 1990/1995; Administrator Rani Girija Devi Mahila Inter College, Kunda, Pratapgarh U.P. 1990/1995; Administrator B. P. Inter College, Derwan, Pratapgarh, U.P. 1990/1995; Administrator Raja Bajarang Bahadur Singh Inter College, Bhadri, Pratapgarh U.P. 1990/1995; Administrator T.P.Inter College, Kunda, Pratapgarh U.P. 1990/1995; Member Managing Committee, Raja Bajarang Bahadur Singh High School, Shakardaha, Pratapgarh, U.P. 1990/1995; Administrator Maharaja Complex, Jagdispur, Bhojpur, Bihar 1995 to 2012; married 19th November 1961, Rani Bhavna Kumari, born 22nd March 1934 in Shimla, daughter of HH Raja Lakshman Sen of Suket, and had issue. He died 4th September 2012.

  • Rajkumar Divya Vijay Singh, he succeeded as Raja Divya Vijay Singh, Raja of Jagdishpur (qv)

• Raja DIVYA VIJAY SINGH, Raja of Jagdishpur (see above)