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PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Also known as Manchhanna taluqa, it was a part of the Mainpuri district in Uttar Pradesh. The district originally belonged to the Nawab Wazir of Oudh, who ceded it to the East India Company in 1801. Raja Dalel Singh was then the owner of the Manchhanna taluqa, a part of which was taken over by the British Government. The estate was vested in the State under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. Estate holders were....

• Maharajadhiraja Prithviraja III, Maharaja of Delhi and Ajmer, married and had issue.

  • Raja Bhoj Raj, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

    • Raja Bijai Raj, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

      • Raja Avadh Ram Deo, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

        • Raja Lakhan Deo [aka Lakshman Singh], Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

          • Raja Sakit Deo, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

            • Raja Deo Brahm, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

              • Raja Jahan Sahai, married and had issue, the Rajas of Rajapur.

              • Raja Udai Brahm, Raja of Mainpuri -/1372, married and had issue. He died 1372.

                • Raja Ranbirbhan, Raja of Mainpuri 1372/1411, married and had issue. He died 1411.

                • ----Raja Pratap Rudra, Raja of Mainpuri 1411/1439, married and had issue. He died 1439.

                • ++++++Raja Narsingh Deo, Raja of Mainpuri 1439/1454, married and had issue. He died 1454.

                • >>>>>>>>>> Raja Dhir Dhar, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

                • ooooooooooooo Raja Hari Singh, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

                • ------------------------Raja Kharag Rai (continued below)

                • >>>>>>>>>> Rao Ganesh Singh, married and had issue.

                • ooooooooooooo Rao Puran Mal

                • ooooooooooooo Rao Asog Mal

                • ++++++Rao Dharek Singh

            • Raja Sumer Singh, Raja of Partapner

            • Raja Tilok Chand of Chakarnagar

          • Raja Rai Pratap, he was the ancestor of the Rajas of Etah

          • Rao Brahm Deo of Chandwar

• ......

• Raja KHARAG RAI, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

  • Raja Bhao Singh (qv)

  • Rai Bharati Chand

  • Kunwar Kanh Deo

• Raja BHAO SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

  • Raja Deo Rai (qv)

• Raja DEO RAI, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

  • Raja Dharmangad Deo (qv)

  • Rai Kirat Singh of Kishni and Kiratpur

  • Kunwar Pahar Singh of Sahara

• Raja DHARAMANGAD DEO, Raja of Mainpuri, ancestor of the Thakurs of Tindauli, married and had issue.

  • Raja Jagatman Singh (qv)

  • Rajkumari (name unknown), married (as his first wife), Raja Mukutman of Bhadawar.

• Raja JAGATMAN SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

  • Raja Dalpat Singh (qv)

  • Kunwar Chanchan Bal of Angotha

  • Kunwar Bikramajit of Madhan

  • Kunwar Araj Singh of Tareha

• Raja DALPAT SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

  • Raja Madho Singh (qv)

  • Rajkumari (name unknown), married (as his first wife), Raja Mahendra Bhoj Singh of Bhadawar.

• Raja MADHO SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue. He died 1648.

  • Raja Harchand Singh (qv)

• Raja HARCHAND SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri 1648/1677, married and had issue, as well as adoptive issue. He died 1677.

  • Rajkumari (name unknown), married (as his third wife), Maharaja Mahendra Udot Singh of Bhadawar.

  • (A) Raja Bharat Singh (qv)

• Raja BHARAT SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri 1677/-, he succeeded by adoption, married and had adoptive issue. He died sp.

  • (A) Raja Udot Singh (qv)

• Raja UDOT SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri -/1710, he succeeded by adoption, married and had issue. He died 1710.

  • Raja Sheo Singh (qv)

  • Rai Raghunath Singh, ancestor of the Rajas of Raghunathpur.

  • Maharani Phul Kunwar, married (as his second wife), Umara-i-Uzzam Maharaja Mahendra Gopal Singh of Bhadawar.

• Raja SHEO SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri 1710/1731, married and had issue. He died 1731.

  • Raja Dalip Singh (qv)

• Raja DALIP SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri 1731/1749, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue. He died 1749.

  • Raja Jaswant Singh (qv)

  • Kunwar Ajit Singh of Ajitganj

  • Kunwar Dhaukal Singh, dsp.

• Raja JASWANT SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri 1749/1780, married and had issue. He died 1780.

  • Raja Sultan Singh (qv)

  • Kunwar Gokul Singh, dsp.

  • Kunwar Mohkam Singh, dsp.

• Raja SULTAN SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri 1780/1794, married and had adoptive issue. He died sp in 1794.

  • (A) Raja Dalel Singh (qv)

• Raja DALEL SINGH [Dule Singh], Raja of Mainpuri 1794/1829, married and had issue. He died 1829.

  • Kunwar Gulab Singh, married and had issue.

    • Kunwar Man Singh, dsp.

  • Raja Ganga Singh (qv)

  • Lal Zalim Singh, married and had issue.

    • Raja Bhawani Singh (qv)

    • Kunwar Jai Singh, he dsp.

  • Raja Narpat Singh (qv)

• Raja GANGA SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri 1829/1849, married Rani Ghylwar, and had issue. He died 16th November 1847 ^(#2).

  • Lal Chattar Singh, married and had issue, one daughter. He died vp.

• Raja NARPAT SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri 1849/1851, installed on the gaddi on 29th November 1849, married and had issue. He died in May 1851.

  • Raja Tej Singh (qv)

• Raja TEJ SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri 1851/1857, born about 1834, he was deposed for his part in the Indian Mutiny. He died 1899.

• Raja BHAWANI SINGH C.S.I., Raja of Mainpuri 1857/1868, married and had issue. He died 1868.

  • Raja Ram Pratap Singh (qv)

  • Rajkumari (name unknown), married Maharaja Raja Mahendra Sir Mahendra Singh of Bhadawar, and had issue.

• Raja RAM PRATAP SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri 1868/1906, born 11th November 1849 ^(#1), Chief of all Chauhans, title of Raja granted 10th December 1868 as a personal distinction, married and had issue.

  • Raja Sheo Mangal Singh (qv)

• Raja Bahadur SHEO MANGAL SINGH, Raja of Mainpuri 1906/1938, born 31st July 1873, he succeeded to the estate on 3rd October 1906; he was confirmed in the title of Raja on 1st January 1907 and it was made hereditary on 25th June 1909; he was granted the title of Raja Bahadur on 22nd June 1914 as a personal distinction and it was made hereditary in June 1921; married Rani Praburaj Kumari, died 1951, and had issue. He died 1938.

  • Rani Ratnesh Kumari, married Raja Govind Ram Singh of Lawan near Dausa in Rajputana, and they had issue. She died 1999.

    • Rajkumar Arvind Kumar Singh, married Rajkumarani Rama Kumari of Ras, Marwar and has issue, two sons.

      • Kunwar Yashdeep Singh, married Kunwarani Shiva Kumari of Daudsar, and has issue.

      • Kunwar Aditya Singh

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Raja Pratap Singh, Raja of Mainpuri, married and had issue.

  • Rajkumari (name unknown), married (as his third wife), Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Mahendra Badan Singh of Bhadawar.