PRESENT RULER: Raja Bahadur AJEYA PRATAP SINGH, 42nd Raja Saheb of Manda since 27th November 2008 (4, Ashok Road, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh)

born 1956, married Rani Shruti Kumari, eldest daughter of Maharaja Bahadur PRATAP SINGH of Gidhaur, and his wife, Maharani Pratibha Manjari Devi, daughter of HH Maharaja Sir Shri PRATAP CHANDRA BHANJ DEO of Mayurbhanj, and has issue, two daughters.

• Rajkumari Richa Manjari Singh, born 1982.

• Rajkumari Adrija Manjari Singh, born 1984.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Predecessor state of Manikpur founded in 1080, by Raja Manik Chand, brother of Raja Jai Chand of Kannauj. Rulers were...

• Raja GUDAN DEO, 16th in descent from Raja Manik Chand, established his capital at Manda in 1542; married and had issue.

  • Raja BHOJRAJ DEO (qv)

  • Raja UGRASEN, became Raja of Kantit-Vijaipur.

• Raja BHOJRAJ DEO

• .....

• Raja UDIT SINGH, married and had issue.

  • Raja PRITHVIRAJ SINGH (qv)

• Raja PRITHVIRAJ SINGH, 27th in descent from Raja Manik Chand, married and had issue.

  • Raja YASHWANT SINGH (qv)

  • Raja CHHATRA SAL, succeeded as Raja Saheb of Daiya, married and had issue.

    • Several generations

      • Raja BHAGWATI PRASAD SINGHJI, Raja Saheb of Daiya (qv).

      • Rajkumari Ganga Kunwar, married Thakur Sri Narendra Singhji, Jagirdar of Raigaon.

• Raja YASHWANT SINGH

• Raja ISRAJ SINGH ^(#1).

• Raja Bahadur RAM PRATAP SINGH, born 1860 ^(#2), he was granted the title of Raja Bahadur in January 1913 as a hereditary distinction; married a daugher of Maharaja Sir RADHA PRASAD SINGH Bahadur of Dumraon, and had issue.

  • [?Rajkumari (name unknown), married (as his second wife), Maharaj Kumar Samarth Singh of Bhadarwa.]

• ......

• Raja Bahadur RAM GOPAL SINGH -/1941, he adopted Kunwar Vishwanath Pratap Singh, son of Raja Bhagwati Prasad Singh of Daiya in 1936; married Rani Bhuvaneshwari Kumari, elder daughter of Raja KAMAL NARAYAN SINGH of Khairagarh, and had adoptive issue. He died sp 1941.

  • (A) Raja Bahadur VISHWANATH PRATAP SINGH (qv)

• Raja Bahadur VISHWANATH PRATAP SINGH 1941/2008, born 25th June 1931 in Allahabad, B.A., B.Sc., LL.B., son of Raja Bhagwati Prasad Singh of Daiya, adopted by his predecessor in 1936, educated at Allahabad University, Allahabad and Poona University, Poona; Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1969/1971 and 1981/1983 and Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council 1980/1981; Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh 1980/1982; Member of the Lok Sabha 1971/1974 and 1980 and Member of the Rajya Sabha 1983/1988; Union Deputy Minister/Minister of State/Minister holding portfolios of Commerce, Supply, Finance and Defence 1974/1977 and 1983/1987; Leader of the house, Rajya Sabha 1984/1987; 8th Prime Minister of India 1989/1990, Foreign Minister 1984/1987, married 25th June 1955, Rani Sita Kumari, born 1936 in Deogarh, Udaipur, daughter of Rawat SANGRAM SINGH II of Deogarh, and his wife, Rani Krishna Kumari, and had issue, two sons. He died 27th November 2008 at the Apollo Hospital in Delhi, cremated at Allahabad on the banks of the River Ganga on 29 November 2008.

  • Raja Bahadur AJEYA PRATAP SINGH (qv)

  • Rajkumar Abhai Pratap Singh, born 1959, married 198x, Rajkumari Niharika Kumari, daughter of Raja ANAND SINGH of Mankapur, and has issue, two sons.

    • Kunwar Akshay Singh

    • Kumari Aditi Kumari

• Raja Bahadur AJEYA PRATAP SINGH (see above)