PRESENT HEAD OF CLAN:

Raja Rakesh Pratap Singh, present Raja of Birsinghpur and Head of the elder branch of the Amethia family (Mahesh Vilas Palace, Vill.- P.O. Shivgarh, Dist. Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India)

born 1st August 1956 in Lucknow, educated at Lucknow University (Graduate), a Businessman, Educationist and Politician: M.L.C. 1998/2004 and 2004/2010; married 18th February 1980 in Lucknow, Rani Mandakini Prabha of Bijwa, a social worker and politician, and has issue.

ESTATES:

Akhiapur, Birsinghpur, Delhi?, Pokhra Ansari, Ramnagar, Usah etc.

BRANCHES:

The clan is divided into two branches, viz. the Amethias of Kumhrawan in Rae Bareli and the Amethias of Pokhra Ansari in Barabanki.

SHORT HISTORY: ^(#1)

The title of this clan is derived from the village of Amethi in Lucknow. They are generally supposed to be a sept of the Chamar-Gaur Rajputs, one of five branches of the Gaur Rajputs, who claim to be descendants of the Pala Dynasty which ruled ancient Bengal, then known as Gaur. They are thought to have been originally settled at Kalinjar in Bundelkhand, whence they emigrated into Oudh, under Raipal Singh, about the time of Tamerlane's invasion. He is said to have been sent by the Delhi Emperor to suppress a rebellion in Oudh, and that he defeated and killed, Balbhadra Sen, and a number of his Bisen followers. Subsequently, the Amethia clan were driven out of Amethi by the Shaikhs and moved eastwards into Haidargarh and Kumhrawan. Estate holders were....

• Raja Prithvi Chand [aka Pirthi Chand], Raja of Kalinjar, he was a Gaur Rajput of the Chamar clan who had colonized part of Hardoi; married and had issue.

  • Raja Pahar Singh, Raja of Kalinjar

  • Rao Bal Singh, married and had issue.

    • Raja Raipal Singh, 1st Raja of Amethi (see below)

• Raja Raipal Singh, 1st Raja of Amethi; it is said that he left his home in the days of Timurlane's invasion and settled at Amethi in Lucknow district, receiving the title of Raja of Amethi and the family cognomen of Amethia; married and had issue. He lived around 1400.

  • Raja Mahipal Singh, married and had issue.

    • Raja Ajaipal Singh, married and had issue.

      • Raja Jamadhar Singh (qv)

• Raja Jamadhar Singh, Raja of Haidargarh, married and had issue, three sons.

  • Raja Dingar Singh [aka Dingur Shah], Raja of Sheogarh, he established himself at Sheogarh (or Sheorajpur) in Kuhrawan and subdued the Bhars of the neighborhood and assumed the title of Raja; ancestor of the taluqdars of Kumhrawan, Usah and Birsinghpur; married and had issue.

    • Raja Udairaj Singh, Raja of Sheogarh, married and had issue.

      • Raja Jamnibhan, Raja of Sheogarh, married and had issue.

        • Raja Hardewal Singh, Raja of Sheogarh, married and had issue.

          • Raja Bir Singh, Raja of Sheogarh and founder of Birsinghpur (qv)

  • Rana Lohang Rai, he assumed the title of Rana and founded the family of Akhiapur in Bara Banki district.

  • Rao Ram Singh, married and had issue, the Taluqdars of Pokhra Ansari and Ramnagar-Parewan also in Bara Banki district.

    • Rao Kirat Singh, Rao of Pokhra Ansari, married and had issue.

      • Rao Sakat Singh, Rao of Pokhra Ansari, married and had issue.

        • Rao Kalian Singh, Rao of Pokhra Ansari, married and had issue.

          • Rao Balbhaddar Singh, he succeeded to the Taluqa of Pokhra Ansari.

          • Rao Deo Rai, founder of the Taluqa of Ramnagar-Parewan.