PRESENT HEAD:

Raja Ramanuj Pratap Sahi, Raja Saheb of Deara and Head of the Rajkumar branch of the Bachgoti clan

married Rani Brijraj Kanwar [Vrajraj Kumari], eldest daughter of Thakur Mandhata Singhji, Thakur Saheb of Geejgarh, Rajasthan, and has issue, one daughter.

ESTATES:

Deara, Dera Ramnagar, Meopur Dharwa, Meopur Baragaon, Bhadayyan, Nanemau, Khaspur, Sultanpur Damodara, Meopur Dehla I, Meopur Dehla II etc.

SHORT HISTORY:

The Rajkumar clan traced their ancestry to Raja Hammir Dev Chauhan of Ranthambor, who ruled from 1282 to 1301, and founded their capital in present day Bahauddinpur village area near Barosa Sadar. Their founder was Raja Raj Shah, possibly son of Raja Bariar Singh (see Chauhan Dynasty), and who had three sons.

• Raja Bariar Singh, founder of the Bachgoti clan of Rajputs, tradition relates that he came to Oudh in 1248, and there displaced the Bilkharias of Kot Bilkhar in Patti; married and had issue. He died after 1248.

  • Babu Raj Singh, married and had issue, three sons.

    • Babu Ishri Singh [aka Asre or Asrai Singh], ancestor the Rajkumars of Deara, Meopur etc.

    • Babu Chakarsen, ancestor of the Bachgot clan of Isanpur, Patti Saifabad, Adharganj, Dalippur, Daryapur, Sirsi, Ujhla, Jalalpur-Bilkharia, Hirdharpur (see Bachgoti Clan)

    • Babu Rup Singh, married and had issue, the Taluqdars of Kurwar, the Muslim Bale Sultan Clan and the Muslim Khanzada Clan. (see Bachgoti Clan)

• Babu Ishri Singh, Taluqdar of Meopur and Deara, married and had issue.

  • seven generations

    • Babu Bijai Chand, married and had issue.

      • Babu Harkaran Deo of Nanemau, married and had issue, the Taluqdars of Nanemau.

      • Babu Jit Rai, married and had issue, the Taluqdars of Meopur Dahla, Meopur Dhaurua and Bhadayan.

        • Babu Madhukar Shah, married and had issue, the Taluqdars of Meopur Dahla and Meopur Dhaurua.

        • Babu Ram Shah, married and had issue, the Taluqdars of Bhadaiyan.

          • eight generations

            • Babu Shankar Bakhsh Singh, married and had issue.

              • Babu Bishnath Singh of Bhadaiyan, married and had issue.

                • Babu Sheodat Bahadur Singh

              • Babu Dalpat Singh, married and had issue.

                • Babu Kamta Prasad Singh, married and had issue.

                • >> Babu Lachhman Prasad Singh, married Babuain Mahadeo Kunwar of Bhadaiyan

      • Rai Jio Narain, married and had issue.

        • generation

          • Rai Birbhaddar Singh, he led members of his clan across the Gumti river and settled at Deara on the rivers banks, where they made their home

            • Babu Sheo Singh Rai, married and had issue.

              • Babu Mitarsen Jit, married and had issue.

              • Babu Jai Singh Rai, married and had issue.

              • Babu Chattar Singh, 1st Babu Saheb of Deara (qv)

      • Babu Dalip Rai of Barwaripur