PRESENT RULER: Raja Bahadur ADITYA PRATAP NARAIN SINGHJI, Raja Sahib of Padrauna since 28th January 2003.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Ancestor of the family was Maharaja Jai Chand of Kannauj. Founding of State came into effect with the Royal Firman of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1686. The family played host to three official visits by the Viceroy of India (1930–1946), other ruling Rajas of eastern UP were in attendance on invitation. First Double Unit Sugar Mill set up by Rai Bahadur Jagdish Pratap Narain Singh, also the Padrauna Raj Krishna Sugar Works in 1921, followed by a Sugar Unit at Khadda and Katkuiyan respectively. Padrauna Town was amongst the first few regions to have been electrified from the power generation of the sugar unit set up by the Royal Family. Employment was generated by the factories, and farmers benefited by growing cane as a cash crop in the region. The State undertook welfare schemes in Primary Health care and Education. The first Closed Motorized Ambulance was stationed at Padrauna Raj. A Secondary School was established by the State in Memory of Raja Udit Narain Singh by Raja Bahadur Brij Narain Singh and Rai Bahadur Jagdish Narain Singh. A Degree College was subsequently established in keeping with the traditions of the family's social responsibilities. Rulers were....

• Shri HARI GOVIND Rai, married and had issue.

  • Ginu Narain Rai

  • Ram Narain Rai, married and had issue.

    • Bisheshar Narain Rai

    • Bhawani Narain Rai, married and had issue.

      • Harkumar Narain Rai, married and had issue.

        • Nand Kumar Narain Rai

      • Ishwari Pratap Narain Rai, born 1802, married and had issue.

        • Madan Mohan Rai, related to the Rajas of Majhauli and Tamkuhi.

        • Raj Ballabh Rai

        • Madan Gopal Rai, born 1829 ^(#1), married and had adopted issue. He died 1890.

      • Jai Prakash Narain Rai

  • Meherban Narain Rai, married and had issue.

    • Bahadur Rai, married and had issue.

      • Raghuraj Rai, married and had issue.

        • Raja Udit Narain Singhji (see below)

    • Basti Rai, married and had issue.

• Raja UDIT NARAIN SINGHJI, he was granted the title of Raja as a personal distinction on 22nd June 1897, married and had issue. He died 1900.

  • Raja Bahadur Brij Pratap Narain Singhji, ancestor of the Senior Line [Bade Durbar] (qv)

  • Rai Bahadur Jagdish Pratap Narain Singh, ancestor of Junior Line [Chote Darbar] (see below)

• Raja Bahadur BRIJ PRATAP NARAIN SINGHJI 1900/1948, born 26th April 1875, succeeded as Raja of Padrauna on 18th February 1900, he was granted the title of Raja as a personal distinction in 1906, Raja Bahadur [cr.1919] (personal) and the title of Raja was made hereditary in June 1921, married and had issue. He died 1948.

  • Raja Krishna Pratap Narain Singhji (qv)

  • Kunwar Kishan Pratap Narain Singhji

  • Kunwar Ravi Pratap Narain Singhji, married the daughter of Shri Anand Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal.

• Raja KRISHNA PRATAP NARAIN SINGHJI, married and had issue.

  • Raja Bahadur Anirudha Pratap Narain Singhji (qv)

  • Kunwar Basdeo Pratap Narain Singhji, married and had issue, two sons and two daughters.

    • Kunwar Aditya Pratap Narain Singh, he succeeded as Raja Bahadur Aditya Pratap Narain Singhji. (qv)

    • Kunwar Mahendra Pratap Narain Singh

  • Kunwar Balbhadra Pratap Narain Singhji, married and has issue.

    • Kunwar Anil Pratap Narain Singh

    • Kumari Nita Singh

    • Kumari Ajita Singh

    • Kumari Rajita Singh

• Raja Bahadur ANIRUDHA PRATAP NARAIN SINGHJI, married Rani Nagendra Kumari, second daughter of Raja Bir Chandra Jadumani Deo Janamuni of Rairakhol, and had issue.

  • Raja Bahadur Bhanu Pratap Narain Singhji (qv)

  • Kumari Sharat Kumari (by Rani Nagendra Kumari)

  • Kumari Anapurna Kumari (by Rani Nagendra Kumari)

• Raja Bahadur BHANU PRATAP NARAIN SINGHJI -/2003, died sp 28th January 2003.

• Raja Bahadur ADITYA PRATAP NARAIN SINGHJI (see above)

JAGDISHGARH (Junior Line) [Chote Darbar]

Rai Bahadur Jagdish Pratap Narain Singh, born 1885, he was granted the Jagdishgarh Estate in 1923, granted the title of Rai Bahadur also in 1923, Managing Director of the Padrauna Raj Krishna Sugar Works Ltd. till his death; married and had issue. He died 13th June 1941.

• Rai Bahadur Kunwar Rudra Pratap Narain Singh, born 1912, Managing Director of the Padrauna Raj Krishna Sugar Works Ltd. 1941/1955; married the daughter of Thakur Dalip Singhji of Bishtakura (Almora), and had issue. He died 1955.

  • Kunwar Chandra Pratap Narain Singh, born 1935, married Kunwarani Mohini Devi, and had issue. He died 1989.

    • Kunwar Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh, born 25th April 1964 in Delhi, educated at the Doon School, B.A. (Hons. History) and at St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi; M.L.A. (Uttar Pradesh) 1996/2009; President, Uttar Pradesh Youth Congress 1997/1999; Secretary, AICC 2003/2006; elected to the 15th Lok Sabha, 2009; Union Minister of State, Road, Transport and Highways 2009/-; Secretary, Sri Aurobindo Society Centre (Padrauna); Secretary, Udit Narain Degree College; Secretary, Udit Narain Inter College; Secretary, Udit Narain Trust; winner of the Duke of Edinburgh Award (Gold); married 7th December 19xx, Kunwarani Sonia Singh, and has issue, two daughters. (The Palace, Padrauna Distt.- Kushi Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India)

    • Kumari Divya Singh

  • Capt. Kunwar Dinesh Pratap Narain Singh, born 1943, married and has issue.

    • Kunwar Veeraj Pratap Narain Singh

    • Kumari Tripti Singh

  • Kumari Padma Singh

  • Kumari Kusum Singh

• Kunwar Laxmi Pratap Narain Singh, born 1916, married and had issue. He died 1964.

  • Kunwar Vyjendra Pratap Narain Singh, born 1939, married and had issue. He died 2000.

    • Kunwar Anu Pratap Narain Singh

  • Kunwar Ravindra Pratap Narain Singh, born 1949, married and has issue.

    • Kunwar Ramendra Pratap Narain Singh, born 1964.

    • Kunwar Shailendra Pratap Narain Singh, born 1977.

    • Kumari Bacchi Singh

  • Kunwar Raghuvendra Pratap Narain Singh, born 1952, married and has adoptive issue.

    • (A) Kunwar Rahul Pratap Narain Singh

  • Kumari Prabha Singh

  • Kumari Purnima Singh

  • Kumari Rani Singh

• Kunwar Surya Pratap Narain Singh, born 1921, married and had issue. He died 1990.

  • Kunwar Devendra Pratap Narain Singh, born 1942, married and had issue, two sons. He died 1989.

  • Kunwar Tribhuvan Pratap Narain Singh, born 1960, married 2005.

  • Kumari Usha Singh

  • Kumari Geeta Singh [Mrs. Geeta Shepherd], married and has issue.

  • Kumari Bina Singh

• Kunwar Ram Pratap Narain Singh, born 1928, married and had issue. He died 1996.

  • Kunwar Hanuwant Pratap Narain Singh, born 1974, married 2002.

  • Kumari Rajeshwari Singh

  • Kumari Gyaneshwari Singh

• Kumari Shyama

• Kumari Lalita