PRESENT RULER: Maharaja SAURABH NARAIN SINGH Bahadur, present Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh since 17th October 2008, (Raj Bungalow, Post Office and District Hazaribagh, Bihar, India)

born 21st January 1975, educated at The Modern School, Delhi; The Doon School, Dehra Dun; University of Delhi (B.A.) and University of Western Australia (M.B.A.); worked for Citibank prior to entering politics; Member of the 3rd Vidhan Sabha of Jharkhand 2005/- from Hazaribagh, Congress Party; married 8th December 2001, Rani Ujwala Prabha, daughter of Raja Rudendra Bikram Singh of Payagpur.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: An impartible estate situated in Hazaribagh District, Bihar. Estate holders were...

• Raja BAGHDEO, Raja of Urda 1368/1402, established himself at Urda in the Pargana of Karanpura.

• Raja KIRAT SINGH, Raja of Urda 1402/1459

• Raja RAM SINGH I, Raja of Urda 1459/1537, died 1537.

• Raja MADHO SINGH, Raja of Urda 1537/1554

• Raja JAGAT SINGH, Raja of Urda 1554/1604

• Raja HIMMAT SINGH, Raja of Badam, 1604/1661, moved the seat to Badam.

• Raja RAM SINGH II, Raja of Badam 1661/1667, died 1667.

• Maharaja DALEL SINGH, Raja of Ramgarh 1667/1724, moved the seat to Ramgarh, married and had issue. He died 1724.

  • Kunwar Maharudar Singh, married and had issue. He died vp before 1724.

    • Raja Bishan Singh (qv)

    • Kunwar Puratan Singh, he died sp.

    • Raja Makund Singh (qv)

• Raja BISHAN SINGH, Raja of Ramgarh 1724/1763, the state was captured by the Muslim forces under Hidayat Ali Khan in 1740, but wasn't completely subjugated. He died sp in 1763.

• Raja MAKUND SINGH, Raja of Ramgarh 1763/1772, he was deposed by the British, but fled and died shortly afterwards with his infant son.

• Maharaja TEJ SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1772/1774, he was installed as Chief by British forces under Lieutenant Goddard who captured the state in 1772; married and had issue.

  • Maharaja Paras Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)

  • Maharaj Kumar Jaisri Singh, married and had issue.

    • Maharaj Kumar Medini Singh

    • Maharaj Kumar Bhawani Singh

    • Maharaj Kumar Rudra Singh

  • Maharaj Kumar Bodh Singh, married and had issue, the Padma branch of the Ramgarh Raj.

    • Maharaj Kumar Jenardan Singh, married and had issue.

      • Maharaj Kumar Brahm Narain Singh, married and had issue.

        • Maharaj Kumar Hit Narain Singh

        • Maharaj Kumar Udit Narain Singh

        • Maharaj Kumar Swarup Narain Singh

        • Maharaja Nam Narain Singh (qv)

• Maharaja PARAS NATH SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1774/1784, married and had issue.

  • Maharaja Mani Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)

  • Maharaj Kumar Bhagwan Singh, married and had issue.

    • Maharaj Kumar Thakur Dass Singh

  • Maharaj Kumar Digvijay Singh

• Maharaja MANI NATH SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1784/1811, married and had issue. He died 1811.

  • Maharaja Sidhi Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)

• Maharaja SIDH NATH SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1811/1835, married and had issue. He died 1835.

  • Maharaja Lakshmi Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)

  • Maharaja Shambhu Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)

  • Maharaja Ram Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)

• Maharaja LAKSHMI NATH SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1835/1841

• Maharaja SHAMBHU NATH SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1841/-

• Maharaja RAM NATH SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh -/1866, married and had issue. He died 1866.

  • Maharaja Trilok Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)

• Maharaja TRILOK NATH SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh in 1866 (for 2 months), born posthumously 1866, died 1866 aged 2 months.

• Maharaja NAM NARAIN SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1866/1899, took charge of the estate from the Court of Wards on the 23rd November 1873, he was granted the title of Raja on 24th May 1889 ^(#1) as a personal distinction, married Maharani Ram Kauri, died 30th November 1910, and had issue. He died 6th February 1899.

  • Maharaja Ram Narain Singh Bahadur (qv)

  • Maharaj Kumar Rameshwar Narain Singh

• Maharaja RAM NARAIN SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1899/1913, Raja [cr.1905] as a personal distinction, married Maharani Rikinath Kaur, and had issue. He died 26th January 1913.

  • Maharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh Bahadur (qv)

• Maharaja LAKSHMI NARAIN SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1913/1919, married, 1914, a daughter of Raja Narpat Singh of Porahat, and had issue. He died 10th April 1919.

  • Maharaja Kamakhya Narain Singh Bahadur (qv)

  • Lt. Dr. Maharajkumar Basant Narain Singh, born 9th April 1918 at Padma, M.R.A.S. (England), F.R.E.S., F.R.H.S. (London), M.A.M.N.H., M.N.G.S. (USA), educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur and at Mayo College, Ajmer; Member of the Executive Committee of the Bihar Landholder's Association, Vice-President of the Rural Reconstruction Association in Hazaribagh, District Scout Commissioner for Hazribagh, Chief Secretary of Ramgarh Raj, Honorary Lieutenant of the 1st Battalion of the Bihar Regiment, four times elected to the Lok Sabha from Hazaribagh, married Maharajkumari Vijaya Raje Puar, born 16th September 1919, daughter of Lt. Col. HH Maharaja Shri Sir Udajirao II Puar Bahadur of Dhar, and had issue, one son and one daughter.

• Maharaja KAMAKHYA NARAIN SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1919/1970, born 10th August 1916, granted ruling powers 10th August 1937, educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur and at Mayo College, Ajmer; Vice-President of the Bihar Landholder's Association and the All-India Kshatriya Mahasabha; Member of the Managing Committee and General Council of Rajkumar College; Member of the Executive Body of the Bihar War Committee, married February 1936, Maharani Lalita Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of Supradipta Manyabara Lt.Gen. Maharajkumar Singha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and his wife, Maharani Rama Rajya Lakshmi Devi; and had issue. He died 1970 in Calcutta.

  • Maharaja Indra Jitendra Narain Singh Bahadur (qv)

• Maharaja INDRA JITENDRA NARAIN SINGH Bahadur, Maharaja of Ramgarh 1970/2008, born 27th January 1938, educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur and at Mayo College, Ajmer; twice elected to the Bihar Vidhan Sabha from Bahri; married 11th May 1967, Maharani Rewa Kumari (now Rajmata of Ramgarh), daughter of Raja Dinesh Singh of Kalakankar, and his wife, Rani Neelima Kumari, and had issue, two sons. He died 17th October 2008.

  • Maharaja Saurabh Narain Singh Bahadur (qv)

  • Rajkumar Vaibhav Narain Singh, born 16th September 1984, educated at The Doon School, Dehra Dun, at the University of Delhi (B.A.) and at City University, London (M.A.).

• Maharaja SAURABH NARAIN SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh (see above)