PRESENT RULER: Raja Shri VIJAY SINGHJI, present Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri and Head of the Junior branch of the Raikwar clan

married Rani Usha Kumari, daughter of Raja Ram Singh of Gangwal, and has issue.

• Rajkumar Shri Ratnakar Singhji, born 1965, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer; married 1992, Rajkumari Mrinalini Kumari, daughter of Raja Digvijay Singhji, Raja Saheb of Raghogarh, and his wife, Rani Asha Kumari, and has issue, four daughters.

  • Kumari Anshika Singh, married 2014, Yuvraj Vivasvat Pal of Karauli.

  • Kumari Kamalakshi Singh

  • Kumari Katyani Singh

  • Kumari Divyajoti Singh

• Rajkumar Rajendra Singhji, married Rajkumari Karishma Singh, and has issue.

  • Kumari Eshaanika Raje

• Rajkumari Shobha Raje, married Shri Udayan Singh of Kursela, and has issue, one son and one daughter.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The family claim to be descended from the kings of Ajodhya. They subsequently migrated to Jammu, from where Rao Pratap Shah migrated to Kannauj in the 12th century, and took service with the Raja. His sons were afterwards sent against the Bhars of Oudh by Qutbuddin Aibek, and the elder son, Sal Deo, obtained the land beyond the Ghagra. The Ramnagar estate was governed by the Oudh Estates Act (1 of 1869), and it appears to have devolved according to the rule of primogeniture. Estate holders were....

• Raja ZORAWAR SINGH, 1st Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri, he was the first to bear the title of Raja; married and had issue.

  • Raja Gharib Singh (qv)

  • Raja Sheo Singh (qv)

• Raja GHARIB SINGH, 2nd Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri, he died spm.

• Raja SHEO SINGH, 3rd Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri, married and had issue.

  • Kunwar Abdhut Singh, he died sp.

  • Raja Anup Singh (qv)

  • Raja Bhawani Singh (qv)

• Raja ANUP SINGH, 4th Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri -/1751, he led a Hindu confederacy against Mughal power, but lost his life in the battle of Chheolaghat on the Gumti in 1751.

• Raja BHAWANI SINGH, 5th Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri 1751/-, he served in Rohilkhand and elsewhere under the Nawab Wazir and received a large jagir in return for his services; married and had issue.

  • Raja Basti Singh (qv)

  • Raja Surat singh (qv)

• Raja BASTI SINGH, 6th Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri, he died sp after one year

• Raja SURAT SINGH, 7th Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri -/1826, during his tenure, the whole of the estate was taken under direct management of Nawab Sa'adat Ali Khan, he was restored to power in 1809, and became Chakladar of Ramnagar and Muhammadpur, he fell into arrears and was imprisoned at Lucknow, but was released on the security of Raja Goverdhan Das of Sandila, failing to pay, he was besieged in his fort at Chheda by the Raja, where he died; married and had issue. He died at Chheda in 1826.

  • Raja Gurbakhsh Singh (qv)

• Raja GURBAKHSH SINGH, 8th Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri 1826/1857, he succeeded to the office of Chakladar in 1826, which he held till 1839, when the whole property was taken under the direct management of the Nazim, Raja Darshan Singh, he recovered his property in 1844, and was made Chakladar of Muhammadpur in 1844; he quarrelled with his son in 1854 who was granted the lease of Ramnagar and Muhammadpur, leaving Raja Gurbakhsh Singh with 47 villages later known as Bhitauli estate, it was confiscated in 1858 due to the Rajas rebellion and given to the Maharaj of Kapurthala; married and had issue. He died 1882.

  • Raja Sarabjit Singh (qv)

• Raja SARABJIT SINGH, 9th Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri 1857/1899, born 10th November 1829 ^{(#1 )}, he succeeded to the gadi in 1857, and began a life of extravagance and the estate became heavily encumbered; in 1888 it was taken under the management of the Court of Wards and was released only in July 1901; the title of Raja was recognized as hereditary on 4th December 1877; Chief of the Raikwar Clan, married 1stly, Rani Chandra Kunwar, married 2ndly, Rani Gulab Kunwar, and had issue, one son. He died 1899.

  • Raja Shri Udit Narain Singh (by Rani Gulab Kunwar) (qv)

• COURT OF WARDS 1888/1901

• Raja Shri UDIT NARAIN SINGH, Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri 1899/1927, born 1861, married and had issue, two sons. He died 5th June 1927.

  • Rai Sahib Raja Shri Harnam Singh (qv)

  • Kanwar Sarnam Singh, married Kanwarani Parbati Kuer, and had issue, one son. He died 1928.

    • Raja Shri Amar Krishna Narain Singh (qv)

• Rai Sahib Raja Shri HARNAM SINGH, Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri 1927/1935; born 1884, he succeeded to the gadi on 5th June 1927; he was granted the title of Rai Sahib as a personal distinction in January 1927; married Rani Drigraj Kuer, Taluqdarani of Ganeshpur, died after 1959. He died sp in 1935.

• Raja Shri AMAR KRISHNA NARAIN SINGHJI, Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri 1935/1990; born 1919, he attained majority on 12th September 1940; married 1stly, Rani Sahiba (name unknown), she died sp, daughter of HH Maharaja Maharawal Sahib Shri Indrasinhji Pratapsinghji, 21st Raja of Bansda, married 2ndly, Rani Sahiba Chandraprabha, daughter of HH Svasti Shri Rajadhiraja Sahib Umaid Singhji II Bahadur, Raja Sahib of Shahpura, and his second wife, and had issue. He died 1990.

  • Raja Vijay Singhji (qv)

  • Rajkumar Abhay Singhji

• Raja Shri VIJAY SINGHJI, present Raja of Ramnagar-Dhameri (see above)