PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Sahaspur was the largest Zamindari in Moradabad and Badaun districts of Uttar Pradesh. An ancestor, Prithvi Singh, of the present Raja went along with the Lodi kings when they were at Sambhal, Moradabad district, and after their defeat in 1526 at Panipat, by the Moghul Emperor Babur, they settled peacefully in Punjab. They however kept in touch with Badaun and Katehr (old name of Moradabad) and at the insistence of Rao Pahar Singh Gaur, a relative, came back at the end of Aurangzeb's reign to receive the title of 'Rai' and were made 'Chakladars' of Bijnor District in 1713. Raja Jagat Kumar Singh, the present Raja's grandfather and predecessor, died in 1934. He left behind a widow, Rani Pritam Kunwar, and a young daughter, Rajkumari Indra Mohini (Diamond), who are the grandmother and mother of the present Raja. As per the law and family custom, Raja Chandra Vijay Singh, being the sole male heir, succeeded to the title of Raja at birth. Rani Pritam Kunwar, the present Raja's maternal grandmother was the granddaughter of Baba Khem Singh Bedi (K.C.I.E), one of the founders of the Singh Sabha movement and fourteenth spiritual head of the Sikhs by direct descent from Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh faith. The Raja was extremely close to his grandmother and named the schools he founded in his lifetime in the fond memory of his maternal grandmother. His father's family is from Bilaspur State (founded about 880AD). About 200 years ago an ancestor from his father's side (the younger brother of Raja Udai Chand of Bilaspur) was exiled, and whose family ultimately found their way to serve as hereditary Prime Ministers of Bahawalpur (Pakistan). The present Raja's paternal grandfather, Dewan Tek Chand, broke that chain after he joined the Indian Civil Service (officially known as the Imperial Civil Service) in 1894 becoming the Deputy Commissioner and later Commissioner of Punjab Province (of undivided India). He was a member of the Imperial Legislative Council (1915-1916) and a Member of the Council of State (1923-1925). He was educated at the Christ Church College at Cambridge University and trained as a barrister in England thereafter. He was a member of the The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, in London. The Raja's father, Major General Dewan Misri Chand (b.1907), served in the army being commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, in 1927. He saw active service in the North West Frontier (Afghanistan). He was an avid flyer and took part in a number of air races like the King's Cup Air Race, the Viceroy's Cup Air Race and the Schlesinger African Air Race. In 1936, he became the very first native Indian to win the Viceroy's Cup Air Race. In 2009, the Indian Government issued postal stamps to honour Major General Misri Chand ^(#1). Estate holders were....

• Rai ATMA RAM, Zamindar of Sahaspur, on the cession of Rohilkhand, he was chakladar of Bijnor, and subsequently he entered the service of the British Government, married and had issue.

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    • Rai Pradhuman Kishan Singh (qv)

• Rai PRADHUMAN KISHAN SINGH, Zamindar of Sahaspur -/1880, born 1839, he rendered good services during the Mutiny of 1857-58, assisting the British officers who had taken refuge at Nainital by sending them money and information, for these services he was rewarded with a grant of estates; married and had issue. He died 1880.

• Rai ANIRUDH SINGH, Zamindar of Sahaspur 1880/1910, born 1864, he died 1910.

• Raja Bahadur KRISHNA KUMAR SINGH, Rai of Sahaspur 1910/-, born 25th December 1848, he was granted the title of Raja as a personal distinction on 24th May 1882; he received a Medal of Honour at the Imperial Assemblage of Delhi on 1st January 1877, on the occasion of the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of India; and a khilat at the Agra Darbar of 10th February 1879; married and had issue.

  • Raja Raj Kumar Singh (qv)

• Raja RAJ KUMAR SINGH, Raja of Sahaspur, married and had issue.

  • Raja Jagat Kumar Singh (qv)

• Raja JAGAT KUMAR SINGH, Raja of Sahaspur -/1934, born 1912, married Rani Pritam Kunwar (Photo), born 1916, died 1972, daughter of Baba Ujagar Singh Bedi of Kallar, K.C.I.E., (now in Pakistan), who was 14th in descent from Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh faith, and had issue. He died in 1934.

  • Rajkumari Indra Mohini (Photo), married Maj. General Dewan Misri Chand, (son of Raja Tek Chand Bahadur, K.C.I.O., he was the 1st I.C.S. officer and was also awarded the Imperial Star), and had issue. She died 26th September 2005.

    • Raja Chandra Vijay Singh (qv)

    • Rajkumari Reena Kumari, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, Minister in the State of Uttar Pradesh Government; married Yuvaraj Pratap Singh Jhala of Thikana Labhowa, son of the Raja Jitendra Singh Jhala of Labhowa (grand son of Thakur Shri Jorawarsinhji Madhavsinhji, the Thakore Saheb of Chuda), and his wife, Rani Sri Kumari, daughter of HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Sir Prithvi Singh Bahadur of Banswara, and has issue.

      • Rajkumar Digvijay Singh Jhala (Photo), born 18th August 1981 in Lucknow, educated at the Doon School, Dehradun 1993/1999 and at St. Stephens College, New Delhi 1999/2001

      • Rajkumari Chandrika Kumari, educated at Welham Girls School, Dehradun and at the Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi, presently (2006) studying for her masters degree in interactive media at the London School of Music, London, U.K.

COURT OF WARDS 1934/1950

• Raja CHANDRA VIJAY SINGH, Raja of Sahaspur (see above)