PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:

• Hon. Pandit Kunwar JWALA PRASADA, M.A., Zamindar of Shahjehanpur; an Imperial Civil Service officer, Deputy Commissioner of Hardoi; married 1903, Kunwarani Purnima Devi (née Shrimati Sudakshna Devi), born 13th May 1884 in Jorasanko, Calcutta, youngest daughter of Shri Hemendranath Tagore (see Tagore family), educated at the Loretto Convent, Calcutta, as a day scholar, and passed the Cambridge Trinity College Music Examination; she was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind medal in 1910; and had issue.

  • Kunwar Jyoti Prasada (qv)

• Kunwar JYOTI PRASADA, Zamindar of Shahjehanpur; he was a a prominent social reformer and a member of the Congress party, as well as member of various legislative and local body positions; married Kunwarani Pamela Prasada, daughter of The Hon. Raja Sardar Charanjit Singh of Kapurthala, and had issue.

  • Kunwar Jitendra Prasada (qv)

  • Kunwar Jayendra Prasada, born 1940, married Kunwarani Ratti Prasada, daughter of Raja Jagdish Kumar Singh of Birwa, and has issue, three sons.

    • Kunwar Jayesh Prasada, he is a politician and is presently (2009) a Member of the Uttar Pradesh State Legislative Council (M.L.C.) with the Bahujan Samaj Party, re-elected 2010 for a further six years; married Kunwarani Neelima Prasada (née Rawat), and has issue, two sons.

      • Jagrit Prasada

      • Jayaditya Prasada

    • Kunwar Jivesh Prasada, by profession he is an Agriculturalist; married Kunwarani Radhika Prasada (née Sharma), and has issue, one son.

      • Jaidev Prasada

    • Kunwar Jinesh Prasada, he is a businessman based in New Delhi; married Kunwarani Mandakini Prasada (née Kaul), a Senior Economist with the World Bank in New Delhi.

  • Kumari Dr. Jaya Prasada, born 1948, unmarried.

• Kunwar JITENDRA PRASADA B.Sc. (Agriculture), I.N.C. (Uttar Pradesh), Zamindar of Shahjehanpur -/2001; born 12th November 1938 in Lucknow, educated at Sherwood College, Nainital, at Colvin Taluqdars College, Lucknow and at the Agricultural Institute, Allahabad; M.L.C. (Uttar Pradesh) 1970/1971; Member of the 5th Lok Sabha 1971/1977, 7th Lok Sabha 1981/1984 and 8th Lok Sabha 1984/1989; Member, Estimates Committee, 1980/1982; Member, Indian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, 1983; General Secretary, AICC, 1985; General Secretary, All India Congress Committee 1985; Member, Congress Working Committee, 1992 and 1997; Member of the Rajya Sabha 1994/1999; Member, Committee of Privileges, 1994/1996; Member, Committee on Home Affairs, 1995/1997; President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee 1995/1998; Vice-President, All India Congress Committee 1997/1998; Chairman, Co-operative Bank, Shahjahanpur; Vice-Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Celebration Committee, Cabinet Secretariat; married 27th January 1973, Kunwarani Kanta Prasada (née Thakur), born 18th March 1947, daughter of Justice Chet Ram Thakur, M.A., LL.B., born 10th April 1917, Judge of the High Court (H.P.) [11.3.1971] - [10.4.1979]; and had issue, one son and one daughter. He died 19th February 2001.

  • Kunwar Jitin Prasada (qv)

  • Kumari Janhavi Prasada, she is a documentary filmmaker and peace educator.

• Kunwar JITIN PRASADA, Zamindar of Shahjehanpur (see above)