PRESENT RULER: Raja Kameshwar Singh, present Raja Saheb of Shakarpura and Bahardurpur (Shakarpura, Post Office Shakarpura, Begusarai, Monghyr District, Bihar, India)

born 1938, former Member of Parliament, both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha [3.4.1974] - [2.4.1980], married Rani Bhanuba, daughter of Darbar Shri Rawat Kanthad Wala of Bilka, and his wife, Rani Saheb Devkuvarba Saheb, and has issue, one son and two daughters.

• Rajkumari Jayalakshmi Kumari

• Yuvaraj Jaikeerti Singh Parmar

• Rajkumari Dakhshineswari Kumari, married (as his second wife), to Yuvaraj Rudramani Kant Singh of Bhinga.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The Zamindari was founded by Rao Umadayal Singh, a Parmar Rajput and a descendant of the ancient Parmar Rajas of Dhar. It was one of richest Zamindaris of Northern Bihar with a revenue of around 4 lakhs and an area of 212.38 square kilometres. Raja Laxmi Narayan Singh had two sons and he divided the Zamindari into two parts - Bahadurpur and Shakarpura. The two portions merged after the death without issue of Raja Ram Bahadur Singh of Bahardurpur. The estate became vested in the State of Bihar under the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950. Estate holders were .....

BAHARDURPUR -/1917

• Raja Uma Dayal Singh, Raja of Bahardurpur, married and had issue.

  • Raja Ram Charan Singh (qv)

  • Rajkumar Chandi Prasad Singh

  • Rajkumar Chak Narayan Singh

  • Rajkumar Bhukan Singh

• Raja Ram Charan Singh, Raja of Bahardurpur, married and had issue.

  • Raja Laxmi Narayan Singh (qv)

  • Rajkumar Sheoadhin Singh

• Raja Laxmi Narayan Singh, Raja of Bahardurpur -/1898, he divided the zamindari into two parts, to be inherited by his sons; married 1stly, Rani Maina Kumari, married 2ndly, Rani Bhanmati Kumari of Thatiya zamindari, died 1939, and had issue, two sons. He died 1898.

  • Yuvraj Narayan Singh (by Rani Maina Kumari), married and had issue, an only son. He died 1896.

    • Raja Ram Bahadur Singh (qv)

  • Raja Udit Narayan Singh (by Rani Bhanmati Kumari), he recieved the estate of Shakarpura as his share under the terms of his father's will (see further)

COURT OF WARDS 1907/-

• Raja Ram Bahadur Singh, Raja of Bahardurpur 1898/1917, born 1882, he succeeded to Bahardurpur under the terms of his grandfather's will; upon his own death without issue, the estate devolved on his cousin, the Raja of Shakarpura, married 1stly, Rani Kamalmukhi Kumari from Banerhatta zamindari, she died 1946, married 2ndly, Rani Bindeshwari Kumari from Nepal. He died sp in January 1917 ^(#1).

SHAKARPURA

• Raja Udit Narayan Singh, Raja of Shakarpura 1900/1941 and of Bahadurpur 1917/1941, married Rani Sursundari Devi of Kuchiakul, died 1952, and had issue, one son and one daughter. He died 1941.

  • Raja Laliteswar Prasad Singh (qv)

  • Rajkumari Rajeshwari Devi, married Thakur Monendra Kumar Singh of Dehad, Bihar, and has issue, three sons and two daughters.

COURT OF WARDS 1908/-

• Raja Laliteswar Prasad Singh, Raja of Shakarpura and Bahadurpur 1941/1995, married 1936, Rani Annapurna Devi, born 1916, died 2006, daughter of Maharajkumar Digvijay Singh of Gidhaur, Bihar, and had issue, eight sons and one daughter.

  • Raja Kameshwar Singh (qv)

  • Rajkumar Visheswar Prasad Singh, married and has issue, two sons.

    • Kunwar Kamakhya Singh, married Rajkumari Neelu Devi of Panchkot in West Bengal, and has issue, one son.

      • Shreyaans Singh

    • Kunwar Rahul Singh

  • Rajkumar Pratapeswar Singh

  • Rajkumar Amreshwar Singh

  • Rajkumar Shiladitya Singh

  • Rajkumar Yogeshwar Singh

  • Rajkumar Krishnaveer Singh, married and has issue, two sons.

    • Kunwar Vivek Veer Singh Parmar, he graduated with a degree in Hotel Management from Kolkata University.

    • Kunwar Raghuraj Veer Singh Parmar

  • Rajkumar Laxman Singh

  • Rajkumari Jaisree Kumari

• Raja Kameshwar Singh, present Raja Saheb of Shakarpura and Bahardurpur (see above)