GALGALHA

LOCATION: Oudh (Unnao District) AREA: xx sq.km. VILLAGES: 6 villages and 32 pattis POPULATION: xx RELIGION: Hindu

REVENUE: Rs 15,614 (1903) DYNASTY/LINEAGE: Chandel SEAT: xx ACCESSION: 1952

PRESENT RULER: Thakur RAKESH PRATAP SINGH, 6th and present Thakur Saheb of Galgalha since 1970 (Galgalha Palace, Akrampur, Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Member, British-India Association, Anhuman-i-Hind, Oudh, Lucknow; married 1974, Thakurani Saheba Kalpana Devi, daughter of Maharaja Saheb Chintamani Saran Nath Shah Deo, Maharaja of Chota Nagpur, and his wife, Maharani Prem Manjari, and has issue, one son.

Kunwar Aadesh Pratap Singh, born 9th April 1975, married 2008, Kunwarani Jema Moni Smita Devi, born 1st February 1979, daughter of Rajkumar Routrai Saheb Ahlad Chandra Deo of Talcher, and his wife, Rajkumarani Brajeshwari Devi from Sankhemundi in Orissa, and has issue, three daughters.

Kumari Aaradhita Chandel, born 23rd April 2009.
Kumari Sumedha Chandel, born 15th November 2011.
Kumari Aadya Chandel, born 7th February 2016.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The origins of the Taluqa begin in 1785 when Nawab Bahadur Asaf ud-Daula of Oudh, granted the estate to Kalyan Singh, who claimed descent from the Raja of Shivrajpur in Harha pargana. The estate is spread over the parganas of Harha, Unnao, Safipur, Sikandarpur, Pariar and Purwa. Estate holders were....

Thakur KALYAN SINGH, founder and first Thakur Saheb of Galgalha 1785/-; married and had issue.

Thakur Umrao Singh (qv)

Thakur UMRAO SINGH, 2nd Thakur Saheb of Galgalh -/1835, he established the locality of Umrao Khera in Unnao district; married and had issue, four sons. He died 1835.

Thakur Sultan Singh (qv)

Thakur SULTAN SINGH, 3rd Thakur Saheb of Galgalha 1835/1899; he took the side of Nana Saheb of Bithur during the mutiny of 1857, he was granted a sanad in 1865 for the Taluqa of Galgalha, the estate appears in Lists III and IV under the Act I of 1869, and it was ranked 169 in the Darbar in 1910, 167 in 1930 and 166 in 1933; he built the Umeshvar Baba Shiva Temple in Unnao in 1875, as well as the Galgalha Palace in 1890; the famous locality of Sultan Khera is named after him; married Thakurani Radhika Kunwar of Ranagarhi, and had issue, one son and one daughter. He died 1899.

Thakur Chandrapal Singh (qv)

Thakur CHANDRAPAL SINGH, 4th Thakur Saheb of Galgalha, he established the Chandra Pal Singh High School in Unnao District and the well known commercial area of Chandranagar in Unnao Dist. is named after him; married 1915, Thakurani Ram Ratan Kumari of Damodara estate in Sultanpur Dist., Oudh; and had issue, two sons. He died aged 32 years.

Thakur Rajendra Pratap Singh (qv)
Kunwar Virendra Pratap Singh, married Kunwarani Maya Devi, daughter of Kunwar Saheb of Baajgarhi estate in Aligarh Dist., U.P., and had issue, two children. He died in 1995.

Kunwarani Jaya Pangtey, married Kunwar Bhupendra Pangtey of Uttarakhand.
Kunwar Ajai Pratap Singh, married Kunwarani Seema Singh, daughter of the late Raja Sahib of Malhausi in Auraiya Dist, U.P., and had issue, one son and one daughter.

Kumar Rakshit Pratap Singh, presently (2013) employed in a reputed M.N.C. , married Kumarani Yamini Singh Sardana, and has issue, one daughter.

Kumari Vaanya Singh

Kumari Richa Singh, married Kunwar Abhimanyu Singh Parmar.

Thakur RAJENDRA PRATAP SINGH, 5th Thakur Saheb of Galgalha -/1970, he was awarded trophies for his services in World War II by the then administration; married Thakurani Lal Munniji, daughter of Babu Narendra Bahadur Singh of Hanswar estate in Faizabad District, Oudh, and had issue. He died 1970.

Thakur Rakesh Pratap Singh (qv)

Thakur RAKESH PRATAP SINGH, 6th Thakur Saheb of Galgalha (see above)