KASMANDA (Taluq)
VILLAGES: 38 REVENUE: 107,108Rs  ACCESSION DATE: 1949
STATE: Oudh (Sitapur Distt.) DYNASTY: Bais RELIGION: Hindu
     
PRESENT RULER: Raja DINESH PRATAP SINGH, present Raja Saheb of Kasmanda since 1948.
Raja DINESH PRATAP SINGHborn 1927, former MP, married Rani Chandra Prabha Devi, daughter of Raja Birendra Bikram Singh of Payagpur, Bahraich District, Oudh, and has issue.
  • Rajkumar Divyakar Pratap Singh, born 1950, married Rani Jaya Rajya Lakshmi, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Shri Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and has issue.
    • Rajkumari Deepshikha Kumari, born 1975, married 25th November 2009 in Jaipur, Rajkumar Manmath Singh of Patna, Orissa.
    • Rajkumari Chandrika Singh, born 1981.
  • Rajkumar Dinraj Pratap Singh, born 1952, married 1975, Rani Yadunandini, born 1956, daughter of HH Maharajadhiraj Maharawal Raghunath Singhji of Jaisalmer, and his wife, HH Maharani Mukut Rajya Lakshmi Devi, and has issue.
    • Kunwar Dinkrit Pratap Singh, born 1976.
    • Kunwar Dinkar Pratap Singh, born 1978, married the daughter of the Thakur Saheb of Junia, and has issue, one son.
      • Dinanjai Pratap Singh, born 2008.
  • Rajkumari Sukriti Prabha Singh [Rani Sukriti Prabha Singh Deo of Hindol], married Raja Bahadur Shailendra Narayan Singh Deo Mardaraj Jagadev of Hindol in Orissa, and has issue, two sons. 
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The Royal Family of Kasmanda is descended from Raja Salivahan who defeated Raja Vikramaditya in 78AD. The estate holders were...
  • Thakur THANE SINGH, Thakur of Bari, he arrived in District Sitapur, Oudh in 1628 and settled in Bari and Pirnagar, married and had issue. He died 1668.
  • (3 generations)
  • Thakur JAGAT RAI, Thakur of Bari
  • Thakur MADHUKAR SHAH, Thakur of Bari
  • Thakur Shah Mal GANESH RAI, Thakur of Sujalia, settled in Sujalia, District Sitapur, Oudh.
  • Thakur KANDHIYA RAI, Thakur of Sujalia
  • Thakur DAMAN SINGH RAI, Thakur of Sujalia -/1746, he died 1746.
  • Thakur NEWAZ SHAH, Thakur of Sujalia 1746/1821, he died 1821. 
  • Thakur BHAWANI SINGH, Thakur of Kasmanda 1821/1842, settled in Kasmanda, District Sitapur, Oudh. He died 1842.
  • Thakur JAWAHIR SINGH Sahib, Thakur of Kasmanda 1842/1910, born 1821, married daughter of the Thakur of Bania Mau, Sitapur District, Oudh and had issue. He died 1910.
  • Raja Bahadur SURAJ BAKSH SINGH Sahib, Thakur of Kasmanda 1910/1948, born 1868, Taluqdar of Kasmanda-Basaidih Estate, O.B.E., MLA, President of the British-Indian Association, married (amongst others), (b), the daughter of Raja Ganga Ram Shah of Khairigarh, Kheri District, Oudh and had issue. He died 1948.
    • Rajkumari Lalita Kumara Devi [Maharani Sahiba of Vizianagram], married Maharaja Sahib Pusapati Sir Viziaram IV Narayana Gajapathi Raju Manea Sultan Bahadur of Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, and had issue.
    • Yuvraj Dewakar Prakash Singh, born October 1903, Honorary Magistrate and Honorary Munsif till 1937, married the daughter of the Raja Bahadur Raja Pratap Bahadur Singh of Pratapgarh, Pratapgarh District, Oudh and had issue, three children (one died young). He died vp in 1947.
      • Raja Dinesh Pratap Singh (qv)
      • Yuvarajkumari Savita Kumari alias Abha Raja, born 1923, married the Raja of Katesar, Sitapur District, Oudh.
  • Raja DINESH PRATAP SINGH, Thakur of Kasmanda (see above)
Courtesy of Rajkumar Dinraj Pratap Singh, October 2002
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Kunwar Dinkar Pratap Singh of Kasmanda (left) and Kunwar Dinkrit Pratap Singh of Kasmanda (right)