PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The Rajas of Korea belong to a Rajput (Hindu) family,
claiming descent from a Chauhan Rajput Chief named Dhawa!
Singh, who came to Korea from Rajputana about 700 years
ago, and conquered the country. Rulers were...
- Bhaiya DHARAMAL
SAHI, Bhaiya of Korea, he and his brother
Bhaiya Dalthamban Sahi, were cousins of the Raja of
Mainpuri in the early 17th century. He was granted the
Jagir of Jhilmili, later renamed Bhaiyathan. The state
of Korea was conquered from the Kol Rajas shortly
afterwards, remaining in the family till 1948. He
married and had issue.
- Bhaiya Deoraj Sahi (qv)
- Lal Adhoraj Deo, married and had issue.
- Lal Raghoraj Deo, ancestor of Raja Sheo Mangal
Singh Deo (1874-1909), see below.
- Bhaiya DEORAJ SAHI,
Bhaiya of Korea, died sp.
- Raja NARSINGH DEO,
Raja of Korea, married and had issue.
- Raja JIT RAI DEO,
Raja of Korea, married and had issue.
- Raja SAGAR SAHI DEO,
Raja of Korea, married and had issue.
- Raja AFHAR SAHI DEO,
Raja of Korea, married and had issue.
- Raja JAHAN SAHI DEO,
Raja of Korea, married and had issue.
- Raja SAWAL SAHI DEO,
Raja of Korea, married and had issue.
- Raja Gajraj Singh Deo (qv)
- Lal Dilip Singh Deo, married and had issue.
- Raja Gharib Singh Deo (qv)
- Lal Man Singh Deo, he was granted the jagir of
Changbhakar and succeeded there as Bhaiya Man
Singh Deo of Changbhakar
State.
- Raja GAJRAJ SINGH
DEO, Raja of Korea, died sp.
- Raja GHARIB SINGH
DEO, Raja of Korea 1795/1828, born 1745 at
Nagar, during his reign, the Marathas invaded the
state firstyly around 1765, and forced the Raja to pay
tribute, which he did for a time and then refused to
pay, in 1797, the Marathas again attacked Sonhat and
forced Raja Garib Singh Deo to pay Chauth
(tribute); after the final defeat of Maharaja Madhoji
II of Nagpur by the E.I.C., the Chhattisgarh States
came under the suzerainty of the East India Company;
in the Kabuliat executed on 24th December 1819
by Raja Garib Singh Deo, it was agreed that Korea
State would pay an annual tribute of 400Rs. He
died June 1828.
- Raja AMOL SINGH DEO,
Raja of Korea 1828/1864, born 1785, he entered into an
agreement with the East India Company in 1848, being
required to pay 400Rs p.a. as tribute; married Rani
Kadam Kunwar, and had issue. He died 1864.
- Raja PRAN SINGH DEO,
Raja of Korea 1864/1897, born 1857/1859, he succeeded
to the gadi
on 4th April 1864 (#1),
the title of Raja was officially confirmed as a
hereditary distinction in 1875. He died sp in
1897.
- Raja SHEO MANGAL
SINGH DEO, Raja of Korea 1897/1909, born
1874, he shifted his capital from Sonhat to
Baikunthpur in the year 1900; he constructed two tanks
and a temple during his reign; married and had issue.
He died 18th November 1909.
- Raja Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo (qv)
- Raja RAMANUJ PRATAP
SINGH DEO, Raja of Korea 1909/1954 B.A., born
8th December 1901 and succeeded in November 1909 (#2 ), educated at
Rajkumar College, Raipur (he was the first student to
pass the Chiefs College Diploma in 1920, being also
ranked first in this Examination) and at Allahabad
University 1924; he was invested with full ruling
powers in January 1925; a representative in the second
Round Table Conference held in London in 1931 (being
the youngest delegate); Vice President, All India
Kshtriya Maha Sabha 1931/-; he was responsible for the
construction of the Bijuri to Chirimini Railway line
1928/1931, he opened the Chirimiri Colliery in 1928,
the Khurasia Colliery in 1928 and the Jhagarkhand
Colliery in 1928; the Ramanuj High School was opened
in 1935; married 1920, a Princess of Chhota-Nagpur,
and had issue. He died 1954 at Baikunthpur.
- HH Maharaja
BHUPENDRA NARAYAN SINGH DEO, Maharaja of
Korea, educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur and at
Allahabad University (Masters in English Literature),
married HH Maharani Vasant Kumari of Wadhwan, and had issue.
He died in or after 1989.
- Rajkumari Manimalini Devi [Maharaj Kumari Rani
Manimalini Devi of Vijayanagaram], married Maharaj
Kumar A. N. V. Singh of Vijayanagaram.
- Maharaja Raghvendra Singh Dev (qv)
- Rajkumari Sureshwari Devi
- Maharaja RAGHVENDRA
SINGH DEV, Maharaja of Korea (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Kumar Shri Ram Chander Singh Deo, educated at
Rajkumar College, Raipur; Cabinet Minister for Finance
and Excise (Chattisgarh State), M.L.A. (Madhya
Pradesh) for five terms, fl.2003
- Kumar Shri Lal Ram Saran Singh, educated at Rajkumar
College, Raipur; the first I.C.S. (1929) among the
Ruling Chief's of India, later on retired as the
Indian Ambassador to Italy.
- Kumar Shri N. N. Singh Deo of Korea, educated at
Rajkumar College, Raipur; practised law in the Federal
Court of America.
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