PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The ancestors of the
family were originally Chauhan Kshatriyas in the service
of the Sayyids of Pihani, having migrated from Rajasthan in the 16th
century. Jamni Khan, an early ancestor, obtained the post of Chaudhuri
of Kheri from Sayyid Khurda in 1553, with a right to levy tax on all
the lands in that pargana. His descendants gradually increased their
possessions, the Chaudhri
Parbal Singh Janwar owning Oel, Kaimahra, and Khogi, and his
descendant, the Rai Than Singh, of Oel, owning many more villages
Estate holders were...
- Rai BAKHT SINGH,
Rai of Oel, son of Rai Pitam Singh; he built a large and handsome
temple at Oel, married and had
issue. He died after 1838.
- Kunwar (name unknown) Singh, married and had issue.
- Rai SABHA SINGH,
Rai of Oel
- Raja ANIRUDH SINGH,
Raja of Oel -/1879,
the title of Raja was conferred by the King of Oudh in 1849,
it was recognized
and made hereditary by the British Government in 1877; married and had
issue. He died 18th October 1879.
- Raja Krishna Dutt Singh (qv)
- Raja KRISHNA DUTT SINGH,
Raja of Oel and Kaimahra 1879/1932,
born
1861, he succeeded
to the gadi on 18th October
1879 (#1),
married Thakurain Anand Kunwar, and had issue. He died 15th December
1932.
- Kunwar Baldeo Singh, Yuvaraj of Oel
- Kunwar Ram Dutt Singh, married a
daughter of Gen.
Shri Padma Jung Bahadur of Nepal, and had issue.
He died 1906.
- The Honourable Raja Yuveraj Dutt Singh (qv)
- Thakur Tej Dutt Singh
- Rajkumari (name unknown),
married HH Maharajadhiraj Shri Ghanesh Pal Deo Bahadur, Maharaja of Karauli.
- The Honourable Raja
YUVERAJ DUTT
SINGH, Raja of Oel
and Kaimahra 1932/1984 , born
31st July 1907, educated privately initially, then at Mayo College,
Ajmer; Director of
the
All-India Assurance Co., Ideal Films Ltd., National Mining and Trading
Co., Metropolitan Newspaper Ltd., Sahitya Sang Ltd. and Export Co.,
Member
of the Council of State, Member of the Advisory Committee of the Court
of Wards (Kheri) and a Member of the Executive Committee of the
Bristish
Indian Association (Lucknow), married 1926, Shrimati Rani Chandrabhan
Kumari
Sahiba, daughter of Raja Bindeshwari Prasad Singh of Payagpur,
Bahraich District, and had issue. He died 1984.
- Raja Jagdish Narain Dutt Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Gopal Narain Dutt Singh
- Rajkumari Shashi Prabha Kumari
- Raja JAGDISH NARAIN DUTT
SINGH, Raja of Oel
and Kaimahra 1984/-,
born 9th March 1927, married 1945, Rani Anuradha Devi, daughter of
Kumar Surpati Singh of Shohratgarh, and had issue.
- Raja Vishnu Narain Dutt Singh (qv)
- [?Kunwar Pradyumna
Narain
Dutt Singh, married Kunwarani Madhurima Singh, daughter of Sri Rajkumar
Rajendra Prasad Singh of Daiya,
and his
wife, Rajkumarani
Radha Singh.]
- Kunwar Hari Narain Dutt Singh, married 1983, Kunwarani
Sadhana Rajya Lakshmi Devi, born 1957, daughter of Lt. Col. Shri
Ina
Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and his wife,
Rani
Manorama
Rajya Lakshmi Devi, and has issue, one daughter.
- Raja VISHNU NARAIN DUTT
SINGH, Raja of Oel and Kaimahra (see above)
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KAIMAHRA (Taluq)
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| LOCATION: Uttar
Pradesh (Kheri Dist.) |
DYNASTY: Janwar |
RELIGION: Hindu |
PRESENT
HEAD OF HOUSE: The Raja Saheb of Kaimahra and Oel (see above)
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| PREDECESSORS
and SHORT
HISTORY: Also known as Charda or Churda. The
Raja Sahib of Kaimahra represented the elder branch of the Janwar
family (the Raja
Saheb of Oel, represents the Junior branch). They were originally
Chauhan Kshatriyas in the service of the Sayyids
of Pihani, having migrated from Rajputana in the 16th century. In the
time of Sayyid Khurd, in 1553, their ancestor Jamni Khan obtained the
post of Chaudhri of Kheri, with the right to levy a cess on all the
lands in that Pargana. The estate was merged into that Oel, on the
death of Rani
Dayant Kanwar. Estate holders
were.... |
- Rai THAN SINGH,
Rai of Kaimahra, lived in Oel.
- Rai UMRAO SINGH,
Rai of Kaimahra fl.1838, married
and
had issue.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Kishan
Singh
of Khandela Junior.
She died sp.
- Rai (name unknown), Rai of Kaimahra, married
and had issue.
- Kunwar (name unknown), married and had issue.
- Kunwar (name unknown), married and had issue.
- Raja AJAB SINGH,
Raja of Kaimahra, he was granted the
title of Raja in
1837
as a personal
distinction,
it was made hereditary in 1864.
- Raja JODHA SINGH,
Raja of Kaimahra, during his
tenure, the Raja Sahib
of Oel,
tried to seize Kaimahra, though unsuccessfully; his estate was
confiscated after the Mutiny of 1857 and given to Raja Kulraj Singh of
Padnaha; married and had
adoptive issue.
- Rajkumari Diljeet Kanwar, married Raja Jaswant
Singh of Khandela Junior.
- (A) Raja Narpat
Singh
(qv)
- Raja NARPAT SINGH,
Raja of Kaimahra -/1886, succeeded
by adoption;
married
(a), Rani Dayawant Kunwar (qv), married (b), Rani Ranikunwar, and had
issue.
- Raja Achal Singh (by Rani Ranikunwar) (qv)
- Rajkumari Vidya Kanwar, married Raja Ranjit Singh
of Khandela Junior.
- Raja ACHAL SINGH,
Raja of Kaimahra 1886/1896, born
15th June
1880 (#2), died sp on 22nd April
1896.
- Rani Dayawant Kunwar,
Rani of Kaimahra 1896/-, born 1848, on her
death, the
Kaimahra
estate was merged into Oel.
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