 PRESENT
RULER AND HEAD OF HOUSE: Wing Cmdr. (ret'd.) Raja
ABHAY SINGH, 11th Raja Saheb of Pawayan since
2010.
born 1941, married Rani Asha Singh, daughter of Shri S. N.
Pandita (Central Secretary, Indian Administrative
Service), and has issue.
- Rajkumar Anirudh Singh, born 1973, married Kunwarani
Amrita Singh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ashok Lulla,
and has issue.
- Kunwar Reavant Singh, born 2002.
- Kumari Riya Singh, born 2005.
- Rajkumar Akshay Singh, born 1977, married Kunwarani
Prianka Singh, daughter of Col. Rajesh Sinha, and his
wife, Baisa Vijaya Kumari of Khandela.
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PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded around 1705 by Raja Udai Singh, who was the son of
Bhupat Singh, a leader of the ancient Gaur clan of Rajputs
settled at Chandra and Katesar in Sitapur, U.P. He
established Pawayan, the largest estate in the erstwhile
Rohilkhand Area and the present District Shahjahanpur in
U.P. Gaur Rajputs originated from Gaur Desh (country), in
West Bengal. The Gaur Rajputs had dispersed to various
parts of Northern and Central India after the onslaught of
the Persian raider, Bhaktiar Khilji, around 1205. Estate
holders were...
- Raja UDAI SINGH,
founder and first Raja of Pawayan.
- Raja JASWANT SINGH,
2nd Raja of Pawayan
- Raja BHAGWANT SINGH,
3rd Raja of Pawayan
- Raja RAGHUNATH
SINGH, 4th Raja of Pawayan 1802/1825, married
Rani Raj Kunwari (qv), and had adoptive issue.
- (A) Raja
Jagannath Singh (qv)
- Rani Raj Kunwari,
5th Rani of Pawayan 1825/1850
 Raja JAGANNATH SINGH,
6th Raja of Pawayan 1850/1880, born 1813, during his
rule, the rebel leader, Maulvi Ahmad-ullah Shah was
killed at the outer gate of the Pawayan Fortress in a
skirmish when the Maulvi was trying to forcefully
break through the outer gate, he adopted his nephew,
married and had adoptive issue.
- (A) Raja Fateh
Singh (qv)
COURT OF WARDS
1880/1889
- Raja FATEH SINGH,
7th Raja of Pawayan 1889/1906 (PHOTO), born
10th October 1858, he succeeded by adoption to the
gadi on 17th May 1889, a scholar of repute and an
honourary magistrate for the tehsil; married, and had
issue, two sons. He died 28th December 1921.
- Raja Indra Vikram Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Vijai Varma, married and had issue, one
daughter. He died 12th September 1929.
- Shrimati Kumari Vijai Kunwari
- Raja INDRA VIKRAM
SINGH, 8th Raja of Pawayan 1906/1928 (PHOTO),
married 1stly, Rani Griha Rajya Laxmi Devi of the Shah
family of Nepal, married 2ndly, Rani Indraj Lakshmi
Devi, and had issue, two sons and two daughters. He
died 28th May 1928.
- Raja Ajai Varma (qv)
- Kunwar Keshav Varma (by Rani Indraj Lakshmi Devi),
married Kunwarani Preeti Rajya Lakshmi Devi,
daughter of Gen. Khem Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of
Nepal (see Kaski and Lambjung).
- Rajkumari Rama Devi, married Raja Pratap Bahadur
Singh of Kurwar, in
Sultanpur Dist., U.P.
- Rajkumari Laxmeshwari Devi, married Raja Shri
Mohan Prasad Singh Deo of Badagoda [Bodogodo] in
Ganjam Dist., Orissa.
 Raja AJAI VARMA,
9th Raja of Pawayan 1928/1989, born 1907, last Raja
Saheb of Pawayan before the abolition of Princely
states and Zamindaris in 1950; he contibuted
significantly to the development of the Pawayan area
with initiatives such as setting up the present day
Pawayan Inter College; married Rani Indira Devi,
daughter of HH Sawai Maharaja Punya Pratap Singh,
Maharaja of Ajaigarh,
and his wife, HH Maharani Rukmini Devi, and
had issue, three sons and one daughter. He died in
1989.
- Raja Surendra Singhji (qv)
- Wing Cmdr. (ret'd.) Raja Abhay Singh (qv)
- Rajkumari Shobha Singh, born 1942, married Shri
Amit Ray, and had issue, one daughter. She died
2003.
- Rajkumar Jai Singh, born 1944, married Kunwarani
Mridul Singh, daughter of Kunwar Lal Chandan Singh
of Asothar, and has issue.
- Maj. Kunwar Manujendra Singh, born 1976, married
Kunwarani Kulgauravi Singh, daughter of Raja Ganga
Singh Chauhan of Baneria, and has issue.
- Abhijay Vikram Singh, born 2006.
 Raja
SURENDRA SINGHJI, 10th Raja of Pawayan
1989/2010, born 1928, educated at Colvin Taluqdars'
College, and at Lucknow Univeristy (LL.B.); M.L.A.
(Uttar Pradesh) 1957/1962. He died 2010.
- Wing Cmdr. (ret'd.)
Raja ABHAY SINGH, 11th Raja of Pawayan (see
above)
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