PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
An impartible estate situated in Hazaribagh District,
Bihar. Estate
holders
were...
- Raja BAGHDEO,
Raja of Urda 1368/1402, established himself at Urda in
the Pargana
of Karanpura.
- Raja KIRAT SINGH,
Raja of Urda 1402/1459
- Raja RAM SINGH I,
Raja of Urda 1459/1537, died 1537.
- Raja MADHO SINGH,
Raja of Urda 1537/1554
- Raja JAGAT SINGH,
Raja of Urda 1554/1604
- Raja HIMMAT SINGH,
Raja of Badam, 1604/1661, moved the seat to Badam.
- Raja RAM SINGH II,
Raja of Badam 1661/1667, died 1667.
- Maharaja DALEL
SINGH,
Raja of Ramgarh 1667/1724, moved the seat to Ramgarh,
married and had issue.
He died 1724.
- Kunwar Maharudar Singh, married and had issue. He
died vp
before 1724.
- Raja Bishan Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Puratan Singh, he died sp.
- Raja Makund Singh (qv)
- Raja BISHAN SINGH,
Raja of Ramgarh 1724/1763, the state was captured by
the Muslim forces under Hidayat Ali Khan in 1740, but
wasn't completely subjugated. He died sp in 1763.
- Raja MAKUND SINGH,
Raja of Ramgarh 1763/1772, he was deposed by the
British, but fled and died shortly afterwards with his
infant son.
- Maharaja TEJ SINGH
Bahadur,
Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1772/1774, he was installed as
Chief by British forces under Lieutenant Goddard who
captured the state in 1772; married and had
issue.
- Maharaja Paras Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaj Kumar Jaisri Singh, married and had issue.
- Maharaj Kumar Medini Singh
- Maharaj Kumar Bhawani Singh
- Maharaj Kumar Rudra Singh
- Maharaj Kumar Bodh Singh, married and had issue,
the Padma branch of the Ramgarh Raj.
- Maharaj Kumar Jenardan Singh, married and had
issue.
- Maharaj Kumar Brahm Narain Singh, married and
had
issue.
- Maharaj Kumar Hit Narain Singh
- Maharaj Kumar Udit Narain Singh
- Maharaj Kumar Swarup Narain Singh
- Maharaja Nam Narain Singh (qv)
- Maharaja PARAS NATH
SINGH
Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1774/1784,
married and
had issue.
- Maharaja Mani Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaj Kumar Bhagwan Singh, married and had
issue.
- Maharaj Kumar Thakur Dass Singh
- Maharaj Kumar Digvijay Singh
- Maharaja MANI NATH
SINGH
Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1784/1811,
married and had
issue. He died 1811.
- Maharaja Sidhi Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaja SIDH NATH
SINGH
Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1811/1835,
married
and had
issue.
He died 1835.
- Maharaja Lakshmi Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaja Shambhu Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaja Ram Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaja LAKSHMI
NATH
SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh
1835/1841
- Maharaja SHAMBHU
NATH
SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1841/-
- Maharaja RAM NATH
SINGH
Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh -/1866,
married and had
issue. He died 1866.
- Maharaja Trilok Nath Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaja TRILOK
NATH SINGH
Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh in 1866 (for
2 months),
born posthumously
1866, died
1866 aged 2 months.
- Maharaja NAM NARAIN
SINGH
Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1866/1899,
took charge of
the estate
from the Court of Wards on the 23rd November 1873, he
was granted the
title
of Raja on 24th May 1889 (#1)
as a
personal
distinction, married Maharani Ram Kauri, died 30th
November 1910, and
had
issue. He died 6th February 1899.
- Maharaja Ram Narain Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaj Kumar Rameshwar Narain Singh
- Maharaja RAM NARAIN
SINGH
Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh 1899/1913,
Raja [cr.1905]
as a
personal
distinction, married Maharani Rikinath Kaur, and had
issue. He died
26th January 1913.
- Maharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaja LAKSHMI
NARAIN
SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh
1913/1919,
married, 1914,
a daughter
of Raja Narpat Singh of Porahat, and
had issue.
He
died 10th April 1919.
- Maharaja Kamakhya Narain Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Lt. Dr. Maharajkumar Basant Narain Singh, born 9th
April
1918 at Padma,
M.R.A.S. (England), F.R.E.S., F.R.H.S. (London),
M.A.M.N.H., M.N.G.S.
(USA),
educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur and at Mayo
College, Ajmer; Member
of the Executive Committee of the Bihar Landholder's
Association,
Vice-President
of the Rural Reconstruction Association in
Hazaribagh, District Scout
Commissioner
for Hazribagh, Chief Secretary of Ramgarh Raj,
Honorary Lieutenant of
the
1st Battalion of the Bihar Regiment, four times
elected to the Lok
Sabha from Hazaribagh, married Maharajkumari Vijaya
Raje
Puar, born 16th September 1919,
daughter of Lt. Col. HH Maharaja Shri Sir
Udajirao
II Puar Bahadur of Dhar,
and
had issue, one son and one daughter.
- Maharaja KAMAKHYA
NARAIN
SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh
1919/1970, born 10th
August
1916,
granted ruling powers 10th August 1937, educated at
Rajkumar College,
Raipur
and at Mayo College, Ajmer; Vice-President of the
Bihar Landholder's
Association
and the All-India Kshatriya Mahasabha; Member of the
Managing Committee
and General Council of Rajkumar College; Member of the
Executive Body
of
the Bihar War Committee, married February 1936,
Maharani Lalita Rajya
Lakshmi Devi, daughter of Supradipta Manyabara Lt.Gen.
Maharajkumar Singha Shumsher
Jung Bahadur
Rana
of Nepal,
and his
wife, Maharani Rama Rajya Lakshmi Devi; and had
issue.
He died 1970 in Calcutta.
- Maharaja Indra Jitendra Narain Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaja INDRA
JITENDRA
NARAIN SINGH Bahadur, Maharaja of Ramgarh
1970/2008,
born 27th January 1938, educated at Rajkumar College,
Raipur and
at Mayo College, Ajmer; twice elected to the Bihar
Vidhan Sabha from
Bahri; married 11th May 1967, Maharani Rewa Kumari
(now Rajmata of
Ramgarh),
daughter
of Raja Dinesh Singh of Kalakankar,
and his wife, Rani Neelima Kumari, and had issue, two
sons. He died
17th October 2008.
- Maharaja Saurabh Narain Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Rajkumar Vaibhav Narain Singh, born 16th September
1984,
educated at The Doon School, Dehra Dun, at the
University of Delhi
(B.A.) and at City University, London (M.A.).
- Maharaja SAURABH
NARAIN
SINGH Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh (see
above)
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