PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY: The Tamkuhi Estate is an ancient
impartible Raj, succession to which is governed according
to the rule of lineal primogeniture. The family share an
agnatic descent with the Maharajas of Hathwa. The founder of the
family was Babu Ranbahadur Sahi, a younger son of Maharaja
Fateh Sahi Bahadur of Hussepur (later Huthwa), who made
Tamkuhi his capital in 1765. It became the seat of the
Tamkuhi Raj, which later hosted an important hospital,
schools, coleges, government buildings as a temple and the
old Palace of the early zamindars. Estate holders were....
- Raja PRITHVIPAL
Sahi, Raja of Tamkuhi, married and had issue.
- Raja Kharrag [Kharga] Bahadur Sahi (qv)
- Raja KHARRAG
Bahadur Sahi, Raja of Tamkuhi, married a
niece of Raja Mod Narain Singh of Tikari, and had issue.
- Raja Krishna Pratap Sahi qv)
- Raja KRISHNA PRATAP
Bahadur Sahi, Raja of Tamkuhi, born 1848,
married amd had issue. He died after 1890.
- Raja Shatrujit Pratap Bahadur Sahi (qv)
- Kunwar Sarvajeet Pratap Bahadur Shahi, uncle of
Raja Indrajit Pratap Bahadur Sahi, he was a generous
patron of music, as well as being an accomplished
musician himself; married and had issue.
- Kunwar Chatrapati Pratap bahadur Sahi, married a
daughter of the Raja Saheb of Sheohar, and had
issue.
- Raja Jitendra Pratap Bahadur Sahi (qv)
- Raja SHATRUJIT
PRATAP Bahadur Sahi, Raja of Tamkuhi, born
27th July 1864 in Tamkuhi, educated at Colvin
Taluqdars College, 1st Class Magistrate, M.L.C. in
United Provinces; married Rani Padam Kuer. He
died 10th October 1898.
- Raja Indrajit Pratap Bahadur Sahi (by Rani Padam
Kueri)
- Kumari (name
unknown), married 1902 (as his first wife),
Maharaja Gopal Saran Singh of Tikari,
and had issue. She died sp in 1923.
- Kumari (name
unknown), married to the Kasirajkumar of
Kailgarh
- Raja INDRAJIT
PRATAP Bahadur Sahi C.I.E., Raja of Tamkuhi
-/1947, born 1892, a determined and able
administrator, he served as District Board Chairman of
Gorakhpur; patron of Devanagari Prachar Samiti; Founder
of the Fateh Memorial Intermediate College; he was a
donor to the Benares Hindu University, St. Andrews
College in Gorakhpur, Maharana Pratap College in
Gorakhpur, Buddha School in Kushinagar and many more;
he patronized education in Tamkuhi and made education
compulsory in the 1920's; he was a life member and
patron of the U.P. Automobile Association; he was a
member of Liberal part of India and was as well a
patron of Hindu Mahasabha; he was a patron of the
arts, as well as football and wrestling, being the
organizer of the first National wrestling competition;
married Rani Jagdishwari Kuer, died 14th October 1950,
daughter of the Raja of Sheohar. He died sp
12th June 1947.
COURT OF WARDS partitioned between
Kashi Rajkumar Bhagwati Prasad Singh of Kailgarh and
Raja Khagendra Pratap Bahadur Sahi, Kunwar Bisheshwar
Pratap Bahadur Sahi and Kunwar Novendra Pratap Bahadur
Sahi.
- Raja JITENDRA
PRATAP Bahadur Sahi, Raja of Tamkuhi, he
succeeded by survivorship as the nearest male agnate
of the late Raja; married Rani Lokeswari Devi,
daughter of Rai Bahadur Babu Sri Bhagwati Saran Singh,
Zamindar of Anapur,
and his first wife, Srimati Maiya Godavari Kuer (see Maksudpur), and had
issue.
- Raja Khargendra Pratap Bahadur Sahi (qv)
- Rajkumar Bisheshwar Pratap Bahadur Sahi, born 4th
March 1936, he succeeded his maternal grandfather to
the Anapur Zamindari; married 1950 at
Baidyanathdham, Deoghar, Rani Manorama Devi, and had
issue. He died 9th April 1989.
- Kumari Kiran Sahi, educated at Allahabad
University (graduated with a Masters Degree);
married the Late Dr. Sharad Kumar Shahi (son of
former cabinet minster, Shree L. P. Shahi) of
Patna, and has issue, two children.
- Ms. Moni Shahi, married Shri
Krishnamurti Singh of Sheohar estate.
- Mr. Harsh Shahi
- Kunwar Rajeshwar Pratap Sahi, he became joint
owner, with his younger brother, of the Anapur
Zamindari, educated at Allahabad Agricultural
Institute; patron of the Bihar motor sports club,
Founder member and Secretary of Vintage and
Classic car club of Allahabad and Director of
Uttar Pradesh Automobile Association; owner of a
private collection of Vintage cars; President of
the management committee of Chatrapati Smarak High
School; married Kunwarani Reena Sahi, daughter of
Late Rai Narendra Sharma of Bilaspur estate in
West Champaran, she has earned her bachelors from
Muzaffarpur and holds a degree in fashion
designing; and has issue.
- Kunwar Dr. Vaidurya Pratap Sahi, he completed
his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Ehime
University in Japan, and is now a researcher at
the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic;
he has travelled to London, Glasgow, Prague,
Barcelona, Yokohama, Kyoto, etc to present
his research at various international
conferences and scientific meetings; e has to
his credits now a number of research articles in
various international scientific journals;
married in May 2011, Kunwarani Shruti Kishore
Sahi from Patna, she is a graduate in Mass
communications from Patna Womens College, and
was a journalist in Hindustan and is now
pursuing her M.B.A.; she has also worked
as newsreader and anchor for different TV
channels.
- Hon. Justice Kunwar Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, born
1st January 1959, he became joint owner, with his
elder brother, of the Anapur Zamindari in
succession to his maternal grandfather; graduated
in Law, 1985; enrolled as an advocate on 6th
September 1985; he practised in the Allahabad High
Court on the Civil, Constitutional side; he worked
as Counsel for a large number of Educational
Institutions; he was elevated to the position of
Additional Judge on 24th September 2004 and later
took oath as a Permanent Judge on 18th August
2005; married Kunwarani Tanuja Sahi, daughter of
Shri Ravindra Narain Singh (from an illustrious
family of Lawyers), educated at Allahabad
University and holds a degree in Classical Indian
Music, and has issue.
- Kumari Dr. Ahna Sahi, she worked as a lecturer
at the Allahabad Agricultural Institute (Deemed
University) in the Department of Psychology
whilst completeing her Ph.D. in Clinical
Psychology; married in April 2012, Shri Dr.
Pratyush Rai, educated at I.I.T. Madras from
where he graduated, then went on to earn a
Masters degree in Nanobiotechnology and his
Ph.D. in Nanotechnology from Arkansas
University. (U.S.A.)
- Kunwar Hritudhwaj Pratap Sahi, he is presently
(2012) pursuing his degree in Law from Delhi.
- Rajkumar Novendra Pratap Sahi, born 15th August
1938, educated at Benares; married Sunaina Devi, and
has issue, two children.
- Kunwar Nileshwar Pratap Shahi, educated at
Benares Hindu University and has a degree in
M.B.A. from Canada; married Sharmishtha Shahi, and
has issue, two sons. (Washington, U.S.A.)
- Kunwar O. M. Shahi
- Kunwar Yash Shahi
- Kumari Neelam Shahi, married Mr. Ajay Sharma,
and hs issue, one daughter. (Canada)
- Raja KHARGENDRA
PRATAP Bahadur Sahi, Raja of Tamkuhi (see
above)
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