PAYAGPUR (Taluk)

 
 
AREA:  REVENUE:  ACCESSION: 1954
LOCATION:  Oudh (Bahraich Dist.) DYNASTY:  Janwar RELIGION:  Hindu
     
PRESENT RULER: 
PREDECESSORS and SHORT HISTORY:  Rulers were....
  • Raja PRAG SINGH, founder.
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  • Raja HIMMAT SINGH, Raja of Payagpur, he was granted the title of Raja by the Oudh Government; married and had issue. He lived around 1800.
    • Raja Asrai Singh (qv)
  • Raja ASRAI SINGH, Raja of Payagpur, married and had issue.
    • Raja Dalthambhan Singh (qv)
    • Kunwar Ranjit Singh, married and had issue.
      • Raja Narpat Singh (qv)
  • Raja DALTHAMBHAN SINGH, Raja of Payagpur, he adopted his nephew as his successor.
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  • Raja NARPAT SINGH, Raja of Payagpur -/1878, born 1822, he succeeded by adoption, the title of Raja was recognised as hereditary on 9th December 1864 (#2); married and had issue, one son. He died 1878.
    • Raja Mahendra Bahadur Singh (qv)
  • Raja MAHENDRA BAHADUR SINGH, Raja of Payagpur 1878/1882, married and had issue, two sons. He died 1882.
    • Raja Bhupendra Bikram Singh (qv)
    • Kunwar Indrapal Singh
  • Raja BHUPENDRA BIKRAM SINGH C.I.E., Raja of Payagpur 1882/1904, born 31st January 1863, he was created C.I.E. in 1896; succeeded 22nd May 1882 (#1), married and had issue, one son. He died 1904.
    • Raja Bindeshwari Prasad Singh (qv)
      
  • Raja BINDESHWARI PRASAD SINGH, Raja of Payagpur 1904/1919, married and had issue, two sons and one daughter. He died 1919.
    • Raja Birendra Bikram Singh (qv)
    • Kunwar Surendra Bikram Singh
    • Shrimati Rani Chandrabhan Kumari Sahiba, married 1926, The Honourable Raja Yuveraj Dutt Singh of Oel, and had issue.
  • Raja BIRENDRA BIKRAM SINGH C.I.E., Raja of Payagpur 1919/1960, born 1907, Chairman of Bahraich District Board, married Rani Chandrawati, died 1997, and had issue, five children. He died 1960.
    • Kunwar Kaushalendra Bikram Singh, born 1927, married Kunwarani Lalli Kumari Devi of Dalippur, and had issue, two sons. He died in 1951.
      • Raja Rudendra Bikram Singh, married Maharajkumari Udaya Raje Puar, born 1950, daughter of HH Maharaja Sir Yeshwantrao [Bhau Saheb] Puar of Dewas-Junior, and had issue, one son and one daughter. He died in September 2005.
        • Rajkumar Jayendra Bikram Singh, married 13th February 2006, Rani Shivika Singh, daughter of Raja Rakesh Pratap Singh of Shivgarh (Birsinghpur), and his wife, Rani Mandakini Prabha. (Payagpur House, Mira Bai Marg, Lucknow, India)
        • Rani Ujwala Prabha, married 8th December 2001, Maharaja Saurabh Narain Singh Bahadur, Raja of Ramgarh.
      • Kunwar Madhavendra Bikram Singhji, married 30th June 1980 in New Delhi, Kunwarani Sahiba Nandini Kumari, daughter of HH Umdae Rajhae Buland Makan Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sumer Singhji Bahadur of Kishangarh, and his wife, HH Maharani Sahiba Gita Kumari, and has issue.
        • Kunwar Sharvendra Bikram Singh, born 19th December 1985, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and at St. Stephen's College, Delhi; a keen sportsman, he has played squash at national and international level and played football (soccer) at university and state level.
      • Kumari Shashi Prabha, married Rajkumar Mayurdhwaj Singh of Ramgarh Estate.
    • Rajkumari Chandra Prabha Devi, married Raja Dinesh Pratap Singh of Kasmanda, and has issue.
    • Rajkumari Mayank Prabha Devi, married Raja Rajendra Shah Judev of Jagmanpur, and has issue.
    • Raja Yadvendra Bikram Singh, born 10th September 1942, married 1964, Rani Padma Kumari Devi, daughter of Shri Shattru Mardan Shahi of Dumaria, and his wife, Shrimati Chandra Ketki Devi, and has issue. (Payagpur House, Mira Bai Marg, Lucknow, India)
      • Rajkumari Archana Singh, married Raja Harsh Vardhan Singh of Suhagpur.
      • Rajkumari Arpana Singh, married Yuvraj Harsh Vardhan Singh of Nimkhera.
      • Rajkumari Alokita Singh, married Yuvraj Sidharth Shekhar Singh of Khandpara.
      • Rajkumar Yashvendra Bikram Singh [alias Prashant Singh (adv.)]
    • Rajkumari Indu Prabha Devi, married Kumar Saheb Shri Jyotirendra Narayan Bhanj Deo of Kanika, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
The help of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully acknowledged, October 2012.
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 420
2. F.D. No. 631