PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Traditionally, the ancestor of the family was Raja Baikul Dev, son of
Raja Duleh Rai of Narwar (Dausa). The Rajas shifted their capital from
Indurkhi to Biswari to Lahar (now in Madhya Pradesh), and finally to
Rampur. One of his descendants was Raja Ram Shah, the founder of the
Rampura family, and who built a fort at Rampura in the late 16th
century, after defeating the Meaus, the original inhabitants of the
area. The area of the state originally consisted of 48 villages, which
extended from present Madhya Pradesh to the borders of districts
Jalaun, Etawah and Aurraiyya. Historically Rampura has been and
continues to be the base for the leader of the Kacahawa clan of Rajputs
of this area, which is referred to as Kacchawagarh. The title of Raja
is hereditary. They belong to the Surajbansi family, or family of the
Solar race, claiming descent from the illustrious Kachhawa clan of
Rajputs, through the princely Houses of Narwar, and Lahar. The
descendants of Kush, son of the legendary hero Rama, ruled successively
at Amber and Narvar, and in modern times at Jaipur and Lahar. In 1619
A.D. the Raja Jaswant Singh obtained an additional jagir (52 villages)
in the district of Jalaun, from the Mughal Emperor of Delhi, but a
large part of these possessions was resumed by Maharaja Sindhia. When
the Pargana of Jalaun was handed over to the British by Sindhia
in 1844, the Raja of Rampura was confirmed in his property. Estate
holders
were...
- Raja NAL, Raja of
Ayodhya, he left Ayodhya and moved to
Narvar, where he built a Fort, and remained there till 1129; married
and had issue.
- Kunwar Kaikul Dev, he left Narvar (reason unknown), while
his father was still alive, and went and established himself at Amber.
He was ancestor of the Rajasthan branch of the Kachhawa clan. When Raja
Nal died, his younger son Kunwar Baikul Dev, succeded as Raja of Narvar.
- Raja Baikul Dev (qv)
- Raja BAIKUL DEV,
initially Raja of Narvar then Raja of
Indurkhi and later Biswari;
married and had issue.
- Raja INDRA PAL,
Raja of Biswari, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Narsinghdeo
- Raja Girdhar Pal (qv)
- Kunwar Rajan Shah
- Raja GIRDHAR PAL,
Raja of Biswari, married and had issue.
- Raja UDAL BRAHM,
Raja of Biswari, married and had issue.
- Raja HANS RAO, Raja
of Biswari, married and had issue.
- Raja RAM PAL, Raja
of Biswari, married and had issue.
- Raja BIR PAL, Raja
of Biswari, married and had issue.
- Raja RUP PAL, Raja
of Biswari, married and had issue.
- Raja Bhuwan Pal (qv)
- Kunwar Ram Raj, the founder of Gopalpura
- Raja BHUWAN PAL,
Raja of Lahar, married and had issue.
- Raja BHUPAL MAN,
Raja of Lahar, married and had issue.
- Raja KARAN SHAH,
Raja of Lahar, married and had issue.
- Raja RUDRA SHAH,
Raja of Lahar, married and had issue.
- Raja BIRAM DEO,
Raja of Lahar, married and had issue, four
sons.
- Raja Narhar Deo (qv)
- Kunwar Sukhpat Deo, founder of either Sikri or Machand.
- Kunwar Pahar Deo, founder of either Sikri or Machand.
- Kunwar Banjan Deo, founder of Kaksis.
- Raja NARHAR DEO,
Raja of Lahar, married and had issue.
- Raja HARISINGH DEO,
Raja of Lahar, married and had issue.
- Raja BIRSINGH DEO,
Raja of Lahar, married and had issue.
- Raja DHARMANGAD,
Raja of Lahar, married and had issue.
- Raja BHARAMJIT,
Raja of Lahar, married and had issue.
- Raja MAKAT MAN,
Raja of Lahar, married and had issue.
- Raja RAM SHAH, Raja
of Rampura, he
built the Rampura fort, if legends are to
be believed, on the spot where the present Fort stands, a goat was seen
chasing away a wolf. This was taken as a sign of strength and valour
and an appropriate place for a Fort; married and had
issue.
- Raja PARBAT SINGH,
Raja of Rampura, married and had issue.
- Raja GAJ SINGH,
Raja of Rampura, married and had issue.
- Raja JASWANT SINGH,
Raja of Rampura, in addition to which,
he received a Jagir comprising 52 villages in 1619 from the Mughal
Emperor, Jahangir; part of this
was later taken by the Scindia ruler; married
and had issue.
- Raja CHHARTAR SINGH,
Raja of Rampura, married and had issue, three sons.
- Raja Fateh Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Kalyan Singh
- Kunwar Jit Singh
- Raja FATEH SINGH,
Raja of Rampura, married and had issue.
- Raja MADHO SINGH,
Raja of Rampura, he was confirmed in his possessions by
the British in 1844; he is said to have cut his wife’s head off for
snooping around during a darbar (court) session, the head was put in a
bag and hung in the temple, when it was finally opened in the 1940s’, a
coconut with a few blue bangles was found, since then blue bangles are
said to be unlucky for females of the family; he married and had issue.
- Raja MAN SINGH,
Raja of Rampura -/1873, conquered Gwalior for a day and
rendered valuable service to the British in 1857, later in June 1858,
his propertywas plundered by the rebels and the Raja narrowly escaped
death, on the restoration of order, he was granted a khilat of
5,000 rupees as well as a sanad; he adopted Kunwar Ram Singh of
Mai; married and had adoptive issue. He died 1873.
- Raja RAM SINGH,
Raja of Rampura 1873/1915, born 8th November
1866 (#1),
C.I.E. [cr. 1.1.1909] (#2), Honourary
Magistrate, both he and his wife were granted the M.B.E.; married
1stly, Rani Saheba from Bansi (Sword Wife), died sp
after having adopted a son, married 2ndly, Rani Saheba from Khanpur,
married 3rdly, Rani Saheba from Sipai, and had issue. He died 7th March
1915.
- Kumari (name unknown) (by second marriage),
married into Umari.
- Kumari (name unknown) (by second marriage),
married into Kunadi, and had issue.
- Kunwar Gopal Singh
- Kunwar Gulab Singh
- Baisa Mohan Kumari, married Gen. Thakur
Bhagwathi Singh of Chomu.
- Raja Chittar Singh (by third marriage) (qv)
- (A) Kumar (name unknown) [Lal Saheb of Tihar], he was
adopted by the Bansi Rani; married and had issue.
- Raja CHITTAR SINGH,
Raja of Rampura 1915/1976, born 1914, succeeded at the
age of four
years, estate was managed by a British caretaker until he attained his
majority, awarded the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.); a well
known dog breeder and founder Member of the Rampura Kennel Club, he was
an Independent M.L.A.;
married 1933,
Rani Shivraj Kunwar, daughter of Raja Harpal Singh of Singramau, born
1916, and had issue, one son and
one daughter. He died 1976.
- Raja SAMAR Singh (qv)
- Rajkumari Kalpana Devi, married Thakur
Saheb Virvikramsinhji Mulvaji of Lodhika-Senior,
and has issue.
- Raja SAMAR SINGH,
Raja of Rampura (see above)
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