PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Raja Dutt Singh of Gonda seized the
Bandhalgoti
rai of Mankapur and gave it to his younger son, Kunwar Ajmat Singh who
was
still
an infant at the time. Rulers
were...
- Raja AJMAT SINGHJI fl.1681
- Raja GOPAL SINGHJI, married and had issue.
- Raja BAHADUR SINGHJI (qv)
- Rajkumar (name unknown)
Singhji, married and had issue.
- Kunwar (name unknown)
Singhji, married and had issue.
- Raja JAI PRAKASH SINGHJI (qv)
- Raja BAHADUR SINGHJI, married and had issue.
- Raja BAKHT SINGHJI, married and had issue.
- Raja PRITHVI PAT SINGHJI (qv)
- Raja PRITHVI PAT SINGHJI, married Rani Saltanat Kanwar,
and had issue,
1 son died as an infant, and a daughter.
- Maharani Gyan Kunwar, married (as his sixth wife),
Umara-i-Uzzam
Maharaja Mahendra ANIRUDDH SINGH of Bhadawar.
- Raja JAI PRAKASH SINGHJI -/1884
- Raja RAGHURAJ SINGHJI 1884/1932, O.B.E., M.L.C., married
1stly, a daughter of the Raja of Gangwal, she died sp, married 2ndly, a daughter of
the Zamindar of Malethu, and had issue, one son, married 3rdly, Rani
Sultanat Umedan Bi of
Bahraich (she was known as Uttar Sarkar), and had issue, one son and
one
daughter, married 4thly, Rani Josephine
Singh (née Carr), (known as Purab
Sarkar), died sp, married
5thly, a daughter of the Taluqdar of
Paraspur in Gonda, and by her had issue, two sons and two daughters. He
died 1932.
- Raja AMBIKESHWAR PRATAP SINGHJI (by the second wife)
(qv)
- Kunwar Adya Rudra Pratap Singhji B.A., L.L.B. (1926) (by
the
third wife) [popularly known as Bhaiyya Saheb], born 1906, a bright
scholar he was educated at Colvin Taluqdar's College, Lucknow,
Commissioned into then I.P.S. (then known as
Imperial Police Service); Superintendent of Police, Moradabad, U.P.,
resigned from service due to political reasons, married Kuwarani
Buddhi Rajeshwari Devi from a Nepalese Noble Family, and had
issue, four
sons. He died 1935.
- Kunwar Uday Pratap Singhji B.Sc. (Agriculture, 1949),
born 1930, married Kunwarani Prema Singh
(a descendant of Bhagwan Shri Ramji Maharaj of the Suryavansi Clan),
and had issue, two sons and two daughters.
He
died 1997.
- Smt. Kumari Kalpana Singh, died unmarried in 1990.
- Col. (ret'd.) Ashok Singhji, married and has issue,
two sons.
- Sh. Akshay Singh, presently working as an Officer
with M.N.C. in Holland.
- Capt. Arvind Singh, a Commissioned Officer,
gazetted Class 1A in the Indian Army.
- Smt. Kumari Lila Singh, married Dr. Santosh Kutty,
son of the late Brigadier S. Kuttt; presently is a C.M.O, Central
Research Institute, Kasauli, Himachap Pradesh, and has issue, one son.
- Varun Kutty, presently training for the
Hospitality Industry.
- Col. (ret'd.) Anup Singhji, born 12th August 1959 in
Mankapur,
educated at La Martiniere College, Lucknow, gaining Indian School
Certificate
(Erstwhile Senior Cambridge) in 1st Division with 14 points (Commerce)
under the
previous system, B.A., Dip. Part-1 French, Dip. Senior Level Defence
Management, undertook a number of Army Courses, and in addition to
being awarded a number of medals for Operational Service, he was also
awarded the
Chief of the Army Staff Commendation Card on two occassions, has held
the
rank of Full Colonel (Selection Grade); Commanding Officer, 8th
Batallion, The Dogra Regiment and Deputy Brigade Commander, of an Infantry
Brigade; took P.M.R. (Pre-Mature Retirement) in 2004 to
be able to spend time at Mankapur; a versatile sportsman, he has played
or participated in boxing, hockey, football (soccer), athletics,
swimming and horse riding; hobbies include, reading, writing,
photography, internet browsing and travelling. He is unmarried.
- Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singhji, married into a Nepalese
Noble Family, and has had issue, two
sons and two daughters.
- Sh. Abhay Singhji, married in Nepal, and had issue,
one son.
- Son,
pursuing further studies at Alabama University, Buffalo, USA.
- Sh. Ajay Singhji, Captain (Merchant Navy), presently
employed as Marine Manager in Singapore; married into a Nepalese
family, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
- Smt. Jaya Chhetri (née Singh), presently
employed as
Senior General Manager, Parag Dairy,in Dehradun, Uttarakhand; married
Sh. Vikram Chhetri, Captain (Merchant Navy), working with a Canadian
Liner, and has issue, two daughters.
- Megha Chhetri, presently doing a course
with the Hospitality Industry.
- Barkha Chhetri, presently studying in
Dehradun.
- Kunwar Bir Pratap Singhji, married into a Nepalese
Noble Family, and had issue, one
son. He
died 1992.
- Brigadier General Ajit Singhji, (Nepal Army), married and has
issue, one son and one daughter.
- Son is an Army Officer in the Nepal Army.
- Daughter is working and pursuing further
studies at Minnesota University, USA.
- Kunwar Jai Pratap Singh, married into a Nepalese Noble
Family, and had issue, two
sons and three daughters. He
died 1982.
- Smt. Shobha Singh, married and settled down in nepal,
no issue.
- Smt Usha Rana (née Singh), married in Nepal,
K. N. Rana (+), Member of the Royal Scientific Planning Commission of
Nepal, and has issue, one son.
- Son, working with a MNC in USA, and pursuing
further studies there.
- Smt. Veena Singh, married and has issue, two
daughters.
- Sh. Manoj Singhji, unmarried.
- Sh. Sandeep Singhji, married and has issue, one son.
- Kuwarani Munni Bachcha (by the third wife), married Rao
Bahadur Bhoop Singhji Mertia from the Royal Mertia Family (Meerabai
Branch) of Rajasthan, and has issue. (Faridabad, India)
- Raja RAGHVENDRA PRATAP SINGHJI (by the fifth wife)
(qv)
- Kunwar Devendra Pratap Singhji (by the fifth wife),
married, and has
issue.
- Kunwar Dr. V. K. Singhji, married and had issue, two
daughters and one son. He died
1990.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Kunwar Praveen
Singh of Daspan.
- Kunwar Vikram Singhji, born 1978.
- Kumari Shalini Singh
- Kunwar Anil K. Singhji, married and has issue, two
daughters.
- Kumarani Manvi Singh, married Kumar Prasenjit
Singh Deo of Seraikella.
- Kumari Namita Singh, married Shri Arjun Vishwanathan.
- Kunwar Atul Singhji, married and has issue.
- Kumari Vartika Singh, married, Kunwar Shashank Pratap
Singh Deo, son of Maharaj Kumar Shankar
Pratap Singh Deo of Kharsawan, and
his wife, Maharajkumari Santosh Devi.
- Rani Shaileshwari Kumari (by the fifth wife), born 1915,
married Raja KASHI
NATH BAHADUR
PAL of Mahson,
and had issue, one son. She died 2007.
- Raja AMBIKESHWAR PRATAP SINGHJI [popularly known as Sadhu
Raja] 1932/1943, a learned Raja, he established a beautiful
library in the Palace precincts; married into the Royal Family of
Vijaygarh, Mirzapur
Distt. He died sp 1943.
- Raja RAGHVENDRA PRATAP SINGHJI 1943/1964, married and had
issue, one son and one daughter. He died 1964.
- Raja ANAND SINGHJI (qv)
- Kumari (name unknown), married (as his first
wife), Raja
DIWAKAR VIKRAM SINGH of Athadama
(U.P.), and has issue, one son and one daughter.
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Rajkumar Kirti
Vardhan Singhji, born 1st March 1966 in Lucknow, M.Sc.
(Geology),
educated at Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; Member of the
12th
Lok Sabha; Member of the Committee on Industry 1998/1999, Member of the
Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1998/1999; re-elected to
the
14th Lok Sabha in 2004, Member of the Committee on Science and
Technology,
Environment and Forests; interests include.. travelling, photography
and
adventure sports; married 16th November 2002, Rajkumarani Madhushree
Kumari of Daspan. (Mankapur Kot, PO.
Mankapur,
Dist. Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, India)