History:Dumraon Raj
Dumraon Raj ( Servant of British forces) | |||||||
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| 1795–1949 | |||||||
| Capital | Dumraon | ||||||
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| Maharaja | |||||||
• 1795 | Vikramaditya Singh (first) | ||||||
• 1952 | Bahadur Ram Ran Vijay Prasad Singh (last) | ||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||
• Established | 1795 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1949 | ||||||
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Dumraon Raj was a zamindari estate granted by Britishers for the outstanding support by local farmer Vikramaditya Singh to British forces during Buxar war in erstwhile Shahabad district of Bihar (now in Buxar district).[1] The total area under this zamindari was 4,85,000 acres which is equivalent to 1963 Square Kilometer. [2]
They were also the main patrons of the Brahampur mela.[3]
Origins
The founders of Dumraon Raj claims themselves to be son of Parmar rulers of Malwa who moved to Western Bihar in the 13th century.[4] The various branches of the Ujjainiyas founded various estates in Bihar including Jagdispur, Shakarpura and Dumraon.[5]
One of the major chieftains of Bhojpur, Samant Narayan Mal, received a land grant from the Mughal emperor after marrying his daughter with Mughal Emperor Jahangir Jahangir His descendant, Horil Singh, moved the capital of Narayan Mals estate to Dumraon which was also called "Horilnagar".[6]
Rulers
The historical papers of the Dumraon Raj are contained within a document called the Tawarikh-i-Ujjainiya which details the history of the chieftaincy as well as some of the earlier zamindars including:[1]
- 1st Zamindar — Vikramaditya Singh (1795-1805)
- 2nd — Jai Prakash Singh (1805-1838)
- 3rd — Janki Prasad Singh (1838-1844)
- 4 th — Maheshwar Baksh Singh (1844-1881)
- 5 th — Radha Prasad Singh (1881-1894)
- 6 th Beni Prasad Kuari (1894-1907)
- 7 th — Srinivas Prasad Singh (1907-1911)
- 8 th — Keshav Prasad Singh (1911-1933)
- 8 th— Ram Ran Vijay Prasad Singh (1933-1947)
See also
- Ujjainiya
- Zamindars of Bihar
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brahmadeva Prasad Ambashthya (1959). "Some Historical Papers of Dumraon Raj in the Shahabad district in Bihar". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 22: 270–281.
- ↑ O’malley, L. s s (1906). Bengal District Gazetteers Shahabad. pp. 139. http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105555.
- ↑ Anand A. Yang (1 February 1999). Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar. University of California Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-520-91996-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=D5lQutvzAp4C&pg=PA146.
- ↑ Surendra Gopal (22 December 2017). Mapping Bihar: From Medieval to Modern Times. Taylor & Francis. pp. 293–. ISBN 978-1-351-03416-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=mCZFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT293.
- ↑ Anand A. Yang (1 February 1999). Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar. University of California Press. pp. 139–. ISBN 978-0-520-91996-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=D5lQutvzAp4C&pg=PA139.
- ↑ Sir Roper Lethbridge (2005). The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire. Aakar Books. pp. 128–. ISBN 978-81-87879-54-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&pg=PA128.
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