PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Originally
it was comprised of the present districts of Sonbhadra and part of
Marzapur
district. It was divided into two parganas of Agori, which was 18,477 km2
and Barhar, which was 11,290 km2 in area, thus making it the
largest estate in area in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Raja
PARAMARDI
DEVA of Mahoba, ancestor of the family and contempory of Raja
Prithviraj
III of Delhi, who attacked Mahoba as the Raja was the ally of Raja
Jaichand
of Kannauj, and occupied it for a time. Raja Paramardi Deva fled for
his
life with his friends and family, and though Mahoba was re-occupied by
the Raja with the help of Jaichand of Kannauj, the glory of the capital
never returned. During this time one of the sons of Raja Paramardi
Deva,
called Ashajit, fled eastwards in the turmoil that followed. His sons
or
grand sons called Barimal and Bharimal, captured Agori from the
Kaharwar
Raja and made them selves the independent rulers of Agori and Barhar.
The
elder brother Barimal took the kingdom of Agori and Barhar, and the
younger
brother Bharimal became the independent ruler of Bardi.
- Raja PARAMARDI DEVA 1165/1200 or 1164/1182 or 1167/1202,
15th Ruler of
Mahoba, lost Khajuraho to his contemporary, Raja Prithviraj III of
Delhi, who appointed an
administrator for a time,
Raja Paramarda Deva fled with his family, and later was able to recover
Mahoba briefly, married and had issue.
- Raja SAMARJIT (3rd or 4th son) (qv)
- Raja TRAILOKYA VARMAN I, briefly regained the throne of
Khajuraho after
1203.
- Raja SAMARJIT [ASHAJIT], drove out the administrator
appointed by Raja
Prithviraj III, but in 1203 lost the Kingdom to Qutbuddin Aibek of
Delhi,
married and had issue.
- Raja BARIMAL (qv)
- Raja Bharmal, became the independent ruler of Bardi
- Raja BARIMAL, with his brother, he captured the kingdom of
Agori from the Kharwar Raja Madan Shah Baland, and with Barhar became
an independent ruler; married
and had issue.
- Raja NARAYAN BRAHAM, married and had issue.
- Raja HARISINGH BRAHAM (qv)
- Raja HARISINGH BRAHAM, married and had issue.
- Raja SANSAR BRAHAM, in about the year 1290, the Karwars
made
an attempt
to recover their lost kingdom under the leadership of Jham Shah
Kharwar, the Chandels were defeated and the Kharwar took the fort and
palace of
Agori by surprise. Tradition affirms that the Kharwar killed every male
Chandel in order to strongly and safely establish themselves over the
kingdom.
But one of the Chandel queens was pregnant at that time and she fled to
save her self from the general massacre, and eventually gave birth to a
son called Oren Dave. The mother died soon afterwards and the child was
taken to Belwan, where he was brought up by his faithful nurse, he
married and had issue.
- Raja OREN DAVE, when he grew up, he was restored to his
ancestral
kingdom, by defeating the Kharwar with the help of the Geharwar Raja of
Kantin (Bijaipur), who married his daughter to Raja Oren Dave, in about
1310. Thus the Chandels were able to re-establish themselves in the
area,
married and had issue.
- Raja RAMJI SHAH (qv)
- Raja MADHUKAR SHAH, became the independent ruler of
Bijaigarh.
- Raja RAMJI SHAH, married and had issue.
- Raja SURYA SHAH, married and had issue.
- Raja SHALIVAHAN SHAH (qv)
- Raja SHALIVAHAN SHAH, married and had issue.
- Raja DANDURAI SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumar Gumanbhajan Singh
- Raja DANDURAI SHAH, married and had issue.
- Raja DIPANARAYAN SINGH (qv)
- Rajkumar Chaturbhuja Singh
- Raja DIPANARAYAN SINGH, married and had issue.
- Raja MADAN SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumar Madan Singh
- Rajkumar Bariar Singh
- Rajkumar Ram Singh
- Raja MADAN SHAH, married and had issue.
- Raja SUJAN SHAH, married and had issue.
- Raja LAL SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumar Udai Gulal Singh
- Raja LAL SHAH, married and had issue.
- Raja ACHAL SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumar Gaj Singh
- Raja ACHAL SHAH, married and had issue.
- Raja FATEH BHADUR SINGH SHAH (qv)
- Raja FATEH BHADUR SINGH SHAH, married and had issue.
- Raja SHANKAR SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumar Ananta Singh
- Rajkumar Subhavan Singh
- Rajkumar Kalyan Singh
- Raja SHANKAR SHAH, married and had issue.
- Raja SHAMBU SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumar Datta Singh
- Rajkumar Shakta Singh
- Raja SHAMBU SHAH, in 1745, he was forcibly dispossessed
of
his kingdom
by Raja Balwant Singh of Banaras (who maintained possession for around
40 years), married and had issue.
- Raja SUDISHTA NARAYAN SINGH (qv)
- Raja SUDISHTA NARAYAN SINGH, married and had issue.
- Raja ADIL SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumar Bhupan Narayan Singh, married and had issue.
- Raja RANBAHADUR SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumar Richhapal Singh, married and had issue.
- Raja ADIL SHAH -/1794, wanted to regain his lost territory
from
the Raja of Banaras,
and in this period the famous rebellion of Chet Singh of Banaras took
place against the British authorities.
Raja Adil Shah ingratiated himself with Warren Hastings, the then
Governor
General
of India, by several acts of noteworthy services and at one time by
actually
saving the Governor Generals life. In recognition of his service and
sacrifice
he was restored to the entire zamindari of Agori-Barhar in view of his
old and ancestral rights by recognizing him
as the Raja of Agori-Barhar in a sanad
of 9th October 1781. He died spm
1794.
- Raja RANBAHADUR SHAH 1794/-, married and had issue.
- Raja MAKARADHWAJA SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumar Birbahadur Singh, married and had issue.
- Raja MAKARADHWAJA SHAH, died spm.
- Raja RAGHUNATH SHAH, married Rajkumari Beni Kanwar,
daughter of the Raja of Betia in Champaner, Bihar, and had issue, one
son and four daughters.
- Raja KAISHAV SHARAN SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumari (name
unknown)
Kunwar (eldest daughter), married the Raja Saheb of Basti Taluk in Oudh.
- Rajkumari (name
unknown)
Kunwar (second daughter), married Maharaja
Sir RADHA PRASAD SINGH Bahadur of Dumraon
in Bihar, and had issue.
- Kumari (name unknown), married (as his
first wife), Lt.Col.
HH Samrajya Maharajadhiraja Bandhresh Shri Maharaja Sir VENKAT RAMAN
RAMANUJ PRASAD SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur of Rewah.
- Rajkumari (name
unknown)
Kunwar (third daughter), married the Raja Saheb of Khajurgaon Taluq in
Oudh.
- Rajkumari Murar Kunwar [Rani Murar Kunwar of Bhinga],
married Raja UDAI PRATAP SINGH of Bhinga
Taluq in Oudh, and had issue.
- Raja KAISHAV SHARAN SHAH -/1871, married Rani Vedsharan
Kunwari (see below), daughter of the Raja of Betia in Champaner, Bihar.
He died sp 1871.
- Rani Vedsharan Kunwari 1871/1916
- Raja TEJBALI SINGH SHAH 1916/1918, installed on the gaddi
in 1916,
married 1stly, a daughter of the Raja Saheb of Birapur Taluq in Oudh,
married 2ndly, the daughter of the Lal Saheb of Ilaka Bara Itma in Rewa
State, and had issue, two sons and four daughters. He died 20th April
1918.
- Rajkumari Brijraj Kunwar, married Rajkumar Jaiendra
Singh
of Lachmanpur, fourth son of Raja RAJENDRA BAHADUR SINGH of Bhinga Taluq in Oudh. She died sp.
- Rajkumari (name
unknown)
Kunwar, married Rajkumar Yogendra Kant Singh, third son of Raja
RAJENDRA BAHADUR SINGH of Bhinga Taluq
in Oudh, and had issue.
- Raja SHARDA MAHESH PRASAD SINGH SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumar Siddheshwari Prasad Singh, died young.
- Rajkumari (name
unknown)
Kunwar, married the Raja Saheb of Shankargarh.
- Rajkumari Shyamraj Kanwar, married 13th July 1936,
Kunwar
Chamendra Kant Singh, born 23rd July 1918, son of Raja Virendra Kant
Singh Saheb of Bhinga Taluq in Oudh,
and had issue, four sons and three daughters.
- Raja SHARDA MAHESH PRASAD SINGH SHAH 1918/1946, born 8th
December 1902, installed
on the gaddi on 20th April 1918, appointed special magistrate
by
the government of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1933, worked
as a member of the Advisory Committee of the Provincial Court of Ward
Estates
for several years, elected to the United Province Legislative Assembly
in 1937, married 1stly, Rani Sharda Kumari, daughter of Rao Saheb
Ramdeen Singh Ji, younger brother of Raja RAMPAL SINGH of Kalakankar Taluq in Oudh, married
2ndly, Rani Sewati Kumari, daughter of Lal Saheb Shiva Pratap Singh Ji
of Ilaka Turkaha in Nagod State, and had issue, four daughters and
three sons. He died July 1946.
- Rajkumari Indu Kumari, born 1924, married 1946,
Raja Chaudhri
Kushal Surendra Singh Ji of Narauli in Moradabad, U.P., and had issue.
She died 1999.
- Raja ANAND BRAHAM SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumari Savitri Devi, born 1929, married 1947, Lal
Krishna Pratap Singh of Siwan Simrauta Taluq in Oudh, and had issue.
She died 1986.
- Kunwar Vidya Vinod Singh, born 4th September
1949, educated at the Boy's High School, Allahabad, and at Allahabad
University, Allahabad; married Kunwarani Anju Singh of Jagdishpur in
Bihar, and has issue, four daughters.
- Kunwar Vinay Kumar Singh, 2nd July 1950,
educated at the Boy's High School, Allahabad; married Kunwarani Veenita
Singh of Semri Taluq in Oudh, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
- Kunwar Aditya Pratap Singh, born 28th December
1964, educated at Colvin Taluqdars College, Lucknow; married Kunwarani
Kusum Lata Singh, and has issue, two sons.
- Rajkumar Rukmani Raman Braham, born 12th October 1930,
married 8th March 1950, Rajkumarani Kamlesh Kumari, daughter of Dewan
Sahab
Bhagwati Pratap Singh Ji of Ramganj Taluq in Oudh, by his wife,
Rajkumari Brija Kumari,
fifth daughter of Raja Jyoti Pratap Singh Ji of Panchkote, and had
issue.
- Kunwar Harsh Raman Bharam, born 28th January 1962,
educated at Colvin Taluqdars College, Lucknow; married 9th March
1988, Kunwarani Kanak Lata Singh, daughter of Lal Jharkhand Pratap
Singh Ji of Ilaka Padaria in Bijaipur estate, and has issue, one son
and one daughter.
- Apoorva Raman Braham, born 12th October 1989.
- Kumari Harshita Singh, born 6th August 1992.
- Mayank Kumari, born 2nd December 1965, educated at
the
Girl's High School, Allahabad; married 22nd April 1990, Kunwar Neeraj
Singh Ji, and has issue.
- Shashwat Sagar Singh, born 5th April 1991.
- Ayushi Singh, born 30th July 1993.
- Nitya Singh, born 4th March 2000.
- Rishika Singh, born 13th Dec 2001.
- Kunwar Vivek Raman Bharam, born 27th December 1971,
educated at Bharwari Public School, and at Allahabad University,
Allahabad; married 10th June 1998, Kunwarani Sunita Singh, and has
issue.
- Satyavrat Raman Braham, born 5th April 2000.
- Rajkumari Jagdish Kumari, born 1932, married 1953,
Kunwar
Arimardan Singh Ji, son of Lal Yaswant Singh Ji of Ilaka Tala in Rewa
State, and has issue.
- Kumari Mandvi Singh, married Kunwar Jai Singh,
son of Thakur Shiv Pal
Singh Ji of Ilaka Kataha in Rewa State, and has issue.
- Kumari Urmila Singh, married Ravindra Singh
Ji,
and has issue.
- Abhay Singh
- Rajkumari Girish Kumari, born 1934, married 1953, Lal
Bhagat Singh Ji of Bikrampur Taluq in Oudh, and has issue,
- Kunwar Vijay Ratan Singh, married Kunwarani
Bindhu Singh, daughter of Raja Krishna Pratap Singh of Katari Taluq in
Oudh, and has issue.
- Kunwar Abhay Ratan Singh, married and has
issue,
one son and one daughter.
- Kumari Mandakini Kumari, married Kunwar Vijay
Singh, second son of Thakur Shivpal Singh Ji of Ilaka Kataha in Rewa
State, and has issue.
- Kunwar Sanjay Kumar Singh, married and has
issue, two sons.
- Kunwar Ajay Kumar Singh, married and has issue.
- Rajkumar Janki Raman Braham, born 30th June 1942,
married
Rajkumarani Bhusan Kumari, daughter of Lal Ganga Singh Ji of Ilaka Bara
Itma in Rewa State, and has issue.
- Kumari Kanchan Lata Singh, married.
- Kunwar Virendra Raman Singh, born 19th January 1969,
married
1stly, Shri Anjali Singh (+), married 2ndly, Shri Aprajita Singh,
daughter of Lal Saheb Uma Pratap Singh Ji of Ilaka Jignahat in Nagod
State, and had issue. He died 2005.
- Kunwar Dependra Singh, married Kunwarani Neelam
Singh,
and has issue.
- Kumari Kanack Singh, married and has issue.
- Kumari Kamini Singh, married.
- Kumari Garvita Singh, married and has issue.
- Raja
ANAND BRAHAM SHAH 1946/1971, succeeded in July 1946, born 28th December
1929, twice elected as the M.L.A of Mirzapur constituency, first term
1957/1963 and second term 1969/1971; a very popular politician who
enjoyed the support and respect from his people; an ardent wildlife
lover and member of the Wild Life Society of India {Cheetal}, as well
as many other organizations; married 1st June 1947, Rani Padma Kumari,
born 30th June 1929, died 21st January 2004, daughter of Raja UDAI
PRATAP SINGH Ji of Katiyari and his wife from Dumraon, and had issue.
He did 1971.
- Rajkumari Nidhi Singh, born 16th December 1952,
educated
at Welham Girls School, Dehra Dun; married 1974, Thakur Khem Singh Ji
of Thetra, son of Rawal KUBER SINGH Ji of Dhula
in Jaipur, and adopted son of Thakur Raghunath Singh Ji of Thetra in
Jaipur, and has issue.
- Kunwar Bodaishwar Singh Rajawat,
born
28th December 1974,
educated at Daly College, Indore (Hotel Management); self employed,
runs
a jungle camp in Bhandav Garh National Park.
- Kunwar Hemang Singh Rajawat, born
22nd
November 1981, educated
at Daly College, Indore and Allahabad University (B.A.), presently
working
in a leading travel firm in Jaipur (2005).
- Raja ABUSHAN BRAHAM SHAH (qv)
- Rajkumar Kranti Braham Shah, born 2nd November 1955,
educated at Welham Boy's School, Dehra Dun; married 23rd January 1988,
Rajkumarani Neelam Singh, born 2nd December 1957, daughter of Lal
Bahadur Sadhu Saran Singh ji of Ilaka Dhorpur patta Binjpur in Surguja
State by his wife, Shri Jayanti Devi, daughter of the Raja Sahab of
Diara Taluqa in Oudh, and has issue.
- Devansh Braham, born 18th December 1990, presently
studying at the Daly College, Indore.
- Vatsala Kumari, born 19th September 1993, presently
studying at the Doon Girl's School, Dhera
Dun.
- Raja ABUSHAN BRAHAM SHAH (see above)
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