PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Rulers
were...
- Bhaiya DHARAMAL SAHI, he and his brother DALTHAMBAN SAHI,
were cousins
of the Raja of Mainpuri in the early 17th century. He was granted the
Jagir
of Jhilmili, later renamed Bhaiyathan. The state of Korea was conquered
from the Kol Rajas shortly afterwards, remaing in the family till 1948.
He married and had issue.
- Bhaiya DEORAJ SAHI (qv)
- Lal Adhoraj Deo, married and had issue.
- Lal Raghoraj Deo, ancestor of Raja Sheo Mangal Singh Deo
(1874-1909),
see
below.
- Bhaiya DEORAJ SAHI, died sp.
- Raja NARSINGH DEO, married and had issue.
- Raja JIT RAI DEO, married and had issue.
- Raja SAGAR SAHI DEO, married and had issue.
- Raja AFHAR SAHI DEO, married and had issue.
- Raja JAHAN SAHI DEO, married and had issue.
- Raja SAWAL SAHI DEO, married and had issue.
- Raja GAJRAJ SINGH DEO (qv)
- Lal Dilip Singh Deo, married and had issue.
- Raja GHARIB SINGH DEO (qv)
- Lal Man Singh Deo, he was granted the jagir of
Changbhakar and succeeded there as Bhaiya MAN SINGH DEO of Changbhakar
State.
- Raja Raja GAJRAJ SINGH DEO. died sp.
- Raja GHARIB SINGH DEO 1795/1828, born 1745 at Nagar, during
his reign, the Marathas invaded the state firstyly around 1765, and
forced the Raja to pay tribute, which he did for a time and then
refused to pay, in 1797, the Marathas again attacked Sonhat and forced
Raja Garib
Singh Deo to pay Chauth (tribute); after the final defeat of
Maharaja Madhoji II of Nagpur by the E.I.C., the Chhattisgarh States
came under the suzerainty of the East India Company; in the Kabuliat
executed on 24th December 1819 by Raja Garib Singh Deo, it was agreed
that Korea State would pay an annual tribute of 400Rs. He
died June 1828.
- Raja AMOL SINGH DEO 1828/1864, born 1785, he entered into
an agreement with the East India Company in 1848, being required to pay
400Rs p.a. as tribute; married Rani
Kadam Kunwar, and had issue.
He
died 1864.
- Raja PRAN SINGH DEO 1864/1897, born 1857, succeeded 4th
April 1864 (#1).
He died sp 1897.
- Raja SHEO MANGAL SINGH DEO 1897/1909, born 1874, he shifted
his capital
from
Sonhat to Baikunthpur in the year 1900; he constructed two tanks and a
temple during his reign; married and had issue. He died
18th November 1909 (#2 ).
- Raja RAMANUJ PRATAP SINGH DEO (qv)
- Raja RAMANUJ PRATAP SINGH DEO 1909/1954 B.A., born 8th
December 1901,
educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur (he was the first student to
pass the Chiefs College
Diploma in 1920, being also ranked first in this Examination) and at
Allahabad University 1924; he was invested
with full ruling powers in January 1925; a representative in the second
Round Table
Conference
held in London in 1931 (being the youngest delegate); Vice President,
All India Kshtriya Maha Sabha
1931/-; he was responsible for the construction of the Bijuri to
Chirimini Railway line 1928/1931, he opened the Chirimiri Colliery in
1928, the Khurasia Colliery in 1928 and the Jhagarkhand Colliery in
1928; the Ramanuj High School was opened in 1935; married 1920, a
Princess
of
Chhota-Nagpur, and had issue. He died 1954 at Baikunthpur.
- HH Maharaja BHUPENDRA NARAYAN SINGH DEO, educated at
Rajkumar
College, Raipur and at Allahabad University (Masters in English
Literature), married HH Maharani Vasant Kumari of Wadhwan, and had issue.
He died after 1985.
- Rajkumari Manimalini Devi [Maharaj Kumari Rani Manimalini
Devi of Vijayanagaram], married Maharaj Kumar A. N. V. Singh of Vijayanagaram.
- Maharaja RAGHVENDRA SINGH DEV (qv)
- Rajkumari Sureshwari Devi
- Maharaja RAGHVENDRA SINGH DEV (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Kumar Shri Ram Chander Singh Deo, educated at Rajkumar
College, Raipur; Cabinet
Minister for Finance and Excise (Chattisgarh State), M.L.A. (Madhya
Pradesh) for five terms, fl.2003
- Kumar Shri Lal Ram Saran Singh, educated at Rajkumar
College, Raipur; the first I.C.S. (1929) among
the Ruling Chief's of India, later on
retired as the Indian Ambassador to Italy.
- Kumar Shri N. N. Singh Deo of Korea, educated at Rajkumar
College, Raipur; practised
law in the Federal Court of America.
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