MANKAPUR (Taluq)

 
VILLAGES: 189 REVENUE: N/A  ACCESSION DATE: N/A
STATE: Uttar Pradesh (Gonda Dist.)
DYNASTY: Bisen RELIGION: Hindu
     
PRESENT RULER: Raja ANAND SINGHJI (1964/-) (Mankapur House, 17 Kaiser Bagh, Lucknow-226001, Uttar Pradesh)
born circa 1938, Member of Parliament; President of Raghvendra Rural Development and Research Organisation (RRDRO); married Rani Veena Kumari of Kotwa, and has issue, one son and three daughters.
  • Rajkumar Kirti Vardhan SinghRajkumar 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)
  • Rajkumari (name unknown) Kumari, married Rajkumar (name unknown) Singh, son of Raja Bahadur VISHWANATH PRATAP SINGH of Manda, and his wife, Rani Sita Kumari.
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 (qv)
  • 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, married 3rdly, Rani Sultanat Umedan Bi of Bahraich (she was known as Uttar Sarkar), had issue, one son and one daughter, married 4thly, a daughter of the Taluqdar of Paraspur in Gonda, married 5thly, an Anglo-Indian lady (known as Purab Sarkar), and had issue. 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), born 1906, 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 and had issue, 4 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), and had issue, two sons. He died 1997.
        • Col. Ashok Singhji, married and has issue, two sons.
          • Akshay Singh
          • Arvind Singh
        • Col. Anup Singhji, born 12th August 1959 in Mankapur, educated at La Martiniere College, Lucknow, gaining Indian School Certificate (Erstwhile Senior Cambridge) 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 was awarded the Chief of the Army Staff Commendation Card on two occassions, held the rank of Full Colonel (Selection Grade); Commanding Officer, 8th Batallion, The Dogra Regiment; took P.M.R. (Pre-Mature Retirement) to be able to spend time at Mankapur.
      • Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singhji, married and had issue, two sons and two daughters.
        • Abhay Singhji (+)
        • Ajay Singhji, Captain, Merchant Navy.
      • Kunwar Bir Pratap Singhji, married and had issue, one son. He died 1992.
        • Col. Ajit Singh, (Royal Nepal Army)
      • Kunwar Jai Pratap Singh, married and had issue, two sons and three daughters. He died 1982.
        • Manoj Singhji
        • Sandeep Singhji
    • Raja RAGHVENDRA PRATAP SINGHJI (by the fourth wife) (qv)
    • Kunwar Devendra Pratap Singhji (by the fourth 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.
        • Kumari Rani 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 10th May 2005 in Lucknow, Kunwar Shashank Pratap Singh Deo, son of Maharaj Kumar Shankar Pratap Singh Deo of Kharsawan, and his wife, Maharajkumari Santosh Devi.
    • Rani Shaileshwari Kumari, married Raja KASHI NATH BAHADUR PAL of Mahson, and had issue.
  • Raja AMBIKESHWAR PRATAP SINGHJI 1932/1943, died 1943 unmarried.
  • 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.
  • Raja ANAND SINGHJI (qv)
 
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