PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
by Raja Ramai Deo in the 13th century. Rulers included...
- Maharaja RAI SINGH DEO 1685/1762
- Maharaja PRITHVIRAJ DEO 1762/1765
- Maharaja RAMCHANDRA SINGH DEO I 1765/1820, married and had
issue.
- Maharaja BHUPA SINGH DEO (qv)
- Maharajkumar Yuvraj Singh Deo, he was granted the estate
of Jarasingha
in 1765.
- Maharaja BHUPA SINGH DEO 1820/1848
- Maharaja HIRAVAJRA SINGH DEO 1848/1866, married and had
issue.
- Maharaja SUR PRATAP SINGH DEO (qv)
- Maharaja DANGANJAN SINGH DEO (qv)
- Maharaja SUR PRATAP SINGH DEO 1866/1878, died 1878
- Maharaja RAMCHANDRA SINGH DEO 1878/1895, born 1870
or 1872,
succeeded
25th November 1878 (#1), married and had
issue, one daughter. He died 1895.
- Maharajkumari Padmini Kumari Devi [Maharani Padmini
Kumari Devi of Seraikella], born 1893, married Raja ADITYA PRATAP
SINGH DEO of Seraikella, and
had
issue. She died 1960.
- HH Maharaja Sir RAJENDRA NARAYAN SINGH DEO (see
below)
- Maharaja DANGANJAN SINGH DEO 1895/1910, married and had
issue.
- HH Maharaja PRITHVIRAJ SINGH DEO (qv)
- Maharajkumar Raghuraj Singh Deo, third son, born about
1890, married
a daughter
of the Raja Sahib of Tarla in Madras Presidency.
- HH Maharaja PRITHVIRAJ SINGH DEO 1910/1924, born 1890,
married (amongst others) (a), the eldest daughter of Raja JOGENDRA DEO
of Baudh, married (b), the sister of Lal
Saheb Sarat Chandra Bhanj Deo of Mayurbhanj. He died sp
1924.
 HH
Maharaja Sir RAJENDRA NARAYAN SINGH DEO 1924/1975, born
31st March
1912, younger son of Raja ADITYA PRATAP SINGH Deo Seraikella,
and his wife, Rani Padmini Kumari Devi, only daughter of Maharaja
RAMCHANDRA
SINGH DEO of Patna (see above), granted ruling powers in 1933 on
attaining his majority; educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and St.
Columbia's College, Hazaribagh (B.A.); undertook Administrative
Training at Ranchi and Monghyr;
an enlightened ruler, he was responsible for the allround development
of the state and was one of the first Rulers to sign the Merger
Agreement with Indian Union; during his rule he removed untouchability
and the bar on
temple entry for Harijans and also banned
forced labour; Member, Chamber of Princes; Vice-President, Council of
Rulers of the Eastern States Agency and
Chairman, Eastern States Board of Forestry and Agricology; Member,
Eastern States Post-War Reconstruction Committee and Standing Committee
of Eastern States Union; Member, General Council of Rajkumar College,
Raipur; Chief Patron of the Fifth All-India Cultural Unity Conference;
Patron, All India Cattle Show Society; Kalinga Historial Research
Society; Koshal Kala Mandal and other cultural literary and reasearch
societies; President of Ganatantra Parishad in 1950, which he founded,
and which merged with the Swatantra Party Orissa Unit in 1962;
President, Utkal Sammilani,
1953; Secretary-General, National Democratic Party; Member of the Rules
Committee and several select Committees in the Lok Sabha; Chairman,
Public Accounts Committee, Orissa; Member, Public Funds Development
Enquiry Committee, Orissa; established Rajendra
College at Bolangir; Member,
General Council, National Executive Parliamentary Board, Swatantra
Party; Member of the First Lok Sabha 1952/1957; M.L.A. (Orissa)
1957/1977 (five terms); Leader of Opposition (1.4.1957) - (22.5.1959),
(21.6.1961) - (1.3.1967) and (14.6.1972) - (9.2.1973); Minister,
Finance (22.5.1959) - (25.2.1961); Minister, Mining and Geology
(22.5.1959) - (25.2.1961); Minister, Industries (22.5.1959) -
(25.2.1961); Minister, Law (22.5.1959) - (25.2.1961); Chief Minister
(8.3.1967) - (9.1.1971); Minister, Planning and Coordination (8.3.1967)
- (9.1.1971); Minister, Finance (8.3.1967) - (9.1.1971);
Minister, Home (Exc Jail Reformation & P.R.) (8.3.1967) -
(9.1.1971); Minister, Tourism (8.3.1967) - (5.9.1967)
and (31.8.1969) - (9.1.1971); Minister, Political & Services
(Exc R.V.D.) (3.4.1971) - (14.6.1972); Minister, Industries (3.4.1971)
- (14.6.1972); Minister, Home (Public Relations& Tourism)
(3.4.1971) - (14.6.1972); author of many
articles, leaflets and pamphlets; he embodied a unique combination of
an erudite scholar, enlightened
statesman and an able administrator who worked with a single minded
devotion for development of Orissa since 1948; he married
1932, HH Maharani Kailash Kumari Devi, daughter of Maj.-Gen.
HH Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia Mansur-i-Zaman Amir-ul-Umra
Maharaja
Dhiraj Rajeshwar Sir Sri Maharaja-i-Rajgan BHUPENDRA SINGH Mahendra
Bahadur
of Patiala,
and had issue. He died 23rd February 1975.
- HH Maharaja RAJ RAJ SINGH DEO (qv)
- Pattayet Anang Uday Singh Deo, born 11th November
1945, he is a founding member of the ruling BJD party in Orissa
and has been a Cabinet minister for 15 years in Orissa; Member,
NRAI (National Rifle Association of
India, New Delhi); Member, Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural
Heritage and Ex-convenor Member, Indian International Centre, New
Delhi; Member, S.A.I. (Sports Authority of India) Stadium, New Delhi;
Member Indian Habital Centre, New Delhi; Chairman, Orissa Tourism
Development Corporation; Chairman, Orissa Council of Sports; M.L.A.
(Orissa) 1974/1977 and 1990/- (five terms); Minister
of State, Forest Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, (29.12.1976) -
(30.4.1977); Minister,
Tourism (2.1.1991) - (15.3.1995) and (6.8.2002) - (16.5.2004);
Minister,
Sports, Culture and Youth Services (Sports & Youth Services)
(25.1.1993) - (15.3.1995); Minister,
Energy (6.3.2000) - (6.8.2002); Minister,
Steel and Mines (6.3.2000) - (16.5.2004); Minister,
Information Technology (6.8.2002) - (16.5.2004); Minister,
Works (18.5.2004) to present; Minister,
Housing (18.5.2004) to present; married Pattayet Rani Vijay Laxmi
Kumari
Devi, convenor
for Intach and World Wildlife Fund in Orissa, and
works extensively with weavers to promote local tribal crafts, daughter
of Thakur Shiv Mangal Singh (a freedom fighter and a member of the
Indian National Congress, M.L.A. for over 40 years, and Cabinet
Minister
for Agriculture and Sugar Cane, Zamindar of Jigirsar, Balia, Uttar
Pradesh), and his wife, Thakurani Kamlesh Kumari of Kothi, Madhya
Pradesh, and has
issue, three sons. (Shailashree Palace,
Distt.
Bolangir,
Sambalpur - 768019, Orissa, India)
- Lal Sahib Kalikesh Narain Singh Deo, born 26th May
1974,
educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun and at St. Stephen's College,
Delhi University (B.A. (Hons.) in Economics); he was a
nationals
basketball and shooting sportsman and is currently the youngest M.L.A.
in Orissa (2004/-); Member, Public Accounts Committee, 2004/2005 and
2007/-; Member, House Committee on Forest Protection, 2005/2006;
Member, House Committee on Power Generation/ Transmission/
Distribution, 2005/-; Member, Library Committee, 2005/2006; Member,
Standing Committee on Home, GA, Law, PGPA (No.1), 2005/-; Member,
Bhubaneswar Club; Member, Bhubaneswar
Golf Club; interests are Golf, Mountaineering, scuba diving, trap
shooting and Reading non fiction works.
- Lal Sahib Manmath Vijay Singh Deo, born 1976, educated
at
the Doon School and at SRCC, Delhi University, graduating in Economics .
- Lal Sahib Arkesh Narain Singh Deo, born 1986,
educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun and at St. Stephen's College,
Delhi University, graduating in economics. He captained the Under 19
Indian Basketball team.
- Maharajkumari Raj Shree Devi [Thakurani Raj Shree Devi of
Sayla], married Thakur
Saheb PRITHVIRAJSINHJI
SURENDRASINHJI of Sayla,
and has issue.
- Maharajkumari Braj Shree
Devi [Maharani Braj Shree Devi of Bhadawar], married Maharaja Mahendra
RIPUDAMAN SINGH of Bhadawar, and has
issue.
- Maharajkumari Roop Shri Devi, married Shri RAN VIJAY
SHAHI,
Zamindar of Dumaria
in Bihar, and has issue.
- Maharajkumari Krishna Kumari Devi, married Captain Baldev
Singh from
Jalalpur-Aligarh
and has issue, 3 sons.
- Chandra Chur Singh, born 11th October
1968 in Delhi, film
actor; winner of the 1996 Filmfare Best Debut Award for Maachis, nominated in 1998 for the
Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Kya Kehna; other film credits
include, Tere Mere Sapne
(1996) to Sarhad Paar (2006).
- Aditya Narain Singh, a television
producer and co-owner of
Contiloe Films.
- Abhimanyu Singh, a television
producer
and co-owner of Contiloe
Films.
- HH Maharaja RAJ RAJ SINGH DEO 1975/2004, born 1934,
educated at
Rajkumar College, Raipur; Member of the Lok Sabha for two terms,
married 18th
January 1955, HH
Maharani Premlata Kumari Devi (now HH the Rajmata of Patna), daughter
of
HH Maharana Shri RAJENDRASINHJI VIJAYSINHJI Sahib of Rajpipla,
and his wife, HH Maharani Rasik Kunverba Sahiba, and had issue. He died
April 2004.
- HH Maharaja KANAK VARDHAN SINGH DEO (qv)
- Maharajkumari Mitrabinda Kumari Panwar, married Kunwar
Yudhister
Singh Panwar (+),
and has issue (see Shergarh).
- Kumari Tritiksha Panwar
- Kunwar Brahmaditya Singh Panwar
- Patayat Sri Vardhan Singh Deo, married Patayat Rani
Prakriti Kumari Devi, elder daughter of Thakur Rattan Singh of Umaidnagar, and his wife
Kunwarani Kamleshwari Kumari, daughter of Raja
Padam Dev Singh of Poonch, and his wife,
Rani Manek Kunwar, and has issue.
- Lal Sahib Damaitre Vardhan Singh Deo
- Kumari Pradamini Kumari
- Maharajkumari Satyarajeshwari Singh, married Kunwar
Sanjay
Singh of Badnore,
and has issue.
- HH Maharaja KANAK VARDHAN SINGH DEO (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Princess of Patna, married (as his first wife), Raja
BIBHUDENDRA DEO SAMANT of Athmalik,
and had issue.
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