PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded around 1705 by Raja Udai Singh, who was the son
of Bhupat Singh, a leader of the ancient Gaur clan of Rajputs settled
at Chandra and Katesar in
Sitapur, U.P. He established Pawayan, the largest estate in the
erstwhile Rohilkhand Area and the present District Shahjahanpur in U.P.
Gaur Rajputs originated from Gaur Desh (country), in West Bengal. The
Gaur Rajputs had dispersed to various parts of Northern and Central
India after the onslaught of the Persian raider, Bhaktiar Khilji,
around
1205. Rulers were...
- Raja UDAI SINGH, founder and first Raja of Pawayan.
- Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH 1802/1825, married Rani Raj Kunwari
(qv).
- Rani Raj Kunwari 1825/1850
 Raja
JAGANNATH SINGH 1850/1880,
during his rule the rebel
leader, Maulvi
Ahmad-ullah Shah was killed at the outer gate of the Pawayan Fortress
in a skirmish when the Maulvi was trying to forcefully break through
the outer gate.
COURT OF WARDS 1880/1887
- Raja FATEH SINGH 1887/1906 (PHOTO),
a scholar of repute and an honourary magistrate for the tehsil.
- Raja INDRA VIKRAM SINGH 1906/- (PHOTO),
married to Rani Griha
Rajya Laxmi Devi of the Shah family of Nepal, and had issue.
- Raja AJAI VARMA SINGH (qv)
- Kunwar Keshav Varma Singh, married Kunwarani Preeti Rajya
Lakshmi Devi, daughter of Gen. Khem Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal
(see Kaski and Lambjung).
- Rajkumari Rama Devi, married Raja PRATAP BAHADUR SINGH of
Kurwar, in Sultanpur Dist.,
U.P.
- Rajkumari Laxmeshwari Devi, married Raja Shri MOHAN
PRASAD SINGH of Badagoda in Ganjam Dist., Orissa.
 Raja AJAI VARMA SINGH,
born 1907, last
Raja Saheb of Pawayan before the abolition of Princely states and
Zamindaris in 1950; he contibuted
significantly to the development of
the Pawayan area with initiatives such as setting up the present day
Pawayan
Inter College; married Rani Indira
Devi, daughter of HH Sawai Maharaja PUNYA PRATAP SINGH of Ajaigarh, and his wife, HH Maharani Rukmini
Devi, and had issue,
three sons and one daughter. He died
1989.
- Raja SURENDRA SINGHJI (qv)
- Wing Cmdr. (ret'd.) Rajkumar Abhay Singh, born 1941,
Kunwarani Asha Singh, daughter of S. N. Pandita
(Central Secretary, Indian Administrative Service), and has issue.
- Kunwar Anirudh Singh, born 1973,
married Kunwarani Amrita Singh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ashok Lulla,
and has issue.
- Reavant Singh, born 2002.
- Kumari Riya Singh, born 2005.
- Kunwar Akshay Singh, born 1977,
married Kunwarani Prianka Singh, daughter of Col. Rajesh Sinha, and his
wife, Baisa Vijaya Kumari of Khandela.
- Rajkumari Shobha Singh, born 1942,
married Shri Amit Ray, and had issue, one daughter. She died 2003.
- Rajkumar Jai Singh, born 1944, married Kunwarani Mridul
Singh, daughter of Kunwar Lal
Chandan Singh of Asothar, and has issue.
- Maj. Kunwar Manujendra Singh, born
1976, married Kunwarani Kulgauravi Singh, daughter of Raja Ganga
Singh
Chauhan of Baneria, and has issue.
- Abhijay Vikram Singh, born 2006.
- Raja SURENDRA SINGHJI (see above)
Source: Kunwar Akshay Singh, Last
Update: May 2008 |
