Pratapgarh Estate

This article is about the estate. For its eponymous state in Rajasthan, see Pratapgarh State.

Pratapgarh was an estate or Jagir of Oudh, India.

History

The Pratapgarh jagir originally from Taroul or Tiraul. The ancestor of the royal family was Babu Sujan Shah, son of Raja Sangram Shah of Taroul. the member of Pratapgarh state were Talukdars.

Babu Pratap Singh, ruled as first Babu of Pratapgarh between 1628 and 1682. He fixed his headquarters at Rampur near old town Aror. There Babu Pratap Singh built a fort (garh), which later city named after himself as Pratapgarh.^[1]

Other estates that were abolished in 1950

Presently, Pratapgarh district consist some other estate are as follow,

Bhadri

Bhadri was an estate near Kunda of Pratapgarh. the member of this Bhadri family were estate holders.^[2]

Kalakankar

The Kalakankar state located near Rampur and Dharupur village on the bank of river Ganges. The founder of Kalakankar jagir was Raja Hom Mull of Majhauli, Gorakhpur.^[3]

Manikpur

Manikpur was an old estate of Pratapgarh district on the shore of Ganges. It was founded in 1080 by Raja Manik Chand, sibling of Maharaja Jaichand of Kannauj,

Amargarh

Amargarh estate was established by Raja Amar Singh. Raja Amar Singh and Raja Jabbar Singh of Ramganj Estate were real brothers. Amargarh estate consisted of 111 talukas and Ramganj estate consisted of 109 talukas. In 1860 soldiers of Amargarh estate defeated British army and captured their battle guns.

Descendants

Raja Pratap Bahadur Singh (1889–1921): Vice president of British Indian Association between 1911 and 1918.
Raja Ajit Pratap Singh (1921–2000): Parliamentarian of 3rd & 4th Loksabha.
Abhay Pratap Singh: Member of Parliament of 10th Loksabha.
Raja Bajrang Bahadur Singh (1905–1970): Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya (1967): Member of Legislative Assembly and Cabinet Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

References

↑ Roper Lethbridge (2005). The golden book of India (illustrated ed.). Aakar. p. 405. ISBN 978-81-87879-54-1.
↑ Roper Lethbridge (2005). The golden book of India (illustrated ed.). Aakar. p. 479. ISBN 978-81-87879-54-1.
↑ Roper Lethbridge (2005). The golden book of India (illustrated ed.). Aakar. pp. 452–453. ISBN 978-81-87879-54-1.

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