Raja Pratap Singh
Raja Pratap Singh Barauli | |
|---|---|
| Founder Rao of Barauli | |
| Succeeded by | Rao Ran ju |
| Personal details | |
| Children | Rao Ran ju, Rao BasantPal, Rao Jatu ji, Rao Hathi Shah & Rao Budhan Dev |
Raja Pratap Singh (Hindi: राव प्रताप सिंह) was the founder Rao of Barauli, in the Aligarh district, who was Prithviraj Chauhan's nephew and assisted in his fight against the Muslim invaders led by Muhammad of Ghor in 1191. They also fought on the side of Rana Pratap of Mewar and Maharana Hammir as their generals.
Biography
He joined the Chauhan army in Mahoba campion on his return settled in Pahasu in the centre of his newly acquired estate, where he rapidly acquired great power.[1]
Raja Pratap Singh married the daughter of Raja Door and populated the town of Barauli in Samvat 1122 (1065 AD) when there were 1656 villages attached to it.[2][3]
References
- ↑ North-western provinces (1876). Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces of India, ed. by E.T. Atkinson [and others].
- ↑ Second supplement to Who's who in India: brought up to 1914. Newul Fishore press. 1914.
... the daughter of Raja Door and populated the town of Barauli in Samvat 1122 (1065 A. D.) when there were 1656 villages attached to it.
- ↑ Full text of "Second supplement to Who's who in India [microform] : brought up to 1914"
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