Present Head
(Raj Bhawan, P.O. Kalakankar, Distt. Pratapgarh-230 001, Uttar Pradesh)
History
The estate was also known as Rampur Dharupur. The founder of the family was Raja Hom Mull, a younger son of Raja Prithvi Mull of Majhauli in Gorakhpur.
Genealogy
- Raja TEJ SINGH, Raja of Kalakankar fl.1628
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- Rai BAIRI SAL, Rai of Kalakankar, married and had adoptive issue. He died sp.
- (A) Kunwar Hanumant Singh [Hanumant Singh] (qv)
- Raja HANWANT SINGH, Raja of Kalakankar, he was adopted by the widow of Rai Bairi Sal in 1826; he was granted the title of Raja by the King of Oudh in 1849, married and had issue. He died .
- Rajkumar Lal Pratap Singh, married and had issue. He was killed vp 1857 in the Battle of Charda.
- Raja Rampal Singh (qv).
- Rao Saheb Ramdeen Singhji, married and had issue.
- Rajkumari Sharda Kumari [Rani Sharda Kumari of Agori Barhar], married (as his first wife), Raja Sharda Mahesh Prasad Singh Shah of Agori Barhar, and had issue.
- Rajkumari (name unknown), married and had issue.
- Raja Rampal Singh (qv).
- Rajkumar Lal Pratap Singh, married and had issue. He was killed vp 1857 in the Battle of Charda.
- Raja RAMPAL SINGH, Raja of Kalakankar 1885/1909, born or 1848 in Dharupur, Pratapgarh District, UP; married 1stly, Rani Subhag Kunwar, died about 1871 in London, married 2ndly, Rani Alice (an English lady), married 3rdly, Rani Radha (Muslim). He died sp 28th February 1909 in Kalakankar.
- Raja RAMESH SINGH, Raja of Kalakankar 1909/-, died after 1910 and before 1930.
- Raja AUDHESH SINGH, Raja of Kalakankar, married and had issue. He died /1933.
- Raja Avadesh Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Brijesh Singh [Brajesh Singh], married 1stly, Kunwarani Laxmi Devi, married 2ndly, Leela (an Austrian lady), married 3rdly, 1963 (as her third husband), Svetlana Alliluyeva [née Svetlana Iosifovna Stalina], born in Moscow, daughter of Joseph Stalin [Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili], and his wife, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, and had issue. He died and his cremated remains were returned to Kalakankar.
- Kumari Asha (by Kunwarani Laxmi Devi), married to Air Commodore Y.S. Pal.
- Kumari Usha (by Kunwarani Laxmi Devi), married to Gp. Capt. Diwarkar Pandey.
- Kunwar Victor Singh (by Leela), Photographer (U.K.)
- Raja AVADESH SINGH, Raja of Kalakankar, married Rani Lakshmi Kumari and had issue. He died after 1933.
- Raja Dinesh Singh (qv)
- Rajkumari Usha Kumari [Rani Usha Kumari Sahiba of Khairigarh], married 1stly, (div.), (as his first wife), Raja Luv Shah of Khairigarh, had issue, one son, married 2ndly, Shri Dev Pratap Bharti, had issue, three sons and two daughters, educated at Colvin Talukdars College, Lucknow, and had issue.
- Raja Arya Shah, married Rani Usha Singh and has issues.
- Raja Akshay Bikram Shah, married Rani Radhika.
- Rajkumari Yamini Singh, married Kunwar Veer Vikram Singh from Jodhpur.
- Abhhai Pratap Bharti, married 6th February 1985, Ranjana Singh, she is presently (2015), Headmistress of City Montessori School, Aliganj Sector O; daughter of Dr. R.N. Singh, and his wife, Vidya Singh, and has issue, two sons.
- Roshan Bharti (Lucknow, India)
- Rohan Pratap Bharti (Lucknow, India)
- Rashmi Bharti, educated at La Martiniere College Calcutta, Lorreto College Lucknow, married Wing Commander K. J. 'Kojak' Bhatt, and has issue, two sons.
- Vishrut Bhatt, educated at Leicester, U.K., presently (2016) working as Senior Graphic Designer in an M.N.C. in Bangalore, married to Pallabi from Assam.
- Vashisht Bhatt B.A., M.Sc., educated at Exeter, presently (2016) proprietor of his own firm in London.
- Raja Arya Shah, married Rani Usha Singh and has issues.
- Raja DINESH SINGH, Raja of Kalakankar, born in Kalakankar, educated at Doon School, Dehradun, U.P., Colvin College, Lucknow, U.P. and University of Lucknow, U.P. Member of the India International Centre, Indian Council for Child Welfare, Bharat Krishak Samaj, Bharatiya Natya Sangh and Indian delegations to many international organisations such as FAO, ECAFE, ECOSOC and U.N. General Assembly; Deputy Minister in the Ministry of External Affairs 1962/66, Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs 1966/67; Minister of Commerce 1967/69; Minister of External Affairs 1969/70; Minister of Industrial Development and Internal Trade 1970/71; Minister of Water Resources in 1988; Minister of Commerce 1988/89 and Minister of External Affairs 1993/-; Member of the Second Lok Sabha 1957/62, Third Lok Sabha 1962/67, Fourth Lok Sabha 1966/70, Fifth Lok Sabha 1971/77, Rajya Sabha 1977/82, Eighth Lok Sabha 1984/89, Ninth Lok Sabha 1989/91 and re-elected to the Rajya Sabha in July 1993. Member of the following clubs: Cricket Club of India, Bombay, Delhi Gymkhana Club, New Delhi and Delhi Golf Club, New Delhi. Author of: "Towards New Horizons", 1971, "India and the Changing Asian Scene", 1973, articles in many magazines and National dailies; married Rani Neelima Kumari, daughter of Lt.Col. HH Sir Maharaja Narendra Shah Sahib Bahadur of Tehri-Garhwal, and his wife, HH Maharani Indu Mati Devi Sahiba, and had issue, six daughters. He died in New Delhi.
- Maharani Rewa Kumari, married 1967, Maharaja Indrajitendra Narain Singh of Ramgarh, and has issue.
- Rajkumari Ravija Kumari [Rani Ravija Kumari of Delwara], married Raj Rana Vikram Singh of Delwara, and has issue.
- Yuvrani Rajitha Devi, born in Narendranagar, Tehri-Garhwal, married 9th May 1974 in Delhi to Yuvraj Anirudh Singh of Barwani.
- Rajkumari Renuka Devi [HH Maharani Sahiba Renuka Devi of Barwani], born in Mussoorie, married 21st January 1979 in New Delhi, Rajkumar Manvendra Singh [now HH Maharana Sahib Manvendra Singhji of Barwani], and has issue.
- Rajkumari Ratna Devi, born in New Delhi. B.Com., educated at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, Delhi. Member, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Uttar Pradesh 1991/-, General Secretary, P.C.C., Uttar Pradesh 1996/-, member of the 11th and 13th Lok Sabha, re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha on 16th May 2009; Member of the Executive Committee, Congress Party in Parliament 1996/-, Member of the Committee on Communications 1999/2000, Member of the Consultative Committee Ministry of Information Technology 2000/- ; Vice-President of the Raja Avadesh Singh Memorial Educational Society, Pratapgarh; the M.R. Trust; and the Raja Hanumat Rampal Trust, Pratapgarh; Secretary of the Madanmohan Malviya Post Graduate College, Pratapgarh; Manager of the Hanumat Inter College, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh; Chairperson of the Raja Dinesh Singh Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Pratapgarh. Interests include.. gardening, music, reading, travelling and photography, horse-riding and squash. Member of the Delhi Gymkhana Club; India International Centre; Rotary Club, Garden City, New Delhi; and Cricket Club of India, Mumbai; married 30th May 1987, Yuvraj Shri Jai Singh Sisodia of Pratapgarh (Rajasthan), and has issue.
- Bhanwar Bhuvanyu Singh, married on 22nd Jan 2022 to Baisa Devika Singh of Ataria, Sitapur (UP).
- Bhanwar Baisa Tanushree Kumari
- Abha Kumari, married Vijay Singh of Khajurgaon, and has issue, one daughter and one son.
