Information

Dynasty

State

Bihar (now Jharkand)

Agency

Orissa States Agency

Accession

18th May 1948

Area

396 Square Kilometers km²

Population

31,051 (1892)

Privy Purse

INR 33,000

Hindi Name

खरसावाँ

Last Updated

28th Aug, 2023

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Raja GOPAL NARAYAN SINGH Deo, present Raja Saheb of Kharsawan, married Yuvrani Aparajita Devi, eldest daughter of Pattayet Bikram Kesari Deo of Kalahandi, and his wife, Pattayet Rani Shrimant Nayanshree Dev, and has issue.
  • Yuvraj Divyaraj Singh Deo, born .
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History

The Rajas of Kharsawan are descended from Kunwar Bikram Singh of Porahat, first ruler of Seraikella. His second son, Kunwar Padam Singh founded Kharsawan in around 1650. The title of Thakur was originally bestowed by the Raja of Porahat. The Thakur maintains a military force of 3 guns (as of 1892).
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Genealogy

  • Thakur PADAM SINGH, Thakur of Kharsawan, married and had issue.
    • Thakur Jaswant Singh (qv)
  • Thakur JASWANT SINGH, Thakur of Kharsawan, married and had issue.
    • Thakur Loknath Singh (qv)
  • Thakur LOKNATH SINGH, Thakur of Kharsawan, married and had issue.
    • Thakur Mohanlal Singh (qv)
  • Thakur MOHANLAL SINGH, Thakur of Kharsawan, married and had issue.
    • Thakur Chaitan Singh (qv)
  • Thakur CHAITAN SINGH, Thakur of Kharsawan -/1839, married and had issue. He died .
    • Thakur Upendra Singh (qv)
    • Kunwar Ram Prasad Singh
  • Thakur UPENDRA SINGH, Thakur of Kharsawan 1839/1844, married and had issue. He died .
    • Thakur Ganga Ram Singh (qv)
    • Thakur Raghunath Singh Deo (qv)
  • Raja GANGA RAM SINGH Deo, Thakur of Kharsawan 1844/1863, born , he was granted the title of Raja in 1860 as a personal distinction only; married and had issue.
    • Thakur Ram Narain Singh Deo (qv)
  • Thakur RAM NARAIN SINGH Deo, Thakur of Kharsawan 1863/-
  • Thakur RAGHUNATH SINGH Deo, Thakur of Kharsawan -/1884, born , married and had issue. He died ?.
    • Thakur Mahendra Narayan Singh Deo (qv)
  • Thakur MAHENDRA NARAYAN SINGH Deo, Thakur of Kharsawan 1884/1902, born , he succeeded to the gadi as a minor on 2nd March 1884, married and had issue.
    • Raja Sri Sriram Chandra Singh Deo (qv)
    • Sri Maharani Nalini Pattamaha Devi, married 1913, Capt. Maharaja Saheb Sri Sri Sri Krishna Chandra Gajapathi Narayana Deo of Parla Khimedi.
  • Raja SRIRAM CHANDRA SINGH Deo, Raja of Kharsawan 1902/- , born and succeeded 6th February 1902, installed 4th July 1913, Raja [cr.1917], married Rani Giriraj Devi of Jharia, and had issue.
    • Raja Sri Purnendu Narayan Singh Deo (qv)
    • Rani Manoj Manjari Devi, married Raja Shri Balbhadra Narayan Bhanj Deo of Keonjhar, and had issue.
    • Rajkumar Brajendra Narayan Singh Deo, married 1stly, in Bastar, married 2ndly, in Ratu.
    • Rani Manjul Manjari Devi [later Rajmata Saheba of Kanika], married Raja Saheb Sailendra Narayan Bhanj Deo of Kanika, and had issue.
    • Rajmata Prafulla Manjari, married Raja Brij Dev Narain Singh of Daltanganj (Chainpur), and had issue.
      • Rajkumari Shyama Devi, married 14th July 1959, Rajkumar Shyam Chandra Pal of Bhajji, and has issue.
    • Rajkumar Chandra Shekhar Singh Deo, married in Palkote, and has issue, three sons and one daughter.
      • Raj Kunwar Pratap Chandra Singh Deo, married Kumari Kalpana Singh Deo, daughter of Lal Amresh Prasad Singh Deo, Zamindar of Lakhanpur in Surguja, and has issue, two sons and one daughter.
        • Kunwar Kirti Narayan Singh Deo, presently (2008) working with MNC, married to Archana Singh Deo and has issue, one daughter.
          • Akriti Singh Deo
        • Kunwar Ripudaman Singh Deo, presently (2008) working with MNC, married to Rupa Singh Deo and has issue, one daughter.
          • Anika Singh Deo
        • Kunwarani Devyani Singh Deo, presently (2008) working with MNC, married to Samidra Gupta Deo of Jarada and has issues, two daughters.
          • Anvesha Deo
          • Ananya Deo
      • Raj Kunwar Narayan Chandra Singh Deo, married in Morhena, and has issue, two sons.
        • Kunwar Anant Narayan Singh Deo, presently (2008) working with MNC; married Kunwarani Shivani Chauhan, daughter of the late Kanwar Jatinder Singh Chauhan, and his wife, Kanwarani Bimla Chauhan of Darkoti.
          • Rajyavardhan Singh Deo, born in .
        • Kunwar Bhishma Narayan Singh Deo, married to Kumari Viveka Yadvendra Gohil, daughter of Raja Yadvendra Singh Gohil of Rajpipla State (Gujarat) and Rani Madhu Singh of Jhalwar Zamindari, Churhat Family, Rewa MP.
          • Maahiraj Narayan Singh Deo
      • Raj Kunwar Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo, married Kumari Indu Singh Deo, daughter of Lal Amresh Prasad Singh Deo, Zamindar of Lakhanpur in Surguja, and has issue, two sons.
        • Kunwar Praduman Singh Deo, currently working in MNC and married to Shiveka Singh Deo.
        • Kunwar Vishvavijay Singh Deo, married to Rajkumari Devina Singh, daughter of Kunwar Kiran Pratap Singh of Alipura State (MP) and his wife, Mamta Singh of Majhauli Raj (UP).
      • Kunwarani Ratna Sahi, married Lokendra Pratap Sahi, Chief Editor of The Telegraph, and has issue, one daughter.
        • Kumari Radhika Sahi
    • Rajkumar Dr. Amarendra Pratap Singh Deo, educated at Rajkumar Kumar College, Raipur, at Allahabad University, at Cuttack Medical College (M.B.B.S.), at Ophthalmic Institute, London, U.K., and was house surgeon at St. Asaims, North Wales; an accomplished College Tennis Player, in India he served as In India he served as a Reputed Doctor in Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela for 24 years; he married Rajkunwarani Indira Kumari Devi, and has issue. (Rourkela-769042, Orissa, India)
      • Rani Rashmi Kumari, married 27th May 1979, Maharaj Manohar Singhji of Raoti in Jodhpur, and has issue, one son.
        • Rajkumar Harshvardhan Singh Rathore, born , educated initially in Calcutta, then at Rajkumar College, Raipur; Graduation from Jodhpur and earned a Master's Degree in M.B.A. and M.B.L. from the National Law University (N.L.U.), Mandore, Jodhpur; presently (2009) working as a Manager for an esteemed company (MN). Married to Kunwarani Garima Kumari, daughter of Lal Vijay Singhji of Baikunthpur Thikana (Rewa), M.P. in December 2010.
      • Raj Kunwar Chandra Chud Pratap Singh Deo, married Kunwarani Nandini Kumari, and has issue.
        • Kunwar Anshuman Singh Deo
      • Kuwarani Madhu Mayee Devi, married Sri Lal Kunwar Saheb Krishna Pratap Narayan Singh of Baluhipur (Arrah).
      • Raj Kunwar Bhanu Pratap Singh Deo
    • Lal Saheba Pramod Manjari Devi, married Lal Saheb Pramod Chandra Bhanj Deo of Mayurbhanj (Sankpeta), born , died .
  • Raja Sri PURNENDU NARAYAN SINGH Deo, Raja of Kharsawan, born , married and had issue.
    • Raja Pradeep Chandra Singh Deo (qv)
    • Maharaj Kumar Shankar Pratap Singh Deo, married Maharajkumari Santosh Devi of Gabhana, and has issue.
      • Kumari Padmavati Singh Deo
      • Kunwar Shashank Pratap Singh Deo, married, Kunwarani Vartika Singh, daughter of Kunwar Atul Singh of Mankapur, and has issue.
        • Kumar Pradyut Singh Deo
    • Maharj Kumar Rudra Pratap Singh Deo, married Raj Kumari Tripura Kumari, daughter of Rana Raghunath Singh of Kotkhai, and his second wife, Rani Basantika Devi, and has issue.
      • Kunwar Aditya Narayan Singh Deo
    • Rani Vijay Laxmi Devi, married Maharajkumar Shri Ram Dev Singhji of Nagod, and has issue.
  • Raja PRADEEP CHANDRA SINGH Deo, Raja Saheb of Kharsawan. Married Rani Vijaya Devi, daughter of Lt. Shri H. N. Singh, and has issue. He died in .
    • Yuvraj Gopal Narayan Singh Deo (qv)
    • Pat Jema Meenakshi Singh, married and has issue, two children.
      • Shriya Singh
      • Shreeraj Singh
  • Raja GOPAL NARAYAN SINGH Deo, Raja of Kharsawan (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Pattayet Rani Padmini Devi, married Pattayet Bharatendra Shekhar Deo of Gangpur, and has issue.
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