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Raja Bishweshwar Prasad Singh and Raja Maheshwar Prasad Singh, joint Raja Sahebs of Jharia
Raja Bishweshwar Prasad Singh B.Com., L.L.B., he is the founder and proprietor of the Kids Garden Senior Secondary School, Jharia (C.B.S.C. affiliated), a Trustee of R.S.P College; he has a keen interest in Social Service and Social activity; favourtie passtimes, include music and reading books; married to Rajkumari Snehalata Kumari Devi B.A, L.L.B. she is active in Social Work and presently (2017) is General Secretary of the B.J.P. (Orissa), daughter of Rajkumar Suresh Chandra Deo Jenamoni, Pattayat Sahib in Rairakhol, and his wife, Rajkumar Rani Saroj Manjari Devi, daughter of HH Maharaja of Hindol, and has issue, two daughters.
- Rajkumari Sada Rajlakshmi Singh
- Rajkumari Sudarshana Rajlakshmi Singh
Raja Maheshwar Prasad Singh, a Trustee of R.S.P College, a good football and badminton player, married to Rani Sujata Devi, daughter of Raja Sisir Kishore Deb of Mohuri in Ganjam, Orissa, and his wife, Rani Ratna Manjari (former M.L.A.), daughter of the Raja Saheb of Bishrampur in Jharkhand.
History
Jharia was founded in the 16th century by two brothers, both brave soldiers, who came from from Rewah in order to extend and expand their empire. One of the two brothers settled in Bihar and the other in Orissa. The estate was bounded on the east to Baliyapur, on the west by the River Katri, on the north by Barwada (Jainagar) and on the south by Sindri to the River Damodar.
Genealogy
- Raja Raghunath Singh, 1st Raja of Jharia, founder of Jharia at an unknown date, married and had issue.
- Raja Indra Singh (qv)
- Raja Indra Singh, 2nd Raja of Jharia -/1680, married and had issue. He died .
- Rajkumar Tej Singh, married and had issue.
- Raja Jasmat Singh (qv)
- Rajkumar Tej Singh, married and had issue.
- Raja Jasmat Singh, 3rd Raja of Jharia 1680/-, married and had issue.
- Raja Mohan Singh, 4th Raja of Jharia, married and had issue, three sons.
- Raja Jorawar Singh, 5th Raja of Jharia, married 1stly, Rani Saraswati Kumari, she committed sati, married 2ndly, Rani Jhalo Kumari, married 3rdly, Rani (name unknown) Kumari. He died sp.
- Raja Prithvi Singh, 6th Raja of Jharia, married four Ranis. He died sp in 1826.
- Raja Sangram Singh, 7th Raja of Jharia, married four Ranis including, (a), Rani Gobinda Kumari, married (b), Rani Tara Kumari, and had issue, four sons. He died .
- Raja Udit Narain Singh (qv)
- Rajkumar Brajlal Singh, born .
- Kunwar Nand Kishore Singh (by Rani Tara Kumari)
- Name Unknown
- Raja Rasbehari Singh [aka Rash Behari Lal] (qv)
- Kunwar Brij Bihari Singh (by Rani Gobinda Kumari), married and had issue.
- Kunwar Kunj Bihari Singh
- Name Unknown
- Name Unknown
- Raja Sri Sri Shiva Prasad Singh (2nd cousin) (see below)
- Name Unknown
- Raja Udit Narain Singh, 8th Raja of Jharia 1836/-, born ,
- Raja Rasbehari Singh, 9th Raja of Jharia, married two Ranis, and had issue, two daughters.
- Raja Sri Sri Jay Mangal Singh (qv)
- Raja Sri Sri Durga Prashad Singh (qv)
- Raja Sri Sri Jay Mangal Singh, Raja of Jharia, married Rani Chalur Kumari.
- Raja Sri Sri Durga Prasad Singh M.B.E., Raja of Jharia -/1916, during his term, Jharia flourished, as the Raja was a man of foresight, and a good businessman, he prospered from his coalmines, from trade and business, he purchased and invested in properties in various parts of India, he built roads, temples, a Fort and many other buildings; married 1stly, Rani Prayag Kumari, she died after 1932, married 2ndly, Rani Subhadra Kumari, married 3rdly, Rani Hem Kumarii, she died after 1955. He died sp on 7th March 1916.
- Raja Sri Sri Shiv Prasad Singh M.B.E., Raja of Jharia 1916/1946, married Rani Mandakini Devi and had issues. He died .
- Raja Sri Sr Kali Prasad Singh (qv)
- Sri Sri Tara Prassad Singh
- Sri Sri Shyama Prasad Singh
- Sri Sri Uma Prasad Singh
- Sri Sri Subhajit Prasad Singh
- Raja Sri Sri Kali Prasad Singh, Raja of Jharia 1947/-, he succeeded to the gadi on 1st January 1947, he was appointed a Magistrate, First Class for civil matters; he was elected M.L.A. in 1952 from Swatantra Party, a philanthropist and a popular and active social worker, he continued the construction work of his predecessors; he donated land to the Central Fuel Research Institute (C.F.R.I.), Digwadih and to Sant Vinoba Bhave in the Bhodan Yagya; he was instrumental in establishing the Sindri Fertlizer works, as well as the Raja Shiv Prasad Singh College in Jharia; he was the Life Senate Member of Vinoba Bhave University (V.B.U) and Life Member of the East Bengal Club of Calcutta; he was an active Social worker and was honoured by the Jharkhand Government in 2003 for his many contributions; he had a keen interest in sports, particularly football, and also an interest in music, to the extant of learning to play the Tabla from Birju Maharaja of India fame; married 1946, Rani Usha Devi, eldest daughter of Thakur Rudra Narayan Singh of Khesmi Zamindari, Hazaribagh, and his wife Thakurani Padmini Devi, and had issue.
- Raja Bishweshwar Prasad Singh (qv)
- Raja Maheshwar Prasad Singh (qv)
- Rajkumari Jaya Singh, married Raja Ajay Singh of Kurri Sudauli, U.P., and has issue.
- Rajkumari Madhulika Singh, married Rajkunwar Chhatrapalsinghji Dharmendrasinghji Parmar of Muli State, Gujarat, and has issue.
- Raja Bishweshwar Prasad Singh and Raja Maheshwar Prasad Singh (see above)
