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Raja AMITABH PAL, present Raja of Mahson, born 1969, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and University of North Carolina, married Kunwarani Deepa Pal, born 1973, daughter of Maharaj Chandrasen Sisodia of Batherda, and has issue.

Kumari Sagarika Pal, born 2002.
Kumari Devika Pal, born 2005.

History

Emperor Brahm Deo was the last ruler of the mighty Katyur Empire (modern day Uttaranchal Kumaon Garhwal region). After Brahm Deo's rule the empire disintegrated, with his grandson Abhay Pal Deo continuing his reign from the kingdom of Askote in Kumaon's Pithoragarh district. Abhay Pal Deo's two younger sons, Alakh Deo and Tilak Deo set out from Askote in 1305 with a large army and after passing through the Terai region and the plains of U.P. came to Gonda/Gorakhpur area. This region was covered in thick jungles and swamps and was inhabited by fierce Bhar tribals. The Ghagra river in the south and Rapti river in the east protected the region from heavy attacks.

Genealogy

Raja ALAKH DEO, 1^st Raja of Mahson 1305/1342, born 1281, great-grandson of Emperor Brahm Deo and son of Rajwar Abhay Pal Deo of Askote, he led an army into the plains of north-eastern U.P. and killed Kaulbil, the reigning tribal RajBhar. Alakh Deo established his capital 32 km from Basti (100 km from Gorakhpur) in Mahuli village in 1305. The feudal kingdom of Mahson-Mahuli stretched 14 kose (47 kilometers) lengthwise and encompassed several hundred villages; married and had issue. He died 1342.
- Raja Taptej Pal (qv)
Raja TAPTEJ PAL, 2^nd Raja of Mahson 1342/1359, born 1308, during his reign, in 1353, the Emperor of India, Sultan Feroze Shah Tughlaq marched from Delhi leading a massive army to punish the Nawab of Bengal, who had declared his independence from Delhi. In November of that year, Sultan Feroze Shah Tughlaq decided to halt and pitch camp in north-eastern Uttar Pradesh. Here he gathers tribute from the feudal lords and ensures their loyalty to the Delhi Sultanate throne. For the Sultan's Bengal campaign Taptej Deo provides men, arms and materiel. In exchange, the Emperor Sultan grants Taptej Deo the status of 'Raja' and the privileges that come with it, including the right to use 'Pal' as his title, taking from the senior Askote family that Alakh Deo had branched out from, married and had issue. He died 1359.
- Raja Khan Pal (qv)
Raja KHAN PAL, 3^rd Raja of Mahson 1359/1372, born 1329, died 1372.
Raja KUNWAR PAL, 4^th Raja of Mahson 1372/1404, born 1358, died 1404.
Raja TEJ PAL, 5^th Raja of Mahson 1404/1421, born 1378, died 1421.
Raja SAKAT PAL, 6^th Raja of Mahson 1421/1441, born 1398, died 1441.
Raja MAAN PAL, 7^th Raja of Mahson 1441/1480, born 1440, died 1480.
Raja PARASHURAM PAL, 8^th Raja of Mahson 1480/1535, born 1470, died 1535.
Raja DWEEP PAL, 9^th Raja of Mahson 1535/1585, born 1515, died 1585.
Raja MARDAN PAL, 10^th Raja of Mahson 1585/1620, born 1545, In this era the Mughal Empire reached its peak, with Emperor Akbar on the throne of Delhi. The Mughals co-opted various Rajput kingdoms into accepting their hegemony over India. The Mughals either entered alliances or crushed rebellions, ensuring that Rajput feudal lords paid them tribute and collected taxes on Delhi's behalf. Raja Mardan Pal paid annual taxes of 6,18,256 copper Dams (15,456 silver Rupees) to the treasury of Delhi. In addition, he provided a standing army of 2,000 infantry as well as several hundred cavalry, camelry and elephantry to the Mughal Empire; married and had issue. He died 1620.
- Raja Prithvi Pal (qv)
Raja PRITHVI PAL, 11^th Raja of Mahson 1620/1631, born 1570, died 1631.
Raja YUDHISHTIR PAL, 12^th Raja of Mahson 1631/1674, born 1620, died 1674.
Raja MANI PAL, 13^th Raja of Mahson 1674/1710, born 1641, died 1710.
Raja DWEEP PAL, 14^th Raja of Mahson 1710/1730, born circa 1680, during this time the Mughal Empire had weakened and the governor of Awadh established a hereditary kingdom over the entire region of central and eastern U.P. Tribute and taxes was now paid to the Nawab of Awadh; married and had issue. He died 1730.
- Raja Bakhtawar Pal (qv)
Raja BAKHTAWAR PAL, 15^th Raja of Mahson 1730/1774, born 1728, married and had issue. He died 1774
- Raja Sarafraj Pal (qv)
Raja SARAFRAJ PAL, 16^th Raja of Mahson 1774/1833, born 1765, during his reign a fierce attack was launched on the fiefdom in 1780, by neighbouring feudal warlords. At the battlefield of Murkatti (where heads get cut), the Raja emerges victorious but the victory is pyrrhic, with massive losses and weaknesses exposed. It is decided to shift the capital to a more secure location, and the village of Mahson, 22 kilometers away from Mahuli, is chosen; married and had issue, two sons. He died 1833.
- Raja Shamsher Bahadur Pal (qv)
- Lal Pratap Bahadur Pal, married and had issue.
  - Lal Tejesawari Pal, married and had issue.
    - Lal Rajeswari Bahadur Pal, married and had issue.
      - Lal Brijendra Bhadur Pal, born July 1907, married and had issue, three sons. He died N ovember 1994.
        
        Lal Randhir Bahadur Pal
        
        Lal Dinesh Bahadur Pal
        
        Lal Surendra Bahadur Pal, married and had issue.
        
        Kunwar Shashank Bhooshan Pal, born 27^th August 1975, married to Shikha Pal.
        
        Yashodhara Pal, born on 22 March 2009.
        
        Vasundhara Pal, born on 22 March 2009.
        
        Yajat Pal, born on 05 August, 2014.
        
        Varunima Pal, born on 05 August, 2014.
Raja SHAMSHER BAHADUR PAL, 17^th Raja of Mahson 1833/1834, born 1784, in 1801, Nawab Saadat Ali Khan of Awadh surrendered half of the Awadh kingdom to the British East India Company. This included the entire eastern region of Awadh, including Gorakhpur and adjoining districts. The feudal lords in the region had stopped paying taxes to the weakened Awadh empire, and when the East India Company attempted to impose its suzerainty, the feudal lords revolted. The East India Company under British Collector Rutledge for the Gorakhpur region took four years to crush the rebellion, in which they razed the fortifications of several rulers to teach them a lesson. Raja Sarafraj Pal and Shamsher Bahadur Pal settled for peace with the British, under which the Company's hegemony was established in exchange for the Mahson-Mahuli family to continue their privileges as rulers, including the title of 'Raja' as a hereditary right; married to a daughter of the Raja of Balrampur, and had issue. He died 1834.
- Raja MARDAN PAL (qv)
Raja MARDAN PAL, 18^th Raja of Mahson 1834/1850, born 1805, his two younger brothers, including the Thakur of Behil, took part in the revolt of 1857. After the East India Company emerges victorious, they begin a retribution and revenge campaign, in which all properties of the younger brothers are confiscated and given to feudatories who have actively supported the British (the Thakur of Marwatia was a primary beneficiary). The brothers are saved from execution by the intervention of their mother's family (Raja of Balrampur) who played a major role in the revolt actively siding with the British. Both brother's families descend into a state of despair and penury, and are supported with a stipend and property from Balrampur, as well as resettlement by Mahson family; married and had issue. He died 1850.
Raja BHAWANI GHULAM PAL, 19^th Raja of Mahson 1850/1892, born 1845, he favoured his junior wife and granted succession rights to his youngest son from the junior wife, as well as vast properties to two other sons from his junior wife; this was challenged by the eldest son, Narendra Bahadur Pal, in British court of law. Several assassination attempts were made on Narendra Bahadur Pal and he decided to fight the case from exile, supported by his wife's and mother's families. The case went to the Privy Council of the House of Lords, where the verdict was made in favour of Narendra Bahadur Pal as successor to the feudal fiefdom. His father, Raja Bhawani Ghulam Pal, having lost the case, decided to grant in allowance prime revenue properties of Ahra, Budwal and Bithha to his three younger sons, reducing Mahson's revenues by almost half; married twice, including Rani Sartaj Kuwari, and had issue, four sons. He died 1892.
- Raja Narendra Bahadur Pal (by the Senior wife) (qv)
- Thakur Rajendra Bahadur Pal (by Rani Sartaj Kuwari), born in Mahson, succeeded to the estate of Ahra in 1892; married to a daughter of Raja of Karmahiya, and had issue.
  - Lal Satrajeet Bahadur Pal of Ahra
Raja NARENDRA BAHADUR PAL, 20^th Raja of Mahson 1892/1924, born 1865, married 1^stly, a daughter of the Raja of Gangwal, married 2^ndly, a daughter of Raja of Majhgawan, and had issue. He died 1924.
- Raja Vijaipratap Narayn Bahadur Pal (qv)
- Lal Udaipratap Narayan Bahadur Pal
- Lal Bhanupratap Narayan Bahadur Pal, married thrice and had issues, 5 daughters and a son.
  - Lal Akhilesh Bahadur Pal, married to Smt. Vijay Pal of Ahirauli State and had issues, 5 daughters and a son.
    - Garima Pal, married to Shri. Raghvendra Singh of Karmahiya State.
    - Dr. Annpurna Pal, MBBS student at MLN Medical College, Allahabad.
    - Upasna Pal
    - Akanksha Pal
    - Pallavi Pal
    - Lal Abhishek Bahadur Pal, born on 21^st May 2000.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Bahadur Kaushalendra Pratap Singh of Kothi, M.P., and had issue.
Raja VIJAIPRATAP NARAYAN BAHADUR PAL, 21^st Raja of Mahson 1924/1930, born 1901, married Rani Pratap Kunwar, born 1900, died 1948, daughter of Thakur Chandra Bhushan Singh of Asothar, and had issue, one son and two daughters. He died 1930.
- Raja Kashi Nath Bahadur Pal (qv)
- Rani Rama Kanta Devi, born 1920, married Raja Shri Niwas Prasad Singh of Bijaipur-Kantit.
- Rani Uma Kanta Devi, born 1924, married Rao Keshav Sen of Kharwa.
Raja KASHI NATH BAHADUR PAL, 22^nd Raja of Mahson 1930/1988, born 1918, member of the Swatantra Party and M.L.A. in U.P. Assembly 1962/1967; married Rani Shaileshwari Kumari, born 1915, died 2007, daughter of Raja Raghuraj Singh of Mankapur, and had issue. He died December 1988.
- Raja Kailash Nath Pal (qv)
- Rajkumar Avinash Nath Pal, born 11^th July 1940, educated at Colvin Taluqdars College (Lucknow), Birla Vidya Mandir (Nainital), graduated in B.Sc in Agriculture from G.B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar (Uttrakhand); married in July 1963 to Kunwarani Usha Pal (born 18^th January 1947), daughter of Lal Siddheshwar Bux Singh of Suttha (Raebrali) and has issues.
  - Kumari Aparna Pal, born 7^th July 1964, educated from Loreto Convent Lucknow, graduated from Awadh Girls Degree College (Lucknow), married in 1995 to Kunwar Harsh Narain Singh Chauhan of Chauraipur (Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh) and has issue, one daughter.
    - Kumari Arunima Singh Chauhan, born 24^th August 1996, studied at Loreto Convent (New Delhi) and graduated from Delhi University.
  - Kunwar Anshuman Pal, born 1^st Feburary 1969 , educated at Colvin Taluqdars College Lucknow, married on 1^st February 1999 to Kunwarani Vineeta Pal (born 19^th May 1970), daughter of Shri Nagendra Singh of Beehat (Sitapur) and Rajkumari Vimla Devi of (Daiya) and has issue, one son.
    - Kunwar Aryaman Pal Mahson, born 20^th November 2000, educated at Study Hall (Lucknow), studying BBA in Travel and Tourism from Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (Gwalior).
- Rajkumar Umesh Nath Pal, born 23^rd March 1942, married to Kunwarani Prabha Pal and has issue, one daughter.
  - Kumari Anupama Pal, born 9^th January 1968, married 1993, Tarun Sondhi, and has issue.
    - Kumari Devyani Sondhi, born 1998.
Raja KAILASH NATH PAL, 23^rd Raja of Mahson [December 1988 - /], born 19^th March 1938, educated at the Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun, National Defense Academy, and Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (B.Tech.), married July 1963 in Lucknow, Rani Durga Kumari Pal, born 1945, daughter of Raja Himanshudhar Singh of Tekari, and has issue.
- Rajkumar Amitabh Pal (qv)
- Rajkumar Ashutosh Pal, born 1974, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and University of Chicago, married Kunwarani Gauri Pal, born 1975, daughter of Shri T.P. Nagarajan, I.A.S., and has issue.
  - Kunwar Kanishk Pal, born 2006.
  - Kunwarani Shaashwati Pal, born 2009.
Raja AMITABH PAL, 24^th Raja of Mahson (see above)