tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66196192046405816472024-03-26T23:37:25.728-07:00Varanasi Based Raghuvanshies of KateharS P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-74913452792754112372012-08-10T22:30:00.000-07:002012-08-10T22:30:00.340-07:00Hall of Fame of Raghuvanshies of Dobhi & Katehar.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Varanasi,dateline<br />
dated:10.08.2012<br />
Dear Raghuvanshies of Dobhi and Katehar,<br />
Last to last june on the 28th I set the ball moving in my house at Kamachha Varanasi for the American concept of Hall of Fame for generally in the sports field,recalling famous Raghuvanshies after our decline in Ayodhya in 1194 AD and migration to Varanasi and sorting out in Jaunpur and Varanasi in it's two parganas,abovenamed.<br />
On the last occasion,the topic was of mostly installing a new President,dethroning me because of ire of Lal Bahadur Singh and of Avnender when at Lalitpur,which was yet more vivid during his short visit on the 28th to the meeting in my house,by his body-language.He did not eat his lunch either and left abruptly,murmurring some incoherent sentences.However the tablet of the Hall of Fame was ready and a photograph available of the same in the meeting,released to press and all.<br />
The automatic choice of the contenders to the list of the Hall of Fame was as follows.<br />
Maharaj Nain Deo,Deo Kunwar of Deoryee,Baba Pukar Rai of Niyar,Ganesh Rai,Rai Khemraj Singh,Rai Chan Singhjudeo of Kaithi and Bayalasee,Madan Chand,Sees Chand,Dyuman Deo of Kaithi,Chandravati and Laxamangarh,Jag Lal Singh alias Hazari Singh of Hyderabad fame,Deep Narain Singh alias Bachcha Singh of Varanasi Gazeteer, JayPal Singh alias Puroshottam Singh the !857 warrior,MahaYogi Bharat Singh of Kaithi, Ram Rup Singh,Rai Saheb(Answer to the prayers of Sees Chand to equal his famous cousin,in power and pelf,in the entire twentieth century),Rishabh Deo Singh,the nobility who rebelled in the August revolution of 1942,and was duly jailed by the Brits,Acharya Birbal Singh of Koyeeliari,dobhi,Shiv Shankar Singh of Rampur,(Member of Imperial Council in Lucknow),Batuk Singh the then PM's favourite civil servant,Dr. R.U. Singh of LKO. who wrote the Nepalese constitution(of Bodsar,Dobhi)Prof. Rudra Dutt Singh of Cornell University,and his nominee to the World Bank Sri Nath Singh of Marikpur,father of famous media-person Pradeep Raghuvanshi.<br />
the list shall remain incomplete without full info of Aiarrey(aayer)Jagdishpur's names for this list.<br />
Sincerely Suresh Pratap Singh<br />
short duration President of Raghuvansh:Sansathanam,who would have inheritted this Hall to themselves,otherwise in case I had continued to finish my three years term without rancour and in-fighting.<br />
Now they should watch their steps for scathing comments from me in this and other blogs. </div>S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-4083700163659268122012-08-09T22:28:00.000-07:002012-08-09T22:28:04.323-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Re :Raghuvansha Sansathanam:Niyar deeh and the sordid affair of monetary greed on the 27th of july,2012.</b></div>
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<b>Avenender promoted himself as President,without m term of three years being over,Jagdish remained Vice,while the Dobhee was well represented as Vinod Hardasipur got promoted as the vice of President,while Lal Bahadur lost control in everyway of money and his lifeline too.Admitted in ICU of a city Hospital,Ram Lochan pushed out of Treasurer's job and bodily,too.There were fisty-cuffs in Niyar,luckily away from Pukar Rai's famous Chabutara,in Shivaji's house,as I was being told minute to minute happenings on the mobile phone by Boys from Kaithi,who were witnessing my dethroning due greed for two lakhs of indian rupees.I had over-ruled this meeting in the meeting in Niyar n th 22nd of july,but no one cared.</b></div>
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<b>Is this Institution worth joining?</b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #e69138;">Sincerely Suresh Pratap Singh,Kaithi.</span></b></div>
</div>S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-52063167821364377532011-04-03T20:30:00.000-07:002011-04-03T20:59:59.372-07:00Rai chan singh-Rishabh deo singh memorial lectures4.04.2011 Vinayaka,Varanasi Dear Friends, Elated by the success of Holi-Milan gatherings for last three years in Niyar-deeh of Baba Pukar Rai,I was instrumental to galvanize a gathering at the victory spot of his grand-father Deo Kunwar of Deorayee,in order to crystalize the dream of his descendant Sri Raghvendra Pratap Singh,towards erecting a equestrian statue of his direct linear ancestor,on every Ram Navami Day in Deorayee,situate 5kms from Modhailla turning after Danganj Bazar,I am offering the Raghuvanshies of all hue(including descendants of Lav,from Lahore,and spread in west UP,as sons of Raja Pratap Singh,a nephew of Prithviraj Chauhan)taking care of both the wings of the warring Kings,which saw the end of the Hindu kingdom on this sub continent,to com to my house in Varanasi(easier than going to Kaithi),at R.M.House,in Vinayaka,Kamachha.Phone:0542-2361159.Mob.:919935398306,and gather together,to here my story of migration from Ayodhya to Deorayee,to Niyar to Dharauhara to Kaithi to Vinayaka-Varanasi,to Mumbai. I will try to send as many emails as possible plus letters copied from this blog,but pl. do inculcate a habit to read my blogs regularly auf weiterzehn. Sincerely yours Raghuvanshy brother Suresh Pratap Singh Tenant and Cultivator of Kaithi & a Chartered Engineer of LondonS P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-91697138581631991352010-04-12T07:11:00.000-07:002010-04-12T07:14:22.750-07:00Deo Kunwar,our proper historical heroOur common,proven ancestor,thoroughly heroic but woefully neglected:Deo Kunwar.<br /><br />Deo Kunwar came to Deorayee in 1380 samvat.One new version claims Nain Deo as his father and Nangayee Rao as his brother Devan Rai’s son,while the other son having gone away to Kashmir,known as None Rao,whom I attributed to having developed a dynasty coming down to Dr. Karan Singh of Kashmir,as something to please Dr. Karan Singh,thity-five years ago,after coming in contact with him for sometime<br />However the duo of the uncle and the nephew stay put in Deorayee.Nangayee Rao fathered Gang deo who settled Gangpatti or Chhoti Deorayee.<br />In Deorayee Deo Kunwar fathered Bhuj Rai and Birhaj Rai.<br />Bhuj Rai had six sons: Keel Rai,Randhir,Barmal,Kuber,Keval(Bole Rai) and Thakurayee.<br />Keel Rai being the eldest inherited Deorayee and fathered Dhundiraj and Daman Singh.<br />Dhundiraj fathered Narain,Guru Baksh and Shiv Baksh,in Deorayee,at the same time enjoying the proceeds of Village Parapati with Daman Singh’s descendent’s.<br />The fifth son Keval Rai or Bole Rai married three maidens,which led to birth of Ganesh Rai in the forth generation.Ganesh Rai had two sons who were prolific and produced twelve sons,which was equaled on his own by our own Baba Pukar Rai,through tthree maidens of Balrampur estate.<br />This seems to be the reason for giving Ganesh Rai credit for settling Dobhi,which must have been an original paragana of the Gharwar Kings and later the jagir of the Nawabs of Avadh:96 paraganas.Today it is not so and in new administrative disposition Deorayee is in erstwhile Rai Chan Singh’s Bayalisee.<br />This is for the fact that the folklore goes that Raja Banar gave away two paraganas to the Raghuvanshi Raja of Ayodhya as in dowry,viz.:Dobhi and Katehar.<br />So quite clearly,if you draw a chart of Deo Kunwar’s genealogical descendents Ganesh Rai was not a first cousin of Pukar Rai.Pukar Rai was a son of Birhaj Rai or a direct grandson of Deo Kunwar and Ganesh Rai ,a great,great,great grandson of Bhuj Rai who was also a son of Deo Rai(Kunwar),but directly connected.<br />So who is closer to Deo Kunwar? Would it be Pukar Rai or Ganesh Rai?Proximity of Dobhi to Deo Kunwar came about by way of shifting of the twelve sons of Pukar Rai all over the Pargana of Katehar,quite far away from Niyar and still further off from Deorayee.However the history book hailing them as Hindu Kings(mentioned in the Plebeians) mentions Doman Deo as ninth in descent from Deo Kunwar<br />So it is an unhappy situation that we have begun to celebrate only Pukar Rai’s glory and have unwittingly ignored the truly historical conqueror of deorayee,his own grand-father.By correcting ourselves,say by going to Deorayee,every Ram-Navmi Day,we can pay our humble obeisance to the mighty Raghuvanshy Prince,responsible for our settlement in Dobhi and Katehar,far away from Ashtha-chakra Ayodhya.<br />Let me also correct the divisive minds amongst us that Deo Kunwar belongs to Dobhi.He belongs equally to both Dobhi and Katehar as well as to Bayalisee.<br />Let us resolve to raise a monument to the first historical figure of the Raghuvanshies in migration,on whose might and efforts we overcame all the perils of survival and multiplied in tens of thousands over the generations,in Varanasi and Jaunpur.He deserves to be celebrated with jest and exuberance from all of us.<br />Yours Truly:Suresh Pratap Singh<br />Read my Blog:Raghuvanshies of Katehar-Hindu Kings,1194AD onwards.and<br />Varanasi Based-Raghuvanshies of Katehar.website:www.1857-amartyramongpwwbks.com<br />The Book can be read on the blog: The plebeians who would be the Kings.<br />Contact:singhsp65@yahoo.com12.<br />04.2010<br />VaranasiS P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-25270842112570351352010-02-28T08:14:00.000-08:002010-02-28T08:16:38.769-08:00Rai Chan Singh Guest House for both relatives &meekTo<br /> Her Excellency Srimati Pratibha Devi Singh Patil<br /> Hon’ble President of India<br /><br />In the matter of introduction to a new chapter in the Panchayati Raj Act,a panacea for the widows,destitutes and the discarded,being fleeced of whatever little help is said to be provided as pension etc.<br /><br />In thinking of Raghuvanshy descendants,I may have hit on the right note of succour for the week and the ailing.Surprisingly no one thought of an infrastructure instead all advocated cash(that could be embezzled by one and all).<br /><br />PRAYER<br />The initiative should be from the P.M.,with directives to the State Govts.for amendments in the PRAct.<br />Quote-<br />19.02.2010<br />Navi Mumbai-410210<br />A matter for blog and dispensation at Niyar-deeh on 7.03.2010.<br />“Baba Pukar Rai,Rai Khemraj Singh - Rai Chan Singh – Memorial - Guest House for the disabled and the meek,on Rai Chan Singh premises adjacent to Hall of Fame at Kaithi”<br /> Eversince addressing the then Tourism Minister(GoI) about opening the doors of the House of the 1857-martyr Jaipal Singh of Kaithi,Katehar,for the tourist and the inquisitive,I have weighed the pros and cons for a solution for a resting place for the visitors to the martyr’s home,as well as to the projected Hall of Fame for the Raghuvanshies after their migration from Ayodhya,around 1194 AD.It has been also painful and ludicrous to see my own elder brother leaving my house,after midnight for the comforts and amenities provided by Sri Vijay Bahadur Singh and Asha at 1 C Beli Road in far away Allahabad.There is a definite need for suitable accommodation for the likes of our long lost pattidars like Dr.Karan Singh of Kashmir(likely a descendant of None Rao).<br />2.So,I think I can provide a big enough plot of land to build a multi-storey Guest House(which I have offered to Sri Avinash Awasthi,recently on NH29,as well,but on the Highway) for our own people rich and famous as well as the meek and poor like the two widows in the household of late Rajaram harijan-rickshawwallah,going without meals and medicines,so much so that a relative had to be called to take away his sister.This could be a unique combination of a private guest house,made more useful by doubling-up as a shelter Home for the the sick and the ailing,the destitutes and the poor,of the village and nearby surrounding areas,like,Bhandahan,Rajwari,Dharauhara,Tanda,Kusanhi ,Patna and Kharauna etc.,so that they do not starve like Rajaram’s widow and daughter-in-law.<br />3.Would it be pugnacious on my part,to talk about funds at this stage?It is harsh reality as I failed to proceed on my mission of world conquest,even after signing-on 6.12.2008,owing to severe inflation and general recession in the global meltdown,sinking cargo traffic drastically.Ship capacity went largely unutilized as freight rates fell.My last hurrah too fell flat on the face and I could not revive it for next one year,so severe was the tempest.300 ships were broken down and so was I.However,I have not given up yet.I will go the Mahamana way and ask for big and small donors to come forward,as well as the State and the Central Govts. to make use of my zeal and make the Guest House idea work in earnest and in real.In fact the Panchayati Raj Act can be strengthened by suitably amendind the same to ask Gram-Pradhans to initiate and institute such schemes,in large hamlets,around the State and also countrywise,so that people in their charge do not starve of food and medicines.Let them provide,like the welfare States do an Elephant’s graveyard for the old and the lonely like in Sweden,for them to be looked after till they breathe their last.<br />4.Let us the Raghuvanshies give the governments a start by helping me build the abovementione guest house to honour Baba Pukar Rai and Rai Chan Singh on the very spot where he was left by his father Rai Khemraj Singh,in 1465 AD and is lived in for last 22 generations till date,to find a piece for prosperity of the entire village and surrounding area to house not only our rich siblings and relatives,but along side the destitutes ,the poor and the meek,for they shall inherit the earth.<br />Suresh Pratap Singh—unquote.<br /><br />Yours Obediently<br /><br />Suresh Pratap Singh<br />Tenant and cultivator of vill. Kaithi<br />Marine Chief EngineerS P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-22981884768264904192010-02-19T09:55:00.000-08:002010-02-19T09:58:03.034-08:00Baba Pukar Rai-Rai Chan Singh memorial guest house.19.02.2010<br />Navi Mumbai-410210<br />A matter for blog and dispensation at Niyar-deeh on 7.03.2010.<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">“Baba Pukar Rai,Rai Khemraj Singh - Rai Chan Singh – Memorial - Guest House for the disabled and the meek,on Rai Chan Singh premises adjacent to Hall of Fame at Kaithi”</span></strong><br /> Eversince addressing the then Tourism Minister(GoI) about opening the doors of the House of the 1857-martyr Jaipal Singh of Kaithi,Katehar,for the tourist and the inquisitive,I have weighed the pros and cons for a solution for a resting place for the visitors to the martyr’s home,as well as to the projected Hall of Fame for the Raghuvanshies after their migration from Ayodhya,around 1194 AD.It has been also painful and ludicrous to see my own elder brother leaving my house,after midnight for the comforts and amenities provided by Sri Vijay Bahadur Singh and Asha at 1 C Beli Road in far away Allahabad.There is a definite need for suitable accommodation for the likes of our long lost pattidars like Dr.Karan Singh of Kashmir(likely a descendant of None Rao).<br />2.So,I think I can provide a big enough plot of land to build a multi-storey Guest House(which I have offered to Sri Avinash Awasthi,recently on NH29,as well,but on the Highway) for our own people rich and famous as well as the meek and poor like the two widows in the household of late Rajaram harijan-rickshawwallah,going without meals and medicines,so much so that a relative had to be called to take away his sister.This could be a unique combination of a private guest house,made more useful by doubling-up as a shelter Home for the the sick and the ailing,the destitutes and the poor,of the village and nearby surrounding areas,like,Bhandahan,Rajwari,Dharauhara,Tanda,Kusanhi ,Patna and Kharauna etc.,so that they do not starve like Rajaram’s widow and daughter-in-law.<br />3.Would it be pugnacious on my part,to talk about funds at this stage?It is harsh reality as I failed to proceed on my mission of world conquest,even after signing-on 6.12.2008,owing to severe inflation and general recession in the global meltdown,sinking cargo traffic drastically.Ship capacity went largely unutilized as freight rates fell.My last hurrah too fell flat on the face and I could not revive it for next one year,so severe was the tempest.300 ships were broken down and so was I.However,I have not given up yet.I will go the Mahamana way and ask for big and small donors to come forward,as well as the State and the Central Govts. to make use of my zeal and make the Guest House idea work in earnest and in real.In fact the Panchayati Raj Act can be strengthened by suitably amendind the same to ask Gram-Pradhans to initiate and institute such schemes,in large hamlets,around the State and also countrywise,so that people in their charge do not starve of food and medicines.Let them provide,like the welfare States do an Elephant’s graveyard for the old and the lonely like in Sweden,for them to be looked after till they breathe their last.<br />4.Let us the Raghuvanshies give the governments a start by helping me build the abovementione guest house to honour Baba Pukar Rai and Rai Chan Singh on the very spot where he was left by his father Rai Khemraj Singh,in 1465 AD and is lived in for last 22 generations till date,to find a piece for prosperity of the entire village and surrounding area to house not only our rich siblings and relatives,but along side the destitutes ,the poor and the meek,for they shall inherit the earth.<br /><strong>Suresh Pratap Singh</strong>S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-22530553734997386112010-01-16T06:40:00.000-08:002010-01-16T06:42:14.925-08:00Need of a Check Dam befor confluence of Gomti at Kaithi.11.01.2010<br /><br />To<br /> Bahen Mayawati,<br /> Hon’ble Chief Minster of Uttar Pradesh<br /> 5,Kalidas Marg,Lucknow-226001<br /><br /><br />Respected Bahenji,<br /> <br /> <strong>Reg.: “ Baba Saheb,Bhole-Baba Check-Dam at Gomti in Kaithi “</strong><br /><br /> Vis-à-vis the proposed expansion of 217Kms NH29 in four lanes<br /> Expressway ,as reported by the media, with Japnese Help.<br /> <br /> And my request to DG UPSTDC to include Kaithi(Markandey),on<br /> tourist destination for those traveling on this fast road,by upgrading<br /> the existing Link-road from Km.27(from Varanasi) through Kaithi <br /> village and Bazar on to the temple of Markandey Mahadeo and the<br /> rivers Gomti and Ganga confluence,through the motorable-top of<br /> Check-Dam on to the existing old Settlement(1882-84) road to vill<br /> Patna of Ghazipur to the end of the old and now defunct SH29,<br /> Opposite vill.Gopalpur of Ghazipur,which will also serve as the<br /> Starting point of the detour traffic from the northern-end.<br /><br />I have not spoken to the DG UPSTDC about the possibility of the Check-Dam,but it was liked by Sri D.S.Bagga,the then Chief Secretary.And since then I am regularly pleading with Sri Dina nath Pandey,who would be taking up with concerned Secrtary,some day.<br />The utility of the check-dam will be in storing Gomti water for summers and help produce a Zayad crop in the riverine belt of 1000acres in the area,producing pulses and oil seeds in abundance,along with,barley,gram and wheat at an average of 17mds to a bigha,which is not being done since 7th Sept. 1980,after the change of course of river Gomti,then ,disintegrating our prime agricultural holding towards Ghazipur in one go.<br />Riverine belts generally depend upon getting flooded during monsoon and utilizing the fresh soil and moisture post innundation for producing a good Rabi crop bringing about prosperity to the farmers of one crop a year,since time immemorial.The Baba Saheb – Bhole Baba Check dam on the Gomti just before it’s confluence could change the scenario for ever and year round cultivation would result giving abundance of pulses and then thanks to your foresight,we will be without a care of black marketing and hoarding of the Arhar dal,besides selling the surplus for other fellow citizens use.Just give us the Check –Dam and the entire area will prosper and all will be grateful to you,forever.And surely MLA Deenanath Pandey,alias Hosa Maharaj will be elected again and again ,whether or not he forwards my applications in the matter to you.<br />2.This is the right moment to crystallize and capitalize on my suggestions to your Government,decades ago, and a huge populace of the entire neighborhood of few hundred villages are bound to memorize the Jayaka Budhhist Highway Foundation’s name,along with that of Baba Saheb and Bahen Mayawati’s name,all their lives.Politically,you will become a force to reckon with for many more elections of the future,in Ghazipur and Varanasi.The name is very apt immortalizing Baba Saheb in the category of Bhole Baba – the Markandey Mahadeo of vill. Kaithi.<br />For this to happen the Govt. and your own Secretariat has to co-ordinate with Director General UP State Tourism Corporation,Sri Awanish Kumar Awasthi,who knows the place and location well,having been in charge of the district a decade ago.<br />You have another ex-DM of Varanasi as Principal Secretary,who was responsible for issue of a GO on my request to declare the Blue bull as a species of the deer family,having nothing to do with the holy cows of the Hindus and that they could be shot and killed without being apprehended by the local police.But neither my pleadings to Sri Rajnath Singh nor his letter to you from Krishi Bhavan,or the efforts of Kunwar Fateh Bahdur could stop the menace of the Blue bull.And we are suffering equally from the slings and arrows of the Record Operation unit in Ballia and the galloping destruction of the blue bull for last thirty years,so much so that people like me had to come out of retirement after twenty years to go to work in the town to make both ends meet.So I shall be always driven to strive for resurrection from the two above mentioned disasters.I hope I do not have to go to sea,yet,again and your Secretaries will give me an opportunity to elaborate on my suggestions to you and to DG UPSTDC,for the above to really happen,for which we all shall be,forever, grateful to you and your Government.<br /><br />Yours Obediently<br /><br /><br />Suresh Pratap Singh<br />Tennant and Cultivator of vill. Kaithi<br />Chartered Engineer(London)<br />Marine Chief Engineer<br />At: N16/132 B Vinayaka,Kamachha,<br />Varanasi-221010..<br />Ph.:0542-2361159<br />Mob.:9935398306<br />E-mail:spsinghnavy@hotmail.com<br /><br />A brother-in-law of Sri Vijay Bahadur Singh,Advocate H.C.<br />And a B.S.P. Member Parliament from Mahoba.S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-28888977086029429762010-01-16T06:38:00.000-08:002010-01-16T06:40:15.311-08:00Pleading to include Kaithi in tourism hub on NH29,(new)8.01.2010<br /><br />To,<br /> Sri Awanish Kumar Awasthi<br /> Director General UPSTDC<br /> C-13,VIPIN KHAND<br /> Paryatan Bhawan<br /> Gomti Nagar<br /> Lucknow<br /><br />Respected Sir,<br /> <br /> Re.: Tourism development possibilities at Kaithi-Markandey(Varanasi).<br /> Vis-a Vis proposed four-lanes expansion plans of NH.29<br /><br />1.Village Kaithi was settled by the mighty Raghuvanshy warriors of Katehar in 1465 AD ,namely by Rai Khemraj Singh by putting up his five years old son Rai Chan Singh judeo ,at the site of the Sees Chand Mansion,later built by his grandson,in around the year 1500AD. And still lived in by his descendants,including 1857 martyr Jaipal Singh.<br />2.All Hindus are aware of the first “Adi-Linga” of Markandey Mahadeo.And those having perused the Skand and Bhavishya Puran are also aware of Raja Divodas settling on the banks of Ganga and Gomti,after Lord Shiva’s disciples forced him to vacate Kashi,as desired by Lord Shiva to be devoid of human beings for use of it as his own abode.The new settlement of Divodas –Prajapati was known as “Lahuri Kashi”.<br />3.Bhagwan Ram came here as ordered by Sri Bashishtha for the penance-yagya for killing a brahmin.King Yudhishthir came here to cross the Ganges to proceed to Viratnagar for his thirteenth year of banishment and the last year in hiding.All the seven sages of the “Saptarshi Taramandal” meditated in Kaithi.The ashram of all have fallen in the Ganga or Gomti save that of Gargacharya situate north-east of the Mahadeo temple and made alive by learned Bangali-Baba<br />4.But the most famous son of Kaithi was the immortal sage Markandey rishi,born to the holy consort of the sage Mritand,who,in turn,was a great grand son of Lord Brahma,the Creator of the Hindu mythology.The penance of Mritand and Markandey brought about the immortality of Rishi Markandey,turning away The Death God,Yamraj,for ever.<br />5.I have related the story of “Sher Shah in the court of Doman Deo” in the IHCR session at Bombay,in 1979 ,but not about his return to Kaithi in 1545AD,on his way to Bengal expedition.His Generals came first and demanded military supply for the expedition,to which Doman Deo replied in negative,only to face the wrath of a General who destroyed his mud-fortress on the banks of the Ganges at Chandravati and Doman Deo escaped because his horse could walk and gallop on the surface of the Ganges,as the Raghuvanshies of Dobhi recite even today.In his fury the Generals forces tried to break the idol of Mahadeo,only to be repulsed by a storm of the big black bees,stinging the desecraters to death.A mass- grave was raised in the name of their leader ,Sayeed Baba,where all worshipin the name of national; integration.It is bang opposite of the northern gate of the a hundred and fifty years old PWD Dak Bunglow,where you must have visited as Collector of Varanasi.<br /><br />6.Class fellows of my brother and also of V.P.Singh,the late prime minister used to tell me that in the UP College they called Kaithi as Paris of Benares and always longed for a picnic,there.Recently a Rain Basera has been built on the site of a dirty refuse pond, just outside the temple.A few more are required to entice the tourist traveling on the NH29,a lot of them may be Budhist from far east and it may cater to their requirements.I can give one or two plots,myself for such novel purpose ,to catch tourists from the proposed 217 Kms four-lane NH29,if there are provisions for a detour of the tourists traveling on the said Express Way ,proposed by the Ministry of tourism,Govt. of India and your own goodselves in the State Govt.<br />7.There is a great rush from all and sundry to visit Mahadeoji in Kaithi both on inaugural of a venture and as much on the successful completion of a deal and every day many times fleets of powered limousines make a ferry to the temple,making a mockery of the peace and quite of a village life and putting the life and limbs of the pilgrims and the residents of the village,going about their visits to the temple,the Bazar,the primary and High Schools,at stake and at peril all the time.Our rickshaw was hit by one such speeding vehicle,in front of my house as we were alighting from the rickshaw to go in the house.The damage was to the decorative plastic rib on the vehicles rear wheel ,but the occupants just fled away,as it was right in the midst of the thakurs house-holds.But there is always a greater chance of the rickshaw occupants being on the receiving end of the damage and a case of hit and run on the motorist record.I would inform you,kindly that about forty arms licensees are in the village and it can turn into an ugly incident,for no fault of anyone in particular.Therefore,I was thinking all the time,when I was in the village for a solution of the problem.<br />8.Three things came to my mind.<br />First:that a pre-1966 situation has arisen again,when the traffic passed through the village and once in a while a child got himself crushed under a Bus or a car.But things generally subsided as those were tolerant days.Now everyone is hot-headed and an ugly situation will arise at the snap of the fingers.Knowing the fire-power of the occupants of the powerful limousines and the prestige of the Raghuvanshies of Katehar,it could easily erupt into a riot with bloodshed and murder.It is an explosive situation and it is time now that the district administration should be sincerely getting alert about it.<br />So,it would be best to divert the traffic of the speeding fleets of heavy duty limousines to the back of the temple from Km.28(from Vns.) and build a special tourist/visitors/pilgrims passage to Markandey Mahadeo,which could be,so kindly,taken-up by your goodselves.<br />Secondly,should there be a cash-crunch,two things can be done on the existing road through the village,to accommodate all,safely and happily.<br />One:By erecting a Fly-Over like in the big cities and on the High ways and Expressways.Let us say the proposed Fly-over starts rising around the proposed Electricity Board’s Sub-station,shifting from Ugapur to Kaithi ,carrying - on northwards, all along the population’s living quarters and starts descending before the Dak Bunglow,providing for minimum hindrance at both ends.Speeding fleets can accelerat even more and get quickly to the Mahadeo and make the get away even faster, while the villagers and on foot pilgrims walk peacefully to their whereabouts,or even ride a rickshaw,if they so need,underneath the great big Fly-over. A blessing for all concerned.<br />Two:Again the budget may not allow such a venture as above plus lack of political will.<br />So let us resort to “the SKY-WALK”,Bombay style and add romance to the tourist’s itinerary right royally and fun for the village folks with safety angle foremost in the mind.<br />I will send you some news-paper photographs and reporting on the now-thing in Mumbai,which is coming-up all over the place and with good results,and a debate on whether to permit the hawkers on the two sides of the sky-walk path is taking place in the news-paper columns every day. We can allow the evening vegetable market (of the Bazar ) on the left and right sides for the sake of both the buyer and the seller.Only the old and the feeble will,yet,grumble in climbing the stairs ,while cursing you and me,even as quietly blessing us for the safety of the young ones.<br />There is a sort of Sky-walk at New Delhi Railway Station,joining Paharganj side to Kashmiri-gate side and some insight can be gained looking at it about the proposed Sky-walk in Kaith-Markandey.<br />I feel your personal interest in the above scheme towards the tourism development,with a hidden agenda of the safety of the village folk from the greedy blessing-seekers from the village deity situate at the northern-end ,with the Kuty Ghat on the Ganges,from where Doman Deo escaped the clutches of the Afgan Generals and the scenic confluence of the Ganga and Gomti,near-by calling the Budhist and tourist in general for a visit to feel it’s glory , grandeur and serenity in one go.<br />I have to be in Lucknow on the 17th and will make an effort to call on you to draw your kind and urgent attention,while drawing the attention of DM and Commissioner Varanasi through this letter and for keeping the Govt.aware of the law and order angle by copying it to the Chief Secretary,for which,prey no offence may be taken.<br />Thanking You for your kind attention and looking forward to arousing your interest.<br />Yours Obediently<br /><br /><br />Suresh Pratap Singh<br />Tenant and cultivator of Vill. Kaithi<br />Chartered Engineer(London)<br />Marine Chief Engineer<br />Sees Chand Mansion<br />Vill. & Post:Kaithi(Markandey)<br />Thana:Chaubeypur<br />Block:Cholapur<br />Distt.Varanasi<br />Pin;221116<br />Email:spsinghnavy@hotmail.com<br />Phone:0542-2361159<br />Mob.:09935398306<br />A nephew of Thakur Ram Rup Singhji,<br />Late of the IAS & UP ASssembly.S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-2229879205725181032010-01-16T06:35:00.000-08:002010-01-16T06:37:48.046-08:00Defence properties under threat of squaters.13.01.2010<br />Varanasi<br /><br />To,<br />Sri Anand Misra<br />Joint Secretary(e),Ministry of Defence,GoI.<br />South Block,New Belhi.<br /><br />Respected Sri Misraji,<br /> Re. :Regularisations of encroachments on Defence properties ,as a last resort ?<br /><br />I am enclosing a copy of my e-mail dtd.6.11.09 and as it does not interest you to discuss matters of coastal security with me, in view of my wasted visit to the South Block on the<br /> 13th of the last month .I may as well utilize my acquaintance with you through the good offices of the PRSEC,for another good deal to the property of Govt.of India falling under<br /> your charge(I should think).<br />I am enclosing a scan of the 7th Jan news item in the local paper,of your interest,i.e. about the encroachment by public on 500acres of Jhingura air-strip in distt. Mirzapur of UP.I think the Administration can never have it evicted and the best policy may be to give it back to the original tenants from whom it was acquired for making it into an air strip during the second world war.<br />The same can be done to the squatters on Rajwari Kaithi’s Kaiser-e-Hind two air-strips on acquired land from thirteen villages in the late thirties of the last century.At least the Govts of India and Uttar Pradesh can save face from being defaulters on their portfolios for saving the public property At the same time I would ,kindly ,request your goodselves to transfer it to the concerned officer, in case it does not fall in your own jurisdiction, and oblige further of intimating me of the same action taken.<br />Thanking You<br />Yours Obediently<br /><br /><br />Suresh Pratap Singh<br />Tenant and cultivator of vill.Kaithi<br />Marine Chief Engineer<br />C/o.Thakur Ram Rup Singhji<br />Of the IAS & UP Assembly.<br />At:R.M.House<br />N16/132 B Vinayaka,Kamachha,<br />VARANASI-221010<br />Ph.:0542-2361159<br />Mob.:o9935398306<br />E-mail:spsinghesq @rediffmail.comS P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-26597112508538935782009-12-24T22:56:00.000-08:002009-12-24T23:02:31.655-08:00www.1857-amartyramongpwwbks.com reproducedABOUT BOOK<br /><br />Page1<br />I must have been destined to do this work as I was always wondering about “ meaning of life” in my letters, to my erudite uncle, from sea, having lost my noble father early in a ghastly tragedy, after having stood by his side in all his struggle of regaining the squandered property in my abode of eighteen generations, (not known to me then and neither suffering yet from any supercilious sense of elitism, first dose of which was administered by Sri Parmeshwar Dwivedi on major Banks Road in Lucknow , reading my Bhrigu-Sanhita, with uncanny accuracy about the past, of which even my highly intelligent uncle was not aware). Secondly a retired (D.J.) gentleman (Mr. Srivastava- I think) frequenting our table in Lucknow Coffee House was a casual but renowned for accurate palm reading told me of accomplishing a big thing connecting the past with the future in my life Thirdly Raja Banaras’ astrologer told me when I was struggling for survival in mid seventies that my standard of living will be the highest ever in the family’s history.<br /> This was before I was forced to resign, fed-up with my uncle’s (in fact my mother was the one who did it within six month’s of my father’s demise) selling the Kaithi property, time and again. I visited Kaithi once after the first Sale Deed on being updated by a cousin of my father after I gave him four hundred rupees as as a help (was a big sum in 1967)Then there was another effort of selling spree and I resigned my handsome job in the Merchant Marine. And then while visiting Shiv Ratri Mela in my imported ‘Ford’ on sighting the ruins of Chandravati Fort of Doman Dev I asked about his time from my otherwise very well read and informed uncle. He said it must have been 2000 to 2500 years ago. So that was that – the level of information about the Raghuvanshi settlers in Varanasi, sacked from Ayodhya.<br />Page2<br />And the person telling me was born in the house of the eldest brother of Doman Dev, who lived in Chandrawati only fifteen generations away. That was jolting and something had to be done about it. So I found my family’s genealogical table, prepared in around 1840 and a book of Banshi Kavi, about the last king of Ayodhya, forced to give- up his Kingdom and migrate to his father-in-laws domain in Varanasi. According to Banshi Kavi, he married the King’s daughter, later, while leading the life of a hermit. But if the theory of massacre of five leading Hindu Kings by syed sallar Jung alias ghazi mian is correct, then Raja Banar must have been killed already by him before Maharaj Nain Dev of Ayodhya came to Varanasi , fleeing from Ayodhya on the thought of the approaching terror, which should have been around 1032 A.D. in the reign of Masud Ghazni son of Mahmud Ghazni during their 26 years rule. Syed sallar Jung Ghazi Main was a nephew of Masud Ghazni and a grandson of Mahmud Ghazni. He has left widows in Varanasi and maidens waiting to marry him every year, and is feted in Bahraich district where Raja Suheldeo tackled him in a decisive battle in the Suhelawa forest. Strange are the ways of national integration that both Muslim and Hindus pay yearly homage on his ‘Mazar’, the man who decided to eliminate five principal Hindu rulers to establish Islam and Islamic rule.He was a man of Allah and a prophet of God .He died Surprisingly young – At a tender age of eighteen. Much research can be done on this burning light of Islamic phenomena, by historians and Hindu institutions, separating history from legend.<br /> However if one goes by the legend of Ghazi Mian massacring the Mathura King and Raja Bannar the last Gaharwar ruler of Varanasi, the dates given by Banshi Kavi the court Bard’s descendant come with Maharaj Nain Dev from Ayodhya vary by about a hundred years. But Banshi Kavi who used to come and stay with us when my great grand-father was alive, has complained that the conspiring Chaubeys of Niyar- deeh had thrown all his papers and genealogical tables in river Gomti and he had prepared everything from his memory and that is why quite incomplete. Surprisingly, my great grandfather did not give him our own genealogical table down from Sees Chand Maharaj to update to couple of generations more. Although it is doubtful that either of the two understood the baithaua-Urdu Script of Sees Chand’s table. It took a couple of moths to get hold of an old Muharrir by name of Sagar Singh to come to our village for couple of Sundays to be able to decipher our table for us to know that indeed this village was settled by Sees Chand son of Madan Chand Judeo, who was the eldest son of First Raghuvanshi visitor to Kaithi who come to worship on the banks of river Ganges for several years: by name of Rai Chan Singh Judeo eldest son of first Rai of Katehar Rai Khemraj Singh, eldest son of Baba Pukar Rai of Niyardeeh.<br />Page3<br />Niyardeeh on the banks of Gomit was for long the seat of one branch of Raghuvanshies, i.e. of Katehar; while Ganesh Rai settled Dobhi in Jaunpur and one of the sons of Shalhe Kunwar, only son of Maharaj Nain Deo went away to Kashmir. Dr. Karan Singh of Kashmir had promised to me long ago to give me his own genealogical table kept away somewhere in some place near Srinagar, for completing the table of descendants of the Raghuvansi Kings of Ayodhya in the aftermath of sacking of Ayodhya by Ghazi Mian and of leaving Ayodhya preemptorily; giving it away to purohits the Pandeys (although now the Raja is a Mishra, whom I met in Delhi at my nephew’s place over a lunch). Present Raja of Ayodhya Sri. Mishra should be a good source and their history can be traced and tallied by that of Banshi Kavi’s ancestors, who left with the last Raghuvanshi king for Varanasi<br /> Law of primogeniture was abolished by Bhagwan Ram himself, not that it was universally accepted afterwards or was acceptable to most others than Raghuvanshies. He did it mostly to appease his own three brothers, giving Taxila area to Bharat (it was his descendants who faced Alexander the great) Mathura to Shatrughan and close by Lucknow to Laxman. That was a large chunk of Pargiter's ten democracies of the invading Aryans. Despite this, kings rose and ruled in Ayodhya, sometimes deserted and re-invigorated by supreme Vaishnav kings like Vikramaditya in Kalidas’s Raghuvansh Mahakavya” and other works and treatise. Doman Dev was one such person with much wealth at his command (through legendry paras stone or whatever) that he usurped the estate of Sees Chand come down to him from his grand father Rai Chan Singh Judeo granted to him by a Delhi or a Jaunpur king for his valour. Sees chand confronted his famous cousin as the folklore goes on the border of Kaithi Rajwari in the riverine- Tari, and held Doman Deo’s horse to stop the boisterous and strong prince for having given away the “Pargana Bayalasi” in Jaunpur to Bais Rajputs, what was rightfully his estate being the eldest grandson of Rai Chan Singh Judeo. There was some sort of rapprochement between the two cousins and Doman Dev is said to have reassured his elder cousin (or is it possible that Doman Dev was senior of the two in age at least?) never to look towards 2292 Bighas of Kaithi, even after being appointed a Raja of sorts by Emperor Sher Shah himself on return from his Bengal expedition around 1545 (dates can be corrected to accuracy by reference to history Books).<br />Page4<br />In fact Sher Shah Suri, the king Emperor held a court on his return from Bengal expedition to make reproaches to Doman Dev, his erstwhile master (1501-1515) for the insolence of his commander-in-chief in sacking the fort of Chandravati and chasing away Doman Dev to Laxmangarh, for refusing to provide Arms and Ammunitions, men and material needed for Bengal expedition of Sher Shah, after his great conquest of Ahmedabad (Gujrat) there was an incident in the Temple of Markandey Mahadeo, where the commander-in-chief met Doman Deo of the Raghuvanshy clan, which gave time for Doman Deo of the Raghuvanshy clan, to flee across the Ganges. Some stupid soldiers started chipping away on the Idol of the ruling deity (it can be seen even today as one enters to pray on the western edge of the Shivlinga. Then a storm of Bees invaded the temple’s sanctum sanctorum and attacked the soldiers and drove them to their grave in a field of plots (now in my possession) called Jinwa and their leader found a grave nearby called “Saeed Baba ki Mazar”. Meanwhile Doman Deo made his getaway to Laxmangarh, while the Sher Shah’s troops attacked and sacked Chandrawati. Sher Shah made amends for his commander in- Chief’s insolence on his return from the successful Bengal expedition by holding a Darbar to honour Doman Dev the Raghuvanshi settler in Varanasi. Doman Dev found further ascendancy to his ruling career, there onwards. One Mr. Ram Chandra Srivastava Director Archaeological Survey, who visited the temple of “Sabha Baba” (to be maintained by the occupant of (Sees Chand’s house) and found statues and figurines of the eleventh century, there) told me that Sri Rudra Dutt Singh of Senapur (a friend of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Macnmara) had located a ‘Sanad’ issued by Sher Shah at that time in Cornell University (near New York, U.S.A.) granting freedom from cess on Cultivation to Doman Dev and as leader of all (subject to denial by Dobhi Sect far away in Jaunpur) the Raghuvnshies (of Katehar and descendants of Baba Pukar Rai of Niyar – all the twelve of them, spread around). That is when Doman Dev found true ascendancy over his elders and senior houses, viz. Sees Chand Judeo of Kaithi, allowing him 2292 Bighas as free lease, and was emboldened to grant away paragon Bayalisi to Bais Rajputs on his visit to Sher Shah’s court in Delhi. He usurped the rights of Sees Chand with impunity. And the confrontation between the two cousins in Kaithi’s riverine belt (Tari) must have occurred after Doman Dev having bequeathed the inheritance of Sees Chand, in Delhi, to his own needy sisters married to rebellious Basis Rajputs imprisoned by Sher Shah and released on Doman Dev’s pleadings and assurance of good conduct by way of engagement in agriculture away from arms and ammunitions, in Jaunpur.<br /> 1) Rai Khemraj Singh 2) Satan Rai 3) Chitau Baba 4) Niyayi baba<br />1) Rai Chan Singh Judeo 2) Rai Veerbhan 3) Rai Uday Chand Singh <br />Madan Chand Judeo Uga Thakurajee<br /> Sees Chand Judeo 1) Tara Chand 2) Raja Doman Dev<br />(Kaithi) (Employer of Sher Shah) (Between 1501-1515) <br /> built original Sees Chand Mansion ( as a youngman). <br /> Around 1492 AD- on Rai Chan Singh Estate<br /> Latest rebuilding 1932 (in the times of Bharat Singh)<br />House in use and in order Needing restoration for<br />Posterity & Raghuvanshy’s (History)<br /> <a href="javascript:__doPostBack(">Previous </a><a href="javascript:__doPostBack(">Next</a> <br /><br />Page5<br />owefvekeÀ peeiejCe DeleerkeÀ Debmeejer mew³eo meeueej cemeTo ieepeerJe Je ceeefuekeÀ DeHeÀpeue (in Hindi)<br /> “ Syed salar Masood Ghazi Mian” grand son of Mahmood Ghazni and nephew (sister’s son) of Masud Ghazni, born 405 Hizri or 1016 A.D. Returned from Ghazni at the age of 16 for promotion of religion to India. He came via Multan and Delhi to dozens of districts if western U.P. (including Mathura to Ghazipur and Benares. He is supposed to have been crucified or killed at the age of 16 (else where it is 18) in 420 Hizri in Baharaich (killed by suheldeo in suhelawa forest) on his way to Ayodhya to kill the Hindu king there. There is a symbolic cepeej nj p³esÿ ceeme kesÀ ÒeLece jefJeJeej keÀes ³eneb cesuee ueielee nw~ ³eneb yeekeÀe³eoe FvekeÀer Meeoer keÀe Dee³eespeve neslee nw~ yeejele Yeer Deeleer nw~ efkeÀvleg þerkeÀ mece³e Hej J³e³eOeeve Heæ[ peeves kesÀ keÀejCe Meeoer Deieues meeue kesÀ efue³es ìue peeleer nw~(in hindi) symbolic mazar in salarpura, Varanasi with malik Afzal Alvi- from Rajghat to Chaukaghat. He was also killed during spreading of Islam. Because of Alvi- the Mohalla known as Alyipura- later Alyeepur ( DeueF&Hegj ) lots of Mallahs & Khewats were made Muslims-<br /> nces ve ceeue -Dees-oewuele ®eeefn³es, ve ngkegÀcele Je meuelevele nce Deuueen kesÀ efue³es Deuueen kesÀ yevoes keÀes FvmeeHeÀ efoueeves Je GvnW veskeÀ jemleeW Hej ®eueeves kesÀ efue³es Dee³es nw~ (in hindi)<br />Page6<br />But By the sword!<br /> At one time I thought that on the impending attack of the killers of Raja Bannar of Kashi (Gaharwar) the Raghuvanshi ‘king of Ayodhya must have taken the flight from Ayodhya- but the dates differ by about one hundred years, except that there must not have been any king in Benares in 1207 to offer his daughter’s hands to Maharaj Nain Deo (Bindumati) when he gave away Dobhi and Katehar to the Raghuvanshi King in dowry.<br /> However, as Ghazi Main perished in “Suhelwa” forest and Malik Afzal Alvi in Rajghat, may be Banar was not the king slain by Ghazi Mian and it could have been one of his fore- fathers and the dynasty continued, yet, in Varanasi- because it was Harish Chandra who was the last Gaharwar king in eastern U.P. (lost on the border of U.P. and Bihar) and Banar and Raghuvanshi king’s dynasties did survive past Ghazi Mian’s slaughter and only the Mathura Hindu dynasty was eliminated by him (Ghazi Mian).<br /> Grant of Bayalasi to Rai Chan Singh Judeo (Now Read –on in The book-------).<br /> Synopsis of Part Two<br /> Raghuvanshies in Benaras<br /> History of Benares region is important since the prehistoric days itself, but in the middle ages as well, as the five districts Varanasi, that is Banaras,Jaunpur,Ghazipur,INCLUDING Ballia and Mirzapur formed the Ninety-four Parganas of the Avadh and was virtually a ‘Suba’ .[that is close to a province] ,under various invaders, administrators and rulers from the eleventh century onwards. In fact it’s prominence had outshone that of the Suba of Allahabad – created by Akbar,as it was like a buffer estate or region of comfort between the Nabobs of Bengal and of Avadh in Faizabad and later in Lucknow.It’s reason for becoming a perpetual battle-field was due to the SHARQI –empire in Jaunpur-a big thorn in the primacy of Dilli.<br /> Synopsis of Part Two<br /> “Also Includes the tale of the 1857 – uprising martyr Jaipal singh son of Shivratan singh of the first House of Katehar - - - - - Which please read on in the book.”<br /> Synopsis of Part Three<br />Includes a translation of “Raghuvansh – Mahakavya “ by the great Sanskrit poet Kalidas describing from Raghu – the first World – conqueror, to many generations of the Raghuvanshies till Agni varna ,which must be read by all Raghuvanshies ,if not by others. <br /> Synopsis of Part Four<br />The story of Jaipal singh is dwelt upon in greater detail ,owing particularly as the whole country is gratefully remembering the martyrs Of the 1857-uprising ,this year – 2007-being the 150th year since 1857.<br /> So you are invited to read on the story of Jaipal singh a 1857 martyr as told by Some one born in the same house from where he left to fight the Brits and the John Company (E.I.C) and never to return. <br />Page7<br />MAGNUM OPUS ON THE SURVIVAL OF<br />THE SUN – DYNASTY OF AYODHYA<br /> FROM SEVEN MILLENNIUM B.C. TO 28.06.1952<br /> Around the end of the twelfth century A.D., it became abundantly clear that living in Ayodhya wouldn’t be of any use for the descendants of Raghu – the first world conqueror – as per the great poet of Sanskrit, Kalidas, and of Sri Ram Chgandra, destroyer of the great demon of Shri Lanka-Ravana, to continue their existence there, and their great benefactor came in the form of the villainous Jai Chandra, the perpetuator of the Muslim on-slaught on his nephew and abductor of his daughter Sanyukta, the mighty warrioer Prithviraj Chauhan. Come to think of it, there could be no one in a better position to comprehend the outcome and future of the Indian Sub-Continent after his nexus with Muhammad Ghori, and as he was the ruler of all three Kannauj, Kashi and Ayodhya, he arranged for the displacement of the last Raghuvanshy king Nain Deo from Ayodhya to Varanasi in the thick jungle of pargana katehar, sixteen miles away from the township, where the sway of the invading Afgans and Mughals was eminent any time. Suitably he arranged for the betrothal of his grand-niece with Nain Deo. A bard had accompanied Nain Deo from Ayodhya to Varanasi and his descendant Banshi Kavi recorded the births and deaths of the descendent of his erstwhile king in the form of a booklet which has recorded till Sees Chand the descendant of the king, five hundred years ago. And it was a pure chance that a genealogical table prepared in 1840 or so has been returned by the man who took it way by the force of habit and found it of no use written in “Baithauwa Urdu” undecipherable even by the Urdu-reading gentry on its final translation and recognizing the name of great – grand father’s father, it could be established that indeed it was the House of Sees chand where we were born, and that it was also the 1st House of Katehar. Then by the process of reverse progression, beginning with last first born at the turn of the last century, it was possible to ascertain the years of the Raghuvanshy settlement in Kaithi and the year of the construction of the present day ‘Sees Chand Mansion’ lived in now for nearly twenty one generations without a break, which could have come once when the head of the 1st House entered in the plot to capture Warren Hastings in Varanasi, headed by Raja Chait Singh with assembled force of local Zamindars of 34000 strong, next when Jaipal Singh joined the force of Kunwar Singh of Arrah and attacked the John Company (E.I.C) at Azamgarh, and thirdly on, poisoning of three successive generations in eight years time, culminating on 28.06.1952. But yet the ‘Sees Chand Mansion’ survived. However, it seems it is true now to relegate it to past and history as it’s successor and memorial to the man who settled Kaithi ‘Rai Chan Singh Judeo’ in 1485 and a reminder of it in the new millennium is ready to hosue the tablet of the geneology of the ‘Sees Chand Mansion’ which ought to be restored for posterity and handed over to the Archaelogical Survey of India and UNESCO’s Heritage Preservation.<br /> S. P. Singh (Varanasi) on 06.12.2006<br />Page8<br />To,<br />M/s. Ambika Soni<br />Hon’ble Minister for Culture & Tourism,<br />Government of India,New Delhi - 11001<br />Re.: Monuments connected with 1857 Uprising.<br />Ref.: Rajya Sabha question of M.P. Sri Mahendra Mohan assured of your goodselves interest, as well as seeking State Govts. Co-Operation towards the said movement maintenance and of providing basic amenities for tourists.<br /> Respected Madam,<br /> I am lagging behind, owing to my sailing schedules, in completing the mention of the 1857 martyr in my own family viz. Jaipal Singh grand-father of my great grand father Bharat Singh of Kaithi, Pargana Katehar, in my book “Plebeins who would be Kings”, which I consider putting on the internet, as its publication on its own may not happen in three or four years. People may like to grill me on authenticity on the website which I can reply as and when, in the year 2007 itself.<br /> 2. In fact, I have already read a paper in 43rd History Congress in Kurukshetra University in Dec. 1982 entitled – “the role of not so - small cultivators of Eastern U.P. in the nationalist movement of 1857 (the first war of independence)<br /> Or<br /> the first known oppressive measures of Queen Victoria’s Government (in India) against the local leader of 1857 mutiny / rebellion.<br /> The above paper details the participation of Jaipal Singh of Kaithi (Katehar) alongside Veer Senani Kunwar Singh of Arrah in 1857 in Azamgarh etc., from where they were repulsed by the British forces.<br /> 3. The fact was kept under covers by Mahayogi Bharat Singh between 1857-58 and 6th Dec. 1944 when he died, and the whole world nearly forgot about his genealogical table, while three generations were poisoned in quick succession between 1944-52, and virtual migration of the main family took place to Nainital, when Rai saheb Ram Rup Singh of the first family of Katehar Raghuvanshies decided to settles his sons and nephews in Nainital, the undersigned rebelled and went back to Kaithi, where he found the family treasure in the form of the genealogical table of the 1st House of the Raghuvanshies of Katehar, as far back as at the turn of the fourteenth to fifteenth century and had the ‘Sazara’ or the genealogical table repaired by the State Archeological Survey, which was required for donation to the Govt.s’ archives - copies of Ltrs. And table enclosed.<br /> 4. My book deals in details as to why Mahayogi Bharat Singh thought it necessary to keep such important document under covers. Briefly to save his Zamindari in 1882-83, settlement of landed property and next, 1924 onwards to save the Civil Service achievement of his grand-son, who would have been dismissed on disclosure of the name of his great, great grand father, the rebellion of 1857 Vir Jaipal Singh (who was renamed in revenue papers after his son Ram Sunder Singh was reported as “Makhbudul Khaber” (whereabouts not known), for saving, himself the disgrace of lying about the name of his father). Although his son, the great Mahayogi Bharat Singh, felt no qualms in eschewing the mention of his grand-father Jaipal Singh and instead named his great grand father (Shiv Ratan Sing) as ‘Dada’ instead of Baba (both can be used for grand father, but Dada quite often, in Eastern U.P. is great grand father) on page 130 of Kankata Panda’s account of Raghuvanshies of Katehar (annexure 3-a) visiting for Pind-dan in Gaya.<br />Page9<br />5. Although I close the account of the ‘Plebeians’ on 28.06.1952, when my father died of poisoning and the entire family shifted to Manakapur House in Nanital, I did return to refurbish and renovate the “Sees Chand Mansion” and it was revived after a gap of twenty years, and became one of he oldest known living edifices any where, in a new version (1933) of the old double story Kutchha with brick supported walls on the outside, where the unknown martyr of 1857 Jaipal Singh was born around 1800 and who left this house at the age of 57 so to join Kunwar Singh in order to show courage to dismiss the presence of the John Company and white skinned invaders on our sacred land, as our self styled masters. The house is well lived in and has about 10 Biswas open land on east and south (Where I want to raise the ‘Hall of Fame of Katehar Raghuvanshies”), with wide berth between the pucca road and the house, on its western side including Sahan and Chabutara (Set back for the House itself)<br /> 6. The eastern Bada or courtyard can be turned into guest-rooms for providing basic amenities for the tourists from world-over, who would like to see the abode of an unknown martyr (and made known through insight in revenue papers and genealogical table and Panda’s Bahi in Gaya) and a house giving shelter to 21 generations of the first family of Raghuvanshies of Katehar.<br />PRAYER<br /> The State Archeological Survey Deptt., the Divisional Commissioner of Varanasi, along with his subordinates, the officer of the Deptt. Of Tourisum, can visit and summon myself for queries and confirmations of my tale and assertions about the martyrdom of Jaipal Singh, papers for which I am submitting to the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for his orders and your advise.<br /> Thanking you,<br />Yours obediently,<br />(Suresh Pratap Singh)<br />Charter Engineer (London)<br />Marine Chief Engineer,<br />R.M. House.<br />N-16/132-B, Vinayaka<br />Kamachha, Varanasi – 221010.<br />Phone : 0542 –2361159<br />Cell: 09935398306<br />Page10<br /> “ Picturisation of Jaipal Singh’s Martyrdom in 1857”<br /> <br /> I have completed a book on the first House of Katehar, where the 1857 martyr Jaipal Singh from the “House of Sees Chand” has found a mention, once again, after a paper was read in the 43rd History congress of 1982, on the process of locating his sacrifice for the country, which was kept under covers by his own grand-son the sage and mahayogi Bharat Singh, for reasons enumerated in a letter to Ms. Ambica Soni, Minister of Culture in G.O.I. on 6/12/06 and 25.12.06 briefly (enclosed) and detailed in the book called the “plebeians who would be kings”, the story of the Raghuvanshi kings of Ayodhays, shifted to Katehar and DOBHI by the overlord of Kashi, Kannauj and Ayodhya at the end of twelvth century, the well-know historical figure Jaichandra- the adversary of mighty Prithviraj Chauhan and the abductor of his daughter Sanyukta. He simply married-off his grnand-neice, Bindumati, daughter of Raja Banar of Banaras and tucked- (King Naindeo)-away to safety- the enfeebled descendants of Raghu and Bhagwan Ram, in deep jungles of pargana Katehar lying sixteen miles north-east of the town, to save them from being slain by zehadies like GHZZI MIAN (SAIYAD SALAR).<br />Although a junior Cousin had Sher-Shah Suri in his stable for fifteen years from 1501 to 1515 (ICHR PAPER, 1979,Mumbai “Sher Shah in the Court of Doman Deo”), the senior most House of Sees Chand lived frugali and unnoticed, except for their genealogical table found in 1978 and when women sang songs naming the ancestors at the birth of my son, it was found that one name was suppressed and removed from Revenue Records and even from the’ Bahi’ of Gaya’s pandas that of Jaipal Singh and then I could establish as to why it was so. Because he was a ‘Baghi’ of 1857, along with a cousin in the same village and that could have meant demolition of zamindari rights of his descendants in 1882-84 settlement of the house of Sees Chand as well as sacking of his great grand-son from the Civil Services of Britishraj, much later.<br /> Now I have written about him and just thought that it would be a good idea and timely so, for you to act as Jaipal Singh who left Kaithi to join Veer Senani Kunwar Singh at the age of 57, perhaps owing to the strong personality of his daughter-in-law, the dowager princes Hansa Kunwar, who could be potrayed by equally beautiful Aishwarya Rai and the “Mukhboobul khaber” – zamindar of Kaithi, Ram Sunder Singh, father of the sage Bharat Singh, by your handsome son. Please to peruse<br /><a href="http://www.1857-amartyramongpwwbks.com/">www.1857-amartyramongpwwbks.com</a> , for detailed information and with the request to kindly give my suggestion ,a thought at your end and oblige.<br /> With Regards and Looking forward to hearing from Mr.Bachchan, well in time<br /> Yours truly,<br /> (Suresh Pratap Singh)<br /> Spaghetti Navi Mumbai<br />Pin-410210<br /> E- 4, 6/23, Sector 15<br /> Kharghar.<br /> <br />Sri Amitabh Bachchan ji<br />Jalsa<br />Juhu- Tara Road<br />Juhu<br />MUMBAI- 400049<br />________________________________________________________________________<br />Celll of Sunny Sees Chand : 9967496749<br />Cell of Suresh pratap Singh : 9935398306<br />Land Line no: 0542-2361159<br /><a href="mailto:spsinghnavy@Hotmail.com">spsinghnavy@Hotmail.com</a><br />Page11<br /> 43rd History congress<br /> “Synopsis”<br />Topic: The role of “ not –so- small” Cultivators of eastern U.P. in the nationalist movement of 1857..etc.<br /> By S. P. Singh Esq.<br /> A new light was thrown on the above topic on inspecting the ‘Bahi’ of Gaya’s’ Pandas during the 42nd. History congress in the Magadh University. Zamindars of eastern U.P. had suffered at the hands of British administration immediately after the so-called “Mutiny “, which was not at all of the sepoys entirely. Those who participated in the first war of independence no doubt lost their lives, often incognito, and their sons had to leave home on one pretext or another for the purpose of being declared “Makhbudul khaber” at the time of record- operations and settlement of land, so that the black -listed names of their forebearers do not come to light and their own children do not suffer on account of the nationalist zeal in their family. Infact that was a common feeling among many well to do cultivators and village-gentry on the western bank of the Ganges, while on the eastern bank the landed gentry was fully loyalist.<br /> An account of one such family is being traced with the help of their family record and revenue papers in the Collectorate Varanasi,which are on the verge of being weeded out at the expiry of 100 years stipulated period. The same may be transferred to the archives with the help of ICHR and a study of the then administration may be looked into by the researchers.<br /> (S.P.Singh Esq.)<br /> B-21/74 A,Kamachha<br /> Varansi<br /> Dated :- 08-10-1982<br /> <br />‘Sees chand Mansion’<br />1st House of the first family of Katehar estd. 1485 Village & Post : Kaithi (Markandey)<br />P.S. : chaubeypur, Dustt. Varbasu. PIN: 221116.<br />Website- chatting- /857________________<br /> Dear Reader/ on –looker,<br /> Very soon we will be celebrating 150 th anniversary of the 1857 uprising against the tyranny of the John Company and its aftermath. While the Mughul empire totally disintegrated, small zamindars evaded annihilation by hiding the existence of the mutineers/ rebellions amongst themselves, in order to survive with the art of living peaceably for the sake of zamindari rights for their children and entry in Civil Services created by British for their grand children, and very wise men also chose to ignore the sacrifice of their grand –fathers, in order to simply survive. It was not virtuous to nurture and cherish the dead, the plebeian riff-raff who were the driving force of the rebellion, as they ignited the fire which engulfed thousands of innocent families. Like the British philosopher Jeremy Bentham, their ideal was security and not liberty. “Wars and best to read of, but peace and calms are better to endure.”<br /> I had read a paper on the topic of one such rebellious Raghuvanshi Rajput of Katehar, by name of Jaipal Singh, in the ICHR meet of 1982 and have requeated for a re-read (although at a short notice )the same in 2006 ICHR-proceedings, on the ground of its topical nature in 2007.<br />2. I have also written to Govt. of India and U.P.C.M. on 6.12.06 to take-up the martyrdom, of Jaipal Singh, in 1857/58 mutiny, alongside kunwar Singh of Aarrah, and facilitate visitors from around the world to come and see the house of Jaipal Singh, for which I am ready to provide all basic amenities as required by Ms. Ambica Soni in her recent reply to a question by sri Mahendra Mohan of S.P. in Rajya Sabha (with whatever little help, assistance, guidance and recognition from the State Govt. as required by the Center)<br />3. I am releasing the said paper read by me in 1982 with annexures as proof and the geneological table of the 1st House of Katehar, to which the said martyr belonged and figures in the table.<br />4. there are letters of Central Govt. (AST) and State Govt. about the authenticity of the subject matter and my approach to the topic for last 25 years.<br />PRAYER<br /> One and all is welcome to raise queries on my e. mail identity (spsinghnavy. hotmail. com.) and is welcome for a glimpse of the House of martyr Jaipal Singh.<br />Awaiting to hear from you.<br />Yours truly,<br />(Suresh Pratap Singh)<br />R.M.House N.16/132-B, Vinayka, Kamachha,<br />Varanasi-221010.(INDIA)<br />Cell – 0993539836<br />Phone : 0542-2361159<br />Page12<br /> Paper to be read at Kurekshetra in the 43rd History Congress<br />By ,MR.:- S.P.Singh<br />The role of “not –so –small” Cultivators of eastern U.P.in the nationslist movement of 1857 (the first war of Independence<br />Or<br />The first known oppressive measures of Queen Victoria’s Government (in India) against the looal leaders of 1857 mitiny/ rebellion<br />For this topic to be understood properly, we must study four annexure in Hindi, which are copied from original urdu or from Bahi’s as such in kathiawadi script<br />Annexure one is the Genealogical table of the Raghuvansies of Katehar in the last seven generations<br />Annexure two it the copy Revenue Records in Varanasi collectorate showing the entries of 1883 in the name of Ram Sunder Singh.of village Kaithi pargana Katehar.<br />Annexure three (a) is the copy of the records maintained by the Raghuvansies Panda in Gaya, on page 130, which mention the name of the great grandfather of Babu Bharat Singh of Katehar Raj, but omits the name of his grandfather. Whereas,<br />:2:<br /> Annexure 3 (b) is the copy of page 142 mentioning the name of the grandfather of his son but not that of the great grandfather, as was done by himself (Babu Bharat Singh ) on page 130. The name of the grand father of Babu Bharat Singh of Kateher is the main clue of our story. What was the name of grand father of Babu Bharat Singh.? Annexure one shows it to be Jaipal Singh,and so it is sung by bards and women at various functions like marriages and birth of a child. But then why does it show it to be Parshotam Singh in the Revenue Records of 1883, and while father of Babu Bharat Singh in still alilve (i.e.Ram Sunder Singh)the name of both himself and his brother are entered in the Jild Bandobast, along with the name of his father and grandfather (which is different to the one shown in the Genealogical table).<br /> Furthermore, Babu Bharat Singh takes greatest care of not mentioning the name of his grandfather either as Parshotam Singh or as Jaipal Singh against the norms of Gaya and uses the word “dada”(-------) in place of generally used the word Baba (for grand father), as also used by his own son twenty years later ‘dada ‘(-------) is a peculiar word. It is used for uncle and sometimes for father (amongst the Taluqdars of Avadh) not to be confused with ‘data’ of Rajasthan princely houses )and sometime for elder brother, but also for great grand father, specially when grandfather ’Baba ‘ is alive along with ‘Dada’ (great grandfather). But it is often misunderstood food ‘Baba’ or grandfather. The same subterfuge is utilized by Babu Bharat Singh of Kaithi (Katehar)in not mentioning the name of his grandfather.<br /> We do not want to bring the controversy of 1840 as no copies of record operation of 1840 are being produced. But it may be understood that in 1840 the name of Jaipal Singh is to be found. Then why suddenly his name becomes such a taboo or enigma in 1883 and afterwards. Actually, there are two names in Kaithi records which are found changed after the mutiny of 1857, one is of course of Jaipal Singh and another on is of “Chhayyi-Gharana, “ Who were distant cousins. His five brothers are Dhavakkal Singh, Pargas Singh, Bhairon Singh, Shiv Awatar Singh and Shiv Jalim Singh, but his name is removed from the ‘Sazara’ (Genealogical table) prepared in 1860, although later on his changed name is entered in the Revenue Records of 1883 and his descendants are still enjoying his property. These two men were marked-out by the new administration after the company raj which utilized various oppressive measures to suppress the spirit of rebellion on the western banks of Ganges. Veer Sarvarkar has recorded that ten to twenty people were hanged by the tallest trees once the mutiny was quelled. All the guns , swords and Jhals etc. were dumped in wells and hidden in ‘ parnalas’ of village homes. Twenty gun barrels were found when the old house of Babu Bharat Singh , grandson of 1857- rebellion Jaipal Singh was demolished in 1930 for rebuilding on the same spot. of. There is a well in Kaithi-kot which should be dug out to examine the remains of 1858 dumpings of Raghuvansies arms.<br /> It is a little known fact that the newly installed Government of Queen Victoria confiscated the landed property of the suspects of 1857 rebellion. However, it is difficult to say how rebellious was Babu Jaipal Singh of Kaithi or his unnamed cousin. There is a story perhaps exaggerated that he had joined Kunwar Singh of Arrah and never returned to Kaithi afterwards.<br /> Strangely enough their family bard is also silent on the matter.<br /> Record operations of village Kaithi in 1883 has recorded Babu Ram Sunder Singh shown as “Makhbudul khabar” or having left home which must have necessitated for his two sons names to be entered along with his own as he was not declared deceased. And opportunity was provided for his fathers name to be changed. The fact is that Babu Ram Sunder Singh left home as an ascetic and is renowned to have lived a very long life, having visited Kaithi at the death of his son, for a brief moment <br /> The fact remains that the zamindari rights of the land in district Varanasi of some suspected families came under active consideration of the new Birtish Government either local, Viceregal or from the Whitehall that people fled giving their sons an opportunity to rehabilitate themselves and not suffer for the sins of their fathers. <br /> A deep study in the test case presented here can throw more light on the exact attitude of the then administration. The revenue records between two settlements of 1840 and 1841-84 and official files kept in archives can be of great help and should be preserved before they are indiscriminately weeded out after the usual hundred years period. That particular period is of great significance to the first war of independence and the History congress or ICHR may take proper steps in that direction similarly the Bahi’s of Gayas pandas are fast deteriorating by damp atmosphere of their keepers houses and they may also be preserved for posterity by effects made by any such body.<br />Annexure- one.<br />Genealogical table of the Reghuvansies of Katehar<br />(Translated)<br />Raghav Rai -(L. 1726)<br />Janak Rai –(L. 1751)<br /> Shiv Shanker Shiv Ghulam Shiv Sahay Shiv Ratan Singh -à (L.1776)<br />Singh. Singh. Singh Jaipal Singh -à(L.1801)<br /> Ram Sunder Singhà(L. 1826)<br /> _______________________________________________<br /> (L.1851) _____ Eharat Singh Govardhan Singh<br /> ( L.1876) _____Raj kumar Singh. Ramdhari Singh<br /> (L. 1901) ______ Ram Rup Singh.<br /> (S.P.SINGH. ESQ)<br />Re- issued : 23/12/06.<br />Annuxue –2<br />Copy Settlement village Kaithi , Mahaal Gang- Barar, pargana Katehar, dist. Banaras year 1883.<br />No. of entry<br />Name Cultivators<br />Seer<br />Amount<br />82<br />Ram Sunder Singh<br />1629<br />1687<br />1845<br />1230<br />1960<br /><br />2<br />2<br />1-21<br />1-28<br />- - 90<br /> <br /> <br />1724<br />1795<br />1814<br />6<br />38<br />20<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />86<br />So of chlh.vayed (khud kast)Ram Sunder Singh<br />Son of Parshotam Singh & Bharat Singh and Gowardhn singh sons of Ram sundar singh with equal shares and one share of widows Ganga Kunwar wife of Late Shiv Ram Singh one share, caste Kshatriya, co Parceners owners culhivating persondly (khud kast<br />8<br /> <br />2026<br /> <br />2075<br /> 2100<br /> 2137<br />4-10<br /> <br />-3<br /> <br />-12<br /> -5<br /> -22<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page13<br /> <br /> Annuxue –3 (A)<br />Copy of the register of Raghuvanshi- Kshatriya of Katehar Pargana, of kankata panda of GAYA.<br />On page 130 Babu Bharat Singh Father Ram Sunder Singh great grand father Shiv Ratan Singh Raghuvanshi Kshatriya, son: Raj kumar Singh, Village Kaithi of katehar<br />P.S. Chaubepur, post: Kaithi dist: varanasi: 14th Day of Ashwin (kwar), fashli 1337.<br /> Sd. Bharat Singh<br />Annuxue –3 (B)<br />On page 142.<br /> Raj kumar Singh , Father: Bharat Singh, grand father Ram Snder Singh Brother (Cousin) Ramdhari Singh, nephew: Chandrdeo Singh, Son: Ram Rup Singh,Rishabhdeo Singh.<br /> Sd. Rajkumar Singh, by the pen in his own hand.<br />Date: 15 Ashwin , 1357 fasli.<br />GOING BACKWARDS in order to<br />Establish- 1st House of Katehar’s age<br /> As per lodging in “ Sees chand Mansion”<br /> Starting from official age certificate<br /> Of Rai Saheb Ram Rup Singh (12.12.1901)<br /> (with slight approximations for<br /> convenience sake)<br />First born of sees chand Mansion<br /> <br />When 25 years old<br />1.<br />Ram Rup Singh<br />1925 AD<br />1927<br />2.<br />Raj kumar Singh<br />1900 AD<br />1902<br />3.<br />Bharat Singh<br />1865 AD<br />1877<br />4.<br />Ram Sunder Singh<br />1835 AD<br />1852<br />5.<br />Jaipal Sinhg alias Puroshattam Singh<br />1810 AD<br />1827<br />6.<br />Shiv Ratan Singh<br />1785 AD<br /> <br />7.<br />Chet Singh alias Janak Rai<br />1760AD<br /> <br />8.<br />Udit Singh<br />1735 AD<br /> <br />9.<br />Ragho Rai<br />1710 AD<br /> <br />10.<br />Nanhu Rai<br />1685AD<br /> <br />11.<br />Narsingh Bhan<br />1660 AD<br /> <br />12.<br />Sri Kishun<br />1635AD<br /> <br />13.<br />Baddu Rai<br />1610 AD<br /> <br />14.<br />Tusli Rai<br />1585 AD<br /> <br />15.<br />Iss Chand<br />1560 AD<br /> <br />16.<br />Sees Chand<br />1535 AD<br /> <br />17.<br />Madan Chand<br />1510 AD<br /> <br />18.<br />Rai Chan Singh Judeo<br />1485 AD<br /> <br />And then beyond, to establish veracity of the years recorded, by our Bard Banshi<br />Kavi, for Deokunwar coming to Deorayee in 1380 (7) and pukar Raj establishing hegemony of the 1st House of katehr at Neyar –deth in 1435.To include in place of (‘Bhaithaywa- clzdir) of the original geneow-gical-tahte (Kaithi-Sarora)<br />Ref . : ICHR/ CHRMN/6/79-80/26/<br />Date : March 11, 1980.<br /> Dear Mr. Singh,<br /> I received your letter regarding your proposal Raghuvansies in Benares- 1154 onwards. I would suggest that you should send your research project for the scrutiny of experts nominated by the Indian Council of Historical Research. The regular procedure is a as soon as a proposal is received the Chairman or the other members of the Council nominate one or two experts. Their recommendations are placed before the Research project committee and decision of the Research Project is final.<br />With regards,<br /> Yours sincerely,<br />(A.R.KUIKARNI)<br /> Mr. Sureshpratap Singh,<br />Sees Chand Mansion,<br />Village & Post- Kaithi,<br />Dist. : Varanasi (U.P.)<br />Dr. kashi prasad shrivastava, D.O. LTR No. 296/Four-1 Director u.p. Govt. Achhives <br /> (State Director G.P. Govt. B- 44, Maharagar Extra Lakhanove<br />Abrchives Laknove Date: 1 june 1979. <br /> Dear Shri Singh,<br /> This is regarding your LR date 1.6.79 which is about the donation to the U.P. Govt. Archives of permanent care of Raghvanshi genealogical table that in which (------) it is to inform you that the said genealogical that will be kept in the local Arehive at Varanasai, which is under the supervision of this office<br /> after proper repair of it for safe – keeping and will be made available to scholars at all times.<br /> Truly yours<br />Sd/-<br />(kashi prasad shrivastav )<br />To,<br />Shri suresh Pratap Singh<br />Village & Post : Kaith<br />Dist- Varanasi<br /> <br /> <br />________________________________________________________________________<br />Balui: Ahove ____________------------------------------------------------------<br />Balu with English tran script, which can he used in making software<br />Sender,<br />Director,<br />U.P. Govertment Archives<br />B-44, Mahanagar Ext.<br />Lucknow<br />To,<br />Shri, Suresh Pratap Singh<br />(public Servia)<br />Village & Post :- Kailthi<br />Dist:- Varanasi<br />Letter No. 79 / Nine-4 Date: 17. April 1980.<br />Dear Sir,<br /> We have to inform with reference to your latter date 6.3.80. the ‘ KAITHI’-Genealogical table that ‘Sent by you has been only Repaired. Please to intimate as to on which address should at the Sent, that you are able to receive. The same in case you are coming personality , you can take the genealogical table from this office.<br />Yours truly,<br />Sd/-<br />(Shyam Narain Singh )<br />(director)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Introduction<br /> <br /> A book about the legends of Ikshawakus and history of Raghuvanshies from seven millennium B.C. to 28.06.1852 from Asthachakra Ayodhya to Kaithi-katehar, taking a clue from the Last Reghuvanshy King Maharaja Nain Deo’s bard Banshi Kavi, who traveled with him to Varanasi at the time of the abdicated king’s betrothal to the famous Gaharwar King Jaichand’s grand –niece Bindumati in Varanasi in 1212 A.D. ; AND THEREON ---- An application for the magnum opus’s copyrights has been submitted to the Registrar of COPYRIGHTS , to the Govt. of India, New Delhi-110001. on 15.11.2006, from Belapur, Navi Mumbai, by registered post with triplicate statement of Particulars and the fee paid vide postal order NO. 40F 751229, 40F 751228 AND 56E894907, with Receipt No:- RLA 6101, from Konkan Bhavan SO 400614.<br /> The book also includes and mentions the unknown and unsung, and someone whose mention was deliberately suppressed by his descendants, the brave heart of the first House of Katehar Jaipal Singh, Who participated and died in the 1857-uprising against the British tyranny. We are honoured to make public the Valliant sacrifice of our great great great grand - father, with humble reverence for his love for the country, which is free today.<br /> ------------------------------------------ By S.P.Singh<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1857- Highlight<br />“Sees Chand Mansion”<br />1st House of the first family of Katehar estd. 1485<br />Village & Post : Kaithi(Markandey)<br />P.S. : Chaubeypur,Distt. Varanasi. Pin 221116.<br /> <br /> Very soon we will be celebrating 150th anniversary of 1857 uprising against the tyranny of the John Company and its aftermath. While the Mughul empire totally disintegrated , small Zamindars evaded annihilation by hiding the existence of the mutineers/rebellions amongst themselves , in order to survive with the art of living peaceably for the sake of Zamindari rights for their children and entry in Civil Services created by British for their grand children, and very wise men also chose to ignore the sacrifice of their grand –fathers ,in order to simply survive. It was not virtuous to nurture and cherish the dead, the plebeian riff-raff who were the driving force of the rebellion , as they ignited the fire which engulfed thousands of innocent families. Like the British philosopher Jeremy Bentham , their ideal was security and not liberty. ”Wars and storms are best to read of, but peace and calms are better to endure.”<br />1) I had read a paper on the topic of one such rebellious Raghuvanshi Rajput of Katehar, by name of Jaipal Singh, in the ICHR meet of 1982 and have requested for a re-read (although at a short notice) the same in 2006 ICHR-proceedings, on the ground of its topical nature in 2007.<br />2) I have also written to Govt. of India and U.P. C.M on 6.12.06 to take-up the martyrdom, of Jaipal Singh, in 1857 mutiny, alongside Kunwar Singh of Aarrah , and facilitate visitors from around the world to come and see the house of Jaipal Singh, for which I am ready to provide all basic amenities as required by Ms . Ambika Soni in her recent reply to a question by Sri Mahendra Mohan of S.P. in Rajya Sabha (with whatever little help, assistance, guidance and recognition from the State Govt. as required by the center.)<br />3) I am realeasing the said paper read by me in 1982 with annexures as proof and the genealogical table of the 1st house of Katehar, to which the said martyr belonged and figures in the table.<br />4) There are letters of Central Govt. (ASI) and State Govt. about the authenticity of the subject matter and my approach to the topic for last 25 years.<br /> ------------------------------------------------------By S.P Singh<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />About The Author<br /> Sailor,Aviator,Seaman,Marine - Engineer & Chartered Engineer(London), Public Servant, Tenant and Cultivator in the alluvial 'Mahal of Kaithi' in a process of revising(and writing about it)Cornwallis and Jonathan Duncan,after being initiated by Rai Saheb Ram Rup Singh, in the eighties, proactive in making Ganga dredging successful and creating water- ways after twenty years, in 2000 AD. first born of the second son of the direct lineal descendant in the twentieth century of the first family of the first House of Kathear,coming down the line of the last Raghuvanshi king of Ayodhya-migrating to Varanasi in 1205 AD-thereby making an effort of recording obeisance to the survival of the family with the help of the book of the family bard and with the translation of the lost and found genealogical table. <br /> Suresh Pratap Singh<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Invitation<br />Invitation to the function of the laying of memorial tablet in the honour of the martyrdom of Jaipal Singh S/O. Shiv Ratan Singh of the House of Sees Chand of the 1st family of the 1st House of the Raghuvanshies of Katehar in the 1857 struggle of the plebeians of the country for the outser of the ‘Goras’ of the east India 10 May 2007, being the 150th Anniversary of the 1st War of Independence.<br /> Venue : Kaithi(Markandey),Katehar,Varnasi<br /> At “Sees Chand Mansion”<br />Proposed inauguration by Dr. Karan singhji, M.P .(a distant cousin of the family) in the presence of invitees including Sri Amitabh Bachchan and family(who are duly invited to picturise the story of the said martyr) and Sri Amar Singh(whose father was a friend of the family) and who can percuade Sri Bachchan on our behalf and all the descendents of Baba Pukar rai of niyardeeh and of Sri Ganesh rai, his first Cousin from Dobhi, including of course of our famous cousin Doman Deo now mostly in Aaire(Ayar) and in other places too (vide news media as much as possible or else by word of mouth as like in 1857)<br />And Ms. Ambika Soni, The G.O.I. Minister of Culture, as per my two communications to her in December 2006 in this matter.<br /> And Sri. Mulayam Singhji vide our request to him 08.12.2006, in his capacity as C.M. of the province, so also as our political ally in the early seventies, hence personally<br /> And not to forget former C.M. Sri, Rajnath Singhji who started the Ganga dredging in Kaithi on my request on 23rd November 2000, and it will give us immense pleasure and honour to have him for the occasion.<br />And all and sundry who has a feeling towards our unknown martyr and their sacrifices and bravery for the country.<br /> Your sincerely & truly,<br />R.S.V.P Suresh Pratap Singh<br />R.M.HOUSE, N-16/132B, Vinayaka <a href="mailto:spsinghnavy@hotmail.com">spsinghnavy@hotmail.com</a><br />Kamachha, Varanasi 221010 <a href="mailto:raghuvanshi_008@yahoo.co.in">raghuvanshi_008@yahoo.co.in</a><br />Ph.:-0542-2361159 <a href="http://www.1857-amartyramongpwwbks.com/">www.1857-amartyramongpwwbks.com</a>S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-50546593866181779802009-08-26T08:51:00.000-07:002009-08-26T08:52:32.173-07:00The R.M.House at Kamachha,Varanasi.Rai Chan Singh to Rishabh Deo Singh memorial Trust at Kaithi and Varanasi.<br /><br />In the event of my untimely death in a year or two,I am,sort of drawing-out a “Will and Testament” for the management of the acquisitions made through my personal efforts and my NRI earnings over last fifty years and invested by my able spouse ,wisely,creating a stir among near and dear ones,specially but sadly,so as to spell-out my intentions in a bold and clear message to all and sundry and which may be registered,duly.<br /><br />At the outset of my venture to Kaithi,after only ten years sea-service,so as to stop the selling spree of the land,by the revered elders,little did I know ,for certain,that I was to go so deeply,in the random professies of Pd. Parmeshwar Dwevedi and the Coffee-house table-mate and a district judge Mr. Srivastava,that I am destined to explore the past of my ancestors,handing it on a platter to the coming generations.Guided profusely by my wife,I went to sea,across the Indian ocean and achieve a non-resident-Indian status for taxation purposes,my various companies opening my accounts in exotic sounding foreign banks,one after the other.I would accumulate dollars and stop sailing,till it was all exhausted,in constructing a massive house in Varanasi.Then, I would again head for the sea,to earn more.And then stop sailing again,for all the fifty years,till the ripe old age of seventy.I like to think of the World-conqueror Raja Raghu,who operated in the same manner,and gave away every thing till he was left with only earthen-bowls in his hands(see my translation of Kalidas in the” plebeians”).<br /><br />I came to firm conclusion that it was Rai Chan Singh judeo,who was installed in Kaithi at the tender age of five,by his father,Rai Khem Raj Singh judeo in around 1485 AD.And his living quarters later became the first residential house of his grand-son Sees Chand ,in which we ,now ,reside,although having weathered a severe shock on 28th of june,1952,when my father Babu Rishabh Deo Singhji died of suspected poisoning,for the purpose of eliminating the first line of descent of the first house of the Raghuvansies of Katehar,from the ownership of large tracts of alluvial and dryland portions in the village,apportioned ceaselessly and carefully by the great sage of the family Bharat Singh,between 1882 and 1944. So as the story nearly came to end by designs of the unscrupulous and unrelenting,in 1952,with the demise of Rishabh deo Singh,except for my several concentrated efforts to reestablish in the Sees Chand Mansion,to the displeasure of all and sundry,I too am constrained in making a memorial-service,at that point of our stay in Kaithi,the Ayodhya of the Raghuvanshies of Katehar.<br /><br />Jaipal Singh Hall of Fame of the 1st House of the Raghuvanshies of Katehar,at Kaithi.<br /><br />I may or may not be able to do the above,as a certainty,so I designed a hall in my Varanasi residence at Vinayaka(N 16/132B),Kamachha,for housing the ancestors of Kaithi from Rai Chan Singhjudeo to Rishabh deo Singhji(1485-1952),and called the structure as R.M.House,viz.Raichan Singh to Rishabhdeo Singh”Memorial House.<br />After the demise of myself and my spouse(whose name has been used as the owner),the enigmatic problem of it’s upkeep will arise.So, I make all my children responsible for not only it’s upkeep and maintenance,but expansion and acquisition of appertant and adjoining properties,open to sale,by their full-fledged involvement in the memorial house,in way of allotting them all portions for their use(and as for as possible avoid subletting them,on a regular basis),for which they shall deposit Rs.100,000/-yearly,in advance,in the Funds created for running the Trust(the details of which shall be formulated by an advocate).There shall be a review of the annual rentals,every five years,so that about fifty lakhs shall be in the reserve for alterations and major repairs,if need be.In fifty years time,there should be two crores in the reserve and a total over-haul of the building can be undertaken,if need be.There is no reason why my children shall not follow in my footsteps in maintaining a property created as a memorial to their ancestors as well.At the same time,they are at liberty to opt out of the cumbersome responsibility,stated above,and shall just remain happy by only kindly guiding the Board of Trustees to carry-out their onerous task thoughtfully,where they will be honourable permanent invitees cum trustees(as the advocates finalise the issue).The responsibility will not be thrust upon anyone,it has to be shared willingly and faithfully,as for as my own children are concerned.<br /><br />Incomplete as at 11.20PM on 24th of july,2009,at Spaghetti,Nevi- Mumbai-410210<br />Penned by Suresh Pratap Singh,himself.<br /><br />Furthermore,on the 8th of August,2009.<br /><br />A clarification for the children and the advocates of the Trust andthose involved in drawing the minutes of the Trust,intended by me about the R.M.House in Vinayaka,Varanasi,the nature of the intended possession without rancour and ill-will on anyones part,is to maintain harmony between brother and the two sisters and let no one feel deprived or given a special treatment by me or my wife,but always bearing in mind that it was raised to honour my ancestors for which duty I seem to have been born and not for making anyone rich or ambitious and over-possive just because I have fathered him or her.No squandering of my property shall be allowed by anyone,including my wife,in case she survives me,just because her name has been registered in goodwill and good faith and no child shall be permitted to hoodwink or bully her in making any will in anyones favour,as the final Will is hereby being made by the man who built the memorial by his own earnings,notwithstanding continuous encouragement,support and exhortation by the better half, but she is hereby,being stopped from making any of her own will except for canceling any part of my will on account of ill-will or misbehaviour by any one of the beneficiaries or their descendants and children.No one ,not even me can stop her from being the master of the ceremonies and all actions so long she is alive.<br />More later.Suresh Pratap Singh at Navi Mumbai on 8.08.09S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-90274394107355431762009-08-26T08:45:00.000-07:002009-08-26T08:46:10.054-07:00Jaipal Singh Hall of Fame7.08.09 at Spaghetti,Kharghar, Navi-Mumbai.<br /><br />Need to raise a memorial hall in the memory of the great martyr of 1857 war of independence,in my life time,which may be only a short distance away or even forty years away,who knows?<br />I propose building it on the exclusive property in my name,adjacent to the Sees Chand Mansion,in which both myself and Jaipal Singh had the privilege of being born,a hundred and forty years apart.<br />This could be of the same width as of the Sees Chand Mansion,which could be called it’s length and it’s width could be adjusted in the Bailva of yester-years,with three feet corridor left on the south and north sides ,surrounded by a thin wall supported in-between by piling driven pillars seven feet apart,the over-head space to be covered by some ingenius device,so as to allow the air to pass but thieves and intruders to hold.<br />All along the southern boundary of neighbors,our own piled supported srut should have a 3inches wall(owing to steep rise in the brick-prices,and there after a wind tunnel three feet wide all along,turning left at the juncture of Babu Baldeo Singh’s bakhari,till in line with the southern wall of Sees Chand Mansion,unless hard –pressed for a few more feet in Rishabh Deo Singh’s bada,adjacent to the hata(compound )of Babu Baldeo Singh,now in possession of Munna and Laddoo.A room and a kitchen would be built for the purpose of catering to the demands of the tourists visiting to see the Jaipal Singh memorial Hall of the 1st house of the Raghuvanshies of Katehar dedicated to Baba Pukar Rai and his eldest son Rai Khemraj singh’s foray in Kaithi in order to install his eldest son Rai Chan Singhjudeo,as a five year old youngster in Kaithi,on the spot where his grandson built a permanent abode,while his father Madan Chand and Grand-fatherstarted living in his newly acquired jagirdari of Pargana Bayaleesi in distt. Jaunpur.Madan Chand may have traveled to Kaithi,once in a while,however the credit for the present house goes to Sees Chand,built at the turn of the fourteenth century into fifteenth.It seems I was born to tell the Raghuvanshies all about it,through the charts and genealogy tales of Banshi Kavi,our bard’s descendant since we left Ayodhya around 1194AD. In a way it is a great historical monument,but as these are not the days to talk about all that ,so we will stick to 1857-martyr Jaipal Singh and the memorial hall built in the commemoration of his martyrdom.<br /> I dare say I have failed in my latest bid to emulate my world conquering ancestor Raghu Maharaj,in going around the world like him when the ex-chequer is devoid of requisite wealth.Hence my programme shall be executed with limited means and most simply devoid of ostentation of any sort except for the future’s security arrangements and security of future. I shall certainly abhor any help from any corner except from my own son,which may be done by pledging my Mumbai flatm,in lieu of his donation to my project dealing in the past,which is wont to my family,specially my own spouse,who is sitting pretty lording over the investment of my maximum collection of wealth from around the world,which has been desired by me to be converted into a memorial trust in the name of Rai Chan Singhjudeo to Babu Rishabh deo singhji,celeberating their uninturpted stay in the Sees Chand Mansion between 1465 and 28thof june 1952.Any one desireous of future use(after my wife and myself are no more) shall be made fully and sincerely responsible towards the up-keep of the so called R.M.House(short for RaiChan Singh to Rishabh deo Singh Memorial Houise),simply by paying in the Trust created already or to be created by the descendants of myself and my wife Savitri Devi Singh Raghuvanshi,for making certain that the edifice shall not fall apart for next 300 years in it’s originality and if necessary for building another memorial in the same names in the same place.Much will power will be required to wish to go and stay in that House built by me by my own earnings around the world and building operations supervised wholly by my good wife abovenamed.The working of the above trust is not a matter tom be discussed here.<br />So in case the good old Sees Chand Mansion becomes a heritage property,we shall be ready to move-on,while maintaining the old Mansion for the Archeological Survey of India.<br />It can be foreseen that with a flat in Mumbai and a Mansion in the Town ,hardly anyone would venture out like me in 1971 against the wishes of all in the family,again to stay put,despite my call in my Blog to all to return to Kaithi,even if waiting for the great holocaust.But I shall make arrangements,in the infra-structure like in Mumbai for thr future generations to invest and adopt beautifications and decorations in the interior and even the exterior.It will be my utter desire with the Architect to build and design to save from the excited and unruly youngsters of the locality to damage the window-panes,like they have been doing on the first floor rooms of the old Mansion,while enjoying our hospitality of playing cricket and volleyball in my back-yard.A wire –mesh to all glasses is a must as our stayis occasional and minimal of a day or two and we are not able to maintain a guard,over already a property which is costing us moolah.<br />In the western end a place to sit for visitors ought to be created since Thakur Ram Rup Singhji had allowed Kaka to convert Bharat Baba’s Baithaka into his temporary living quarters,we are devoid of a baithaka ourselves and I received visitors in my late father’s day room and even Thakur Ram Rup Singhji had wished for a Men’s baithaka whenever he visited Kaithi in the eighties,during the alluvial problems created by the river Gomti.So it can be created,by and by where our Anjahia bakhari used to be,facing north and another aisle facing east to gather sunlight earliest in the mornings as in my lifetime I do not wish to disturb the settings as created by the permission of my late uncle,although better alternatives can be worked-out.After all there are family members with erroneous notions that it was only his property.We are no trespassers we have come as legal heirs of my grand-father and I am beneficiary in sale-deeds also,which came to light in some legal wranglings for ten years over erroneous assumptions.I have entered the house of my birth after the expiry of three months notice to all the co-parceners,in 1971,after I returned from sea for the first time in fourteen years.Yet I have invited in some blog of mine for all coparceners to come and take charge of the Mansion and save it from falling-over,I have done it off and on,whenever any murmur has risen.But no body is interested in the upkeep,but only in the booty.While on the contrary,my devotion is satiated when some kith and kin visit their ancestral house,the ancestry of which they are not aware of.So I thought before I leave this world I shall endeavour to leave no bone of contention for the kith and kin to claim that it is only theirs and anyone else is an intruder.But for God’s sake let them be willing to undertake some burden of maintenance as well.One might argue,that as I live in it I shall maintain it.Good enough reason.But then since 1989,we are not living in it and we come here off and on and spend big some on redoing the faulty and leaky ceilings and mud-hatched brick walls with in-roads of water all round.This house belongs to the descendants of late Thakur Ram Rup Singhji and his own younger brother late Babu Rishabh Deo Singhji and all are wecome to come and stay but after my demise anyone before claiming it his own shall also come forward and do the necessary repairs at that time and undertake maintenance through-out with the guidance of an engineer and an architect (like I have been doing ) and be prepred to employ a watchman to ward-off many more claimants,like the after death period of my father,between 1952 and 1971.<br />Suresh Pratap Singh(Kaithi)S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-86651103338890005912009-08-18T09:09:00.000-07:002009-08-18T09:10:33.586-07:00When to start on the Hindi version of "the plebeians"18.08.09<br /><br />My dear HN,<br /> You are one of the just four people,to whom I addressed on the ninety-third anniversary of my father’s birth.You are quie right and I had planned likewise,when I told you that I was going to get a wagon-R,after sailing for three months,before settling down in Kaithi,for good.But the Shipping Co. tried to get my services without remunerations,as they sent me on a ship,without handing me a copy of the Contract,playing on my truthful revealations of my future agenda,and they thought this foggy old chap is too hard-up and will join the ship anyway.There is so much corruption in the shipping business,that there was no redressal from the DGShipping ,POMMD,and the Shipping Master,who are placed here to look-after the interest of the seaman and the matter has gone up to the ministry.<br />Though I have sent my representations,by email , registered and courier mails,I have asked them to let me come and elucidate personally,for which I will be in Delhi,around the 27th and 28th of Aug.We can meet then,whenever you have some time.I will put-up at the New Delhi Railway Station’s Retiring rooms(thanks to Madhav Rao Scindia),as it would be convenient to go to the ministry(1,Sansad Marg),Ansari Street,Darayaganj(for publication of “the plebeians”) and meet Dr. Karan Singhji,for a “Foreword” to my book,which is pending for long.My phone on roaming will be 09935398306.<br />Hope to see you,with much longing to complete the Hindi version of “the plebeians”,where we will put-down details of each of our families,to our heart’s content,as you have mentioned in your email,howsoever much ,sometimes ,it being a risky affair to my self,letting the cat out of the bag , of the old forbidden past.<br />With best wishes to yourself and the family.<br />Sincerely<br />Suresh Pratap Singh of Kaithi,Katehar<br />At Navi Mumbai.S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-79852838672729548072009-08-14T08:47:00.000-07:002009-08-14T08:51:32.582-07:00Birth anniversary of Babu Rishabh Deo Singhji,today.<div align="justify"><strong>Rishabh deo Singh born today,in 1917 at Kaithi,Katehar.</strong><br /><br />My father was born on the Krishna-janmasthami day at mid-night,coinciding with the birth of Lord Krishna,many centuries ago,as the second son of Thakur Raj kumar Singh and a grandson of Mahayogi Bharat Singh,in the House of Sees Chand,the grandson of Rai Chan Singh,who was established in Kaithi,at the tender age of five,by his father Rai Khem Raj Singh,the eldest son of Baba Pukar Rai of Niyar deeh Kot, in 1465AD.<br />There was a great commotion in the household,specially in the ladies quarters,of the Maha Yogi,as coinciding the birth of the new child with that of the Yogiraj Krishna,was held to be inauspicious as for as the life-line of the child born,simultaneously with that of the Kanahaiyya- NandLala, the Girdhar Gopal in the Janmashthami being announced tumultuously with conches and jingling of bells in the adjoining temples and houses of the other Thakurs of the village<br />The great astrologer,Pd.Satya Narain Pandey was sent for,with urgency from Bharat baba,who responded immediately,as he was held so dearly by the Mahayogi.The almanacs were duly consulted and what the naïve women feared was found to be true.Indeed,the newly born had a very short span of life,as the purpose of his birth was to produce progeny who would carry the lineage of Sees Chand and Rai Chan Singh for long and far and wide around the continent.Bharat baba was aghast and as the child was seen as a progenitor,he called him “Rishabh”,meaning a bull,then added “Deo”,which became the name of the first Tirthanker of the Jainees,situate nearby,next to the demolished mud-fortress of Doman Deo.<br />Rishabh Deo Singh fathered three sons and a daughter and died at the age of 35 in 1952 on 28th of june,in Varanasi,in all probability by poisoning.The other part of the sooth-saying is in progress,with bitterness amongst themselves,for doing away with the property,for the consolidation of which Rishabh Deo Singh gave his life,as exhorted by his elder brother,in his letters from Bareilly,for upholding the dignity of the most prominent house of Kaithi(his concept stopped at that)<br />Similar scenes had taken place at the time of the birth of the first born of Thakur Raj Kumar Singh on the 12th of Dec. 1901 ,after Satya Narain Pandit consulted the horoscope of the newly-born,then.Again women folk started to wail as he had his great grand-father’s fate in the end of his life ,i.e. Sanyas-ashram and total “Virakti ”, WHICH WAS ONLY PARTIALLY TRUE ,owing to my persuation of guiding me in order to overcome the utter disaster for the village,brought about by the the change of course of river Gomti on 7.9.1980,by which suddenly the village seemed to have lost 626.04acres of alluvial and most precious cultivable land of the village,overnight and all of us were bereft of livelihood.<br />Even Sri Bhanu Pratap Singh was born on the Krishna-Janmashthami day in 1917,but not like my father,where the time was exactly the same as that,reputedly of Lord Krishna.<br />This is a tribute to his father from his eldest son,burdened with the duties of honour and survival of the first house of the Raghuvanshies of Katehar,on the father’s birth anniversary,in 2009,to seek blessings and guidance,honesty of purpose and courage to carry-on regardless,aspiring and dreaming of the raj(as Dashrath-bo malhain would say) of Bharat baba,and yet facing the slings and arrows of the outrageous fortune and still facing the murderous streak of the elements that had done my father in,long long ago,as the fight in side the brotherhood of the Zamindari scions,continues unabated,just as described by the famous appointee of Lord Cornwallis,viz.Jonathan Duncan,the instrumentalist of the permanent settlement,upto Varanasi commissionerate,in1793,had described in his letters to the Board of Revenue at Calcutta and to the Governor General in Council.They are still going for the jugular,to retain old primacy,with the help of newly acquired wealth(buying the thana wholesale).<br />I hope to build “Jaipal Singh Hall of fame of the 1st House of the Raghuvanshies of Katehar”,before I too have my rendezvous with death,naturally or otherwise.In my considered opinion there was only one flaw in the exalted and short life of my father,viz. his early demise and I don’t want to follow suit,in that undoing,as there may not be another to complete my own and my late,lamented father’s mission.If Ram Rup Singh lived life akin to royalty,his younger brother was a nobility incarnate and I am , forever, proud of him and it is my honour to have been born as his son,and the eldest at that with the privilege of forever being in the mire,even for the good deeds done,off and on.I shall prod on ,nevertheless,thinking of my father.<br />His adoring son.<br />Suresh Pratap Singh<br />At Navi Mumbai<br />14th of August,2009.</div>S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-5958275097027402702009-06-07T08:36:00.000-07:002009-06-07T08:38:51.468-07:00the Contents of the plebeians who would be kingsContents and references of the plebeians who would be the kings”<br /><br />Copyright No.:L(28065)/2007<br /><br /> Book I<br /><br /><br /><br />1.How it all began –Sees Chand & Doman Deo establishing Kaithi and Chandravati.<br /><br />2.Story of Syed Sallar Masood Ghazi Mian,grand-son of Mahmood Ghazni,1016 AD.<br /><br />3.Loss of Ghazi mian to Raja Suheldeo in Bahraich,1034AD<br /><br />4.Grant of Bayalassi pargana to Rai Chan Singhjudeo.<br /><br />5.The return of Ram Sunder Singh,the last name in Kaithi Sazra<br /><br />6.XLI session of the ICHR,in Mumbai and reference to the paper read there on “Sher Shah in the court of Doman Deo.<br /><br />7.Deo Kunwar settles Deorayee in 1323 AD<br /><br />8.How close were Sees Chand and Doman Deo.<br /><br />9.Doman Deo’s ascendancy.<br /><br />10. Status of the 1st House of Kaithi settlement after 15 generations & Bharat Singh.<br /><br />11.Did Doman Deo’s horse really crossed the Ganges persued by Afgans?<br /><br />12.The return of the prodigal son.<br /><br />13.Grand designs of Raja Balwant Singh of Ramnagar.<br /><br />14.Cornwallis sends Jonathan Duncan as Resident of Benares.<br /><br />15.Pre-eminence of Bharat Singh<br /><br />16. Collector Moss and Bharat Singh<br /><br /><br /> <br /> Contents of Book II<br /><br /><br />1.Magnum Opus on the survival of the Sun dynasty of Ayodhya<br /><br />2.Age verification of the 1st House of Katehar<br /><br />3.Raghuvanshies of Benares.<br /><br />4.First muslim governor of Benares<br /><br />5.Firuz Tughlaq ,Ghiasuddin Tughlaq(1322) and the Raghuvanshies of Katehar.<br /><br />6.Muhhad Shah Sharqi(1440-148)’Hussain Shah Sharqi and Bahlol Lodi and the Raghuvanshies extending their areas of influence in Sharqi kingdom.<br /><br />7.Sikander Lodi(1488) restores Jaunpur Sultanate and befriends Raghuvanshies.<br /><br />8.Hasan Shah father of Sher Shah receives jagir of Tanda,across the Ganges and befriends the Raghuvanshies of Kaithi.<br /><br />9.Raghuvanshies maintain a cavalry and foot soldiers to maintain their freedom.<br /><br />10.Saints ,Ramanand, Kabir,Ravidas,Guru Nanak live in religious harmony.<br /><br />11.Defeat of Ibrahim Lodi(1526-at Panipat) allows Afgans to seize eastern provinces and Beneras,once again.<br /><br />12.Humaun looses to Sher Shah in Chausa(1532)<br /><br />13.Sher Shah captures Benares garrison(1538-39).<br /><br />14.Then defeats Humayun in Kannauj(1540),Usman Khan made governor of Benares.<br /><br />15.Traditions assert makes rent-free grant of Katehar to Raghuvanshies.<br /><br />16.A mint in Benares,turning copper coins (1555).<br /><br />17.Akbar the great in Beneras(1556).<br /><br />18.Raja Todar Mal in Benares(1569)<br /><br />19.Akabar comes again by waterways on way to Bengal campaign<br /><br />20. Benares becomes a Sirkar,in the suba of Illahabad,created by Akbar.<br /><br />21.Sant Tulsidas(1532-1623) composes Ramcharitmanas.<br /><br />22.Revenue Collection and cultivated areas.<br />23.Shah Jahan orders casting down of temples of Benares.(1632).<br /><br />24.Much action in Benares(1658)Slaiman defeats Shuja.<br /><br />25.Aurangzeb destroys old Kirti Bisheshwar temple and builds Alamgir mosque.<br /><br />26.Aurangzeb issues orders for demolition of Hindu temples including that of Kashi Vishwanath and Bindumadhav-and a mosque built on each site(1669).<br /><br />27.Gaga Bhat of Benares summoned for Shivaji Maharaj’s coronation ceremony.(1674).<br /><br />28.French traveler Tavernier visits Benares(1665).Later on Bernier,also French visits.<br /><br />29.Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur erects famous Observatory at Benares.<br /><br />30.Farruk Siar murdered and Muhammad Shah,gives Sirkar of Benares to Murtaza Khan.<br /><br />31.Murtaza Khan entrusts the management to Rustam Ali,for consideration of five lakhs.<br /><br />32.Sadat Khan becomes Subedar of Avadh(1722) and Murtaza Khan leases his jagir to him for seven lakhs.Rustam Ali retains the charge till 1738.<br /><br />33.Mansa Ram representing Rustam Ali before Safdar Jung secures the office of Nazim of Sirkars of Benares,Jaunpur and Chunar,in the nane of his son Balwant Singh.<br /><br />34.Muhammad Shah issues a ‘Sanad’,after the death of Mansa Ram,conferring Rajaship on Balwant Singh.(1739).<br /><br />35..Fresh settlement of new tenants ordered by Balwant Singh.(1759).<br /><br />36.Time of great anxiety,for city of Benares(1752).<br /><br />37.A havoc created in the city of Benares(1750).<br /><br />38.Balwant Singh hastily retreats from battle of Buxor and a British Resident posted at Ramnagar,his headquarters in Benares.(1764).<br /><br /><br /><br /> Contents of Book III<br /><br /><br /><br />1.Ikschawakus table in Ayodhya,prior to its last King’s migration to Benares,1194AD.<br /><br />2.Kosala’s under Magadh.<br />3.Sungas sovereignity on Kosala.<br /><br />4.The Guptas and Ayodhya<br /><br />5.Rise of Maukharies and shift to Kannauj. <br /><br />6.The beginning of Muslim invasions.<br /><br />7.A need of convincing proof of solar races genuineness for the historians.<br /><br />8.The Russian scholar’s views.<br /><br />9.a translation of Kalidas’s “Raghuvansh-Mahakavya”(Chapters I to chapter VIII).<br /><br /><br /><br /> Contents of Book IV<br /><br /><br /><br />1.Chapter VIII to chapterXIX of the mahakavya.<br /><br />2.Ayodhya in the mediaeval period.<br /><br />3.The Sultans of Delhi.<br /><br />4.The Mughals.<br /><br />5.The Nawabs(1720- 1856).<br /><br />6.The Annexation of Ayodha and the struggle of 1857.S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-19813932389792894322009-05-22T08:30:00.000-07:002009-05-22T08:35:24.970-07:00Preface to the Plebeians who would be kings<div align="center"><strong>Preface to the “Plebeians”<br /><br />“The plebeians who would be the kings”: copyright No.:L-28065/2007.</strong><br />A Preface being an introduction to a book, gives an outline to the material, there-in and if that is so, then what I have called as Book I, is the proper Preface of my book, which however is very lengthy, so this piece is being added.<br /><br />I have very romantically called this book or the explorations, there-in as something that I was destined to do, or was born for doing so. Someone reading my lines on the palm may declare so. But after seeing the mediocre outcome of the so-called a work of the destiny, does’nt impress even me. I would ,much rather, say that it has been a matter of chance that I was born in the 1st House of Katehar, about which, by now, every one had quite forgotten, through unceasing rigorous work of agriculture, through generations of a mean and miserly(saving stock of grain for three years against likely poor harvest, in dry-land farming) livelihood. And as the things were destined to happen , I lost my father at a very young age and was taken away to live in Nainital in suddenly an awesome comfort of good life. I turned from a topper to a mediocre second class student , but as destined, I got into the merchant-marine and went around the world many times over. I had the good sense of sending half the money home and called it a day at sea, owing to overwhelming sentiments for father and also for the mother-land, for reasons explained in the text akin to the Preface, and may be unduly so and in a fit of anguish, the way things were going.<br /><br />However, even before things happened that made me talk of destiny, as if I was the chosen one to redeem the “Raghuvanshies of Katehar”, as if they would have perished otherwise, line, hook and sinker .I doubt any one is ever so thrilled among the country-cousins of Katehar, let alone those of Dobhi, who are insisting on a combined history of the two, notwithstanding the pargana of Sultanipur between the two of them and poles apart in the history and geography of the region I fear it may be berated amongst even amongst the closest of the cousins (simply for having done it). Another certainty is that only one copy would suffice for the entire village, which should come along unpaid for. So specially for the villages with the tag of the 1st house I am keeping something up my sleeve, that every one must buy at least the second edition or the Hindi version, which I intend calling; ”Katehar ke Raghuvanshi,ekal Hindu Samrat ,1194AD to 1793AD’ for the following reason,found in a book given to me by Rao Barauli.I quote:<br /><br />Page(134)<br /><br />Hindu Kings<br /><br /><br />The city was founded some three thousand years back .A detailed history of Kashi in chronological order is not traceable Only inscriptions on stone pillars and the existence of old temples and copper plates give us some rudimentary ideas about the line of kings that ruled Banaras .The city was under the sway of the kings of Kanauj for a considerable time. After the defeat of Raja Jai Chandra by the mussalman invaders one branch of the family fled eastward and set up and independent state. For many years the Gaharwar princes ruled banaras and afterwards they were compelled to retire to Kantit and Bana. The last in the line of the Gaharwar erected the old Rajput fort at Rajghat.The present Kantit family in Mirzapur claims its ancestry from this time.<br /><br />The Kanauj kings did not penetrate in land and the country was held by Soeries,Bhars and other unsubdued tribes, who were independent throughout Avadh and the eastern districts. The district even today abounds with Bhars especially in Banaras tehsil.<br /><br />Rajput colonization does not appear to have begun before the 12th or the13th centuries. This is the period popularly assigned to the establishment of the Raghubansi power. One Deo Kunwar came from Ayodhya ,the ancient seat of Raghubansis and married the daughter of Raja Banar, obtaining as dowry the Taluqa of Niar.The Raghubansis are the only Rajputs in the district who seemed to have acquired a position of independence.The Raghubansis claim descent from one Doman Deo,ninth in the direct descent from Deo Kunwar, who lived during the regime of Sikander Lodi and held Katehar as a rent-free tenure.” Unquote;<br /><br />So even the history that speaks of us has Princess Bindumati married off to Deo Kunwar.Which in our bard’s story is married to the last King of Ayodhya, Nain deo. whose son was Salhe Kunwar, who fathered None Rao and Nangayee Rao While None Rao went away to Kashmir, Nangayee Rao fathered Deo Kunwar, who settled Deorayee in 1380AD.His great grand-father married the daughter of Raja Banar, sometime after 1194AD,after Jai Chandra shifted him to Rajghat in Varanasi or Banaras.Again,Doman Deo is said in the above description as the ninth in the descent from Deo Kunwar.Whereas factually, after Deo Kunwar,it was Birhaj Rai,then Pukar Rai,then Rai Khemraj Singh,then Udai Chand,then Ugaa Thakurayee,whose second son was Doman Deo who comes out to be seventh in line.<br />Doman Deo was contemporary of Sikander Lodi and even Sher Shah Suri(who had worked in his stable as a runaway in between 1501 to 1515)) upto 1545AD,i.e. three hundred and fifty years after the Raghuvanshies migrated from Ayodhya, and its odd that all Raghuvanshies claim descent from Doman Deo.So one purpose of this exercise is also for the purpose of correction of records in such haphazard descriptions as much as in some old Govt. Gazeteers, and bring for public viewing the correct order of the lineage,and specially for our suspicious cousins in Jaunpur,calling all Katehar cousins not only descendants of Doman Deo,but also of his Ahir consort(in jest).For the records sake Doman Deo fathered five sons from that lady,called,Jalho Mokal,Amba,Chan and Bariyasan Singh.Doman Deo’s other son was Kalyan Shah, whose son Ayirran Shah built the Ayar Kot ,near Varanasi, whose eleventh descent Pratap Narain Singh was adopted by maharaja of Vijayanagaram in Andhra Pradesh and Vijjy etc. were his descent and came to Chandravati ,near Kaithi to claim their share.<br /><br />Our family bard Banshi Kavi made a record by his memory as a lot of preserved genealogy was thrown in the river Gomti,over some dispute between them, by the descendants of the Chaubeys who came from Ayodhya,accompanying Nain Deo,the last King of Ayodhya.He has done a remarkable work,but his mixing-up of Anno-Domini and Vikram Samvat is quite perplexing at times.<br /><br />I have taken the benchmark of my own uncles birthdate from the Civil List and gone backwards,allotting a generous twenty-five years as an average to each of my long-living ancestors,eg.130(Ram Sunder Singh),110(Bharat Singh),96(Ram Rup Singh).instead of ASI’s meager 19 and a half years as an average for each generation,as Director Monuments Sri Soundarajan used for calculating Ayodhya’s age as per their excavations and comparing the same with my own table till Ikshawaku son of Manu and Satrupa,who established Ayodhya.Mr. Soundarajan was highly impressed and wrote to me twice, seeking information about the direct lineal descendants of the Raghuyvanshy dynasty of Ayodhya i.e. us.<br /><br />I have to indeed mention the genealogical table come to my possession,also by chance and good wishes of the village-folk towards the family which had me moving with an invigorating zeal towards what the retired district judge had predicted about me,years ago,in the Lucknow Coffee House,to Thakur Ram Rup Singhji,on reading my palm.I traveled to Gaya and met our family panda(the record-keeper) and checked on the entries of my ancestors about the mystery of the 1857 martyr,Jaipal Singh,about which I read a paper in ICHR session of Kurukshetra and put in the website called , www.1857-amartyramong pwwbks.com and the same will be annexed in the book under consideration.There is another paper I should speak about which I read in the ICHR session of Mumbai,was “SherShah in the court of Doman Deo”.Although the great meandering catastrophy of the river Gomti in 1980,pulled me away from my preoccupation of the Raghuvanshies.<br /><br />Again,it was the 150th anniversary of the martyrdom of Jaipal Singh that brought me back to get active in the cause of the book.I hope I will not keep my cousins and others waiting for too long,as I have decided to do it on my own,entirely,no body being attracted by my website or the blog.<br /><br />I hope I am able to keep your attention glued to my story-telling in vernacular English,which I thought was fine for merchant marine globe-trotting,but realized its vagary starting on this project.And the requirement of my country cousins of the same book to be written in Hindi has also become my compulsion,so bless me to complete the Hindi version ,soonest ,but not so soon so as to stop you from buying this one,in the meanwhile,because that will not be an out and out translation.So please do not miss out the fantacy of the plebeians at your service.<br /><br />Suresh Pratap Singh<br />Navi Mumbai<br />22.05.2009 </div>S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-41149573204699532652009-05-14T21:47:00.000-07:002009-05-14T21:52:21.967-07:00return to Kaithi,eventually.All return to Kaithi,owing to just discovered it’s far-reaching significance,till the doom’day,if there is ever going to be one.<br /> The triangular area coming between an imaginary triangle formed by drawing of a line from the Rajwari -railway bridge over river Gomti to the east of Doman Deo’s demolished mud-fortress and passing on the south-west of the temple of the first Tirthanker’s(Rishabdeo) temple or perhaps even his birthplace in Chandravati upto the Holy Ganges and joining this imaginary line to the new and the original confluence(at the time of Markandey Rishi) of the Gomti with the Ganges and from there back to the Rajwari rail bridge , is found to be of great significance vis-à-vis the onslaught of the imminent “Pralaya” or the doom’s day of the Bible ,as this is being equated to the Noah’s Arc at the time of the last holocaust by the floods of fury to end the world’s existence ,which as the Bible says ,saved a pair of all the species of the flora and fauna and the humanity of course to start another day and another cycle of the World-order.<br />So all people belonging to Kaithi return to your home-land and stand-by your home-stead and whatever bit of property is remaining in your name, there build a tenement over it for your ownself and who knows for many of your kith and kin and dear and close relatives and friends over the period .So, all the big shots of Kaithi, becoming multi-millionaires else-where ,come back to Kaithi and I can hardly oodle enough of Harry Belafonte’s –“Come back, Eliza, come back, girl – to solid honchos and prim and proper guys, but I do mean as much as Harry singing for his beloved, who had left for the Americas and had dumped him in the West Indies So don’t dump Kaithi and I have warned you,timely and it is all for your own good.<br /> Please don’t insinuate that I am preaching but not practicing from Navi Mumbai, also away from danger-zone locally. I am here only for a short while, trying to find ways and means to publish your story with it’s imminent historicity. And no sooner I succeed, I will scoot for spending my last year or so as some have predicted or last forty years as others have pacified my hurt of dying so young to spend in the place of my birth in the House of Sees Chand built on Rai Chan Singh’s original premises.<br /> I think I shall build a new abode for myself ,as I am getting so much used to living in brand new houses and leave the glorious and raisond’etre’ of my coming to this world to all the very many co-parceners so very keen about the share but none towards it’s upkeep( which is only my duty ,as the only one to have been born in the new version of the Mansion).It may not be necessary to spell-out the necessity of continued up-keep and maintenance by those desirous of a share in the pie(surely after putting forward their claim’s veracity in everyway),or else I shall continue to do so with whatever diminishing returns at my disposal .However , my above call shall work as magic potion to all and sundry. And I do want my burden of carrying forward my late father’s obligations to be over, before August 2011(seemingly the ominous date so far, although I shall try hard not to let that happen, by keeping good health and so on—and shall beat both Bharat Baba and Ram Sunder baba at the time-count).<br /> So, all of you,once again,I shout out loud and clear to “fly by her side and never let her go.” Come to Kaithi and Come back soon.<br /><br />Yours Lovingly for ever.<br />Suresh Pratap Singh, at Mumbai.15th of May,2009.S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-39881853560456050782009-05-14T21:43:00.000-07:002009-05-14T21:44:46.566-07:00book to be in four parts or not?My book is already in four parts and is called as Book I, book II, book III and book IV, each of about 125 pages or so, and a total of 500 pages.<br />Book I deals with the intended attack on Ayodhya in 1026AD by Syed Sallar Jung Ghazi Mian, grand-son of Mahmud Ghazni,and his slaying by a Bhar Raja Suheldeo to save King Veeram Deo of the Raghuvanshies.<br />Then the decision of the then sovereign Jaichand of shifting the last Raghuvanshy King of Ayodhya Nain Deo to the forest fortressed Katehar in Varanasi and marrying him with his grand-neice Bindumati, whose children we are all,the Raghuvanshiesof today.<br />After the fall of the Gaharwars dynasty,it was the turn of the Raghuvanshies of Katehar to attain the status of “Hindu Kings”,as for as the history books go,but we remained tillers of the soil, notwithstanding 400 horse’s cavalry and 5000 foot soldiers at our disposal to maintain our status as “independent land-owners” for 600 years till 1793AD.<br />Somehow,we attained the benediction of Ghiasuddin Tuglaq (1321AD), Sikander Lodi and finally Sher Shah Suri(1545AD),who did not seek any cess from us either.<br />Book II, deals with the famous Permanent Settlement of Lord Cornwallis(1789-1793) and all the intricacies of revenue law and matters, drawing from my own experience in 626.04acres of our alluvial-riverine land gone on the other side of river Gomti in 1980.<br />BookIII,is a lucid translation of Raghuvansh-Mahakavya by Kalidas,describing the journey of the first world-conqueror, Raghu, the great grand father of Ram.<br />BookIV,is about Ayodhya’s transit through 1194 to the 1st war of independence fought thro Awadh to Aarrah and the exploits of Veer Senani Kunwar Singh-Tegva Bahadur, with whom my own ancestor Jaipal singh joined and died fighting.<br /><br />Will it be a good idea to publish the book in four parts to make it light weight and more convenient to carry-about? Besides a smaller price-tag and selected customer preference, like many guys may never want to know anything about Duncan’s permanent settlement, except those concerned with it in the past, hence curious.<br /><br />Please advise on the issue of multi-facet production of the book. Phone me, by and by, and send guidance by email. Thanks.<br /><br />Sincerely.<br />Suresh Pratap Singh, at Mumbai.15.05.09S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-69907721539313169902009-05-13T09:44:00.000-07:002009-05-13T09:45:33.591-07:00About the author of the plebeians who would be kingsAbout the author of the book: the plebeians who would be kings.<br /><br />Born in the house of Sees Chand, at the time when Adolf Hitler was occupying Gdansk in Poland and the Indian Empire of the British was about to disintegrate and the Congress Party of India was on the ascendancy , about to win freedom for the country , Gandhi had already acquired the stature of a deity and everyone had a Congress revolutionary in the family , his own father being arrested for burning the Kaiser Hind aerodrome, built on his own mangroves and land, training young American fliers for the war, his one uncle being arrested for Congress agitations and activities in and around Azamgarh ,and a brother-in-law for refusing to pay in the War-fund kitty of the ruling British class ,and mother’s maternal-uncle for Quit-India movement in Varanasi. The name of his first cousin changed from Bhagat Singh to Virendra Pratap. Born to the rural middle-class affluence ,acquired over regular tilling of soil for frugal subsistence over five hundred years and twenty-two generations of the men of grit and resolve to have claimed their entire possession as “independent land-owners ”,recognizing none as their over-lords or even as sovereigns since their migration from Ayodhya in or around 1194 AD, till 1793.<br /><br />The most amazing factor of his life is to have been born in the same family, where the Bhrigu-sanhita- mentioned Mahayogi Bharat Singh presided, as the 110 years old sage till 6th of December 1944.However that saw the end of the golden-era of the 1st House of Katehar and by 28.06.1952,three days prior to Zamindari-abolition in United-Provinces or Uttar Pradesh and every thing seem to have evaporated in the thin air over-night. He was but an impressionable young lad of twelve .The Sees Chand Mansion was totally deserted and forlorn ,people took away any thing and every thing they could lay their hands on, there was no one to stop them. By and by the heavy teek doors and almirahs were unhinged and removed after a roomful of teek-slabs had been gradually removed from the house. Huge wooden boxes were shifted away. One such box carried the 1st House genealogical table, which took people by surprise as it was not decipherable. So the word went around of such a find, which was handed-over to him by a stroke of good luck and people’s well-wishes for the family after the return of the prodigal son.<br /><br />The riddle of the large sheet of high-class Italian art paper supported by cotton-mesh at the back took much of the time and curiosity of the author till a clerk in the Varanasi courts solved it in a couple of Sundays riddle-solving session. This was like a Pandora’s box and a thrilling mystery-book which set the tone of the book to be written by him. The author by now had concluded his ten-year long sea-career and got around to Indian Council of Historical Research and read four papers, mainly based on the knowledge gained from his abovementioned Pandora’s box, aided by the tales of the family bard since shifting from Ayodhya in around 1194AD.<br /><br />However, the urge to complete the history of migration from Ayodhya to Varanasi and Jaunpur was nipped in the bud, by the horrendous deeds of the river Gomti in 1979 and 1980,on 7th of September, when the author’s village lost 626.04acres of riverine land in one big shifting to south- detour of the river. This and the head of the 1st House of Katehar,Rai Saheb Thakur Ram Rup Singh kept the author busy, from dawn to past midnight(preparing notes to face from the smallest to the highest revenue officials of the State, legally and morally and desperately to claim what was theirs) for next ten years, till the time the author’s spouse rebelled(owing to the needs of the growing family and the prime source of livelihood having gone on the other side of river Gomti) and she very forcefully and resolutely, packed the author, once more , back to sea.<br /><br />With good sea-wages the priorities changed overnight with improved living conditions and a certain amount of both sloth and indolence setting –in , however starting work on a new mansion in the city(dedicated to the memories of the survival in his last residence: the glorious Sees Chand Mansion in the village, since 1485 till 28.06.1952,by his ancestor Rai Chan Singhjudeo to his own father Babu Rishabh Deo Singhji-aptly calling it the R.M..House) being erected on the insistence of the spouse, and the historicity in mind in altogether a different prospective, the relegated back-ground bringing-out in the open and to city-lights<br /><br /> However the relegated realization of the over-bearing importance of the edifice still holding-on it’s own and standing-by as a reminder of the past history dawned-upon once more, on the occasion of the last rites of the author’s mother in 2005.It came like an awakening of dulled senses and it seemed to the author that he was born only for the purpose of recording the art of survival and passing their time, incognito, also for the sake of survival of the Raghuvanshies migrated from Ayodhya in the thick forests of Katehar,particularly and to hand -over the knowledge to the new generations, of today, for inculcating a sense of pride and humility ,so as not to forget that the Raghuvanshies are born to help the humanity,even today,i.e.in the Kaliyuga.<br /><br />It is a different matter that in a book-form,it would throw light on many things, unrecorded hitherto by the historians,like the Raghuvanshies of Katehar holding parganas of Katehar,Sultanipur,Barah,Mahaich and Narwan in Varanasi(plus Chandauli,now) as independent land-owners for nearly six hundred years, so much so that historians refer to them as Hindu Kings,after the fall of the Gaharwars.And that from Ghiasuddin Tughlaq in 1321 to Sikander Lodi to Sher Shah Suri in 1545 could’nt object to their style of functioning(mainly of not paying any revenue cess) or do any thing about their haughty arrogance.<br /><br />The author took to solitary living in his Mumbai-flat to translate the greatest Sanskrit poet Kaldas’s description of his famous ancestor Raghu,the first ever world-conqueror,as in his quest for realization of his dream to write a Magnum Opus on Ayodhya’s glory from seven millennium BC to 1194AD,when the Raghuvanshies ,more or less,fled from there,or were removed by their benefactor Jai Chand,the then the sovereign of Ayodhya,as well as of Kashi(Varanasi) and Kannauj,as well,of course.That task will take him to Kolkata’s Central Library,in the near future.<br /><br />The Permanent Settlement of Lord Cornwallis and Jonathan Duncan has found a detailed description owing to his proximity with an authority on revenue matters and an advisor to many ministers in the government of the State, and the author’s own uncle, guiding him and tutoring him, like a stern head-master for days, before sending him to argue-out his case, and of the village, of course, from deputy secretary upto the Secretary ,himself and insisted on getting an order for the same, or else to stay-on in Lucknow,till a copy of the order was in his hands. The officials argued, relentlessly, but obliged most graciously ,after being convinced of the author’s arguments.<br /><br />That may have made him very stubborn, in defence of his own arguments.<br /><br />A Hall of Fame of the Raghuvanshies of Katehar is his latest fad,other than a Hall of Fame of the First House of Katehar ,and now he is stationed in Mumbai to go back to sea ,to earn for the same purpose but his detractors are up in arms against him and are throwing their spanners in the works all the time.But he is pressing -on regardlesly and resolutely as in the days when he was facing a battery of revenue officials from the Secretariat to the Board of<br />Revenue as well as locally, from the Divisional Commissioner to the Qanungo.<br /><br />So before the book goes to print,dear readers of his blog(just search for Raghuvanshies on google blog search and you will get two on the subject)do read his blog and help him do, what he is trying to do ,for you.S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-11984559474921202372009-05-11T05:58:00.000-07:002009-05-11T06:07:12.656-07:00www.1857-amartyramongpwwbks.com<strong>The 1857 martyr Jaipal Singh was born in the Sees Chand Mansion of Kaithi,Katehar,Varanasi,and we trace his origin and speak of his need to participate in the 1st war of Independence and hence join Babu Kunwar Singh-Tegva Bahadur,at some stage.</strong><br /><br />Had it not been for the alluvial action of the river Gomati on 07.09.1980, throwing away our 626.04 acres of riverine and prime agricultural holding across the Gomati in one single stroke 0f the meandering river to straighten her knot and confirm to the total length of the meander of her travel, which was upset in the previous year in Jaunpur and had increase by two to three kilometers in total lenth of the meander of river Gomati. This was corrected in one single stroke of the gorging river on 07.09.80 by breaking the narrowest strip of the land across the ‘Sihore’ Khan in the alluvial area of Kaithi, simply leaving aside two kilometers of her stream from that point to the old confluence near village Patna and our non revenue (Na- Chiragi Mauza)village ‘NAKHANWA’, with the Ganges which created a great hue and cry in the press on the statement of Collector Subodh Nath Jha of Ghazipur district, calling this a justice of nature, that the old injustice of 1840 was corrected, when about 500 acres of villages Kusanhi and Kharauna had accrued to village Kaithi ( under the alluvial and dilluvial regulation 11 of the Bengal Alluvial regulation Act of 1911). When he said he knew this would happen, Then Thakur Ram Rup Singh asked him whether this was in his horoscope as well.? Then when he further asked Thakur Ram Rup Singh to give it away to him(i.e. to his district) the reply came that Jha being from Mhithila (the birthplace of Sita- Ram’s consort )and we being the Raghuvanshies of Ayodhya, the giving should be on his part , that is on the part of Jha and certainly not from Ram Rup Singh a Raghuvanhies. Come to think of it 1840 was the year when Ram Sunder Singh must have been twenty five years old (see the table of Sees Chand’s descendants, counting backward from Ram Rup Singh being twenty five years old in 1925) and Jaipal Singh 50yeaqrs old, when the Gomati was made to shift by the order of the Kina Ram Baaba of Ramgarh (Saying “Gomati Go back –Gomati peechhe hat’’)and a few hundered acres of alluvial land had accrued to Jaipal Singh and Ram Sunder Singh – including 17+8.5 lathas of mazkoor tari and was recorded in the name of Ram Sunder Singh in 1840 and as zamindar in1882-83 quinquennial settlement of village Kaithi of Katehar pargana. So Mr Jha referred to that as a natural injustice to the district of his charge a hundred and forty years ago, when he spoke immediately after the cataclysm of 07.09.80 to the press and wrote to the Government also. And there on it become a question of one-upmanship between S.P Singh of Kaithi and SriS.N Jha of the I.A.S. erstwhile Collector Ghazipur, more of which in “Cornwallis revised by Ram Rup Singh in the alluvial ‘Mahal’ of Kaithi ,” coming out simultaneously after this narration but as I said in the beginning of the para had it not been for the alluvial action of river Gomati, that I would have taken such great interest of the permanent settlement of Jonathan Duncan and the five hundred years old settlement of the Raghuvanshies and my deep interest in the story of the house of Sees Chand, where I too was born.<br />So back to Jaipal Singh in 1840. The landed gentry of the first house of Katehar had become richer by another thousand acres of reverine land and obviously higher placed zamindars and small rajas came forward to offer their daughters to the of young Raghuvanshies of Katehar’s prime & pristine village. And Jaipal Singh’s son was married to the dowager princess Hansa Kunwar, the prime mover or the Karta woman (Sita & Draupadi are mentioned as Karta women of Ramayana and ‘Mahabharat’ episodes) who, I seem convinced was the cause of Jaipal Singh leaving the house of Sees Chand at the ripe old age of 57, in order to join Veer Senani Kunwar Singh of Aarrah in their own revolt of 1857, gaining ground upto Azamgarh before their hasty retreat, owing to reinforcement of the British from Lawrence and Faizabad / Lucknow one has to go very deeply and in the minute details as regards as to what happened in precise order with exact dates and things of reinforcement, attacks, counter-attacks withdrawals retreats and annihilation and complete routs. I surely place confidence in the coming generation of the Raghuvanshies to rake-up details of Kunwar Singh command and find mention of men like Jaipal Singh of the Raghuvanshees who volunteered to take up arms against the British in 1857, and change the lives of his son / forced to leave house before the next (1882-83) settlement and for his grandson, the Sage-like Bharat Singh to hide the G. Table of first house of Katehar, in order to Safe-guard the service of his Civilian grand son.) Here I am only too happy to have reinforced the 1857 martydom of my direct ancestor in an ICHR paper read by me 25 years ago. Perhaps Jaipal Singh was looking for an identity for himself and for the House of Sees Chand where he was born and had spent many years of his life, incognito and in obscure wilderness, and to be of the ruling dynasty of Ayodhya ,no less. He had an opportunity to be different, which could also, perhaps, provide a distinct identity to the first house of Katehar, something akin to Sees Chand’s cousin Doman Deo, who had Sher Shah as a servant in his stable. This then was the great chance that the providence had offered. Beside it was also a chance to escape the domineering and perhaps even a haggling daughter-in-law Hansa Kunwar but perhaps only, just and marginally so. He was surely a hero’s material inside, who would come out of the realm of the ordinary, but alas for the same forsake a sage like son and grand son who decided to cross the centuries of their own lives and put under wraps the deed of heroism of their immediate ancestor for the sake of their own survival. What was undone by both Ram Sunder Singh and Bharat Singh to the heroic act of Jaipal Singh should be brought out of hiding and declared as a glorious chapter of the first House of Katehar and another unknown and unsung chapter of the 1st Struggle of Independence,beginning in May 1857.S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-39928177181944309322009-05-10T09:48:00.000-07:002009-05-10T09:51:16.733-07:00About Sees Chand Mansion in Kaithi,Katehar,VaranasiThe story of Sees Chand Mansion and of Plebeians who would be Kings<br /><br />The Hindu nationalists consider the 1857 mutiny or insurgency as the first war for freedom, although every mutinous sepoy from Meerut in May 1857 or 1,39,000 minus only 7796 sepoys of the largest modern Army in Asia, the Bengal Army joined by the entire population, as the inspiration touched a popular crescendo, declared Bhadhur Shah Zafar, the last Moguls emperor as their leader, and emperor. Zafar was powerless to resist being made the leader. Leader of an army of unpaid peasantry and officer less and haphazard soldiers. And while Hindus regard their martyrs who died for the idea of freedom from the foreign yoke, but in and around Delhi it was more of religion, looked upon as a defensive act of rebellion against the work of missionaries of Christianity as well as a generalized fight against foreign domination and the move of the company (E.I.C.) to impose Christian laws in India. The sepoys declared before the emperor on 11th may 1857 we have joined hands to protect our religion and our faith in chandni chowk they asked, Brothers ;are you with those of the faith?. “During the uprising, it is note worthy, the British who had converted to Islam were not molested; but Indians converted to Christianity were mowed- down, being referred to as ‘Kafirs’ (Infidels) and ‘Nasrani’ (Christians). “Although the great majority of sepoys were Hindus, in Delhi a flag of jihad was raised in the principal mosque” and the insurgents were often found calling themselves mujahideen, ghazis and jihadies. And after the initial bravado of the seize when majority had departed from the scene being hungry and getting despised, the remainder were out and out jihadis , including a regiment of “Suicide ghazis” from gwalior who had vowed never to eat again and to fight until they met death- “ for those who have come to die have no need for food “. Closing of urdu madras by the British was one of their grievance. What the news work of Willian Dalrymple’s stories contain shows the Rising of 1857, is a chain of human event, dramatic, arbitrary, accidental and tragic to resurrect the ordinary individuals whose fate is caught up by chance in one of the great up heavals of history. It is through the story of the successes and struggles of the individuals that can bridge the chasm of the time and understanding separating us from the remarkably different world of our ancestors of six to seven generations ago. Duncan ha finished the permanent settlement in Banaras on the lines of Bengal and given the lease to Babu Shivratan Singh of the house of Sees Chand of Katehar in Kaithi and peaceful by any contemporary standards in the villages, the pargana and in the 1st House of Raghuvanshies of Katehar. With ‘Amils’ melting away and officials in the forms of ‘Qanungos’ directly under the ‘Collector’ taking- over, the struggle against the wily Raja was over, So it was time to put more and more of ‘Deeh’ and ‘Damar’ and untilled portions of 2292 Bigha to put under cultivation. Then why the only son of Shiv Ratan Singh of Aarrah to proceed towards Lucknow, by way of Azamgarh?. His father was already very old, or may be dead by then, as his three uncles were also very much junior to him, being contemporary of his son Ram Sunder Singh. There was no reason for a man of fifty-five or sixty to leave home and go fighting. Was there unrest at home/ was his spouse no more and the dowager princess Hansa kunwar, wife of his son, too dominating for his liking , to make an excuse for leaving home and joint the fighting forces. This is because of the fate of the 1st House of Raghuvanshies to be blessed by domineering head of the inner house- hold; like my own mother and grand mother. Hansa Kunwar was so domerineering that Babu Ganga Prasad Singh had to take her to courts for his share from her for partition of residential plot no 1328 in 1901.But she was surely no more by 1904, when her son Bharat Singh took up the cause of appeal to the case. Having given birth to Bharat Singh who died at 110 in 1944 or so, she must have been around 35 in 1857, when Jaipal Singh her father-in-law, went to join Kunwar Singh in the 1st war of independence. Kaithi was secluded from three sides by two rivers and connected by a dirt road to Varanasi, 27 kilometer and Ghazipur, 50 kilometer away and unless Janak Rai is Chet Singh of Katehar involved in the conspiracy collecting 34000 soldiers under Raja Chet Singh of Ramnagar, to abduct Warren Hastings, it was pretty far away from the turmoil’s and Chaos of polities of the day and even a word of the popular uprising of 1857 getting there was obscure. Then how did Jaipal Singh and his cousins from ‘Chhayee’ Patti got together to become unlikely martyrs of the uprising ?.<br />Perhaps the news of the uprising spread far too well by word of mouth, in the era of minimal mass communication, than what means are today, like we can not comprehend today. The suffocation of foreign domination of a different kind (Having different skin) was overwhelming and up to the neck. The stories told by my father’s cousins who was born in same house seemed wild and clueless when there was no commitment from us to the family and it’s history of any sort. But recently when visiting my widowed sister born in 1925 that is before the demolition of the old house of Sees Chand in 1932 or so, she related of the first floor and the attic of the old house and unknowingly confirmed what kaka had mentioned for the occasion of rebuilding of the old house and efforts being made to collect the barrels of the muzzle- loading guns as many a twenty in the drain out- let of the court- yard of women’s quarter, where they were dumped for hiding after the mutiny was crushed or may he soon after the news of death of Jaipal Singh was heard or felt by the community on withdrawal of Babu Kunwar Singh and his return to Bihar with the story of his failure and sacrificing his wounded arm to mother Ganges at the ripe age of seventy.<br />On the death of her illustrious and famous husband at the age of 91, my sister was left alone in her Lucknow residence, everyone having gone to Sohna, expect myself to keep her company, began to reminisce about life in Kaithi and she was one of rarest persons, other than our only living aunt, to have seen and lived in perhaps the original version of the house of Sees Chand, although four hundred years then is too long for a Kachchi- “Bakhari” ( no not exactly a Haveli which would be a bit of high faluting description of the fairly large house of Sees Chand, as the income from 2292 Bighas of Kaithi was not matching to be able to build something akin to a grand ‘Haveli’of a prosperous Zamindar of Bengal in the literary works of the nineteenth century ) to have lasted without one or two more demolitions in between . Alas! No on kept a record neither did the great sage of the house- hold confide in anyone. He was very vocal and adamant against its demolition on the keen desire of Collector Moss and his deputy Ram Rup Singh. He must have been born in the particular version of the house of Sees Chand. Perhaps his father(who went away, leaving his family, for a cause of the survival of the family, by saving the landed property from the British raj) and his grand father the cause celebre’ of the hide and seek and speaking only half truths for a maha- yogi, who was claimed to have never spoken a lie in all his 110 years was also born in that house and he must have loved that missing-in- action grand father and his deeds that he kept under covers, the genealogical table of its true identity even from the cousins in the family. As Ram Rup Singh would always say “ We are the most prominent family of Katehar “ (not exactly knowing its meaning of what he has said in deeper sense) so Bharat Singh without the help of the G. table (kept in hiding with him) enforced his prominence through the force of his personality and grandeur and of course the ‘Karma’ as the best agriculturist in entire Katehar. And as per my eldest sister there were secrets in the at attic of that old Bakhari, th match- locks and the lazzims, where the children and women were not allowed to dwell. So.it must have been an object of anxiety for the grand old man as a to what to do with those artifacts of the past. Although as per my Kakaji , the solution came in as quickly to get rid of all those vulnerable things to the security of the family, and to the newly found status of the family house of a brilliant and titled Civil Servant of the British raj, by simply dumping it overnight in a deep well on the “Kot ” of the earlier settlers the famous Seories (who had given the rightful possession to Sees Chand and his two brother to settle in lieu of their non agriculture settlement without any sanction from Raja Banar of the Gaharwars)across the road from the house of Sees Chand so well placed for dumping activities in the dark of the night. This came as a well founded confirmation from the horses mouth as the phrase goes of the stories of the match-locks and muzzle-loaders of the brotherhood of Raghuvanshies of Katehar by the agents of Johnathan Duncan , the British Agent sent for permanent settlement by Governor General in Council (They were willing and anxious to maintain the corporate nature of their zamindari over Katehar and not in the form of individual leases of land under the individual cultivation or occupancy ). Those were the ancient arms and armaments which was counted by Aiene Akhari as maintaining 500 horses and 4000 foot- soldiers by the Raghuvanshies of Katehar (Rajputs) and 1932 saw the end to all that talk of what was Ayodhya and its Sun- Dyansty and of Doman Deo and the pristine glory of Katehar, where the mighty Suri King Sher Shah served for fifteen years (1501-1515) in the stable of Doman Deo to submission and acceptance of global civility and service to the rulers, British or world- wide administrative or economic in nature.S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-7447008781905813012009-05-03T03:09:00.000-07:002009-05-03T03:11:39.795-07:00<div align="left">‘Sees Chand Mansion’<br />1st House of the first family<br />of Katehar estbd.. 1485 Village & Post : Kaithi (Markandey)<br />P.S.: Chaubeypur,<br />Distt. Varanasi. PIN: 221116.<br />Website- chatting- www.1857-amartyramongpwwbks.com<br /><br /><br />Dear Reader<br /><br /> We have just celebrated 150 th anniversary of the 1857 uprising against the tyranny of the John Company and its aftermath. While the Mughul empire totally disintegrated, small zamindars evaded annihilation by hiding the existence of the mutineers/ rebellions amongst themselves, in order to survive with the art of living peaceably for the sake of zamindari rights for their children and entry in Civil Services created by British for their grand children, and very wise men also chose to ignore the sacrifice of their grand-fathers, in order to simply survive. It was not virtuous to nurture and cherish the dead, the plebeian riff-raff who were the driving force of the rebellion, as they ignited the fire which engulfed thousands of innocent families. Like the British philosopher Jeremy Bentham, their ideal was security and not liberty. “Wars and best to read of, but peace and calms are better to endure.”<br /> I had read a paper on the topic of one such rebellious Raghuvanshi Rajput of Katehar, by name of Jaipal Singh, in the ICHR meet of 1982 and have requeated for a re-read (although at a short notice )the same in 2006 ICHR-proceedings, on the ground of its topical nature .<br />2. I have also written to Govt. of India and U.P.C.M. on to take-up the martyrdom, of Jaipal Singh, in 1857/58 mutiny, alongside Kunwar Singh of Aarrah, and facilitate visitors from around the world to come and see the house of Jaipal Singh, for which I am ready to provide all basic amenities as required by Ms. Ambica Soni in her recent reply to a question by Sri Mahendra Mohan of S.P. in Rajya Sabha (with whatever little help, assistance, guidance and recognition from the State Govt. as required by the Center)<br />3. I am releasing the said paper read by me in 1982 with annexures as proof and the genealogical table of the 1st House of Katehar, to which the said martyr belonged and figures in the table.<br />4. there are letters of Central Govt. (AST) and State Govt. about the authenticity of the subject matter and my approach to the topic for last 25 years.<br /><br />PRAYER<br /> One and all is welcome to raise queries on my e. mail identity (spsinghnavy@ hotmail.com and other noted below.) and is also welcome to a visit and a glimpse of the house of martyr Jaipal Singh of 1857 struggle for independence.<br /><br />Awaiting to hear from you.<br /> Yours truly,<br />(Suresh Pratap Singh)<br />R.M.House N.16/132-B, Vinayka, Kamachha,<br />Varanasi-221010(INDIA)<br />Cell – 09935398306<br />Phone: 0542-2361159,022-27745804<br />And at E-4,6/23 Spaghetti,Sector-15,Kharghar,Navi-Mumbai-410210(Maharashtra<br />Phone:022-27745804,Mobile:09967496749/O9935398306<br />e-mail: singhsp65@yahoo.com <a href="mailto:singh.suresh99@gmail.com">singh.suresh99@gmail.com</a> / <a href="mailto:spsinghesq@rediffmail.com">spsinghesq@rediffmail.com</a></div>S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-76080708626194999402009-04-22T22:07:00.000-07:002009-04-22T22:11:18.866-07:00to publishers around the world-your kind attention, pl.Dated-20/04/2009<br />To,<br /><br />The Publishers around the World<br /><br />Through the Internet<br /><br /><br />Dear Sirs,<br /><br /> Re.: Publication of my book; “The Plebeians who would be kings”.<br /><br /> Synopsis and gist available on the following site:<br /><br />www.1857-amartyramongpwwbks.com<br /><br /><br /> To highlight the book on the history of the Raghuvanshies of Ayodhya made to shift to Varanasi or Benares in around 1194 AD at the behest of the Gaharwar King of Kashi, Kannauj and Ayodhya,after the imminent attack of Mohammad Ghori(invited to displace and eliminate Prithvi Raj Chauhan for abducting Princess Sanyukta of the Gaharwars and marrying her),and specially 600 years of their status in the history books as “independent land-owners” of the parganas of Dobhi in Jaunpur and Sultanipur and Katehar in Ghazipur and Varanasi and Narwan, Mahaich and Barah in Chandauli, till the time Lord Cornwallis deputed one Jonnathan Duncan as his Agent in Varanasi to survey and settle all the independent Raghuvanshies on their lands with a lease-deed under the seal of the East India Company and to extract payment of cess and land-revenue from all of them.This is the famous “permanent settlement of Cornwallis and Duncan, and I have dealt with it in detail to record for posterity.<br /><br />However,the most amazing thing is the status of parganas after parganas(a pargana is a group of about a hundred to three hundred revenue villages,akin to a sub division ) as independent land holding of one sect of Rajputs,viz.the raghuvanshies,without any over-lord or a Raja or even any king of Delhi Darbar.The Raghuvanshies paid no cess,no revenue ,or any rent,whatsoever to anyone at all.There were no war-lords of the medieval Great Britain amogst them to give them protection from the passing-by marauders,like the Bengal expeditionary might of the Afgan King of Delhi,in 1545Ad,which did demolish the mud-fortress of the famous Chieftain Doman or Dyumn deo of Chandravati,whose horse walked on the river Ganges and who saved himself,thus, from the persuing Afgans,assembled in the Zinwa near Markandey Mahadev.<br /><br />It would be interesting to come across anything anywhere in the world history,which could compare with the suzerainty of the Raghuvanshies of Katehar and Dobhi of our story.No wonder historians like Nurul Hassan Siddiqui have dubbed them as Hindu Kings after the fall of the Gaharwar empire of Kashi,Kannauj and Ayodhya in around 1194 AD,from where on the Raghuvanshies took-over as no more than the tillers of the soil in order to subsist and fend for their children and developed as a mighty force,so as to be dubbed as the only other Hindu Kings after the Gharwars.<br />That also may explain the title of the book written by me.<br />There were no pretensions either from their chieftains,or big share-holders and the landed-gentry, but they could befriend mighty warriors and Kings of Delhi or Sultans of Sharquee dynasty at Jaunpur.Once they had to flee in 1320Ad when quite by chance Ghiasuddin Tuglaq set his eyes upon them and learnt of their status of being independent land-owners. But whatever transpired, I can hardly imagine the Emperor sent his troops to recall them and carry on with the business of their cultivation as usual. Lodi King Sikander Lodi befriended Dyumn Deo and was persuaded to stop demolition of Hindu temples in Varanasi, by him Sher Shah Suri,in fact, spent fifteen years of his youth in Dyumn Deo’s stable, and robbed boats at night on the river Sai. Sher Shah even invited Dyumn Deo to Delhi and issued a Grant on paper what was already a fact. that no cess was to be levied on the Raghuvanshies.<br />There was only a small princely attitude of recording the pedigree ,by olden days Court-bards, descendants of the ones who came from Ayodhya and every village maintaining their genealogical tables, in Persian or Baithauuwa-Urdu.One such table provided me my clue as to who we were.Other than the famous Bhrigu-sanhita horoscope recorder in Lucknow, Pd. Parmeshwar Dwevedi at Major Banks Road, from where my quest began about the most ordinary sort of tillers of the land, not only connected to a famous lineage but also to an extra-ordinary style of establishing suzerainty over their landed belongings and manage to carve-out a niche on six hundred years of revenue history.<br /><br />I came about doing this work, on the utterings of a palm-reader that I was destined to record a link of our ancestors with the coming generations and I should make a few copies and distribute it among the hordes of my country-cousins (whom we take more seriously than in the UK and the US )and that should be about all. No more fuss And that, exactly, is what I propose doing. I have written the CD and will take-out a print or two and then look for a printing machine in New Delhi’s Dariyaganj or some place equally suitable as the case may be.<br /><br />But, surely I would love one of you guys take sufficient interest in my story and open my website:www.1857-amartyramongpwwbks.com and print the detailed story of the social surroundings of this proud, if poor, cultivators of land since 1194 AD till date, in which I have even translated the Sanskrit epic on the first known World-conqueror, Raghu, in “Raghuvansh Mahakavya” by the great poet Kalidas, (comparable only to Shakespear ) which is a delight to read and brings tears of compassion to ones eyes(specially to the Raghuvanshies as Raghu was our own ancestor,including more than twenty generations after him).<br /><br />I regret I have not been able to do justice of rearranging the setting of the chapters, which I thought was the publishers prerogative. If I produce the copies without any outside publisher’s help, there will be a crude version as the outcome. But I can’t really wait, I have very little time at my disposal and I must leave the finished product behind me, as I am the one who is destined to do it.<br /><br />Thanking you, gentlemen for your kind attention and a little bit of patience to hear me out. If you do feel inclined to publish this work, I could send to you a copy of the CD for going through the entire story for yours and the Advisory Board’s decision for printing the same,and oblige me and the present day Raghuvanshies clan around the world,which would likely take all of three hundred pages in the finished format of a book.<br /><br /><br />Yours truly<br />Suresh Pratap Singh<br />Chartered Engineer (London)<br />Marine Chief Engineer<br />Cultivator and tenant of Village Kaithi, Katehar. 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His area of influence was not limited to Arrah only, but was far and wide and had the effect of “terrorizing” the British East India Company upto Kanpur. There is no official document on his movements and marching of his forces, as the British were demoralized by his sudden charges in most unlikely places. Many brave hearts joined him wherever he passed-by forever swelling his armed-forces of untrained masses, all the time,with the passage of time. He was ably and just as bravely assisted by his younger brother Amar Singh, and consequently the command of forces, looking for an occasion to punish the white invaders, came in Amar Singh’s hands after the death of Kunwar Singh in April 1858.Amar Singh, thereafter adopted the tactics of guerilla warfare against the well-organised Company’s troops.<br /> <br /> How Kunwar Singh joined the rebellions is not quite clear and neither has there been enough research on the original and the documentary evidence on the archives of the EIC, the East India Company’s officials of the sub-divisions ,and in the district head-quarters and at the Divisional Commissioner’s records of that time. Nishan Singh’s evidence, recorded much later, can be described as close to truth, but not as total and complete in itself.<br /><br /> Kunwar Singh may have joined the rebellious soldiers of Danapur Cantonment, an important military establishment near Patna, after 25th July 1857,who were in need of a leader and Kunwar Singh’s liaison with them resulted in turning the trained and uniformed soldiers westwards and have a rendezvous with Kunwar Singh in the night of 26th/27th July,1857.There had been an under-current of simmering discontent in Bihar for sometime, now and the British taxation of revenue-rents and cess on both the landed-gentry and the ryotts were harsh and back-breaking. Both classes had become bankrupt and financially ruined to turn sour against the white-skinned self-appointed adjudicators and administrators of the local problems, as well as over-lording the populace with further harsh measures, bringing about further financial stringencies, to them.<br /><br /> During such scenes of hardships, Babu Kunwar Singh’s pow-wow with a nasty british divisional commissioner exacting a severe and further back-breaking cess imposed locally by the Commissioner, without the usual consent of the Board of Revenue at Calcutta and passage of the enhancement orders through the council of the Governor-General for final consent and Order of the same, before being implemented on ryotts, became the proverbial last straw on Babu Kunwar Singh’s conscience against tolerating any further the whole lot of corrupt East India Company’s officials from the Governor-General on the top to the young sub-divisional magistrates, locally. And a battle ensued as a last resort against tyranny of the white intruders from both the zamindars and the peasantry alike as a cohesive force, otherwise always at daggers drawn.<br /> This conflict presented Kunwar Singh, the seventy years old zamindar an occasion to express his own resentments against the Commissioner with judicious leadership to all and a personal spirit of a fierce freedom fighter, always leading the forces under his command, bravely and astutely like a trained soldier, moving to every corner of the skirmishes of his men and appear in a spot suddenly as a surprise element to fox the trained soldiers under the British.The gathering of unlikely fighting forces fought so well that of the four hundred strong force under Capt. Danbar starting from Arrah on 29th July,1857,only fifty could escape annihilation. Divisional Commissioner Taylor, in Patna was quite aghast, and it was arranged to call Artillery Commander Vincent Ayyar, stationed at Buxor to Arrah. So the tides turned and by 2nd/3rd August, Kunwar Singh had lost the battle of Beebiganj and Arrah, eventually fell in the hands of the Company. The Europeans in the custody of Kunwar Singh remained unmolested and unharmed and for which Babu kunwar Singh earned much praise from the British.<br /><br /> After loosing at Beebiganj, Kunwar Singh retreated to Jagdishpur, his ancestral home-town. All the while he was hotly persued by Vincent Ayyar where they clashed once more, in August itself and Kunwar Singh was defeated again. He had to leave Jagdishpur to take shelter in the foothills of Rohtas, Instead of bending down to superior forces or the old age of his own. He was not yet a spent force and had some more fight left in him. He planned to proceed to central India, leaving a strong contingent under his younger brother, Amar Singh.<br /><br /> At this stage there are varying views on Kunwar Singh’s expeditionary forces traveling outside Bihar. S.N.Sen thinks he proceeded to Mirzapur on leaving Rohtas and parts of Rewa, which had recorded his presence, as threatening, to themselves. By and by, his comrades left him and he felt he could not take-on the Raja of Rewa (a British lackey) and decided to turn towards Banda, where he was given the offer to join forces with Nana Saheb or the Gwalior contingent. In fact,on invitations from both the freedom fighters, he was to partake in the Kanpur attack. If we go by the statements of Nishan Singh, Kunwar Singh did participate in Kanpur skirmishes and after the reverses of Tatya Tope in Kanpur, he did not join the Marathas (who left for Kalpi),but preferred to proceed to Lucknow. There he was welcomed by Wali who ordered him to proceed to Azamgarh. In Azamgarh, he had captured Azamgarh by March 1858. But tides were turning and the confidence of the British forces was now on the ascendancy,after the fall of Lucknow, Azamgarh, too, was soon recaptured by them.<br /><br /> Under the circumstances, Kunwar singh was left with no option, but to head for Bihar and while crossing the Ganges at Shivpur ghats(banks) a stray bullet fired by a british soldier hit his right arm. The brave old chief decided to give an offering to the mother Ganges and severed his wounded arm and gave it to the mother with due reverence. He was to come across stiff resistance in his last journey too. Legrand in-charge of Arrah Garrison attacked the wounded warrior, but lost badly and was killed on the 23rd of April,1858.Kunwar Singh recaptured his fiefdom of Jagdishpur and was hailed as the victorious chief of the first struggle for Independence and thus came about his end on the 24th of April 1858.Eversince,the 23rd of April is commemorated as the Victory-Day of<br />Kunwar Singh.<br />Historians seem to agree on one thing that Kunwar Singh was one such rebellion who did not wait for the british-led forces to attack, first, but took initiative on his own to pin-point the chink in the armour of the brits and there-on attack and annihilate the enemy. He was a leader who did not confine himself to known surroundings, but ventured-out and tasted victory gaining praise from the local commanders, while many others were too timid to leave their own back-yards. Britishers held him in an awe for these fighting qualities in him and the prowess acquitted by him in the 1857-uprising,till 24th of April 1858.The popular leader is immortalized in the folk-lores and folk-songs by the populace of that area even today. In one sonnet he is described as the master of the art of swordsmanship, in the following way.<br /><br /> Bangala pe udela abir ho lala, bangala pe udela abir,<br /> <br /> Ho Babu,aho Babu Kunwar Singh Tegwa Bahadur,<br /><br /> Bangla pe udela abir.<br /><br /><br /> While Kunwar Singh ventured outside Bihar, his younger brother Amar Singh carried on a war of attrition on the british bully, in power through various deceits. After the fall of Jagdishpur to General Ayer, Amar Singh hid himself in the Camoor hills and operated a guerilla war-fare with the enemy. He cut –off communication lines between Gaya and Sasaram. The peasantry had decided in favour of the rebels in the entire Sahabad district, which added greatly to the anxieties of the Commissioner in Patna. A bounty of Rs.2000/- was announced for the capture of Amar Singh. But least deterred by such announcements of the British, he challenged them further by cutting down the telegraph-line at Kudra on the G.T.Road on the 16th of September.<br /><br /> On demise of Kunwar Singh, on the 24th of April,1858,Amar Singh took charge of the command of the rebellious forces. Englishmen were much concerned about their dwindling fortunes after the disastrous end of Capt. Le-Grand. In May General Lugard arrived from Azamgarh and proceeded to completely destroy and demolish Jagdishpur and was planning to burn down the entire forestry surrounding Jagdishpur, but by then Amar Singh had brought enforcement from across the Ganges from Gahmar in Ghazipur, under the command of Maighar Singh of the Sakarwars, by June and once again Shahabad came under the rebellions control and the rebellion contingent started to govern the district with the help of Hare Krishna Singh. Bounties were announced on English officers and on the heads of the Britisher’s agent as well, and they were punished duly. <br /><br /> Leaving big places like Arrah, Ramgarh and Chausa, small police stations were threatened by the rebellions and their in-charges were fleeing from their posts. Divisions were renamed on villages names ,e.g.: Chauganyee and Karisath.The new commander of the British forces Douglas took charge in October 1858 and began the exercise of crushing the rebellions by seeking them out of their hidden places. This kept Amar Singh on the move continually, although he was to take over as the Commander-in –chief of the rebellious forces after Nana Saheb left for Nepal in October 1859,but the Rana of Nepal siding the British had him arrested in December and was lodged in the Gorakhpur jail where he succumbed to illness on the 5th of February 1860.There is a folk-lore about the two heroes of Jagdishpur, thus.-<br /><br /><br /> Tab le Amar Singh bole ka, sun bhaiyya meri bat,<br /><br /> Baithal bhaiyya paan chabao, main angrej ko dekhunga.<br /><br /><br />The JAIPAL SINGH connection:<br /><br /> It is entirely a guess work, specially after the destruction of his recent records by the mischievous Chaubeys by throwing it in the Gomti, Banshi Kavi, our family bard had maintained a hush-hush all along these years, as did my great grand-father. But my Kaka and my eldest sister, now 85 ventured to relate some loose tales of about twenty muskets being found in the drainage system, in the inner court-yard of Sees Chand Mansion ‘s older version on being demolished at the behest of Ghazipur Collector Mr.Moss, in 1928 to give way to a pucca haveli in it’s place, after Thakur Ram Rup Singh had joined the Civil Services at Ghazipur under Moss. All the above paraphernalia including Lazims and jhals for soldierly exercises of the locals were dumped in the well that had existed since the times of earlier settlers, the seories. All this exercise was to cover-up any trace of rebellion from this village, as a gentleman from the first house (primus inter pares) had gone and joined the rebellious forces of Kunwar Singh and had perished there-by or may have even joined the brother, later-on. And, instead perished in the Gorakhpur jail having been intercepted by the forces of Rana Jung Bahadur of Nepal, come to Terai to help the British. This could be established on scrutiny of the papers of Nishan Singh’s statements about the movements of Kunwar Sing and the list of his associates and the entire regimentation of civilians. There was another Raghuvanshy brave from the Chhayee in the same village who had accompanied Jaipal Singh to leave the village for the same purpose, by name of Gurubaksh Singh. Someone has to take-on from here to establish the names of the two martyrs from Kaithi, Katehar. After a lapse of 125 years, I was able to establish the martyrdom of at least Jaipal Singh and read a paper in the 43rd History conference in 1982, through researches in Gaya’s Panda’s (Kankata panda) archives, our Sazra and the women folk’s recital for ancestor’s blessings for the newly born, in a ritual known as “purakha-jagana” (from Madan Chand to Rishabh Deo Singh, during my son’s birth) My efforts to have it registered in UP Govt’s. Records were undone by a jealous clerk in the Varanasi-collectorate, specially being a Rajput himself, he just would’nt send it to the government in Lucknow.<br /><br /><br />Suresh Pratap Singh and Sunny Sees Chand (II), paying tribute and obeisance to Babu Kuwar Singh-Tegava Bahadur, his brother Amar Singh and their own ancestor Babu Jaipal Singh on this day, the 23rd of April commemorated as the Victory-Day of Babu Kunwar Singh.S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619619204640581647.post-75704934216405398952009-04-02T01:57:00.000-07:002009-04-02T02:02:49.511-07:00invitation to all and sundry to kaithi victory tower of RAI KHEMRAJ SINGHJUDEO<span style="color:#000099;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Further to Rai Khemraj Singh’s Victory Tower at Kaithi(Katehar,Varanasi)</span></strong><br /></span> There is no denying the fact that there has to be a joint venture of all Raghuvanshies of not only Kaithi but of all the Katehar and Dobhi not so much for their cooperation and financial and all other kinds of help but to escape the rancour and ill-will of the usual type of Thakur community’s pattidari hype and one-up manship in their blood,starting from the time a male off-spring is born in a family and women-folk go begging from house to house to kindly spare the newly-born of any ill-will and past-discord.More so in Kaithi,as the saying goes about a thakur of Kaithi to be more complicated than a’Jalebi’.So I most humbly pray and beg of all the mighty leaders of the society,habitually for at least five generations,since JagLal singhji traveled to Hyderabad and changed the shape of things to come as well as shifting the leadership of the first family after the dowager princess Hansa Kunwar’s reign became intolerable to the neo riches,to kindly permit me to proceed with the exercise in glorification of their’s as well as mine and of thousands of others common ancestor ,who established us in Kaithi and Katehar as well .The sight shall not be approved unless they stand with me ,shoulder to shoulder,forgetting all animosity of the past and of the present as well,of any popular humiliation of the past generation and confrontation of the recent past,in our own times which may be still smouldering,owing to the and through the so called henchmen.<br /> Similarly,the envy of our another branch in Dobhi shall also be tried to overcome and I ,hereby seek their kind cooperation in raising a victory tower of the ancestors of their cousins,in the north-east situate pargana of Katehar.They have such a wonderful monument to Ganesh Rai in Dobhi’s degree College that they fret for us not having any thing of that sort of our own to celeberate the reign of the Raghuvanshies of Katehar and prominent among them being my elder Dr.Ram Janam Singh even tried acquiring land and of building a girl’s school or something to throw lime-light on our long existence in the area.So ,very naturally,I urge upon him to come to our rescue on this “RAM-NAVMI” day to make a consciencous effort to bind us together ,not only with the Dobhi-clan,but to use his influence to bind the Raghuvanshies of Katehar togather. Apart from monetary help,without strings attached,and without asking,it would be so wonderful to have all connected parties not only cooperation but also a full-fledged collaboration in the project,by way of suggesting drawings and designs of the proposed structure and the text of the epitah on our ancestor’s achievements in settling the pargana of Katehar with off-springs of his eleven brothers and of his own as well,including the legendry Dyuman Deo’s grand-father in Chandravati.<br /> For that,I propose throwing get-togather meal invitations to one and all of the family .with no formal printed cards,but from word of mouth and perhaps through the columns of the popular ‘Dainik Jagran’.There we can converge and haggle together on various aspects of the design and in the process shower the blessings on my humble project and on me.<br />One has to be aware of the jealousies of others as well,calling it an upper-cast propaganda item and try to stop the work’s progress through the elected members of the assembly and government functionaries,even though it would be entirely a private and family affair and being carried-out on my private property,without seeking anyone’s help.Three years ago Dinesh etc. tried to make two pillars in our ‘Bag Malikan’,which was opposed by the Yadav community living around the Bhumidhari-plot of ours did not brook our act and by and by demolished the two four feet tall pillars,without any protest from the hordes of thakurs visiting Markandey Mahadeo every day,as the demolition squad on the quiet had the blessing of one group or the other,which was also well known.Such is the petty politics of the local thakurs.So,I have to plead with folded hands to all such powerful centres of our cousins that I shall not begin the project unless I have their full agreement and unrequitted support. And the henchmen associated shall be asked to leave our ancestors alone,and leave their proposed memorials alone as well.<br /> I do not mind going from door to door and like the women folk beg for mercy on the newly-born I can ask for mercy on the proposed memorial of our common ancestor to be installed in the wilderness,surrounded by hostile(to our property in general and to my plot No;615 in parti cular) populace,owing allegiance to some powerful centre or to some past-Zamindar,always ready to come forwad in the harm’s way.But we would lie to avoid the harm’s way and are ever ready to extend a handshake of friendship,short of forgoing our proprietary rights on our joint Bhumidhari of S.N.614 etc.,for some political party to build shops and another political party to build a pucca road along side my plot no.615.And as I am always put forward as the spokesman for the village,I am put to harm elsewhere by usurping my land for building a private road or a road leading to Mushar’s hamlet,without ever bothering to take my permission.So I know I have to be prepared for some sort of loss somewhere because of my grandiose scheme.I only seek your sympathy and support and the rest I can look after on my own purusharha and resources as then I will be around the town all the time.<br />SURESH PRATAP SINGH DATED- 02/04/2009S P Singh Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03741694152896961203noreply@blogger.com0