Family history of maharaja digvijay singh of balrampur estate under the kingdom of lukno audh yer 1600?

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BALRAMPUR RAJ (History) The Royal family of Balrampur traces its ancestry to the noble Chandravanshi (Lunar dynasty) stock of Rajputs. They claim decent form the great Pandava hero Arjun of the Mahabharata. Descendents of king Janmejay (great grand son of Arjun Pandava) settled in the Panchmahal area of Gujrat and ruled from Pawagarh Fort naming the principality Arjanwara, which later got corrupted to Janwaara. Having migrated to the Himalayan Terai from Janwaara in the 13th century they came to be known as Janwaar Rajputs. During the reign of Mohammad Tughlaq, a rebellion broke out in the Terai region. Bariar Shah, youngest son of Raja Mansukh Deo (41st generation from Arjun) was chosen to command the Imperial Army from Delhi to suppress the rebellion. Having successfully executed his task in the campaign, Bariar Shah was granted large tracts of land and restored a hereditary title of Raja by a special Farman ( Royal edict) from the Sultan Mohamad Tughlaq .Thus a new dynasty of the Janwaar Rajputs began which ruled from Ikauna (in present day Sravasti District, close to the ancient capital of Sravasti). Seven generations from Bariar Shah, Raja Madho Singh acquired the new principality of Ramgarh Gauri and shifted his base renaming the capital of Ramgarh to Balrampur to commemorate the name of his younger son Balramdas Shah who had bravely fought and was martyred in the battle during acquisition of Ramgarh Gauri. From then onward the principality came to be known as Balrampur Raj. The Balrampur Raj shot into prominence in the mid 19th century during the rule of His Highness The Honorable Maharaja Sir Digvijay Singh Bahadur K.C.S.I. It became by far, the largest Taluqdari of Oudh(Avadh) in the United Province (Uttar Pradesh) covering an area of 1300 squre miles and owning 3014 villages. Genealogical Line of succession from Raja Bariar Shah. 1. Raja Bariar Shah (1269-1305A.D) 2. Raja Achal Deo (1305-1321) 3. Raja Dhir Shah (1321-1363) 4. Raja Ram Shah (1363-1388) 5. Raja Vishnu Shah (1388-1404) 6. Raja Ganga Singh (1404-1439) 7. Raja Madho Singh (1339-1480) 8. Raja Kalyan Shah (1480-1500) 9. Raja Pran Chand (1500-1546) 10. Raja Tej Shah (1546-1600) 11. Raja Harbansh Singh(1600-1645) 12. Raja Chhatra Singh (1645-1695) 13. Raja Narain Singh (1695-1737) 14. Raja Prithvi Pal Singh (1737-1781) 15. Raja Naval Singh (1781-1817) 16. Raja Arjun Singh (1817-1830) 17. Raja Jai Narain Singh (1830-1836) 18. H.H.H Maharaja Bahadur Sir Digvijay Singh K.C.S.I (1836-1882) 19. Maharani Indra Kuwari (1882-1893) 20. H.H.H Maharaja Bahadur Sir Bhagwati Prasad Singh K.C.S.I,K.B.E,K.C.I.E (1893-1921) 21. H.H.H Maharaja Bahadur Sir Pateshwari Prasad Singh K.T,K.C.I.E (1921-1964) 22. (Maharaja) Dharmendra Prasad Singh(1964-)