Kohra (estate) - Revision history

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	'''Kohra''' was ~~an estate (~~[[~~taluqdari~~]]) of [[Oudh]], [[British India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book \|last=Mukherjee \|first=Rudrangshu \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TiWNAvhoLkkC&q=Kohrah \|title=Awadh in revolt, 1857-1858: a study of popular resistance \|year=2002 \|publisher=Anthem \|isbn=1-84331-075-9 \|pages=179, 195 \|oclc=843003664}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book \|last=Nevill \|first=H. R. \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113213/page/n111/mode/2up?q=Kohra \|title=Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume Xlvi Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh \|date=1903 \|publisher=Allahabad: Govt. Press United Provinces \|pages=101–102}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8KQIAAAAQAAJ&q=Kohra \|title=Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh \|date=1877 \|publisher=Oudh Government Press \|pages=45–50 \|language=en}}</ref> The estate was ruled by the [[Bandhalgoti]] clan of the [[Kachhwaha]] [[Rajput]]s.<ref name=":0" /> Now it is part of [[Amethi district]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India.		'''Kohra''' was a [[Taluqdar]]i estate of [[Oudh]], [[British India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book \|last=Mukherjee \|first=Rudrangshu \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TiWNAvhoLkkC&q=Kohrah \|title=Awadh in revolt, 1857-1858: a study of popular resistance \|year=2002 \|publisher=Anthem \|isbn=1-84331-075-9 \|pages=179, 195 \|oclc=843003664}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book \|last=Nevill \|first=H. R. \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113213/page/n111/mode/2up?q=Kohra \|title=Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume Xlvi Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh \|date=1903 \|publisher=Allahabad: Govt. Press United Provinces \|pages=101–102}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8KQIAAAAQAAJ&q=Kohra \|title=Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh \|date=1877 \|publisher=Oudh Government Press \|pages=45–50 \|language=en}}</ref> The estate was ruled by the [[Bandhalgoti]] clan of the [[Kachhwaha]] [[Rajput]]s.<ref name=":0" /> Now it is part of [[Amethi district]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India.

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	[[File:Kohra ~~Rajmahal - Dec 2022~~.jpg\|thumb\|Kohra Palace]]		[[File:Rajbhawan of Kohra Estate.jpg\|thumb\|Kohra Palace]]

	== History ==		== History ==
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	* Babu Umanath Singh (1993–2017)		* Babu Umanath Singh (1993–2017)
	* Babu Raghvendra Pratap Singh (2017–Present)		* Babu Raghvendra Pratap Singh (2017–Present)

	~~== Notable descendants ==~~

	* [[Babu Bhoop Singh]] (1820–1890), was prominent leader in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] and led a rebellion against the British forces in 1857.<ref name=":10" />
	* Babu Umanath Singh (1936–2017), was a [[Professor]] of [[Avadh University]]. He was a founding member of Uttar Pradesh History Congress.<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTILPAAACAAJ \|title=Uttar Pradesh History Congress: Proceedings of the I Session, T.N.P.G. College, Tanda, 1985 \|date=1986 \|publisher=Uttar Pradesh History Congress \|language=en}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	~~== References ==~~
	~~{{Reflist}}~~

	~~[[Category:History of Uttar Pradesh]]~~
	~~[[Category:Zamindari estates]]~~
	~~[[Category:Amethi]]~~
	~~[[Category:Amethi district]]~~
	~~[[Category:Rajput estates]]~~

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	~~== See also ==~~
	* [[Kohra, Amethi\|Kohra]]
	* [[Amethi]]

	== References ==		== References ==

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	~~== Notable descendants ==~~
	* [[Babu Bhoop Singh]] (1820–1890), was prominent leader in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] and led a rebellion against the British forces in 1857.
	* [[Shiv Bahadur Singh of Kohra\|Babu Shiv Bahadur Singh]] (1923–1993), was a [[Freedom fighter]].
	* Umanath Singh (1936–2017), was a [[Professor]] of [[Avadh University]]. He was a founding member of Uttar Pradesh History Congress.<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTILPAAACAAJ \|title=Uttar Pradesh History Congress: Proceedings of the I Session, T.N.P.G. College, Tanda, 1985 \|date=1986 \|publisher=Uttar Pradesh History Congress \|language=en}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	~~== History ==~~
	[[Narwar]] Nagar was of [[Madhya Pradesh]] was the original place of this Taluq. Rajkumar Sodh Dev of Narwargarh established the kingdom of [[Amethi]] in 966 and became the first Raja of Amethi.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Lethbridge \|first=Sir Roper \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pHZDAAAAYAAJ&q=Narw%C3%A1rgarh+ \|title=Prominent Indians of Victorian Age: A Biographical Dictionary \|date=1985 \|publisher=Archives Rare Prints \|pages=294 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Lethbridge \|first=Sir Roper \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&q=Narw%C3%A1rgarh+ \|title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire \|date=2005 \|publisher=Aakar Books \|isbn=978-81-87879-54-1 \|pages=294 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Lorimer \|first=John Gordon \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NL0sAQAAMAAJ&q=Narwargarh \|title=Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ʻOmān, and Central Arabia: Historical. 4 v \|date=1970 \|publisher=Gregg \|pages=26 \|language=en}}</ref> [[Babu Himmat Sah\|Rajkumar Himmat Sah]], the younger son of Raja Bikram Sah, his descendant, established Kohra (estate) on the day of [[Ganga Dussehra]] in 1636 and established Lord Chaturbhuj and Shiva temple as the first establishment, then built Kohra Fort, where he was crowned.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite book \|last=Millett \|first=A. F. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=imgBAAAAQAAJ&q=Kohra \|title=Report on the settlement of the land revenue of the Sultánpur district. [With] Accompaniments \|date=1873 \|pages=155 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news \|date=14 August 2022 \|title=कोहरा तालुकेदार भूप सिंह ने लिया था फिरंगियों से लोहा \|language=hi \|pages=1(MyCity) \|work=Amar Ujala \|url=https://epaper.amarujala.com/amethi/my-city/20220814/01.html?format=img&ed_code=amethi \|access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref> [[Babu Himmat Sah]] was the founder and first ruler of Kohra.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?redir_esc=y&id=0m0-AQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Himmat+Sah \|title=Manual of Titles for Oudh: Showing All Holders of Hereditary and Personal Titles in the Province \|date=1889 \|publisher=Printed at the Government Press, North-Western Provinces and Oudh \|pages=77 \|language=en}}</ref>

	Under British rule, Kohra was scene of numerous battles. [[Babu Bhoop Singh]] of Kohra (estate) had participated in the revolution of 1857. He was involved in the War of Awadh of 1857 and the siege of [[The Residency, Lucknow\|Lucknow residency]] and to stop Colonel Wroughton, he fought historical battles at Chanda, Amhat and Kadunala in [[Sultanpur district]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news \|date=26 January 2010 \|title=1857 की क्रांति में अमेठी का विशेष योगदान \|language=hi \|pages=10 \|work=Dainik Jagran \|access-date=}}</ref> His property was taken under the management of [[Court of Wards (India)\|Court of Wards]] in 1859. The fort of Kohra was leveled in 1859 by order government; its ruins are still to be seen, covered with picturesque clumps of bamboos. On order of [[Calcutta High Court]], by government removed Court of Wards from Kohra in 1870. Later, the estate was ruled by Shiv Datt Singh, who was succeeded by Shiv Dayal Singh.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web \|last=Rathore \|first=Abhinay \|title=Genealogy of Kohra \|url=https://www.indianrajputs.com/view/kohra \|access-date=2023-01-19 \|website=Rajput Provinces of India \|language=en}}</ref>

	After India's independence on 15 August 1947, Kohra (Taluq) estate was merged in [[Dominion of India]] and later [[India\|Republic of India]]. [[Babu Beni Bahadur Singh]] (died 1968), the last ruler of Kohra, actively participated and donated land in [[Bhoodan movement]].<ref name=":5" /> After his death in 1968, his nephew [[Shiv Bahadur Singh of Kohra\|Babu Shiv Bahadur Singh]] proceeded as incumbent titular of Kohra.<ref name=":5" />

	== List of rulers ==		== List of rulers ==

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	After India's independence on 15 August 1947, Kohra (Taluq) estate was merged in [[Dominion of India]] and later [[India\|Republic of India]]. [[Babu Beni Bahadur Singh]] (died 1968), the last ruler of Kohra, actively participated and donated land in [[Bhoodan movement]].<ref name=":5" /> After his death in 1968, his nephew [[Shiv Bahadur Singh of Kohra\|Babu Shiv Bahadur Singh]] proceeded as incumbent titular of Kohra.<ref name=":5" />		After India's independence on 15 August 1947, Kohra (Taluq) estate was merged in [[Dominion of India]] and later [[India\|Republic of India]]. [[Babu Beni Bahadur Singh]] (died 1968), the last ruler of Kohra, actively participated and donated land in [[Bhoodan movement]].<ref name=":5" /> After his death in 1968, his nephew [[Shiv Bahadur Singh of Kohra\|Babu Shiv Bahadur Singh]] proceeded as incumbent titular of Kohra.<ref name=":5" />

	[[Ravindra Pratap Singh]] of the Kohra (estate) was elected an MP from [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency]] in 1977 defeating [[Sanjay Gandhi]] and was elected as an MLA from [[Amethi Assembly constituency]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Members Bioprofile \|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2600.htm \|access-date=24 September 2022 \|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Aron \|first=Sunita \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUywDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT94 \|title=The Dynasty: Born to Rule \|date=1 April 2016 \|publisher=Hay House, Inc \|isbn=978-93-85827-10-5 \|pages=94 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Kulkarni \|first=V. B. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hoEdAAAAMAAJ \|title=My Country and My Rulers \|date=1977 \|publisher=Jaico Press \|page=309 \|language=en}}</ref>

	== List of rulers ==		== List of rulers ==

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	[[Ravindra Pratap Singh]] of the Kohra (estate) was elected an MP from [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency]] in 1977 defeating [[Sanjay Gandhi]] and was elected as an MLA from [[Amethi Assembly constituency]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Members Bioprofile \|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2600.htm \|access-date=24 September 2022 \|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Aron \|first=Sunita \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUywDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT94 \|title=The Dynasty: Born to Rule \|date=1 April 2016 \|publisher=Hay House, Inc \|isbn=978-93-85827-10-5 \|pages=94 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Kulkarni \|first=V. B. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hoEdAAAAMAAJ \|title=My Country and My Rulers \|date=1977 \|publisher=Jaico Press \|page=309 \|language=en}}</ref>		[[Ravindra Pratap Singh]] of the Kohra (estate) was elected an MP from [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency]] in 1977 defeating [[Sanjay Gandhi]] and was elected as an MLA from [[Amethi Assembly constituency]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Members Bioprofile \|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2600.htm \|access-date=24 September 2022 \|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Aron \|first=Sunita \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUywDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT94 \|title=The Dynasty: Born to Rule \|date=1 April 2016 \|publisher=Hay House, Inc \|isbn=978-93-85827-10-5 \|pages=94 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Kulkarni \|first=V. B. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hoEdAAAAMAAJ \|title=My Country and My Rulers \|date=1977 \|publisher=Jaico Press \|page=309 \|language=en}}</ref>

	== List of ~~taluqdars styled as Raja~~ ==		== List of rulers ==
	* [[Babu Himmat Sah]] (~~fl.1636~~)		* [[Babu Himmat Sah]] (17th century)
	* [[Babu Bhoop Singh]] (~~1840–1890~~)		* [[Babu Bhoop Singh]] (19th century)
	* Babu Shiv ~~Datt~~ Singh		* Babu Shiv Dayal Singh
	* Babu ~~Shiv~~ Dayal Singh		* Babu Devi Dayal Singh
	* Babu ~~Gambhir~~ Singh		* Babu Mahaveer Singh
	* [[Babu Beni Bahadur Singh]]		* [[Babu Beni Bahadur Singh]]
	* [[~~Shiv Bahadur Singh of Kohra\|~~Babu Shiv Bahadur Singh]] (1968–1993)		* [[Babu Shiv Bahadur Singh]] (1968–1993)
	* Babu Umanath Singh (1993–2017)		* Babu Umanath Singh (1993–2017)
			* Babu Raghvendra Pratap Singh (2017–Present)

	== Notable descendants ==		== Notable descendants ==

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