Raja Pratap Singh


Raja Pratap Singh
Barauli
Founder Rao of Barauli
Succeeded byRao Ran ju
Personal details
ChildrenRao Ran ju, Rao BasantPal, Rao Jatu ji, Rao Hathi Shah & Rao Budhan Dev

Raja Pratap Singh was the founder Raja of Barauli, in the Aligarh district.[1] He close associate of Prithiviraj Chauhan, who founded his kingdom with capital at Barauli near Bulandshahar after defeating the Meos from Pahasu, Dibai and Anupshahr. He belonged to the royal Bargujar family of Macheri area near Alwar and was invited by Prithviraj Chauhan to this area.[2][1]

He settled in Pahasu in the centre of his newly acquired estate, where he rapidly acquired great power.[3][page needed] Raja Pratap Singh married the daughter of Raja Door and populated the town of Barauli in Samvat 1122 (1065 AD) when there were 1656 villages attached to it.[4][full citation needed][5][better source needed]

References

  1. ^ a b Sarkar, Jadunath (1991). Fall Of Mughal Empire Vol-3 (hb). Orient Longman. p. 99-104, 156. ISBN 9788125017615. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. ^ (India), Uttar Pradesh (1980). Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Bulandshahr. Government of Uttar Pradesh. pp. 20, 295. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. ^ North-western provinces (1876). Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces of India, ed. by E.T. Atkinson [and others].
  4. ^ Second supplement to Who's who in India: brought up to 1914. Newul Fishore press. 1914. ... the daughter of Raja Door and populated the town of Barauli in Samvat 1122 (1065 A. D.) when there were 1656 villages attached to it.
  5. ^ Full text of "Second supplement to Who's who in India [microform] : brought up to 1914"