Naam ghum jayega chera ye badal jayega yaad aaye kabhi meri aawaz he pahachan hai aagar aiad rahe jane oh! kaise log kaise khushi kee manzil dhondi Yogi --- Henry Soszynski <[email protected]> wrote: > >Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:57:20 -0700 > >X-From_: [email protected] Wed Nov 3 > 09:57:19 2004 > >From: <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Old-Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 11:57:18 -0500 > >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.43 on UQ Mailhub > >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 > >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit > by lists2.rootsweb.com id > iA3GvJLF017565 > >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list > >Subject: {not a subscriber} About Raja Tikait Rai- > request more info > >X-Envelope-To: INDIA-ROYALTY-L > >X-Sorbs: not_in_sorbs > >X-Spam-Score: 0.285 (), 5 = high > >X-UQ-Spam-Score: UQ-Spam-Score (0.285), 5 = high > > Allcon- I am looking for help in unearthing the > family history of Raja Tikait > Rai, Diwan of Awadh during Asaf-ud-daula time and > brother of Nirmal Das, who > had held Bahraich and managed the Bahu Begam's jagir > In the beginning of the > nineteenth century. Raja Tikait Rai participated in > the Ist war of > Independence > on behalf of Awadh and had to seek refuge after the > fall of Awadh to the > British forces. There are differing accounts on what > happened to his family > after the defeat of the Indian forces. Raja Tikait > Rai's family survived and > some of the decendents are spread across UP and > Delhi, but the full > account of > each generation and what they did and where they > lived is missing. I would > appreciate any insights or pointers to any > historical accounts - like their > palaces/houses/marriages. I have access to Raja > Tikait Rai's Sizra up until > the > recent additionas to the ancenstor's hierarchy (in > case some one needs to know > something). > > The following names apprear to have lived during the > same time and arouund the > area of Gonda, Baharaich, Balrampur, Lucknow etc; > Raja Datt singh, Udit Singh, > Mangal Singh and Pahlwan Singh, Zalim Singh,a > Surajbansi of Amarha,Sheo Prasad > Singh,Raja Jai Singh, an English officer with > business in salt and indigo > works > at Gauhani (in Digsir), Rani Phul Kunwar , Hindupat > Singh ,Guman Singh., > Mardan > Ram & Bakhtawar Ram, Bhawan Dutt -the banker, > Sanumam Singh,son of Madho > Singh of Mahnon, Debi Baksh Singh,son of Daljeet > Singh > > Thanks > Ajay > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com