Saturday, December 22, 2012

CHAINPUR and TEUS

Chainpur Estate always had matrimonial alliances with several big Zamindars of Bihar and UP.

One such notable alliance was with the Zamindar family of Teus.

One of the most famous zamindar personalities of Teus - Babu Krishna Baldeo Prasad Singh was married into a family from Chainpur and his younger brother Babu Lal Narayan Singh also married into the same family of Chainpur. Because of this matrimony, both the brothers were granted a Zamindari Revenue of Rs 8000 ( Rupees Eight Thousand per annum - early 1900's figure - today worth in crores) but with debt too. They successfully paid of the debt which they got from their in-laws.

Babu Krishna Baldeo N. Singh and his younger brothers namely - Babu Lal Narayan Singh , Babu Gopal Narayan Singh and Babu Radhe Shyam Singh were one of the high-profile families of Teus Babuani. They held several important political positions and served as MLCs for the province of Bihar.