Thursday, July 9, 2015

RAJA BAHADUR SEORAJ NANDAN SINGH of SHEOHAR RAJ - 1890


Above is the portrait of Raja BAHADUR SEORAJ NANDAN SINGH, who as RAJA of SEOHAR attended KING GEORGE V's CORONATION DURBAR of DELHI in 1911.
(By the Grace of God, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Iceland
and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India ).

Some of the other Bhumihar rulers who also attended the coronation were -

His Highness the Hon'ble Maha- Raja Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Bahadur, G.C.I.B of Benaras.

The Hon'ble Maharaj -Kumar Gopal Saran Narayan Singh of Tikari.

Raja Ragho Prasad Narayan Singh of Baraon.

The daughter of RAJA BAHADUR SEORAJ NANDAN SINGH would be married into the EKSARIA FAMILY of MAJHA ESTATE while his nephew and RAJA GIRISH NANDAN SINGH would also marry into MAJHA ESTATE.

Seoraj Nandan Singh, succeeded his father (Raja Sheo Nandan Singh) in 1867 , as  a minor. He attained majority in 1875, and was invested with the title of Raja Bahadur, and had subsequently rendered good services in the famine of 1873-74, and again in 1890. His uncle, Deo
Nandan Singh, was created a Raja in 1892. He has a brother, Rajkumar Rudraj Nandan Singh, and two nephews, Rajkumar Lachmi Nandan Singh and Rajkumar Kalika Nandan Singh.

Residence: Muzaffarpur, Bengal.