Maharani Indrajit Kuer alias Bodhi Rani, she built various public buildings and works, improved the administration of the her Tekari Raj, built the Tikari temples at Patna and Brindaban in 1871, she set up the Belkharra Trust with estates acquired from Sahebzada Himmat Bahadur of Tikari Raj Seven Annas, to support Raj temples and charities; she was sympathetic to the mutineers in 1857 with British intelligence reporting the mounting of 200 cannon on the battlements of Tikari fort; she with her husband’s consent adopted her brother’s son Ram Narayan Krishna Singh as her son ; she married with Maharaja HIT NARAIN SINGH, and had adopted issue. She nominated her daughter-in-law Maharani Rajroop Kunwar as heir under a will dated 29th October, 1877. She died at Brindaban in 26th January 1878.
For 3 decades Tikari was in the hands of MAHARANI INDRAJIT KUNWAR.
Maharaja RAM NARAYAN KRISHNA SINGH of Rusi Estate (qv)
• Maharaja RAM NARAYAN KRISHNA SINGH, married with Rani Rajrup Kuer in 1863, succeeded by adoption, recognized as Maharaja of Tikari on 8th May 1873 by the British Government, he spent several lacs of rupees for famine relief in 1874-75, contributed liberally for social causes including funding of the Patna College and the Prince of Wales Patna Hospital; married Maharani Rajrup Kuer (qv), and had a issue. He nominated his wife as heir under a will dated 21st August 1875. He died in 1875.
Maharani Rajroop Kuer, born in 1828 in Pratapvand in Muzzaffarpur, she was groomed in zamindari administration by her mother-in-law Maharani Indrajit Kuer; she established the Tikari Raj High School and supported numerous social and educational programs and scholarships in the district and beyond; she was married with Maharaja Ram Narayan Krishna Singh in 1863; under the kin care of her mother-in-law Maharani Indrajit Kuer, she received a complete training in the management of the Zamindari affairs. The Tekari Raj with all its establishment and property, moveable and immoveable was bequeathed by her husband by a will dated 21st August 1875, and which she is managing with much credit to herself. She has disguised herself by public spirit.
TIKARI RAJ HIGH SCHOOL
Shri Devki Nandan Khatri, famous writer of Chandrakanta was a Dewan in her Estate since 1905 to 1910;
MAHARANI RAJROOP KUER had issue a daughter namely RADHESHWAR KUER alias Kishori Mayan. She became widow in 1875 & died in 01.10.1884 at Pandola in Madhya Pradesh.
Maharani Radheshwari Kuer alias Kishori Mayain- 1884/1886, recognized as the Maharani of Tikari, married Babu Ambika Saran Singh of Chikna State of Muzzaffarpur, and had issue. Tekari Raj Fort became under “Court of Wards” till her son Maharaj Kumar Gopal Saran Narayan Singh attaining the age of 18 years & become major, a Magistrate, Gaya Mr. Angus Ogilvy (who worked as Manager & Wards of Court in two sizeable states Tikari Raj and Hathwa Raj at one time ) as became first court of ward of Tekari Raj & he taken Tekari Raj under his control at once to smoothly manage the state and also he became legal guardian of Kumar Maharaja Gopal Saran Singh. After Mr. Angus Ogilvy, Mr. Joseph Cotton, the manager of the Tekari Raj by appointment of the Court of Wards, after Joseph Cotton, Mr. Maurice Halliday became Manager under Court of Wards of Tekari Raj since 1902 to 1905. She died 27th May 1886.
For a large part of the 19th century , TIKARI RAJ NINE ANNAS was ruled by the MAHARANI's of the BHUMIHAR clan. It also marked the end of the rule of DRONTIKAR sub-clan of BHARADWAJ gotra, within the BHUMIHAR BRAHMIN community, over TIKARI RAJ NINE ANNAS.
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