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| Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Balrampur | | | First Name(s) | Sir Drigbijai Singh | | | Titles | Maharajah of | | | Year of Birth | 1818 | | | Year of Death | 1882 | | | Entry | Son of Raja Arjun Singh : descendant of a long line of chieftains of the Janwar clan of Rajputs : succeeded his brother Raja Jai Narain Singh, in 1836 : spent his early years fighting with his neighbours, the Pathans of Utraula and the Chauhan Rajas of Tulsipur, also with the Oudh revenue officials : driven out of Balrampur by Raja Darshan Singh, who pursued him into Nipal territory : restored to his Raj : distinguished himself in the mutiny as one of the five loyal talukdars : received the fugitives from Sikraura and Gonda, 19 persons, and several children : sheltered and escorted them to Gorakhpur : remained faithful, and was proscribed by the rebels : joined the advancing British forces and remained in the field till the restoration of order : rewarded with the title of Maharaja Bahadur and vast landed estates confiscated from rebels, with a reduced land revenue assessed in perpetuity : in 1866, K.C.S.I. : salute of 9 guns, in 1877 : Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council : a great patron of education, instituting schools on his estates before their general introduction elsewhere : founded one of the first hospitals in Oudh outside Lucknow, and a medical school : a noted sportsman : a fall from an elephant hastened his death, which occurred on May 27, 1882. |
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