The History of Amethi
Manohar Singh, who had six sons, was the only son of the first of Bandhalgotis. The six
sons of Manohar Singh divided the estate between them. Raj Singh, the youngest of the six brothers succeded in adding to his share those of his brothers, Ram
Singh and Kunwar Singh who died childless. The fourth descendant Ramraj Singh, Shriram Dev
had two brothers Shyam Lal and Dharamir who owned Barna Tikar estate on the extreme west
and the Tikri estate on the extreme east. Ram Sahay, the grandson of Shriram Dev was given
as his share of the estate Kasranwa on the northern boundary of Amethi, while his great
grandson Sultanshah obtained Shahgarh intermediate between Kasranwa and the older estates.
Thus, the hold of Bandhalgotis seemed to have separate over the
entire Amethi pargana. |
The next of Bandhalgotis, whom anything is heard abourd was Gurdatt Singh, who in 1743
defied the local authorities and ultimately flee to the
neighbouring jungle of Ramnagar. His fort of |
The house of Shahgarh was founded by Sultan Shah, the brother of Bikram Shah of Amethi. It
derived its name from a fort he built and called after himself. The estate consisted of
121 villages. From 1803 to 1810 Shahgarh was with the rest of the pargana, leased to
Harchand Singh, but was taken away in the latter year. It then comprised 40 villages but
had increased to 60 in 1846 when it was again given to Amethi. |
All the Kanhapurias of Sultanpur are descendants of Rahas, the second son of Kanh, the
founder of the Clan. Seventh in descent from Rahas came Prashad Singh who had three sons.
Janga Singh who received Ateha and Madan Singh of Simrauta. Fourth descendants of Janga
Singh were Udebhan of Tiloi and Gulal Shah of Shahmau. The Raja Tiloi in the begining of
the twentieth century was the descendant of Udebhan. His property in the district
consisted of Suratgarh and Naudand in pargana Gaura Jamo. |
The other Sultanpur Kanhapurias are the descendants of Indrajit Singh, great grandson of
Janga Singh. Balbhaddar Singh, son of Indrajit Singh had four sons. Pratap Bahadur Singh,
Raja of Katari who owned 13 villages in pargana Gaura Jamo was the grandson of Balbhaddar
Singh. Raj Sah who founded the house of Jamo was the second son of Balbhaddar. Mahabir
Bakhsha Singh of Jamo owned 17 villages of that pargana was a descendant of Raj Sah in the
tenth generation. Babu Raghuraj Singh of Baraulia who owned 13 villages in Gaura Jamo was
another descendant. The taluqdar of Bhawanshahpur, Babu Debi Bakhsha Singh, who owned 12
villages and the patti in the north of pargana Amethi was the
son of Tribhubhan Sah, the third son of Balbhaddar. The whole of Kanhpuria possessions were included in the old pargana of Jais, but was broken
up into four parganas of Jais, Mohanganj, Sumrauta, and Gaura Jamo by
1775. |