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Kasana Dynasty

Kasana dynasty was started when Maharaja Jotirdev Singh Kasana who was an descendent of Kushan empire emerged as the local ruler and concurred the Rawatnagar empire which was an eastern province in Rajasthan in 1764, The empire which started with a small group of 72 villages spread over 1276 sq. kilometers and one time spread over part of Rajputana, Punjab and central provinces

By the year 1831 it was counted as the 14th largest kingdoms in northern India, it spread from Western Rajasthan to Central provinces. This great geographic spread was done by Raja Udayvir Singh Kasana and saw its peak from 1831 to 1857.

In 1857 when the fight for freedom from British started in Meerut which was a neighboring state, Maharaja Udayvir Singh (1807-1892) supported this freedom struggle and provided all the support when the freedom fighters moved from Meerut towards Delhi, The present day Murad nagar was made as the halting station and all the required supplies were provided to the freedom fighters to help them recoup from the long journey as well as the arm and logistical support to the freedom fighters.

Eventually the freedom struggle was crushed by the British army and all the royal families who supported this freedom movement were punished and there kingdoms were taken over by the British or were reduced to very small size.

The Kasana Empire which was one of the biggest empire in northern India was reduced to a mere 21 villages with an area of around 172 square kilometers.

After the death of Raja Udayvir Singh his eldest son Raja Jorawar Singh (1861-1942) was crowned on 18th April 1892. Raja Jorawar Singh went to the viceroy and requested the title and the empire to be returned back but his request was denied by the viceroy to which Raja Jorawar Singh travelled to England and met the queen and appraised her about the situation to which the queen handed back the title ok Raja to Raja Jorawar Singh and the local residency office at Meerut cant was told to pay a compensation of undisclosed amount to the Royal family of Maharaja Jorawar Singh. Raja Jorwar Singh was one of the few royal families in northern India that were allowed to park two elephants at the entrance of there palace at Reori. Raja was also very enthusiastic about his people to get educated started the first primary school in the region which was later converted to a high school duly recognized as authorized education center. The first language course in English was started in 1912 and the first agriculture course was started in 1937. Even till today the school is run by the Kasana family. After Raja Jorwar Singh death in 1942 his eldest son Bhagwat Singh (1912- 1979) was nominated by the British regency in Meerut as the next raja of Reori but thou he accepted the title but refused to be called the raja, Raja Bhagwat Singh was well educated and during that period he did his first master’s degree in History and for his second master degree in English literature from Oxford, On his return he was offered to join the Imperial Administrative services as collector but he refused and decided to spend his life promoting education the region. He started the first Agriculture College called Kisan national Inter College and donated 18 hectares land to promote the local students to learn the latest in agriculture and agriculture engineering. He also supported the Mahabharata research at Hastinapur and Barnawa. His son Dr. Bheem Singh (1942- till date)took his dedication to education to next level by making an free hostel for all the students from there earnest while kingdom, also started the Vedic study center,