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THE MAKRAHI FAMILY -Paliwar Rajpoot

The Makrahi Family is Palwar Rajputs and is said to have come from a place called Pali. Makrahi Estate was a Taluqdari and was established in Tanda Tehsil, Pragna Bidhar of the then Fyzabad District. Any narration about the family would be meaningless without going briefly into the origins and the history of the predominant Rajpoot Clan of Palwars in the East of the Fyzabad (Now Ambedkar Nagar District) Who had amongst its member's several Taluqdars. Palwars are found in large numbers in Azamgarh and Gorakhpur District. They also spring from common ancestry.

As per the Gazetteers of the Province of Oudh volume- I (First Published in 1877-78) and Gazetteer of Fyzabad (Vol X L Ill) of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh by H.R. Nevill, I.C.S. Published in 1905 the Paliwars are said to be Sombansi Rajpoot’s whose first Leader to come and have settled in this region in about 1305 Sambat (1248 A D) was PATIRAJ DEO. He is said to have come from a place called Pali and then extended into Azamgarh and Gorakhpur also took the clan’s name of Palwars. From then on the powerful Palwar Clan under the Leadership and guidance of the successors down the line of its founder Patiraj Deo, held away very bravely  and courageously in East Fyzabad, Azamgarh, and parts of Gorakhpur.

The Gazetteer records the bravery of the Palwars in fighting against the British along with the well-known freedom fighter KUNWAR SINGH in 1857, 1858 as a result of which substantial parts of their property and Territory were confiscated by the British and destroyed. The Babus of Bidhar (as they are described in the Gazetteer) who find special mention in the 1857 uprising against the British were Madhao Prasad Singh, Krishna Prasad Singh, Shiv Pargas Singh, Udit Narayan Singh, and Prithi Pal Singh. Their forces fought successfully against the British in Azamgarh until pushed back by the Gurkhas.

A big battle took place to destroy the Fort of the Paliwars at Chandipur on the banks of the river Ghaghara. The British used their Naval Brigade to attack and capture the Fort of Chandipur on 17th February 1858 where after the British burnt the Fort and all adjacent buildings. The Naval Brigade was led by  Captain  Sotheby, R.N., later joined by Colonel Rowcroft's force and Brigadier Gungadoas's Brigade.

Mr. Patrick Carnegy, Commissioner, in his account of the Birhar Pargana, Tehsil Tanda, District Fyzabad at XI Page 331 of the Gazetteer writes: "The only conclusion to be drawn from this History is that, on the whole, we had few worse enemies than the Palwars." This I must say is a compliment to the Palwar Kshatriyas for the fight in the 1857 Uprising against the British to free India. This stands out as a great compliment because many Estates and clans buckled before the British and Compromised for gains while we the Palwars had their Forts and Houses burnt to fight and then compelled the British to Compromise with them. As generations passed some settled in Gorakhpur, some in Azamgarh, and the Larger Chunk in Bidhar, Akbarpur( Ambedkarnagar) and Surhurpur areas and in due course of time the brothers divided the ancestral Property equally and separated also.

At this point it must also be stated that from the various accounts and articles the Makrahi Family predecessors and Palwar Rajpoots fought the Mughals repeatedly for the liberation of Ram Janam Bhumi at Ayodhya and in this pursuit also shed their blood and lives. Coming down to the year 1854 the two sons of Babu Munna Singh i.e., Babu Madhao Prasad and Babu Krishna Prasad Singh divided their Father's Property equally. Babu Krishna Prasad Singh was the younger Brother of Babu Madhao Prasad Singh. He took a Sanad for "Chandipur Bidhar" Taluquas – Teshil Alapur generally known as Makrahi because the family residence was at Makrahi.

Babu Madhao Prasad Singh took the Sanad for the Taluqa "Chandipur Hanswar" and stayed at Hanswar – Tanda Tehsil. Babu Krishna Prasad Singh had three sons: Lacchaman Prasad Singh, Radha Kesar Prashad and Sripat Prasad Singh. He died in 1896. There after successions took place in between and finally Sripat Prasad Singh succeeded as heir. On the death of Babu Sripat Prasad Singh his son Babu Kamlapat Prasad Singh succeeded as the Taluqdar of Makrahi Estate where after he was conferred the title of “Rai Bahadur”. This way my grandfather became Rai Bahadur Kamlapat Prasad Singh. It is pertinent to state that no one among the Bidhar Taluqas amongst the Palwars was conferred the title of Raja and that Grandfather was the only person who was conferred the title of Rai Bahadur with the accruing rights and powers.

Rai Bahadur, Kamla Prasad Singh built a beautiful Palace in the ancestral family home at Makrahi in 1935 for his three sons namely : Maheshwari Prasad Singh, Jagdambika Prasad Singhand Girijapat Prasad Singh which unfortunately today is in dispute and litigation and an Injunction Order Operates upon it. Sri Maheshwari Prasad Singh was commonly called " Lal Sahab" while Sri Jagdambika Prasad Singh was called "Hiraji”, and Sri Girjapat Prasad Singh was called "Nand Kishore".

Rai Bahadur Sahab passed away on 23rd March 1956 and by   now his three sons too have passed away leaving their heirs.Rai Bahadur Sahab had four daughters also whom he

married away in his lifetime: -

1.Smt. Tribraj Kumari Married to Raja Jwaleshwari Pratap Narayan Singh of Basti Estate, Basti.

2  Smt. Surya Kishori Devi Married to Diwan Rameshwar Singh of Amargarh Estate in Pratapgarh. 3.	Smt. Lee]a Devi Married to Maharaj Jagat Bahadur Singh, Nahan, Sinnaur, Himachal Pradesh 4.	Smt. Prabha Devi Married to Kunwar Rudra Sen Singh of Dhaurua Estate, Ambedkar Nagar. Rai Bahadur Sahab apart from building a beautiful Palace in Makrahi on the pattern of Acharya Narendra Deo's Kothi in Fyzabad (Now Ayodhya) at the choice of his wife Sukhraj Kuer (who was from Sabukpur) built three temples also in Makrahi near the palace. One was Shiv Bhagvan, Thakur Ji and the other of Durga ji. "Lal Sahab" was Married to Rajkumari Vimla Devi of Giddhaur Estate, Bihar. They had one son, the Late Amar Singh and One Daughter Smt. Mahima. Smt. Mahima is married to Shri Sagar Bikram Shah of Tehri Garhwal Estate and is now known as Smt. Mahima Shah. The Late Amar Singh left behind him his widow Smt. Manhar Devi and his son Sri Gyanendra Singh. Smt. Manhar is from Banera Rajasthan.

"Hiraji" was married to Smt. Krishna Devi of Rampur Estate, Basti. They had three sons and one -daughter. Of them Sri Pratap and Sri Suresh Singh died early. Sri Suresh Singh has left behind his widow. Smt. Nirmala Singh with no issues. The Daughter Smt. Kanti was Married to Rajkumar Bhuvneshwari Pratap Singh of Tekari Estate, Rae-Bareilly Now both are no more in this world.

The youngest of the four children Sri Rakesh Singh is based at his very well-developed farm at Junedpur, Alapur Tehsil, Ambedkar Nagar where he and his two sons Sri Pushkar Pratap Singh and Sri	Harshvardhan	 Singh are doing modern day scientific farming, Horticulture and Pisciculture ,also apart from other business owned by them in Lucknow .Sri Rakesh Singh was Married to Smt. Usha Kiran Singh who unfortunately had a premature death. They have two sons as mentioned above.

''Nand Kishore" the youngest of the three brothers was married to Smt. Usha Devi of Khagaijyot, Balrampur. They expired in 2016 and have left behind their only child Vinod Kumar Singh who is a Lawyer by Profession and is now mainly based at Lucknow. He is married to Smt Asha Singh of DabiJgarh, Giddhaur, Bihar. From their wedlock they have one son and one daughter. Sri Saurabh Singh is married to Smt. Shruti Kirti Singh of Semrauta Estate, Rae-Bareilly and their daughter Smt.	Surabhi Singh is Married to Sri Tushar Kumar of Aurangabad, Bihar. Sri Saurabh Singh has one son on y Sri Anshuman Vikram Singh. Vinod Kumar Singh Advocate who is the author of this research work has his farm developed at Semra Naseerpur, Tehsil Tanda, Ambedkar Nagar. This way the Paliwar clan Rajpoot’s have a very illustrious past and bright future and so does the Makrahi Family.s

'(Vinod Kumar Singh) (Makrahi) Advocate