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Gorakhpur, and established him in Khurasa. Mah^raj Singh settled in Dehras, a deserted village in the middle of the grazing ground near the Gogra and Partdb Mai Singh did not disturb his occupation. Here Mahd,raj Singh acquired land and became the possessor of several villages. His grandson Than Singh left two sons Dtila Rae and Ram Singh. These divided the family property. Ddla Rae's son, Rde Jamni Bhan Singh, had three sons, Rae Dan Singh, Prag Datt Singh, and Basant Singh. These three parted the lands of their father between them, Basant Singh got Kdnjemau and his descendants have fallen into obscurity. Prag Datt Singh obtained Shahpur and Dhawanwan and his grandsons Aniip Singh and Sakat Singh divided these estates. Anup Singh took Shd,hpur^and became the ancestor of the present taluqdar, Thdkur Mirtun Jai Bakhsh Sakat Singh took Dhawanwan, but having no sons, adopted Anup Singh's second son. From him is descended the present taluqdar, ThAkur Raghubir Singh. Rae Dan Singh, the other son of Rae Jamni Bhan Singh obtained Paska and Kamiar. His great grandson, left two sons, Khayal Sah, and Bir Sah. The former took the Kamiar iMqa, and from him the present taluqdar Sher Bahadur Singh is descended. The latter took Paska, and the late Thdkur Naipal Singh, whose widow Ikhlas Kunwar' is the present taluqdar, was his direct male descendant.

The successors of Ram Singh, brother of Dlila Rae, and son of Thdn Singh did not divide the property- which they derived from him through his partition of Thdn Singh's estate with Diila Rae, but held together

Then the three until the fourth generation after Th^n Singh's death. sons of Dal Singh, Kunj Singh, Lai Singh, and Ganga Rde Si^gh, made a partition taking Paraspur, Ata, and Akohari respectively. The descendants Ldl Singh held the title of of the last have dwindled into insignificance. babu, which he has transmitted with the estate in the direct male line to the present taluqdar Sukhraj Singh of Ata. Kunj Singh was the eldest of the three brothers, and inherited the title of rdja, which had been conferred on Ram Singh's son and successor, Newal Singh, on the occasion of The present rdjas of Paraspur are the direct his visit to the Delhi court. male descendants of Kunj Singh.

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