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PERSONAL SERVICES.
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Buksh Singh, and was born in 1885 and educated in the Colvin
Taluqdars’ School. The Raja of Mullapur belongs to the noble
Rajput family of Raikwars <>r Rathores and his family have been
established on their Estate since 1472. Since then they have had a
long line of good rulers.
He has an especial aptitude for Sanskrit, though he knows
English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Persian, and Urdu, all remarkably well.
During the war the Raja and his late father helped the Government
with men and money.
IFar Ser wees.— War loan, Rs. 19,454. War funds and charities,
Rs. 16,811. Spent on recruiting, Rs. 3,557. Supplied 65 combatant
and 236 non-combatant recruits.
PARTABNER.
Lieutenant Hukam Tej Pratap Singh, Raja of—, Member of the
Legislative Council, U. P., Honorary Magistrate, Vice-Chairman,
District Board, Etawah; Honorary Secretary, Provincial Kshattriya
Upkarni Mahasabha; Honorary Secretary, Shiksha Samiti of Kshattriya
School, Etawah; Member of the All-India Landholders’ Association;
Director of the Bank of Oudh, Ld., Lucknow; Member of the Court
of Wards Advisory Committee, Etawah. Was born on the 25th
December, 1893 ; succeeded to the gaddl in 1897. He was educated in
the Mayo Chief’s College, Ajinere, was member of the College
Mounted Squadron which escorted H. I. M. and was presented before
her when she visited the College. He is the premier Rais in Etawah
District and is entitled to the first seat in the Durbar.
'rhe Raja is the head of the Great Chauhan Clan of Rajputs,
which for many centuries have been predominant in the districts of
Mainpuri and Etawah. He is descended from Pirthi Raj, the last
Chauhan ruler of Delhi, who died in 1193. The first ancestor of
whom anything is known was Sangat Deo, who founded the town of
Sakti. One of his sons was Sumer Singh, who established himself in
Etawah, where the family fort is still standing. His descendants had
remained for 8 generations in Etawah, when Pratab Singh built the
121
Buksh Singh, and was born in 1885 and educated in the Colvin
Taluqdars’ School. The Raja of Mullapur belongs to the noble
Rajput family of Raikwars <>r Rathores and his family have been
established on their Estate since 1472. Since then they have had a
long line of good rulers.
He has an especial aptitude for Sanskrit, though he knows
English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Persian, and Urdu, all remarkably well.
During the war the Raja and his late father helped the Government
with men and money.
IFar Ser wees.— War loan, Rs. 19,454. War funds and charities,
Rs. 16,811. Spent on recruiting, Rs. 3,557. Supplied 65 combatant
and 236 non-combatant recruits.
PARTABNER.
Lieutenant Hukam Tej Pratap Singh, Raja of—, Member of the
Legislative Council, U. P., Honorary Magistrate, Vice-Chairman,
District Board, Etawah; Honorary Secretary, Provincial Kshattriya
Upkarni Mahasabha; Honorary Secretary, Shiksha Samiti of Kshattriya
School, Etawah; Member of the All-India Landholders’ Association;
Director of the Bank of Oudh, Ld., Lucknow; Member of the Court
of Wards Advisory Committee, Etawah. Was born on the 25th
December, 1893 ; succeeded to the gaddl in 1897. He was educated in
the Mayo Chief’s College, Ajinere, was member of the College
Mounted Squadron which escorted H. I. M. and was presented before
her when she visited the College. He is the premier Rais in Etawah
District and is entitled to the first seat in the Durbar.
'rhe Raja is the head of the Great Chauhan Clan of Rajputs,
which for many centuries have been predominant in the districts of
Mainpuri and Etawah. He is descended from Pirthi Raj, the last
Chauhan ruler of Delhi, who died in 1193. The first ancestor of
whom anything is known was Sangat Deo, who founded the town of
Sakti. One of his sons was Sumer Singh, who established himself in
Etawah, where the family fort is still standing. His descendants had
remained for 8 generations in Etawah, when Pratab Singh built the