Rai Jagat Bahadur Singh

Rai Jagat Bahadur Singh (died 15 February 1878) was the ruler of Bhadri (estate) of Oudh.[1] After the murder of Rai Jagmohan and his son Bishnath by Nazim at Ramchaura Ghat on the bank of Ganges, Bhadri was then given to Amarnath Singh, nephew and adopted son of Rai Jagmohan Singh, who was succeeded by his adopted son, Jagat bahadur Singh, whose father Sheoratan Singh, was hanged at Allahabad in 1857.[2][3] Jagat Bahadur Singh also died without issue, and adopted Rai Sarabjit Singh, who received the hereditary title of Rai from the British government in November 1879.[3]

Rai Jagat Bahadur Singh
Ruler of Bhadri
PredecessorRai Jagmohan Singh
SuccessorRai Sarabjit Singh
Died15 February 1878
Ramchaura Ghat
HouseBisen
FatherSheoratan Singh
ReligionHinduism

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  1. ^ Roper Lethbridge (2005). The golden book of India (illustrated ed.). Aakar. p. 478. ISBN 978-81-87879-54-1.
  2. ^ Roper Lethbridge (2005). The golden book of India (illustrated ed.). Aakar. p. 479. ISBN 978-81-87879-54-1.
  3. ^ a b H.R. Nevill (1904). Pratapgarh: a Gazetteers being volume XIVII of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Allahabad, Superintendent Government Press.