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Bettiah Raj was the second-largest zamindari estate in the region of India now known as Bihar. It accrued land revenue rentals of 2 million rupees per annum belonging to Bhumihar Brahmins. ==History== Gorakh Rai, a scion of the Bhumihar Brahmin Shahi family, was killed while fighting alongside Prithvi Raj Chauhan against Mohammad Ghauri at Taraori, in 1192 CE. Gorakh Rai’s descendants are among the present day Vaid Caste of Mohyals and they still prefix the honorific Raizada (prince) to their names. Another branch of this clan, that first set up residence at a place called Jai Theriya near Lucknow, later moved east and established a state at Bettiah in Bihar. They were known as Jaitheriyas, now a sect of Bhumihar Brahmins.〔Raizada Harichand Vaid, ''Gulshane Mohyali'', Part I, p. 53 and Part II, pp. 134–135.〕 In 1765, when the East India Company acquired the ''Diwani'' Bettiah Raj held the largest territory under its jurisdiction. It consisted of all of Champaran except for a small portion held by the Ram Nagar Raj (also held by Bhumihar Brahmin family).〔 Bettiah Raj also came into being as a result of ''mallikana chaudharai'' and ''quanungoi'', the connection with the revenue administration building on local dominance and the capability of controlling and protecting hundreds of villages.〔 Internal disputes and family quarrels divided the Raj in course of time.〔 Madhuban Raj was created as a consequence.〔 But Bettiah Raj was the oldest in the region and had also been a branch of ''Raj Riyasat Sirkar'' of Champaran since the 16th century (the time of Shah Jahan) when the raja of Bettiah was Ugrasen Singh.〔 Both the Madhuban Raj and Ram nagar estates had broken off from Bettiah Raj.〔 even then making it the largest zamindari in Bihar. The last zamindar was Harendra Kishore Singh, who was born in 1854 and succeeded his father, Rajendra Kishore Singh in 1883. In 1884, he received the title of Maharaja Bahadur as a personal distinction and a ''Khilat'' and a ''sanad'' from the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, Sir Augustus Rivers Thompson. He was created an Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire on 1 March 1889. He was appointed a member of the Legislative Council of Bengal in January 1891. He was also a member of The Asiatic Society He was the last ruler of Bettiah Raj. Maharaja Sir Harendra Kishore Singh Bahadur died issueless on 26 March 1893 leaving behind him two widows, Maharani Sheo Ratna Kuer and Maharani Janki Kuer. Maharani Sheo Ratna Kuer who succeeded to the estate of Maharaja Harendra Kishore Singh on his death as his senior widow died on 24 March 1896 and on her death Maharani Janki Kuer became entitled to the possession of the estate. Since it was found that Maharani Janki 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bettiah Raj」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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