Manda ( hi, मांडा) was a

zamindari A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as a ...

, with lands located near

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, in northern

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History

The predecessor state of Manikpur was founded in 1180, by Raja Manik Chand, brother of Raja Jai Chand of

Kannauj Kannauj ( Hindustani pronunciation: ənːɔːd͡ʒ is a city, administrative headquarters and a municipal board or Nagar Palika Parishad in Kannauj district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city's name is a corrupted form of the class ...

. Raja Gudan Deo, 16th in descent from Raja Manik Chand, established his capital at Manda in 1542. Raja Ram Pratap Singh was granted the hereditary title of Raja Bahadur by the

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in January 1913. The Last

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of Manda, Ram Gopal Singh, adopted a son named

Vishwanath Pratap Singh Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), shortened to V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the 7th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda. He is India's only prime minister to ...

, who became the 7th

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Modern scenario

After India got

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in 1947, as per Indian Union Act (1947) the state merged with

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and the state was abolished. The first

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was

VP Singh Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), shortened to V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the 7th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda. He is India's only prime minister ...

and was 41st

Zamindar A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as a ...

and after his death his son

Ajeya Pratap Singh Ajeya Pratap Singh (born 1956), formerly known as Ajeya Singh, is an Indian politician, a member of the Indian National Congress, and the pretender to the throne of Manda. Political career He was a president of the Jan Morcha party which was la ...

is the 42nd and current

of the zamindari. Ajeya Pratap Singh (2)

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