Raja Mohar Singh was a

Rajput Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

Chandravanshi The Lunar dynasty (IAST: Candravaṃśa) is a legendary principal house of the Kshatriyas varna, or warrior–ruling caste mentioned in the ancient Indian texts. This legendary dynasty was said to be descended from moon-related deities (''Som ...

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Somavanshi The Lunar dynasty (IAST: Candravaṃśa) is a legendary principal house of the Kshatriyas varna in Hinduism, varna, or warrior–ruling caste mentioned in the ancient Indian texts. This legendary dynasty was said to be descended from moon-rel ...

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dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...

. Raja Mohar Singh was the Raja of

Maurha Maurha is a village and a Gram panchayat in Ballia district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its population is 555, per the 2011 Census. Maurha's nearest railway station is Belthara Road. During British India it was a Taluqdar Talu ...

from 1894 until 1923.

History

There he built a Bhawan and called it Mohar Bhawan after himself. Subsequently, the area around the Bhawan became known as

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohar Singh People from Ballia district