About & Journey
Raja Raj Rajeshwar Singh
Raja Raj Rajeshwar Singh, known as Jhandi-Raj, is from Jhandi Raj in Kheri district.
Jhandi Raj, Nighasan, District Kheri
Personal profile
Raja Raj Rajeshwar Singh is known in his home region as Jhandi-Raj. He lives at Jhandi Raj, in the Nighasan area of Kheri district, the place from which his family takes its name.
He comes from a family with a long public record in Awadh, and the family's printed profile presents his public work as a continuation of the service that earlier generations were known for.
Education and occupation
He studied mechanical engineering at B.I.T. Ranchi. After his studies he made agriculture his principal occupation.
He has also worked in the education sector of the district, holding different positions on the managing committees of several schools and a degree college.
Public engagement
Through social work he has stayed in direct contact with people in the region, and he is an active member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Political journey
Raja Raj Rajeshwar Singh is an active member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. His entry into public life came through social work in the Jhandi Raj and Nighasan area, and he has served on the managing committees of several schools and a degree college in Kheri district.
Raja Raj Rajeshwar Singh
In public life and the Bharatiya Janata Party
Party
Active in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Education sector
Positions on the managing committees of several schools and a degree college in the district.
Social work
Direct contact with people of the region through social work.
His father
Raja Brajraj Singh
The record below is his father's, not his own.
Raja Brajraj Singh twice represented the Srinagar assembly constituency as an MLA, first in 1974 on a Jana Sangh ticket and again in 1977 on a Janata Party ticket. He also helped establish the Jana Sangh, and later the BJP, in Kheri district.
1974
Elected MLA, Srinagar
Elected to the Srinagar assembly seat on a Jana Sangh ticket.
1975
The Emergency
Took part in the struggle against the Emergency and was jailed.
1977
Elected MLA again
Returned to the Srinagar seat, this time as a Janata Party candidate.
Milestones
Dates are given only where the source material records them.
17th century
Family history
The family settles in Kheri
Akhairaj Singh, a Chauhan from the Ajmer side, settles in Kheri in the time of Jahangir.
1876
Family history
Raja Raghubar Singh is born
Raja Raghubar Singh of Jhandi Raj is born and raised at Jhandipurwa.
1925–30
Family history
Land for Antarved Ashram
About 2,200 acres are given to the Antarved Ashram.
1932
Family history
Death of Raja Raghubar Singh
Raja Raghubar Singh dies on 24 October 1932.
1936
Family history
Loss of the elder son
Rajkumar Iqbal Bahadur Singh, Raja Raghubar Singh's elder son, dies at the age of seventeen.
1945
Family history
Death of Raja Raj Bahadur Singh
In June, Raja Raj Bahadur Singh dies; his widow takes over the estate's administration.
1974
Raja Brajraj Singh
Raja Brajraj Singh elected MLA
Elected from the Srinagar assembly seat on a Jana Sangh ticket.
1975
Raja Brajraj Singh
The Emergency
Raja Brajraj Singh takes part in the struggle against the Emergency and is jailed.
1977
Raja Brajraj Singh
Elected MLA a second time
Elected again from Srinagar, this time on a Janata Party ticket.
1989
Raja Brajraj Singh
The Bilraya sugar mill
When the mill closes with farmers' cane still standing, he takes the matter from the Cane Commissioner in Lucknow to the Sugar Federation in Delhi. The mill restarts about thirteen days later.
2000
Family history
Statue at Jhandi Park
On 24 October the Lucknow Municipal Corporation installs a statue of Raja Raghubar Singh in Jhandi Park.