Pratap Rudra Singh Deo
Raja of Sonepur
11th Raja of Sonepur
Reign9 September 1891  8 August 1902
Coronation9 September 1891
PredecessorNiladhar Singh Deo
SuccessorBir Mitrodaya Singh Deo
Born(1853-07-22)22 July 1853
Sonepur, British India death_date = 8 August 1902(1902-08-08) (aged 49)
DiedSonepur, British India
SpouseAmulyamani Devi
FatherNiladhar Singh Deo
MotherDurga Devi
ReligionHinduism

Pratap Rudra Singh Deo (23 July 1853 – 8 August 1902 ), was Raja of Sonepur from 1891 until his death in 1902.

Biography

He was born on 23 July 1853 to Niladhar Singh Deo.[1] He succeeded his father on 11 September 1891.[2][3] He had earned himself the reputation of a capable and wise ruler by his conduct and the management of his affairs. He obtained the title of Raja Bahadur on 1 January 1898[4] in recognition of the improved methods of administration he introduced.[5][6][7][1] He died on 8 August 1902, and the succession passed to his eldest son, Bir Mitrodaya Singh Deo.[5][7][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Memoranda on Native States in India, Together with a List of Independent Ruling Chiefs, Chiefs of Frontier States, and Other Notables with Their Proper Forms of Address. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India. 1911. p. 141.
  2. Vadivelu, A. (1915). The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles and Zamindars of India. G.C. Loganadham.
  3. Department, India Foreign and Political (1909). United Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Central Provinces. Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India.
  4. Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1900). The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire, with an Appendix for Ceylon. S. Low, Marston & Company.
  5. 1 2 Who's who in India. Newul Kishore Press. 1911.
  6. Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1904). Parliamentary Papers: 1850-1908. H.M. Stationery Office.
  7. 1 2 Cotton, James Sutherland; Burn, Sir Richard; Meyer, Sir William Stevenson (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India ... Clarendon Press.
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