Information

Dynasty

Clan

Surwar

Accession

1st January 1948

Revenue

INR 80,000

Villages

484

Hindi Name

रंका

Last Updated

17th Apr, 2020

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Raja GOVERDHAN PRASAD SINGH, present Raja Saheb of Ranka since 1970. Married Rani Indra Kumari of Sameroan, and has issue, two sons and one daughter.
  • Yuvaraj Gulab Singh, married Yuvrani Mukta Kumari of Bachra, and has issues.
    • Rajkumari Vishakha Singh
    • Rajkumar Giriraj Singh
    • Rajkumar Giriratan Singh
  • Rajkumar Gaurav Singh, married Rajkumarani Sushma Kumari, and has issues.
    • Rajkumari Nidhi Singh
    • Rajkumar Saurabh Singh
  • Rajkumari Jaya Kumari, married Rajkumar Vikramaditya Singh Judeo of Jashpur, and has issues.
    • Rajkumar Vijyaditay Singh Judeo
    • Rajkumari Yijya Raje Laxmi Judeo
    • Rajkumari Yashswi Singh Judeo
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Genealogy

  • Raja DUSASHAN SHAH, Raja of Ranka 1598/1632
  • Raja SHARGANDHAR SHAH, Raja of Ranka 1632/1678
  • Raja DEV SHAH, Raja of Ranka 1678/1734
  • Thakurai PURANMAL, Thakurai of Ranka 1734/1757
  • Thakurai BHARTHI CHANDRA, Thakurai of Ranka 1757/1767
  • Thakurai MADAN SINGH, Thakurai of Ranka 1757/1787
  • Thakurai SURAT SINGH, Thakurai of Ranka 1787/1798
  • Thakurai KIRIT SINGH, Thakurai of Ranka 1798/1805
  • Thakurai AMAR SINGH, Thakurai of Ranka 1805/1816
  • Thakurai SHAKTI SINGH, Thakurai of Ranka 1816/1827
    • Thakur Sanath Singh [Senath Singh] (qv)
    • Thakur Bulaki Singh
  • Thakurai SANATH SINGH, Thakurai of Ranka 1827/1843
    • Thakurai Shiv Prasad Singh (qv)
  • Raja SHIV PRASAD SINGH, Thakurai of Ranka 1843/1851
    • Thakurai Basant Singh (qv)
  • Thakurai BASANT SINGH, Thakurai of Ranka 1851/1857
    • Raja Bahadur Thakurai Krisna Dayal Singh [Kishun Dayal Singh] (qv)
    • Thakurai Mahipal Singh of Kanchanpur, married and had issue, three sons.
      • Thakurai Devanath Singh, married and had issue, five sons.
        • Thakurai Janki prasad Singh, married and had issue, one son.
          • Thakurai Radha Binayak Singh who died while he was a minor.
        • Kunwar Tulsi Singh
        • Raja Gobind Prasad Singh (qv)
        • Kunwar Lachmi Prasad Singh
        • Kunwar Adit Prasad Singh
      • Rai Jadunath Singh Bahadur, married and had issue, two sons. He died 1921.
        • Thakurai Bindeshwar Prasad Singh of Kanchanpur, married and had issue, one son.
          • Kunwar Kameshwar Prasad Singh of Kanchanpur, born .
          • Thakurai Ambikeshwar Prasad Singh (second son)
        • Thakurai Parmeshwari Prasad Singh, married and had issue, five sons.
          • Kunwar Baneshwar Prasad Singh (fifth son), married Mithilesh Kishori Devi. He died .
      • Thakurai Dwarika Prasad Singh
  • Raja Bahadur Thakurai KRISNA DAYAL SINGH, Raja of Ranka 1857/1880, he died sp in 1880.
  • Raja Bahadur GOBIND PRASAD SINGH, Raja of Ranka 1880/1911, married Rani Sona Kuwar of Jagdishpur, and had issue, four sons and one daughter.
    • Raja Giriwar Prasad Singh (qv)
    • Kumar Rajeshwar Prasad Singh
    • Kumar Devendra Prasad Singh
    • Kumar Saryu Prasad Singh
    • Rajkumari (name unknown), married (as his first wife), Maharaja Bahadur Chandra Mouleshwar Prasad Singh of Gidhaur, and had issue.
  • Raja Bahadur GIRIWAR PRASAD SINGH C.B.E., Raja of Ranka 1911/1969, he was granted the enhanced title of Raja Bahadur, and awarded the C.B.E.; he donated land at Daltonganj to build the Giriwar High School and in Garhwa to build the Gobind High School; he also donated 111,101 acres of land to the Vinoba Bhawes Boodhan Initiative; married 1stly, a Rani from Surguja, married 2ndly, Rani Gunjeshwari Kuwar of Nepal, and had issue, three sons.
    • Yuvaraj Girendra Narayan Singh, he succeeded as Raja Girendra Narayan Singh (qv)
    • Kumar Gopinath Singh, M.L.A. from Ranka, Garhwa and Minister in Bihar; married and had issue.
      • Kumar Girja Raman Singh, married and had issue.
        • Kumar Girinath Singh, M.L.A. from Garhwa, Jharkhand; R.J.D. President, Jharkhand; married Kumarani Poonam Kumari of Sonbarsa.
    • Kumar Ganpati Singh, married and had issue.
      • Kumar Amit Singh, married Rajkumari Gayatri Kumari, daughter of Raja Anant Narayan Singh Deo, Raja of Dharakote, and his wife, Rani Shanti Devi, and has issue.
      • Kumar Ashwin Singh (U.S.A.)
  • Raja GIRENDRA NARAYAN SINGH, Raja of Ranka 1969/1970, married 1stly, Rani Indra Kumari of Kalakankar, she had issue, three sons and two daughters, married 2ndly, Rani Indra Kumari, she had issue, two sons and three daughter, and had issue, five sons and five daughters.
    • Raja Goverdhan Prasad Singh (qv)
    • Kumar Gangadhar Prasad Singh [Raju Babu], Raja Saheb of Panki, an estate of Ranka; married Rani Vidya Kumari of Deelippur, Rohtas, and has issue, two sons and one daughter.
      • Rajkumar Gautam Singh M.B.A., currently working as a Business Head - North & East India (one of the largest E-Learning Company in India) from last 8 years, Married Kumari Indu from Kangra, and has issue.
        • Kumar Garv Pratap Singh
        • Kumar Garvit Pratap Singh
      • Rajkumar Rajan Singh M.B.A., C.F.A., presently (2011) employed as Manager with H.D.F.C. Bank.
      • Rajkumari Vijaya Raje Lakshmi, married Rajkumar Saurabh Singh of Deo Estate in Patna, B.Tech., B.I.T. Mesra, Ranchi, and has issue.
        • Kumari Kashvi Singh Sisodia
    • Kumar Girishankar Prasad Singh, Raja saheb of Ramgarh Duldulwa and Paska (an estate of Ranka), married Kumarani Sandhaya Kumari of Sameroan, and has issue, three sons and one daughter.
      • (Late) Rajkumar Gandharv Singh [Rahul]
      • Rajkumar Gaurvendra Singh [Atul], married Kumari Ankita Singh, daughter of Lal Kali Saran Nath Shahdeo (Thakur Saheb of Khijiri Namkum, Ranchi), has issue, one daughter.
        • Kumari Aprajita Singh
      • Rajkumari Priyanka
      • Rajkumar Gangey Singh [Rana]
    • Kumar Girinath Singh [Tiku], married and has issue.
    • Kumar Giridhar Singh [Bobby], married and has issue.
  • Raja GOVERDHAN PRASAD SINGH, Raja of Ranka (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Kumari Minakshi Singh of Ranka, married Kumar Prithviraj Chandra Deo of Rairakhol, and has issue.
  • Kumarani Kamleshwari Kumari Devi, married Kumar Saheb Ranendra Pratap Singh Deo of Seraikella state, and had issue, four sons and one daughter.
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