Former estates and Zamindars,Industrialist & source of information


Amawan and Tekari Raj, one of the most renowned estates in Bihar. Raja Bahadur Harihar Prasad narayan singh constructed various temples around India. The present Raja Bahadur Raghvendra Prasad Naryan Singh, a fine example of the Raj era spends time between Patna and mussoorie.

•Kashi Naresh
•Bettiah Raj: The largest estate(areawise) in the province of Bihar. There were two-three other prominent estates which emerged out of Bettiah Raj at a later date. The most prominent ones are Sheohar Raj and Madhuban Raj, but all of them share the same ancestry. To get a complete picture of the family lineage of the Bettiah Raj and Sheohar Raj in particular, it is suggested to go through the book named 'Shaktapramod'.
•Sheohar Estate : Earlier a part of Sitamrih District, Sheohar is now a district in itself. The "Nandan Singhs" of Sheohar are now mainly residing in Patna/Muzaffarpur/Delhi
•Tekari Raj
•Ghosi Estate
•Hathua Maharaj: in Saran District of Bihar, they are close kin of Deoria situated Tamukhi Raaj. Currently its Maharaja is Maharaja Bahadur Sri Mrighendra Pratap Sahi is an Industrialist.
•Hardi Estate
•Parihans Estate : situated in Gaya District
•Tamkuhi Raaj : in Deoria District of EAST UP .One of the oldest hereditory rajas for more than 117 generations.
•Babhangawaon Estate : It is situtaed at Deoghar District (Santhal Pargana) of Jharkhand. They are Chitpawan Brahmins migrated from Maharastra . They have a dominance over the area.
•Dharhara Estate
•Raja RajDhanwar : It is situtaed at Giridih District (North Chotanagpur) of Jharkhand. They are Chitpawan Brahmins migrated from Maharastra . They are well reputed and big landlords.
•Anapur estate: situated in Allahabad district.
•Jogani Estate of Muzaffarpur- Jogani Estate is located at south of Muzaffarpur district.

Industrialists


•Samprada Singh: Owner of Alkem Ltd. having more than 150 different products.
•Ramakant Rai Sharma: Native of Gazipur, UP but brought up in Kolkata and has remained there ever since. He is owner of Reliance dyes and chemicals which is a very old company now. He also owns a few more business across India in Mumbai, Chennai etc. He was also president of Brahmarshi Samaj is Kolkata and is active both among Bhumihar Brahmins of Kolkata and Gazipur.
•Mahendra Prasad Singh, a native of Jehanabad, and famous by the name of King Mahendra, is the owner of Aristo Pharmaceuticals [2] which has "a formidable position in the industry".
•Sharmanand Sharma, owner of Aglowmed Ltd. and belong to Jehanabad. Mr Sharma is also in diamond business and he himself a mining engineering gold medalist.
•Satish Kumar Singh A native of Fuladh, Muzaffarpur : Owner of Chemical & Orthopedics companies in Mumbai & Baroda. One of the leading Social figure of Bihari community in Mumbai. Secratory of "Bihar Pravasi Sangh" Bhayander.
•Anil Sharma: He was an engineer with Govt of Bihar and after resigning he went IIT-Kgp for an M.Tech degree. Later on He started his Amrapali Group which has many real estate projects across the India.
•Dr. Kalika Sharan Singh : a native of Nawalpur, Maharajganj, Siwan has been a successful medical practitioner. Later he resigned the government job to start his own Pharmaceutuical company M/s Hi-Tec Laboratories Limited, based at New Delhi with marketing network in four states namely Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa.
•Sarvesh Shahi A native of Ahiapur in Muzaffarpur is the owner of Shahi Shipping Company with its headquarter at Mumbai. His elder brother Karunesh Shahi is a famous lawyer of Muzaffarpur.

Sources
•The Bhumihars: Caste of eastern India (ISBN 81-86208-37-2), published 2005 by Raj Publishing House, Jaipur, India.
•"Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar" by Dandi Sanyasi Swami Sahajanand Saraswati (published in 1915, Sita Ram Ashram, Bihta)
•Allele frequencies for STR loci of the Powerplex 16 multiplex system in five endogamous populations of India. Forensic Sci Int. 126:178-186. Kashyap VK, Sarkar N, Trivedi R. (2002) Online citation.