Pratapgarh Estate

Pratapgarh was an estate (taluqdari) of Oudh, British India.^[1] The rulers of the estate were originally ruling from a place known as Taroul or Tiroul near Allahabad. The ancestor of the family was Babu Sujan Shah, son of Raja Sangram Shah of Tiroul.^[2] Later a descendant, Babu Pratap Singh (1628–1683) came to the region known as Rampur and built a fort, and gave the city its current name, Pratapgarh.

^ Pradesh (India), Uttar (1980). Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Pratapgarh. Government of Uttar Pradesh. pp. 37–42.
^ 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.

[1] Pradesh (India), Uttar (1980). Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Pratapgarh. Government of Uttar Pradesh. pp. 37–42.

[2] 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.

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