ठाकुर दरियाव सिंह
Amar Shaheed ' Thakur Dariyav Singh was born in Singraur branch in Khaga tehsil of district Fatehpur. He was born in 1800 AD. His father's name was Thakur Mardan Singh. He was the talukdar of Khaga. Thakur Dariyav Singh was about 57 years old at the time of the revolution of 1857. The medical college built in Fatehpur is named after Amar Shaheed Jodha Singh Attaya and Thakur Dariyav Singh. His full name is Thakur Dariyav Singh. On 6 March 1858, the tyrannical British rule hanged him. He was a great revolutionary.
Thakur Dariyav Singh Biography[edit]
Veer Shiromani Amar Shaheed Thakur Dariyav Singh was born in 1795 AD as the son of Talukdar Thakur Mardan Singh in Khaga town situated in the middle of the holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna. In ancient times, his descendant, the mighty Suryavansh Vatsa gotra Kshatriya Khadga Singh Chauhan defeated the king of this land and took over his kingdom and built a new town, which later became famous as Khaga after his name. At present, it is a tehsil of Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
His descendants were Chauhan Kshatriyas from the Ror group of Kshatriyas who came from Rajasthan and in their society, it was mandatory to follow strict rules of customs and rituals. Sati Pratha was in practice till the middle of the 18th century. The temple of Sati Mata still exists in village Sarasai. To maintain the purity of blood, people of his society used to have marital relations only with the Kshatriyas of Ror group who came from Rajasthan. Till the end of 18th century, the girls of his family were married only to Rawat, Rawal, Parmar, Sengar Kshatriyas of Ror group and brides were brought only from Gauma, Parihar, Chandel and Bisen Kshatriyas of Ror group. Mahar Thakur Dariyav Singh's maternal home was in village Budwan, Khaga, district Fatehpur at Gautam Kshatriya Thakur Shri Pal Singh's place and his in-laws' home was in village Simri, district Raebareli at Gautam Kshatriya's place. His wife's name was Sugandha. He had two brave sons and two daughters. The name of the eldest son was Thakur Sujan Singh and the name of the younger son was Thakur Devi Singh. His elder daughter was married to Rawat (Gotra Bharadwaj) Kshatriyas in village Kishanpur, district Fatehpur. The younger daughter was married to Rawal (Gotra Kashyap) Kshatriyas in village Kishanpur itself who were residents of village Ikdala. After knowing the history, it seems that perhaps Thakur Sujan Singh and Thakur Devi Singh's in-laws were Parihar Kshatriyas in Raebareli district. On 6 March 1858, all the members of the family, except Thakur Devi Singh, were hanged and after that Thakur Devi Singh went into exile in those difficult times and the wives of Thakur Sujan Singh and Thakur Devi Singh had to take refuge at their father's place.
