Maharaja Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; ; feminine: Maharani) is a royal title in Indian subcontinent, Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and Medieval India, medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a pri ...

Rao Ram Baksh Singh Rajpati Rajdev Bahadur was a Bais

Rajput Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

Maharaja Rao of princely state of

Baiswada State Baiswada State, also called Kingdom of Baiswada, was one of the States of India in Awadh region. Baiswada got its name because Bais (clan), Bais Rajputs dominated this area. It was founded by Maharaj Abhaychandra Bais, from the 25th generation of ...

Oudh The Kingdom of Awadh (, , also Oudh State, Kingdom of Oudh, Awadh Subah, or Awadh State) was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a British protectorate in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the Br ...

region of Uttar Pradesh during the

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rule. He was one of the leaders of the

Sepoy Mutiny The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form ...

, and a close associate of

Nana Sahib Nana Saheb Peshwa II (19 May 1824 – after 1857), born Dhondu Pant, was an Indian aristocrat and fighter who led the Siege of Cawnpore (Kanpur) during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the East India Company. As the adopted son of the exi ...

. He was hanged by the British on 28 December 1859 for taking part in the revolt and being found guilty of the killing of British soldiers. In 1992, the Government of India built a memorial at the place where he was hanged to honor his death. The dilapidated remains of his capital Daundia Khera fort - consisting of the ruins of his royal mansion, a huge campus spread over 380 acres, a temple to

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

which has been in use for more than 180 years, and various other structures - have been in the news recently due to an urban legend of gold treasure buried there. The

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, upon excavation his fort in October 2013, discovered a brick wall,

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s, pieces of bangles,

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toys, and a mud floor which could date back to the 17-19th centuries, but no gold treasure or any other valuable materials.

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