Sisendi is a village in the Mohanlalganj Mandal of Lucknow.
It is located in the Mohanlalganj -Maurawan Link Road. Sisendi was founded by Shiv Singh, an eminent thakur of Gautam Clan of Rajpoot Chhatris. Sisendi is the chief village of a small pargana
known in former times as the pargana of Sisendi on the bank of the river Sai, about six miles to the south-east of the tahsil station of Mohanlalganj, and connected with it by a cross country road made by the taluqdar Raja Kashi Parshad, whose principal residence was in this village, and from
which his taluqa takes its name. The rise of the raja's family is recent, and the village once, together with the 27 villages that formed the pargana, are said to have belonged to a clan of  Gautams, an offshoot of the Argal Raj, who must have established a colony here in very early times ; for their ancestor, Bhuraj Singh, is said to have led an expedition, as a servant of the Raja of Kannauj, against the Bhars of a neighbouring village, who had the presumption to propose an alliance with the daughter of a Janwar chief. The Janwar appealed to Bhuraj Singh, who was leading a marriage procession through the neighbourhood, for help, and it resulted in the invasion
and conquest of the pargana by the Gautams. In the village there is a small heap of stones worshipped under the name of Bhura Baba, probably the same as Bhuraj Singh; but the name of the village seems to have been given to it by Shiu Singh, his son, if it be not due to some more mythic origin for the worship of Shiva under his emblem seems to prevail very extensively in the village. 

The tenure of land of this area covering Pargana of Sisendi, Nigohan & Mohanlalganj was divided between three main taluqdars, Raja Kashi Prasad of Sisendi, Thakur Bhagwan Baksh of Kusmaura and Lala Kanhaiyya Lal of Jabrauli but the latter taluqdar was more popularly belonged to Murawaan in Unnao. The remaining villages of this region were equally divided among Hindu caste but Brahmans & Chhatris were in dominance. The main attraction in the village is the ruined Estate's Buildings That were Prestigious during the Royal Empire Era of Sisendi.
The Scion That Ruled the Empire is now living in Lucknow.

     

                                                   "A view of the Ruined Palace of Sisendi"

"Probably It was the Guest Building For Outsiders or The Mehmaankhana"

                                                   "The Giant Entrance Dwar to the Palace"

"A Close View of  The Entrance Gate"

 "It is Located In the Opposite Side Of The Village Facing Towards The Road, And Having a Small Temple in It's Right Side Of The First Floor.It was Just Like A Farm-House Surrounded by The Agri Field From All Sides"

"The Ceiling Height Can Be Estimated From This View"

                                       
                                         "The Excellence in Design,Decor & The Royalty"

     

                                   

                             "View of The palace From The Side Of The Guest Building"

 

"Sisendi Village Temple Outside The Village"

"A Much Closer View Of  Temple.

"The Kashishwar Mahadeo Temple in Mohanlalganj Was Built By Raja Kashi Prasad Of Sisendi

In The Year 1860,Which Was Later On  Renovated By Rani Subhdra Kunwar In 1926"

"The Stone Stating The History"

"Beautiful Interiors Of Kashishwar Mahadeo Temple in Mohanlalganj"

The "Sisendi" or "Sissaindi" Had Seen The Golden Scenario of Its time During The Regime Of
"THE RAJAS" who Made It With The Best of their Moral Values Carved With the Ethical Conduct Within Their Estate,and the allied Areas. However There is Absence of a  History Relating To the Sisendi Village, But Still I Have Collected a Considerable Portion Which May Still Need The Evidentary Proof With The Mentioning of Same in The Gazetteer and Other Royal Chronicles.
There were Two Riyasats in Sisendi:
          "THE BADI SARKAR" & "THE CHHOTI SARKAR" 
Badi Sarkar Was Headed By Late Raja Udit Narayan Pathak And The Chhoti Sarkar Was Headed By Late Raja Vijay Kumar Tripathi, Who was Adopted By Former Raja From a Bajpai Family.

The rise of the family is recent and dates back from a marriage into the family of  Pathak Amrit Lal. Raja's grandfather was Lal Man, a Tewari Daman, Brahman of Misr-Khera, and of one of the most honoured Brahman houses, who only give their daughters in marriage to the Awasthi Parbhakar the Bajpai of Hira, and the Pandey of Khor, Brahman tribes. Lal Man was a banker of
his native town, and rose to be chakladar of Baiswara in 1240 or 1442 fasli  (1833 A.D.). In the latter year he was imprisoned as a defaulter, but was released on the security of Pathak Mohan Lal, son of Amirt Lal, who gave him, moreover, Rs. 10,000, and arranged for the marriage of his grandson, Kashi Parshad, with one of his the Pathak's daughters.

Kashi Parshad was a great man. He built himself a fine house at Sisendi, and a handsome Temple and a Ganj (market) in the village of Mau, on the road from Lucknow to Rae Bareli, which he called Mohanlalganj after the name of his father-in-law, and which now has become the headquarters of the tahsil, and gives its name to both the pargana and tahsil. He was the holder of a large area consisting of the whole of:

(1) The Sissaindi pargana, with the exception of one village.
(2) Of Mau and Dewa, and the estate of Karora in Mohanlalganj, eleven villages in all.
(3) Of Barauna, twelve villages in pargana Bijnaur.
(4) Of Dadlaha, twenty-five in the district of Unnao.
Fifty-eight villages in all, assessed at Rs. 54,989.

The Dadlaha estates he received for his services during the mutiny of 1857. The Barauna estates he acquired by sale. Karora he got by a mortgage transfer in 1238 fasli (1831 A.D.), the genuine nature of which transaction however is strenuously denied by the old zamindars. Mau and Dewa
were only held on farm. But the Sissaindi estate was acquired through Pathak Amirt Lal.
The proprietary of this pargana is said to have vested on the chief of the Bais family of Kurar Sidauli, and it was one of the nine parganas that fell to the Naistha house on the partition of the
Baiswara principality. In 1231 fasli (1824 A.D.), on the occasion of the investment of Shankar Sahae, grandson of Amirt Lal, with the Brahmanical cord, he induced the Rani Basant Kunwar, the widow of Raja Dirgpal Singh, to confer the pargana on him in shankalp.

Pathak Amrit Lal had three sons :—(1) Kundan Lal, whose son was Shankar Sahae, whose cord-investment occasioned the gift. (2) Sitaram, whose share Raja Kashi Parshad bought up when he defaulted. (3) And Mohan Lal, father-in-law of Raja Kashi Parshad. These three all died previous to 1248 fasli (1841 A.D.) and from 1243 fasli to 1259 fasli (1836 to 1852 A.D.), the estate was held either by the widow of Shankar Sahae or Mohan Lal. This is the pedigree :

                                                               
                                                                            Bakshi Ram
                                                                     
                                                                            Amrit Lal

            Sitaram                                                  Mohan Lal                                                         Kundan Lal

                                      Daughter of Mohan Lal was married to Kashi Prashad                 Shankar Sahae

                                                                       Chandra Shekhar
(Born on 29th October 1860, succeeded Raja Kashi Prasad in 1873, on whom the title of "RAJA" was conferred by King Amjad Ali Shah of Oudh (Awadh) and it was recognised herediatary by the British government in 1877.)             

                                                                     Vijay Kumar Tripathi
 (Rani Subhadra Kumari widow of Raja Chandra Shekhar adopted Vijay Kumar who was the grandson of her brother, belonging to a Bajpai clan of Brahmans on 14 July, 1929 under "the consent in writing" which was necessary for adoption under the provisions of Oudh Estates Act)

                                             Ajay Kumar Tripathi                         Sujay Kumar Tripathi




Raja Kashi Prashad was consistently loyal during the mutiny of 1857 and gave great assistance to British officers. He was specially mentioned in Lord Canning's Proclamation of March 1858 as one of the six loyal Oudh Talukdars, and was granted large estates as a reward.

                                            
Present Descendent of Badi Sarkar is Raja Heerendra Kumar Shukla(Grandson of Raja Udit Narayan Pathak & Known as "BADE SAHIB"). 
And Chhoti Sarkar is Headed By two sons of Raja Vijay Kumar Tripathi (A six Time MLA From the Sarojini Nagar Constituency) viz Sri Ajay Kumar Tripathi, who is the elder son of the Raja Vijay Kumar Tripathi and Sri Sujay Kumar Tripathi (a BSP MLA) the younger son respectively.

Basically The Zamindari,or the Taluqedari System Was Considered As The Supreme Source Of All the Evils of the Society.
But Apart From Such Evils, The Royal Family Of Sisendi Was The One,Which Made Extraordinary Efforts For the Betterment and Welfare of The Areas Under The Estate,And Even Today The Family Still Enjoys a State Of Respect Among Their People.

But The Time Has A Rule:"Nothing Is Permanant"

By The Passage Of Time And The Abolition Of The Zamindari System By the U.P ZAMINDARI ABOLITION & LAND RFORMS ACT-1950,

The Estates,Privy Purses And The Taluqs of The Concerned People Have Been Taken Out From Their Hands.

No Doubt It Has Been Proved As a Landmark Decision In The Upgradation of  Laws Related With Land Holding Patterns,As It Removed The Practice Of Concentration And Accumulation Of Large Holdings As The "Jaagirs  ",But It Somewhere Affected The Society Too In The Nature Of The Consequences  That Have Been Suffered By The Erstwhile Ruling Dynasties.

Most Of The Families Moved To New Places To Seek New Sources Of Their Livelihood By Means Of Any New Business Or Profession Etc. 

This was The Time When There Remained No Member Of These Royal Families To Look After 

The MAHALS,HAVELIS,BARADARIS,TEMPLES & OTHER BUILDINGS,that were Previously Maintained By these Royal Families From The Revenues Recieved By Them In Their Estates,Taluqs or Jaagirs.

Today The Havelis,Palaces,And Mahals Of Such Families Are Crying Over Their Present Position. Most of These Have Been Encroached Upon and Those which are left Are Just Ruined "Abandoned"  "KHANDAHARS".

The Architectural Heritage That Had Been Previously ,The Symbol Of Supreme Bliss,
now seeks and is  striving towards its Identity............................................................................................