Ram Baksh Singh

Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh was a Hindu zamindar of Daundia Khera in Unnao district in erstwhile Oudh province of British India. He was Kshatriya by birth. He was one of the leaders of Revolt of 1857 and close associate of Nana Sahib. He was hanged by British on 28 December 1857 for taking part in revolt and being guilty of killing of British soldiers. In 1992, Government of India had built a memorial at the place, where he was hanged, to honor his martyrdom. The dilapidated remains of his fort, which consists of the ruins of his royal mansion, huge campus spread over hundreds of acres, one more than 180 years old in-use Shiva temple and other structures has been in news recently due to hunt for gold and excavation by Archeological Survey of India. The Archeological Survey of India upon excavation his fort in October 2013, have discovered a brick wall, sherds, pieces of bangles, hopscotch toys and a mud floor which could date back to the 17-19th centuries but no gold treasure or any other valuable materials.