Career

He established a town in near Pratapgarh of Uttar Pradesh, at present known as Katra Medniganj after him. He was a sibling of Babu Gulab Singh, a freedom fighter of First Independence War of 1857 and Taluqdar from Pratapgarh State, Awadh. Possibly, he was son of Raja Chhatradhari Singh Somavanshi of Pratapgarh (now part of Uttar Pradesh).

Katra Medniganj, a town and Nagar Panchayat in Pratapgarh district of Indian Uttar Pradesh state, is named after him.