Raja Pratap Singh

Raja Pratap Singh (Hindi: राव प्रताप सिंह) was the founder Rao of Barauli, in the Aligarh district, who was Prithviraj Chauhan's nephew and assisted in his fight against the Muslim invaders led by Muhammad of Ghor in 1191. They also fought on the side of Rana Pratap of Mewar and Maharana Hammir as their generals.

He joined the Chauhan army in Mahoba campion on his return settled in Pahasu in the centre of his newly acquired estate, where he rapidly acquired great power.

Raja Pratap Singh married the daughter of Raja Door and populated the town of Barauli in Samvat 1122 (1065 AD) when there were 1656 villages attached to it.