Dr. Raja Rai Rajeshwar Bali Bahadur OBE, MLA, RB was Taluqdar ruler of Rampur-Dariyabad and an intellectual reformer of British India.

Under the Diarchial System of Government of India Act 1919, he was elected to the United Provinces Legislative Council (UP Assembly) from the non-Muslim rural area of Barabanki district.

He was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours by King George V.[1] The passing of the Agra University Act and Primary Education Bill in the UP Assembly was also due to his efforts.

For this, he was conferred a Doctor of Literature degree by Lucknow University and he was included in the Encyclopedia of Great Men of the World, published in the US.

The establishment of different educational institutions and community health services without discrimination to religion, caste, or creed was one of the achievements of his tenure.

1 (1921–1951) by B. N. Puri, when the first meeting of the Lucknow University Court was held on March 21, 1921, under the presidency of Chancellor Harcourt Butler, He was among the top 45 members who attended it.

Raja Saheb, seeking to accommodate his growing family, embarked on an ambitious project to expand his ancestral home.

He constructed a new palace next to the original one, drawing inspiration from India’s art and music traditions, which played a central role in the design of the building.