High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rai Rajeshwar Bali (1889–1944) was the Taluqdar of Daryabad, which is a princely state in North India and falls in the state of Uttar Pradesh (United Provinces). Dr. Rai Rajeshwar Bali was an intellectual reformist. During his lifetime he was not only the head of the Taluqdar association of oudh but also the education minister of UP from 1924 to 1928. His main contributions were the passage of the Agra University act, the creation of Bhatkhande College of Hindustani Music and the establishment of Montessori system of education in India. He was also one of the founding members of Colvin Taluqdars` College and during his time as education minister made the school open for the public.