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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Maharaja of Sonepur from 1902 to 1937}}<br />
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| image = Bir Mitrodaya Singh Deo.jpg<br />
| alt = Bir Mitrodaya Singh Deo<br />
| caption = Full length portrait of Bir Mitrodaya Singh Deo, the Maharaja of Sonepur<br />
| name = Bir Mitrodaya Singh Deo<br />
| title = Maharaja of Sonepur<br />
| succession = 12th [[Sonepur State|Maharaja of Sonepur]]<br />
| reign = 8 August 1902{{sndash}}{{avoid wrap|29 April 1937}}<br />
| coronation = 8 August 1902<br />
| predecessor = [[Pratap Rudra Singh Deo]]<br />
| successor = Sudhansu Shekhar Singh Deo<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1874|07|08|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Subarnapur, Odisha|Sonepur]], Odisha, India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1937|04|29|1874|07|08|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Subarnapur, Odisha|Sonepur]], Odisha, India<br />
| spouse = Parvati Devi<br />
| issue = {{Plainlist|<br />
* Somabushan Singh Deo<br />
* Sudhansu Shekhar Singh Deo<br />
}}<br />
| father = [[Pratap Rudra Singh Deo]]<br />
| mother = Amulyamani Devi<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Bir Mitrodaya Singh Deo''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] (8 July 1874 – 29 April 1937), was [[Maharaja]] of [[Sonepur State|Sonepur]] from 1902 until his death in 1937.<br />
== Biography ==<br />
He was born on 8 July 1874<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVkKAAAAIAAJ |title=The India Office and Burma Office List |date=1928 |publisher=Harrison and sons, Limited |pages=244 |language=en}}</ref> to [[Pratap Rudra Singh Deo]] and his wife Amulyamani Devi.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Vadivelu |first=A. |title=The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles & Zamindars of India |publisher=G. C. Loganadham Bros |year=1915 |volume=1 |pages=395}}</ref> He succeeded his father on 8 August 1902.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |title=Memoranda on Native States in India |publisher=Superintendent Government Printing |year=1911 |location=Calcutta |pages=141}}</ref> He was installed by Officiating Chief Minister at Sambalpur in November 1902.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |title=Report on the Administration of the Feudatory States of the Central Provinces for the year 1902 |publisher=Secretariat Press |year=1903 |location=Nagpur}}</ref> He was a very popular and just ruler.<ref name=":0" /> The Maharaja was a lover of literature and a patron of learning, and he established schools for boys and girls throughout his state.<ref name=":0" /> He was honoured with KCIE in 1918.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Pati |first=Budheswar |title=India and the First World War |date=1996 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers and Distributors |isbn=81-7156-581-6 |location=New Delhi |pages=252 |oclc=37870141}}</ref> The Mukti Mandap of Puri conferred on him the title of Dharmaniddhi on account of his liberality and pious deeds.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Nāẏaka |first=Pabitra Mohana |title=Inscriptions of Orissa : with special reference to Subarnapur |date=2011 |publisher=Readworthy Publications |isbn=978-93-5018-042-6 |location=New Delhi |pages=75 |oclc=745762120}}</ref> Similarly, Bangiya Sanskruta Mahamandala conferred on him the title of Jnangunakar on account of his immense contributions to the world of knowledge.<ref name=":3" /> The British Government highly praised his sound administration and gave him the title of Maharaja in 1908, which was made hereditary in 1921, and he was subsequently granted permanent salute of nine guns.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275348 |title=Memoranda on the Indian States |publisher=Manager of Publications |year=1939 |location=Delhi}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> He died on 29 April 1937, and was succeeded by Sudhansu Shekhar Singh Deo as Maharaja of Sonepur.<ref name=":4" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1874 births]]<br />
[[Category:1937 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Rajas of Sonepur]]</div>Sanjay