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	[[Maharaja]] '''Virendra Vasudev Mohan Dar''' (~~{{langx\|fa\|~~ویرِندرا واسودِو موهان دار}}), also known as [[Raja]] Virendra Mohan Dar, was the founder of the Dar Raj and a Kashmiri Pandit [[Raja\|Maharaja]], Jagirdar and the [[king]] of Dar and Nannar from 1771 until his death in 1821.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=eUy3EQAAQBAJ&pli=1\|title=Mahārāja Vīrendra Mohan Dār of Akhnūr\|last=Mukherjee\|first=Ramesh Chandra\|date=1987-07-21\|publisher=Nīldhôni Prokāśônā\|year=1987\|location=Calcutta\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=http://archive.org/details/dar-raj-dhar-raj-of-akhnur-and-dhaka\|title=Dar Raj (Dhar Raj) of Akhnur and Dhaka\|last=Nalinikanta Bhattacharya\|date=1938-04-18}}</ref>		[[Maharaja]] '''Virendra Vasudev Mohan Dar''' (Persian- ویرِندرا واسودِو موهان دار), also known as [[Raja]] Virendra Mohan Dar, was the founder of the Dar Raj and a Kashmiri Pandit [[Raja\|Maharaja]], Jagirdar and the [[king]] of Dar and Nannar from 1771 until his death in 1821.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=eUy3EQAAQBAJ&pli=1\|title=Mahārāja Vīrendra Mohan Dār of Akhnūr\|last=Mukherjee\|first=Ramesh Chandra\|date=1987-07-21\|publisher=Nīldhôni Prokāśônā\|year=1987\|location=Calcutta\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=http://archive.org/details/dar-raj-dhar-raj-of-akhnur-and-dhaka\|title=Dar Raj (Dhar Raj) of Akhnur and Dhaka\|last=Nalinikanta Bhattacharya\|date=1938-04-18}}</ref>

	== Early Life and Education ==		== Early Life and Education ==

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	'''Virendra Mohan Dar''' (~~born 14 September 1758 in Akhnoor~~) is a ~~Businessman~~ and ~~Jagirdar~~. ~~They died on 3 February 1821 in~~ Dhaka~~, Bangladesh.~~		[[Maharaja]] '''Virendra Vasudev Mohan Dar''' ({{langx\|fa\|ویرِندرا واسودِو موهان دار}}), also known as [[Raja]] Virendra Mohan Dar, was the founder of the Dar Raj and a Kashmiri Pandit [[Raja\|Maharaja]], Jagirdar and the [[king]] of Dar and Nannar from 1771 until his death in 1821.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=eUy3EQAAQBAJ&pli=1\|title=Mahārāja Vīrendra Mohan Dār of Akhnūr\|last=Mukherjee\|first=Ramesh Chandra\|date=1987-07-21\|publisher=Nīldhôni Prokāśônā\|year=1987\|location=Calcutta\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=http://archive.org/details/dar-raj-dhar-raj-of-akhnur-and-dhaka\|title=Dar Raj (Dhar Raj) of Akhnur and Dhaka\|last=Nalinikanta Bhattacharya\|date=1938-04-18}}</ref>

	Virendra Mohan Dar is ~~married~~ to 4.		== Early Life and Education ==
			Virendra Mohan Dar was born on 14 September 1758, in Akhnoor, Kashmir. He completed his education, in [[Persian language\|Persian]], [[Sanskrit]], [[English language\|English]] and [[Mathematics]] under [[Kashmiri people\|kashmiri pandits]] such as Pt. Madhussudan Kaul.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mx7iEQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en&source=newbks_fb&redir_esc=y\|title=The Raja of Dar- Life and Legacy of Virendra Vasudev of Dar- ویرِندرا واسودِو موهان دار\|last=BL\|first=Jitendranath Ghose\|date=1931-07-21\|publisher=Bridgebit Printing Works, Bowbajaar, Calcutta 1931\|year=1931\|pages=21, 22, 23\|language=en}}</ref>

			== Accession ==
			During the reign of [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]], he was formally conferred the title of [[Maharaja]] and was coronated in 1771. His role is considered significant in the political and social history of [[Kashmir]].<ref name="KashmirHistory">Khan, Mohammad Ishaq (2004). ''History of Medieval Kashmir''. Srinagar: Gulshan Books. pp. 312–314.</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=3uW4EQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en&source=newbks_fb&redir_esc=y\|title=وِرینٛدر موہن دار\|last=Mukherjee\|first=Ramesh\|date=1979-12-06\|publisher=Banwara Publishing\|language=ar\|year=1979}}</ref> The death of [[Ahmad Shah Durrani\|Ahmed Shah Durrani]] in 1772 resulted in the decline of the [[Durrani Empire]] due to which the Dar [[Royal family\|Raj]] eventually lost power in Akhnoor and the [[Kashmir Valley\|Cashmere Valley]], hence they shifted to [[Bengal]] (Now [[Bangladesh]]).<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mx7iEQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en&source=newbks_fb&redir_esc=y\|title=The Raja of Dar- Life and Legacy of Virendra Vasudev of Dar- ویرِندرا واسودِو موهان دار\|last=BL\|first=Jitendranath Ghose\|date=1931-07-21\|publisher=Bridgebit Printing Works, Bowbajaar, Calcutta 1931\|year=1931\|pages=54, 58, 59\|language=en}}</ref>
			==Shift to Bengal==
			Virendra Mohan constructed the Dhar Rajbari at ''Char Talibari'', in the Rajrajeshwar area of [[Bengal]] (Now [[Bangladesh]]), at a cost of 2 million rupees. Later, due to severe erosion by the [[Padma River]], the palace was completely destroyed. He then built the 250 room Dhar Zamindar Palace at Jalsin, Nannar Village in Dhamrai at a cost of 3 million rupees, which is also known as Nannar Rajbari.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=3uW4EQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en&source=newbks_fb&redir_esc=y\|title=وِرینٛدر موہن دار\|last=Mukherjee\|first=Ramesh\|date=1979-12-06\|publisher=Banwara Publishing\|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=m9C8EQAAQBAJ&pg=PT63&dq=Virendra+Mohan+Dar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiq693olrySAxV_XWwGHTYnOksQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false\|title=ZAMĪNDĀRS OF EARLY BAṄGĀL AND EAST PĀKISTĀN AND DECLINE OF ZAMĪNDĀR SYSTEM\|last=Badal\|first=M. N. C.\|date=1949-06-11\|publisher=Baṅgāl Granthālaya Prakāśan\|language=en}}</ref>

			== Death and Legacy ==
			Virendra Mohan Dar is mentioned in various historical texts and records, where he is identified as one of the influential local rulers of Kashmir during the [[Durrani Empire\|Durrani]] period. He died in 1821 of [[cancer]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/History_of_Muslim_Civilization_in_India/ciBuAAAAMAAJ\|title=History of Muslim Civilization in India and Pakistan: A Political and Cultural History\|last=Ikram\|first=Sheikh Mohamad\|date=1989\|publisher=Institute of Islamic Culture\|isbn=978-969-469-001-8\|pages=201–202\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Kash%C4%ABr_Being_a_History_of_Kashmir_from/ImRDAAAAYAAJ\|title=Kashīr, Being a History of Kashmir from the Earliest Times to Our Own\|last=Sufi\|first=G. M. D.\|date=1974\|publisher=Light & Life Publishers\|pages=85–86\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Historical_Abstracts/pc4LAQAAMAAJ\|title=Historical Abstracts: Modern history abstracts, 1775–1914. Part A\|date=1988\|publisher=American Bibliographical Center, CLIO\|pages=69, 70, 98\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Census_of_India_1931/TaDUb97q6GwC\|title=Census of India, 1931\|last=Commissioner\|first=India Census\|date=1933\|publisher=Manager of Publications\|pages=186, 188\|language=en}}</ref> His son, [[Raja]] Mukund Mohan Dar, was coronated the following year.

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{{Infobox royalty
| birth_date = 1758-09-14
| birth_name = Virendra Vasudev Mohan Dar
| birth_place = Akhnoor
| clan_name = House of Dar
| coronation = 1771
| death_date = 1821-02-03
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| dynasty = Dar
| father = Ramhari Dar
| house = Dar
| house-type = Royalty, Jagirdari
| name = Virendra Mohan Dar
| occupation = Businessman and Jagirdar
| reign = 1771-1821
| religion = Kashmiri Pandit
| royal house = Dar
| spouse = 4
| successor = Raja Mukund Mohan Dar
| title = King and Founder of Dar Raj
}}

'''Virendra Mohan Dar''' (born 14 September 1758 in Akhnoor) is a Businessman and Jagirdar. They died on 3 February 1821 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Virendra Mohan Dar is married to 4.

== References ==

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