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	''' Maharaja Jagadindra Nath Roy Bahadur (Moitra)''' (20 October,1868- 5 January,1925) <ref name="Sansad">{{cite book \| title=Sansad Bengali Charitabhidhan Vol.I \| publisher= Sahitya Sansad,Kolkata \| author= Subodhchandra Sengupta & Anjali Bose \| year=2016 \| pages=230 \| isbn=978-81-7955-135-6}}</ref> known as the '''Maharaja of Natore''' was a noted [[zamindar]] of [[Zamindar of Natore\|Natore]] from [[Bengal]]. He is also noted for his contribution to the game of [[cricket]] in British India.<ref name=e/><ref name="g">{{cite book\|last1=Division\|first1=Bangladesh Ministry of Cabinet Affairs Establishment\|last2=Ishaq\|first2=Muhammad\|title=Bangladesh District Gazetteers: Rajshahi 1976\|year=1976\|publisher=Bangladesh Government Press\|pages=240–41\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uy5GAQAAIAAJ&q=jogendra+nath+roy+natore\|access-date=22 April 2017\|language=en}}</ref>		''' Maharaja Jagadindra Nath Roy Bahadur (Moitra)''' (20 October 1868 – 5 January 1925)<ref name="Sansad">{{cite book \| title=Sansad Bengali Charitabhidhan Vol.I \| publisher=Sahitya Sansad,Kolkata \| author= Subodhchandra Sengupta & Anjali Bose \| year=2016 \| pages=230 \| isbn=978-81-7955-135-6}}</ref> known as the '''Maharaja of Natore''' was a noted [[zamindar]] of [[Zamindar of Natore\|Natore]] from [[Bengal]]. He was also noted for his contribution to the game of [[cricket]] in British India.<ref name=e/><ref name="g">{{cite book\|last1=Division\|first1=Bangladesh Ministry of Cabinet Affairs Establishment\|last2=Ishaq\|first2=Muhammad\|title=Bangladesh District Gazetteers: Rajshahi 1976\|year=1976\|publisher=Bangladesh Government Press\|pages=240–41\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uy5GAQAAIAAJ&q=jogendra+nath+roy+natore\|access-date=22 April 2017\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Recalling the story of the cricket-crazy maharajas of undivided Bengal \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/recalling-the-story-of-the-cricket-crazy-maharajas-of-undivided-bengal/cid/2025530 \|access-date=26 September 2025 \|agency=The Telegraph Kolkata \|date=26 September 2025 \|language=en}}</ref>

	==Family==		==Family==
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	===Cricket===		===Cricket===
	He was a great cricket enthusiast and one of the active committee members of the [[Calcutta Cricket Club]]. In 1890, he promoted his own cricket team known as ''Natore''. He was a great nationalist and his team consisted of Indian members. He promoted the [[Natore Stadium]], a large cricket venue in his hometown of [[Natore]] and a sprawling cricket stadium, called Natore Garden in Calcutta at [[Ballygunge]], which rivaled the [[Eden Gardens]] Stadium also in Calcutta. He also roped in prominent Indian players of his time, like [[A. H. Mehta\|Mehta]], [[Palwankar Baloo\|Baloo]], [[Shivram Palwankar\|Shivram]], [[Yeshwant Palwankar\|Yeshwant]], Ganpat Palwankar, Vithal Palwankar, [[Kilvidi Seshachari\|Sheshacari]], [[Kekhashru Mistry\|K. N. Mistry]], [[Jehangir Warden\|Warden]], [[H.L. Semper]], [[~~Sarda~~ Ranjan Roy\|~~Sardaranjan~~]] and his brothers, Muktidaranjan, Kuladaranjan, and ~~Pramodranjan~~. [[Moni Das]], another noted cricket player of the era from Bengal, was also patronized by the Maharaja. Although the Maharaja had only one eye, he would bat and field himself and was a good cricket player. His son, Kumar Jogindra Nath was also a good cricket player. The Natore team boasted a nationalist spirit and the team included many noted [[Dalit]] cricketers of the era. He adopted Srishchandra, a young but poor cricket talent and saved the life of an aspiring talent of Bengal.<ref name=m/> The Natore team promoted by him rivaled the team of Cooch Behar which was promoted by [[Nripendra Narayan\|Maharaja Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur]] of [[Cooch Behar]] in Bengal. The Natore team lasted until 1945, patronized by his son after his death.<ref name=e>{{cite book\|last1=Mukherji\|first1=Raju\|title=Eden Gardens Legend & Romance: Eden Gardens, the heritage cricket venue, celebrated 150 years\|date=21 February 2015\|publisher=Kolkatatoday.com\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqPDBgAAQBAJ&q=Jagadindra+&pg=PA76\|access-date=16 April 2017\|ref=k\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=x>{{cite book\|last1=Majumdar\|first1=Boria\|title=Cricket in Colonial India 1780 – 1947\|date=18 October 2013\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781317970132\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FcyMAQAAQBAJ&q=natore&pg=PA72\|access-date=16 April 2017\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=m>{{cite book\|last1=Majumdar\|first1=Boria\|last2=Hong\|first2=Fan\|title=Modern Sport - The Global Obsession\|date=13 September 2013\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781317997955\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odbdAAAAQBAJ&q=muktidaranjan+roy+cricket&pg=PA142\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last1=Online\|first1=Asia Time\|title=Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan\|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC05Df04.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407220059/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC05Df04.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=7 April 2005\|access-date=16 April 2017\|work=www.atimes.com\|date=5 March 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Macaloon\|first1=John J.\|title=Muscular Christianity and the Colonial and Post-Colonial World\|date=13 September 2013\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781317997917\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UTdAAAAQBAJ&q=Moni+das+cricket&pg=PT125\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=On a ground once upon a time\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1141212/jsp/opinion/story_3201.jsp#.WPOuE2mGPIU\|access-date=16 April 2017\|work=The Telegraph\|agency=The Telegraph Kolkata\|date=12 December 2014}}</ref>		He was a great cricket enthusiast and one of the active committee members of the [[Calcutta Cricket Club]]. In 1890, he promoted his own cricket team known as ''Natore''. He was a great nationalist and his team consisted of Indian members. He promoted the [[Natore Stadium]], a large cricket venue in his hometown of [[Natore]] and a sprawling cricket stadium, called Natore Garden in Calcutta at [[Ballygunge]], which rivaled the [[Eden Gardens]] Stadium also in Calcutta. He also roped in prominent Indian players of his time, like [[A. H. Mehta\|Mehta]], [[Palwankar Baloo\|Baloo]], [[Shivram Palwankar\|Shivram]], [[Yeshwant Palwankar\|Yeshwant]], Ganpat Palwankar, Vithal Palwankar, [[Kilvidi Seshachari\|Sheshacari]], [[Kekhashru Mistry\|K. N. Mistry]], [[Jehangir Warden\|Warden]], [[H.L. Semper]], [[Sarada Ranjan Roy\|Saradaranjan]] and his brothers, Muktidaranjan, Kuladaranjan, and Pramodaranjan. [[Moni Das]], another noted cricket player of the era from Bengal, was also patronized by the Maharaja. Although the Maharaja had only one eye, he would bat and field himself and was a good cricket player. His son, Kumar Jogindra Nath was also a good cricket player. The Natore team boasted a nationalist spirit and the team included many noted [[Dalit]] cricketers of the era. He adopted Srishchandra, a young but poor cricket talent and saved the life of an aspiring talent of Bengal.<ref name=m/> The Natore team promoted by him rivaled the team of Cooch Behar which was promoted by [[Nripendra Narayan\|Maharaja Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur]] of [[Cooch Behar]] in Bengal. The Natore team lasted until 1945, patronized by his son after his death.<ref name=e>{{cite book\|last1=Mukherji\|first1=Raju\|title=Eden Gardens Legend & Romance: Eden Gardens, the heritage cricket venue, celebrated 150 years\|date=21 February 2015\|publisher=Kolkatatoday.com\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqPDBgAAQBAJ&q=Jagadindra+&pg=PA76\|access-date=16 April 2017\|ref=k\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=x>{{cite book\|last1=Majumdar\|first1=Boria\|title=Cricket in Colonial India 1780 – 1947\|date=18 October 2013\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781317970132\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FcyMAQAAQBAJ&q=natore&pg=PA72\|access-date=16 April 2017\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=m>{{cite book\|last1=Majumdar\|first1=Boria\|last2=Hong\|first2=Fan\|title=Modern Sport - The Global Obsession\|date=13 September 2013\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781317997955\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odbdAAAAQBAJ&q=muktidaranjan+roy+cricket&pg=PA142\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last1=Online\|first1=Asia Time\|title=Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan\|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC05Df04.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407220059/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC05Df04.html\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=7 April 2005\|access-date=16 April 2017\|work=www.atimes.com\|date=5 March 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Macaloon\|first1=John J.\|title=Muscular Christianity and the Colonial and Post-Colonial World\|date=13 September 2013\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781317997917\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UTdAAAAQBAJ&q=Moni+das+cricket&pg=PT125\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=On a ground once upon a time\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1141212/jsp/opinion/story_3201.jsp#.WPOuE2mGPIU\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417154342/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1141212/jsp/opinion/story_3201.jsp#.WPOuE2mGPIU\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 April 2017\|access-date=16 April 2017\|work=The Telegraph\|agency=The Telegraph Kolkata\|date=12 December 2014}}</ref>

	===Politics===		===Politics===
	In 1901, he was made Chairman of the Congress Reception Committee at Calcutta and gave a noted lecture on India's state of political affairs and industries.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Haqqi\|first1=Anwarul Haque\|last2=Association\|first2=Indian Political Science\|title=Indian Democracy at the Crossroads\|year=1986\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|pages=209\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk7c6O2XlGwC&q=jagadindra+nath+roy+member&pg=PA209\|access-date=16 April 2017\|language=en}}</ref>		In 1901, he was made Chairman of the Congress Reception Committee at Calcutta and gave a noted lecture on India's state of political affairs and industries.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Haqqi\|first1=Anwarul Haque\|last2=Association\|first2=Indian Political Science\|title=Indian Democracy at the Crossroads\|year=1986\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|pages=209\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk7c6O2XlGwC&q=jagadindra+nath+roy+member&pg=PA209\|access-date=16 April 2017\|language=en}}</ref>

	He was elected as a member of the [[Bengal Legislative Council]] in 1913.<ref name=b/>		He was elected as a member of the [[British Bengal Legislative Council\|Bengal Legislative Council]] in 1913.<ref name=b/>

	==Death==		==Death==
	He died in 1925<ref name=e/> survived by his son, Raja ~~Jogindra~~ Nath Roy, who succeeded him as [[Natore Raj]].<ref name=b/>		He died in 1925<ref name=e/> survived by his son, Raja Joladhi Nath Roy, who succeeded him as [[Natore Raj]].<ref name=b/>

	==Memorials==		==Memorials==
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''' Maharaja Jagadindra Nath Roy Bahadur (Moitra)''' (20 October,1868- 5 January,1925) <ref name="Sansad">{{cite book | title=Sansad Bengali Charitabhidhan Vol.I | publisher= Sahitya Sansad,Kolkata | author= Subodhchandra Sengupta & Anjali Bose | year=2016 | pages=230 | isbn=978-81-7955-135-6}}</ref> known as the '''Maharaja of Natore''' was a noted [[zamindar]] of [[Zamindar of Natore|Natore]] from [[Bengal]]. He is also noted for his contribution to the game of [[cricket]] in British India.<ref name=e/><ref name="g">{{cite book|last1=Division|first1=Bangladesh Ministry of Cabinet Affairs Establishment|last2=Ishaq|first2=Muhammad|title=Bangladesh District Gazetteers: Rajshahi 1976|year=1976|publisher=Bangladesh Government Press|pages=240–41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uy5GAQAAIAAJ&q=jogendra+nath+roy+natore|access-date=22 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Family==
He was the adopted son of Govind Chandra Nath Ray (Moitra), the Zamindar of Natore, a member of the [[Rajshahi Raj]] family, who died childless and Brajasundari, his widow adopted Jagadindranath at age of fifteen. The personal title of Maharaja was bestowed upon him in 1877. He later made [[Calcutta]] his home. [[Natore Rajbari]], the Natore Raj family's ancestral home since the time of [[Rani Bhabani]] is now a protected monument of [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=b>{{cite book|last1=Bakshi|first1=Shiri Ram|title=Bangladesh Gazetteer|year=2000|publisher=Cosmo Publication|isbn=9788177550184|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bg8jgJCR-EcC&q=%2C+Maharaja+Jagadindra+Nath+Ray+OBITUARY&pg=PA169|access-date=16 April 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Lorimer|first1=John Gordon|title=Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ʻOmān, and Central Arabia|year=1970|publisher=Gregg|pages=251|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NL0sAQAAMAAJ&q=Jagadindra+Nath+Ray+|access-date=16 April 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Lethbridge|first1=Sir Roper|title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire|year=2005|publisher=Aakar Books|isbn=9788187879541|pages=198|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&q=GOBINDANATH+ROY+Bahadur&pg=PA198|access-date=16 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Career and patronage==
He was a patron of art and sports<ref name=e/> including the Town Club of Calcutta and the [[Bengal Gymkhana]].<ref name=m/> He was editor of a monthly journal titled ''Manasi o Marmabani'' and earned a reputation as a journalist.<ref name=g/>

===Cricket===
He was a great cricket enthusiast and one of the active committee members of the [[Calcutta Cricket Club]]. In 1890, he promoted his own cricket team known as ''Natore''. He was a great nationalist and his team consisted of Indian members. He promoted the [[Natore Stadium]], a large cricket venue in his hometown of [[Natore]] and a sprawling cricket stadium, called Natore Garden in Calcutta at [[Ballygunge]], which rivaled the [[Eden Gardens]] Stadium also in Calcutta. He also roped in prominent Indian players of his time, like [[A. H. Mehta|Mehta]], [[Palwankar Baloo|Baloo]], [[Shivram Palwankar|Shivram]], [[Yeshwant Palwankar|Yeshwant]], Ganpat Palwankar, Vithal Palwankar, [[Kilvidi Seshachari|Sheshacari]], [[Kekhashru Mistry|K. N. Mistry]], [[Jehangir Warden|Warden]], [[H.L. Semper]], [[Sarda Ranjan Roy|Sardaranjan]] and his brothers, Muktidaranjan, Kuladaranjan, and Pramodranjan. [[Moni Das]], another noted cricket player of the era from Bengal, was also patronized by the Maharaja. Although the Maharaja had only one eye, he would bat and field himself and was a good cricket player. His son, Kumar Jogindra Nath was also a good cricket player. The Natore team boasted a nationalist spirit and the team included many noted [[Dalit]] cricketers of the era. He adopted Srishchandra, a young but poor cricket talent and saved the life of an aspiring talent of Bengal.<ref name=m/> The Natore team promoted by him rivaled the team of Cooch Behar which was promoted by [[Nripendra Narayan|Maharaja Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur]] of [[Cooch Behar]] in Bengal. The Natore team lasted until 1945, patronized by his son after his death.<ref name=e>{{cite book|last1=Mukherji|first1=Raju|title=Eden Gardens Legend & Romance: Eden Gardens, the heritage cricket venue, celebrated 150 years|date=21 February 2015|publisher=Kolkatatoday.com|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqPDBgAAQBAJ&q=Jagadindra+&pg=PA76|access-date=16 April 2017|ref=k|language=en}}</ref><ref name=x>{{cite book|last1=Majumdar|first1=Boria|title=Cricket in Colonial India 1780 – 1947|date=18 October 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317970132|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FcyMAQAAQBAJ&q=natore&pg=PA72|access-date=16 April 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name=m>{{cite book|last1=Majumdar|first1=Boria|last2=Hong|first2=Fan|title=Modern Sport - The Global Obsession|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317997955|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odbdAAAAQBAJ&q=muktidaranjan+roy+cricket&pg=PA142|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Online|first1=Asia Time|title=Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC05Df04.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407220059/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC05Df04.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=7 April 2005|access-date=16 April 2017|work=www.atimes.com|date=5 March 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Macaloon|first1=John J.|title=Muscular Christianity and the Colonial and Post-Colonial World|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317997917|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UTdAAAAQBAJ&q=Moni+das+cricket&pg=PT125|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=On a ground once upon a time|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1141212/jsp/opinion/story_3201.jsp#.WPOuE2mGPIU|access-date=16 April 2017|work=The Telegraph|agency=The Telegraph Kolkata|date=12 December 2014}}</ref>

===Politics===
In 1901, he was made Chairman of the Congress Reception Committee at Calcutta and gave a noted lecture on India's state of political affairs and industries.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Haqqi|first1=Anwarul Haque|last2=Association|first2=Indian Political Science|title=Indian Democracy at the Crossroads|year=1986|publisher=Mittal Publications|pages=209|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk7c6O2XlGwC&q=jagadindra+nath+roy+member&pg=PA209|access-date=16 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>

He was elected as a member of the [[Bengal Legislative Council]] in 1913.<ref name=b/>

==Death==
He died in 1925<ref name=e/> survived by his son, Raja Jogindra Nath Roy, who succeeded him as [[Natore Raj]].<ref name=b/>

==Memorials==
There is a school named after him, which he founded, named Maharaja Jagadindra Nath Roy School at Natore.

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