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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Raja of Talcher from 1891 to 1945}}<br />
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{{infobox royalty<br />
| title = [[Raja]]<br />
| image = Kishore Chandra.jpg<br />
| alt = Kishore Chandra<br />
| succession = [[Raja]] of [[Talcher State|Talcher]]<br />
| reign = 18 December 1891 – 7 November 1945<br />
| predecessor = [[Ramchandra Birabar Harichandan|Ramchandra Birabar]]<br />
| successor = [[Hrudaya Chandra]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|07|09|df=yes}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|11|07|1880|07|09|df=yes}}<br />
| full name = Kishore Chandra Birabar Harichandan<br />
| house = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Talcher_Princely_State.svg}} [[Talcher State|Talcher]]<br />
| investiture = 9 July 1901<br />
| dynasty = [[Gajapati Empire|Gajapati]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kishore Chandra Birabar Harichandan''' was the [[Raja]] of [[Talcher State|Talcher]] from 1891 until his death in 1945.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
He was born on 9 July 1880 to [[Ramchandra Birabar Harichandan|Ramchandra Birabar]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Vadivelu |first=A. |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.05831/ |title=The ruling chiefs, nobles and zamindars of India |date=1915 |publisher=G. C. Loganadham Bros, Madras |pages=398–400}}</ref> He was educated at [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Cuttack]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=The Imperial Publishing Co. |first=Lahore |url=https://archive.org/details/TwiK_his-imperial-majesty-king-george-5-and-the-princes-of-india-and-the-indian-empir/ |title=His Imperial Majesty King George 5 And The Princes Of India And The Indian Empire ( Historical Biographical) Compiled By K. R. Khosla, 1937, Lahore The Imperial Publishing Co., Lahore |pages=218–219}}</ref><br />
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== Succession ==<br />
[[File:Kishore Chandra Birabar Harichandan.jpg|alt=Kishore Chandra Birabar Harichandan|thumb|Kishore Chandra]]<br />
He succeeded his father as the [[Raja]] of [[Talcher State|Talcher]] on 18 December 1891.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Playne |first=Somerset |url=https://archive.org/details/bengalassambehar00some/ |title=Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their history, people, commerce, and industrial resources |date=2012 |publisher=New Delhi : Asian Educational Services |others=Public Resource |isbn=978-81-206-1964-7 |pages=600–603}}</ref> Owing to his minority on the occasion, the state was placed under the [[Court of Wards (India)|court of wards]].<ref name=":1" /> He was granted full administrative powers on 9 July 1901.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.107205/ |title=Who S Who Among Indian Princes Rajas And Chiefs Nobles 1941 - 42 |date=1942 |pages=1348}}</ref><br />
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== Reign ==<br />
The administration of state was carried out under his personal supervision.<ref name=":2" /> He improved and conducted it on modern lines.<ref name=":2" /> He was easily accessible to all his subjects and patiently listened to those who sought redress from him.<ref name=":2" /> His state was rich in mineral resources, especially coal, mica, limestone, building stone, etc.<ref name=":3" /> In 1906, he got a sample of coal from [[Talcher]] tested in [[Kolkata]] and invited applications for leasing mines of coal, mica, and iron.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Strümpell |first=Christian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6r3REAAAQBAJ |title=Industrial Labour in an Unequal World: Ethnographic Perspectives on Uneven and Combined Development |last2=Hoffmann |first2=Michael |date=2023-10-04 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-131166-1 |language=en}}</ref> He gave 8 mi (20.7 km²) of his state coal resources on lease.<ref name=":3" /> During his reign, the income of [[Talcher State|Talcher]] increased from 82,353 rupees in 1900–01 to 5,73,083 rupees in 1934–35, and during the same period, its expenditure rose from 73,047 rupees to 2,95,772 rupees.<ref name=":3" /> Expenditure on education increased from 1,775 rupees in 1900–01 to 18,344 rupees in 1934–35, and expenditure on sanitation rose from 857 rupees to 8,517 rupees.<ref name=":3" /> He raised the wages for both skilled and unskilled labor up to six times.<ref name=":3" /> He opened a zoo to collect, protect, and breed endangered animals.<ref name=":3" /> He introduced a series of administrative and constitutional reforms in his states.<ref name=":2" /> He introduced three Byabastha Parisadas in Talcher during the year 1939 with 50% elected members.<ref name=":2" /> He opened schools and a workshop at [[Talcher]].<ref name=":0" /> He opened Kishore Chandra Sahitya Samaj, a literary institution.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He married the fourth daughter of Basu Deb Sudhal Deb, the [[Raja]] of [[Bamra State|Bamra]], and had two sons and a daughter.<ref name=":0" /> His daughter was born on 10 December 1900.<ref name=":1" /> His eldest son, [[Hrudaya Chandra]], was born on 27 February 1902, and his second son, Pramod Chandra Deb, was born on 12 September 1903.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died on 7 November 1945 and was succeeded by his son [[Hrudaya Chandra]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mishra |first=D. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W8GXSR0SiF8C |title=People's Revolt in Orissa: A Study of Talcher |date=1998 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-7156-739-3 |pages=57 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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