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'''Sir Maharaja Bahadur Narendra Krishna Deb''' (10 October 1822 -1904) was a scion of [[Sovabazar Raj]] family and a noted citizen of his time.<ref name=x>{{cite book|author=Albert M. Hyamson|title=A Dictionary of Universal Biography of All Ages of All Peoples|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FlMVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA157|access-date=4 April 2017|year=1951|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-7100-1580-8|page=157}}</ref><br />
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He was son of Raja Rajkrishna Deb (1782–1823). His father was son of [[Nabakrishna Deb|Raja Nabakrishna Deb]], who was born after Nabakrishna adopted [[Gopi Mohun Deb]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Sir Roper Lethbridge|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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&pg=PA436|access-date=5 April 2017|year=1893|publisher=Aakar Books|isbn=978-81-87879-54-1|page=436}}</ref> Narendra Krishna and was educated at the Hindu College.<ref>There are several educational institutions called [[Hindu College (disambiguation)|Hindu College]], and the sources do not say which one Deb attended. However, he was closely associated with Calcutta (modern Kolkata), and the only Hindu College which seems to have existed during his lifetime is [[Hindu College, Kolkata]].</ref> He served as deputy magistrate from 1844 to 1853.<ref name="Lethbridge1893">{{cite book|author=Sir Roper Lethbridge|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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&pg=PA379|access-date=4 April 2017|year=1893|publisher=Aakar Books|isbn=978-81-87879-54-1|page=379}}</ref> Later, he served as Municipal Commissioner of [[Calcutta]], Justice of Peace, Honorary Magistrate.<ref name=a/> He was a member of Governor-General's Legislative Council and also served as president of [[British Indian Association]] and a fellow of [[Calcutta University]].<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography|year = 1971|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8AKI2nqPBQC&pg=PA114|access-date=4 April 2017|publisher=Ardent Media|pages=114–|id=GGKEY:BDL52T227UN}}</ref><br />
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He was made Raja in 1875, Maharaja in 1878, knighted KCIE in 1888 and Maharaja Bahadur in 1888.<ref name=a/> He succeeded Sovabazar Zamindari in 1867 upon the death of his predecessor [[Radhakanta Deb|Sir Raja Bahadur Radhakanta Deb]].<ref>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/s/sovabazar.html]</ref> <br />
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He died in 1904.<ref name=x/><br />
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