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{{short description|Raja of Nilgiri (1893-1913)}}
{{infobox royalty
| name = Shyam Chandra Mardraj Harichandan
| title = [[Raja]]
| succession = [[Raja]] of [[Nilgiri State|Nilgiri]]
| reign = 11 May 1893{{Sndash}}{{Avoid wrap|6 July 1913}}
| predecessor = Krishna Chandra Mardraj Harichandan
| successor = [[Kishore Chandra Mardraj Harichandan]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1877|01|06|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1913|07|6|1877|01|06|df=yes}}
| issue = {{plainlist|
* [[Kishore Chandra Mardraj Harichandan]]
* [[Basanta Manjari Devi|Basant Manjari Devi]]
}}
| issue-link = #Early_life,_education,_and_family
| house = {{plainlist|
* [[Mayurbhanj State|Mayurbhanj]] (by birth)
* [[Nilgiri State|Nilgiri]] (by adoption)
}}
| father = {{plainlist|
* [[Krishna Chandra Bhanj Deo]] (biological)
* Krishna Chandra Mardraj Harichandan (adoptive)
}}
| module = {{infobox person
|embed = yes
|education = [[St. Paul's School, Darjeeling]]
}}
}}
'''Shyam Chandra Mardraj Harichandan''' was the [[Raja]] of [[Nilgiri State|Nilgiri]] from 1893 until his death in 1913.<ref>{{cite web |title=No restoration, clock tower of Nilagiri palace collapses |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2013/Feb/13/no-restoration-clock-tower-of-nilagiri-palace-collapses-450126.html |publisher=[[The New Indian Express]] |language=en |date=13 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rathore |first1=Abhinay |title=Nilgiri (Princely State) |url=https://www.indianrajputs.com/view/nilgiri |language=en |date=1956}}</ref>

==Early life, education, and family==
He was born on 6 January 1877 to [[Krishna Chandra Bhanj Deo]], the [[Maharaja]] of [[Mayurbhanj State|Mayurbhanj]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=MAYURBHANJ |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/m/mayurbhanj.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706113757/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/m/mayurbhanj.html |archive-date=2017-07-06 |access-date=2025-07-10 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=NILGIRI |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/n/nilgiri.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701000130/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/n/nilgiri.html |archive-date=2017-07-01 |access-date=2025-07-10 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref> He was adopted in 1882 by Krishna Chandra Mardraj Harichandan, the [[Raja]] of [[Nilgiri State|Nilgiri]], as his son and heir.<ref name=":0" /> He was educated at [[St. Paul's School, Darjeeling]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vadivelu |first=A. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Ruling_Chiefs_Nobles_Zamindars_of_In/PeeRRf0EhnIC |title=The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles & Zamindars of India |date=1915 |publisher=G.C. Loganadham |pages=414 |language=en}}</ref> He married and had issue: one son, [[Kishore Chandra Mardraj Harichandan]], and one daughter, [[Basanta Manjari Devi|Basant Manjari Devi]].<ref name=":0" />

== Reign ==
He acceded to the [[Nilgiri State|Nilgiri]] throne upon the death of his adoptive father on 11 May 1893.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Department |first=India Foreign and Political |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/United_Provinces_Oudh_Bengal_Central_Pro/h8wkAQAAIAAJ |title=United Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Central Provinces |date=1909 |publisher=Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India |pages=305 |language=en}}</ref> Owing to his minority on the occasion, the state was placed under the administration of the [[British government of India|British Government]].<ref name=":1" /> He was invested with administrative powers in 1898.<ref name=":1" /> He was temporarily deprived of his powers in 1905 due to his complicity in a case of torture in his state.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Superintendent Government Printing |first=Calcutta |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210012 |title=A Collection Of Treaties Engagements And Sanads Vol- I |date=1909 |pages=305}}</ref> The administration of the state was restored to him in 1908.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Committee |first=Commonwealth Shipping |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report/UxkyAQAAMAAJ |title=Report |date=1910 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |pages=135 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bengal (India) |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report_on_the_Administration_of_Bengal/IpI-AQAAMAAJ |title=Report on the Administration of Bengal |date=1910 |pages=3 |language=en}}</ref>

== Death ==
He died on 6 July 1913 and was succeeded by [[Kishore Chandra Mardraj Harichandan]] in his title, rank, and dignity.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Branch |first=India Manager, Government of India Central Publication |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Memoranda_on_the_India_States_1930/twq2AAAAIAAJ |title=Memoranda on the India States, 1930: (Corrected Up to the 1st January 1930) |date=1931 |pages=232 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
<references />
[[Category:1877 births]]
[[Category:1913 deaths]]
[[Category:Hindu monarchs]]
[[Category:Indian maharajas]]
[[Category:History of Odisha]]
[[Category:People from Odisha]]
[[Category:People from British India]]

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