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'''Srimanta Dutta Chaudhury'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books#v=onepage&q=srimanta%20dutta%20chaudhury&f=false|title=Google Books|website=books.google.co.in|access-date=2016-07-27}}</ref> ({{lang-bn| শ্রীমন্ত দত্ত চৌধুরী}}, [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: Śrīmanta Datta Caudhurī) (1608–1640) is the founder of the royal family of [[Dinajpur]], then in [[West Bengal|Bengal]].

== Dinajpur Royal Palace ==
It is said that two decades prior to the rule of [[Mughal emperors|Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]], a King named [[Raja Ganesha|Ganesh]] had gifted the land of Dinajpur to one of his nearest relatives, ''Kashi'', who had no inclination towards worldly possessions & consequently became a ''sanyasi.''

[[File:Dinajpur Rajbari (6).jpg|thumb|Dinajpur ''Raj Bari''.]]

Kashi donated the entire Dinajpur Estate to his disciple Srimanta Dutta Chaudhury, who became the patriarch of royal family of Dinajpur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotelmrrigoyadnj.com/rajbari|title=Rajbari {{!}} HOTEL MRRIGOYA|website=www.hotelmrrigoyadnj.com|access-date=2016-07-27}}</ref> He had three sons- Rajib Lochan, Ramchand and Biswambar. It is Rajib Lochan, who accompanied him and died early. Since his son died prematurely, Srimanta was succeeded by his daughter's son Sukdev Roy, who extended his estate considerably beyond what he inherited from his maternal grandfather. Sukdev was conferred the title of "''Raja''" in 1677, apparently by Emperor [[Aurangzeb]].

== References ==
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>Neelotpaul Blue at 16:13, 30 December 2020