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{{Short description|Indian zamindar (1905–1984)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]
| name = Uday Chand Mahtab
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]]
| birth_date = 14 July 1905
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|10|10|1905|7|14|df=y}}
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
| father = [[Bijay Chand Mahtab]]
| office1 = Member of the [[Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937—1947)|Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 1946
| term_end1 = 1947
| constituency1 = Burdwan Landholders
| predecessor1 = [[Bijoy Prasad Singh Roy]]
| office2 = Member of the [[Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937—1947)|Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 1937
| term_end2 = 1945
| constituency2 = Burdwan Central (General)
| successor2 = [[Kanai Lal Das]] and [[Jadabendra Nath Panja]]
}}

'''[[Sir]] Uday Chand Mahtab''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] the [[Maharajadhiraja| Maharajadhiraja Bahadur]] of [[Bardhaman Raj]], [[K.C.I.E.]], (14 July 1905 – 10 October 1984) was the last ruler of [[Burdwan Raj]], who ruled from 1941 until 1955, when the [[zamindari]] system was abolished in India.

==Life==

He was the eldest son of [[Bijay Chand Mahtab]].

He did his graduation from [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] and [[Calcutta University]].<ref>The Indian Year-book and Annual – Page 361</ref>

During the regency of his father he served as [[Dewan|Dewan-i-Raj]] for several years and succeeded to the throne of Burdwan Raj after the death of his father.

During [[British Raj]], he headed and was a member of several committees like, member of the Damodar Canal Enquiry Committee 1938,<ref>The lower Damodar River, India – Page 81 – Google Books</ref> Select Committee on Calcutta Municipal (amendment) Bill 1940; Chairman of Burdwan District Flood Relief and Bengal Central Flood Relief Committees 1943–44; Chairman of Indian Red Cross Appeal (Bengal) 1943-1946 and of Calcutta War Committee 1943-1946 and of Damodar Flood Central Enquiry Committee 1944; Member of Bengal Tanks Improvement Bill Select Committee 1944 and of Advisory Committee on Terrorist Convicts in Bengal 1944; Member of West Bengal Forest Denudation Enquiry Committee 1944 and of Select Committee on Bengal Agricultural Income Tax Bill 1944; Member of the [[Indian Constituent Assembly]] – 1946–1947. He also presided the West Bengal group of Legislators, in 1946, which voted 58:21 in favor of partition of Bengal.<ref>Bengal Partition Stories: An Unclosed Chapter – Page 25</ref>

He served as President of the non-Muslim block of the Bengal Partition meeting in 1947 and was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Bengal]] from years 1937 to 1952.<ref>Constitutional Schemes and Political Development in India: Towards ... – Page 654</ref> In the first election after independence in 1952, Sir Uday Chand Mahtab lost to a freedom fighter and communist, [[Benoy Choudhury]], in spite of a campaign in his favor by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. The election defeat was followed by legislation for abolition of the [[zamindari]] system in 1954.

After the abolition of the zamindari system in 1955, he shifted from [[Bardhaman]] to his family's house at [[Alipore|Alipur]] in Calcutta. Here he became a director of [[IISCO]], and several other leading mercantile firms of the day, such as [[Dunlop Rubber|Dunlop]], [[Metal Box]] and [[Brooke Bond]].<ref>Heroes – Page 330</ref> He acceded to the request of the [[List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal|Chief minister of West Bengal]], [[Bidhan Chandra Roy|Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy]] and handed over his palace, [[Mahtab Manzil]] and [[Golap Bagh]] to the [[University of Burdwan]].<ref>[http://www.indcareer.com/west-bengal/burdwan/maharajdhiraj-uday-chand-muc-womens-college-bhurdwan Maharajdhiraj Uday Chand (MUC) Women's College, Bhurdwan: the college is housed in the palace donated by Maharajadhiraj Uday Chand Mahatab. Later on, a portion of Anjuman Kachhari attached to the palace was also gifted to the College. As a mark of gratitude the institution has been named after the former Raja of Burdwan, Maharajadhiraj Uday Chand Mahatab.]</ref>

He donated a piece of land in Bardhaman to the numerous employees of the Raj so that they could build accommodation there. With the end of the Raj, he immersed himself in his commercial and business interests.

He was also a Steward of the [[Royal Calcutta Turf Club]]. He instituted a fund for The Maharajadhiraja Uday Chand Mahtab of Burdwan Memorial Cup at [[Kolkata Race Course|Calcutta Race Course]].

He died on 10 October 1984 leaving behind three sons and three daughters. The eldest son is Maharajaadhiraja Saday Chand Mahtab of Burdwan. Born on 26 May 1936.<ref>https://gw.geneanet.org/hubertwalbaum?lang=en&pz=hubert+charles+alphonse&nz=walbaum&p=dr.+saday+chand&n=mahtab></ref>

==Titles==

*[[Maharajadhiraja Bahadur]] (hereditary)

==Honours==
*{{flag|United Kingdom}}:
**[[File:UK King George V Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|60px]] – [[King George V Silver Jubilee Medal]]-1935.
**[[File:UK King George VI Coronation Medal ribbon.svg|60px]] – [[King George VI Coronation Medal]]-1937.
*{{flag|British India}}:
**[[File:Order of the Indian Empire Ribbon.svg|60px]] – [[Order of the Indian Empire|Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] – 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37119|supp=y|page=2938|date=8 June 1945}}</ref>

==Reign==

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{{s-hou|[[Kapoor-Mahtab Dynasty]]||14 July 1905||10 October 1984}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[Bijoy Chand Mahtab]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Bardhaman Raj|Maharajadhiraja of Bardhaman Raj]]|years=1941–1955 (abdicated)}}
{{s-aft|after=None<br>Zamindari abolished<br>(Merged within the Republic of India)}}
{{s-end}}

==References==
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
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