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'''Nadia Raj''' was a dynasty of [[Zamindar]]s and the rulers of territories that are now part of the [[Nadia district]] region of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yFsvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181|title=Unforgetting Chaitanya: Vaishnavism and Cultures of Devotion in Colonial Bengal|author=Varuni Bhatia|date=9 August 2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=9 August 2017|page=181|isbn=978-0-19-068625-3 }}</ref> Their seat was at the city of [[Krishnanagar, Nadia]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Bengal: The British Bridgehead: Eastern India 1740-1828|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lIZrfokYSY8C&pg=PA16|page=16|author=P. J. Marshall| year=1987 |publisher=Cambridge University Press| isbn=9780521253307 |access-date=2 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVOFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA327|author1=Kunal Chakrabarti|author2=Shubhra Chakrabarti| date=22 August 2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press|access-date=22 August 2013|page=327| isbn=9780810880245 }}</ref> The estate of Nadia Raj was estimated to cover an area of {{convert|8161|sqkm}}.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mother of My Heart, Daughter of My Dreams: Kali and Uma in the Devotional Poetry of Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PrChFaXgf0C&pg=PA20|author=Rachel Fell McDermott| date=28 June 2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=28 June 2001|page=20| isbn=978-0-19-803071-3 }}</ref>
'''Nadia Raj''' were a dynasty of [[Zamindar]]s and the rulers of territories that are now part of the [[Nadia district]] region of [[West Bengal, India]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yFsvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181|title=Unforgetting Chaitanya: Vaishnavism and Cultures of Devotion in Colonial Bengal|author=Varuni Bhatia|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=9 August 2017|page=181}}</ref> Their seat was at the city of [[Krishnanagar, Nadia]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Bengal: The British Bridgehead: Eastern India 1740-1828|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lIZrfokYSY8C&pg=PA16|page=16|author=P. J. Marshall|publisher=Cambridge University Press|access-date=2 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVOFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA327|author1=Kunal Chakrabarti|author2=Shubhra Chakrabarti|publisher=Scarecrow Press|access-date=22 August 2013|page=327}}</ref> The estate of Nadia Raj was estimated to cover an area of {{convert|8161|sqkm}}.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mother of My Heart, Daughter of My Dreams: Kali and Uma in the Devotional Poetry of Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PrChFaXgf0C&pg=PA20|author=Rachel Fell McDermott|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=28 June 2001|page=20}}</ref>


The rulers of Nadia Raj established many Sanskrit schools in Nadia, since they were the patron of Sanskrit literature and music. They were also patrons of Sanskrit culture in Bengal.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uz-HDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA49|title=Orientalism, Empire, and National Culture: India, 1770-1880|author=M. Dodson|publisher=Springer|access-date=15 February 2007|page=49}}</ref>
The rulers of Nadia Raj established many [[Sanskrit]] schools in Nadia, since they were the patron of Sanskrit literature and music. They were also patrons of Sanskrit culture in Bengal.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uz-HDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA49|title=Orientalism, Empire, and National Culture: India, 1770-1880|author=M. Dodson|date=15 February 2007 |publisher=Springer|access-date=15 February 2007|page=49|isbn=9780230288706 }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The '''Nadia Raj family''' is believed to have descended from [[Bhatta Narayana]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Time, History and the Religious Imaginary in South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WWysAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA182|author=Anne Murphy|publisher=Routledge|access-date=12 March 2012|page=182}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Did you know Nadia’s original capital was Matiyari?|url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/did-you-know-nadia-s-original-capital-was-matiyari|access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref> who was a [[Brahmin]] of the ''Sandilya'' Gotra. He was summoned from Kanyakubja ([[Kannauj]]) by Raja [[Adi Sura|Adisura]] of Bengal, for the conduct of ceremonies of purification.<ref name=":0" />
The '''Nadia Raj family''' claims descent from [[Bhatta Narayana]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Time, History and the Religious Imaginary in South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WWysAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA182|author=Anne Murphy| date=12 March 2012 |publisher=Routledge|access-date=12 March 2012|page=182| isbn=9781136707292 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Did you know Nadia's original capital was Matiyari?|url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/did-you-know-nadia-s-original-capital-was-matiyari|access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref> who was a [[Kanyakubja Brahmin]] of the ''Sandilya'' Gotra. He was summoned from Kanyakubja ([[Kannauj]]) by Raja [[Adi Sura|Adisura]] of Bengal, for the conduct of ceremonies of purification.<ref name=":0" />


The Nadia Raj family is one of the oldest Hindu families in Bengal, spanning more than 35 generations from the founder. Since the establishment of [[British rule]] in [[Bengal]] each of the [[Raja]]s of Nadia were created a [[Maharaja]] [[Rao Bahadur|Bahadur]] in succession.<ref>{{cite book
[[File:Raja Kshitish Chandra Roy.jpg|thumb|200px|Raja Kshitish Chandra Roy of Nadia Raj]]
As per their traditional accounts, the Nadia Raj family is one of the oldest Hindu families in Bengal, spanning more than 35 generations from the founder. Since the establishment of [[British rule]] in [[Bengal]] each of the [[Raja]]s of Nadia were created a [[Maharaja]] [[Rao Bahadur|Bahadur]] in succession.<ref>{{cite book
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| title              = Blood Dynasties: Zemindaris of Bengal - A Chronicle of Bengal’s Ruling families
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According to "Kshitishvamsavalicharitam" written by Dewan of Nadia Raj Kartikeya Chandra Roy, Rajas of Nadia were "Shakta" by faith.<ref>{{Cite book  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-aw3hRAX_DgC |title=The Historical Review|page=27|date=2001 |publisher=Indian Institute of Oriental Studies and Research|language=en}}</ref>
==List of rulers==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Sl. No.
!Name of the king
!Reign
!Reign (year)
|-
|1
|Bhavananda Majumdar
|1606–1628
|22
|-
|2
|Gopal Roy
|1628–1632
|4
|-
|3
|Raghav Roy
|1632–1683
|51
|-
|4
|Rudra Roy
|1683–1694
|11
|-
|5
|Ramakrishna Roy
|1694
|1
|-
|6
|Ramjivan Roy
|1694–1715
|21
|-
|7
|Raghuram Roy
|1715–1728
|13
|-
|8
|[[Krishnachandra Roy]]
|1728–1782
|54
|-
|9
|Shivachandra Roy
|1782–1788
|6
|-
|10
|Ishwarchandra Roy
|1788–1802
|14
|-
|11
|Girijachandra Roy
|1802–1842
|40
|-
|12
|Srishchandra Roy
|1842–1856
|14
|-
|13
|Satishchandra Roy
|1856–1870
|14
|Anamika Banerjee
|}


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last1=Wright |first1=Samuel |title=From Praśasti to Political Culture: The Nadia Raj and Malla Dynasty in Seventeenth-Century Bengal |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |date=2014 |volume=73 |issue=2 |pages=397–418 |doi=10.1017/S002191181300243X |jstor=43553294 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43553294 |issn=0021-9118|url-access=subscription }}


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Nadia Raj was a dynasty of Zamindars and the rulers of territories that are now part of the Nadia district region of West Bengal, India.[1] Their seat was at the city of Krishnanagar, Nadia.[2][3] The estate of Nadia Raj was estimated to cover an area of 8,161 square kilometres (3,151 sq mi).[4]

The rulers of Nadia Raj established many Sanskrit schools in Nadia, since they were the patron of Sanskrit literature and music. They were also patrons of Sanskrit culture in Bengal.[5]

History[edit | edit source]

The Nadia Raj family claims descent from Bhatta Narayana,[6][7] who was a Kanyakubja Brahmin of the Sandilya Gotra. He was summoned from Kanyakubja (Kannauj) by Raja Adisura of Bengal, for the conduct of ceremonies of purification.[7]

Raja Kshitish Chandra Roy of Nadia Raj

As per their traditional accounts, the Nadia Raj family is one of the oldest Hindu families in Bengal, spanning more than 35 generations from the founder. Since the establishment of British rule in Bengal each of the Rajas of Nadia were created a Maharaja Bahadur in succession.[8] According to "Kshitishvamsavalicharitam" written by Dewan of Nadia Raj Kartikeya Chandra Roy, Rajas of Nadia were "Shakta" by faith.[9]

List of rulers[edit | edit source]

Sl. No. Name of the king Reign Reign (year)
1 Bhavananda Majumdar 1606–1628 22
2 Gopal Roy 1628–1632 4
3 Raghav Roy 1632–1683 51
4 Rudra Roy 1683–1694 11
5 Ramakrishna Roy 1694 1
6 Ramjivan Roy 1694–1715 21
7 Raghuram Roy 1715–1728 13
8 Krishnachandra Roy 1728–1782 54
9 Shivachandra Roy 1782–1788 6
10 Ishwarchandra Roy 1788–1802 14
11 Girijachandra Roy 1802–1842 40
12 Srishchandra Roy 1842–1856 14
13 Satishchandra Roy 1856–1870 14 Anamika Banerjee

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Varuni Bhatia (9 August 2017). Unforgetting Chaitanya: Vaishnavism and Cultures of Devotion in Colonial Bengal. Oxford University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-19-068625-3. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. ↑ P. J. Marshall (1987). Bengal: The British Bridgehead: Eastern India 1740-1828. Cambridge University Press. p. 16. ISBN 9780521253307. Retrieved 2 November 2006.
  3. ↑ Kunal Chakrabarti; Shubhra Chakrabarti (22 August 2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. p. 327. ISBN 9780810880245. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Rachel Fell McDermott (28 June 2001). Mother of My Heart, Daughter of My Dreams: Kali and Uma in the Devotional Poetry of Bengal. Oxford University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-19-803071-3. Retrieved 28 June 2001.
  5. ↑ M. Dodson (15 February 2007). Orientalism, Empire, and National Culture: India, 1770-1880. Springer. p. 49. ISBN 9780230288706. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
  6. ↑ Anne Murphy (12 March 2012). Time, History and the Religious Imaginary in South Asia. Routledge. p. 182. ISBN 9781136707292. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Did you know Nadia's original capital was Matiyari?". Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Chowdhury, S. R. Kumar; P. K., Singh; Ismail, M. Ali (2012). Blood Dynasties: Zemindaris of Bengal - A Chronicle of Bengal's Ruling families (Paperback). Dictus: Politics and Democracy series. ISBN 9783847385080. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  9. ↑ The Historical Review. Indian Institute of Oriental Studies and Research. 2001. p. 27.

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