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Chandrakirti Singh
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Raja Chandrakirti, the son of Raja Gambhir Singh was a ruler of Manipur from 1850 to May 1886.[1]
Biography[edit]
He was born in Imphal, and resided there till the end of his Regime in 1886. Before he became the king, the reign of his father Maharaja Gambhir Singh was succeeded by Raja Narsingh and later on his death by Raja Narshingh's brother Debendra Singh for a short time. Maharaja Gambhir Singh's death on 9 January 1834 paved the way to the throne to Raja Narsingh.
Chandrakirti had ten sons from his six queens and Maharaja Surchandra is the eldest son of the first queen and the other three sons (Pakasana, Kesarjit, Gopalsana) of the first queen, Kulachandra (the second son of the second queen) and Gandhar Singh (another son of the second queen), Tikendrajit Singh (the third son of the third queen), the son of the fourth queen died in his early days, Angousana (the fifth son of the fifth queen) and the Zila Ngamba (the eighth son of the sixth queen).
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Manipur Princely State - (11 gun salute)". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
Bibliography[edit]
- Hodson, Thomas Callan.The Meitheis. Harvard University, 1908.
| Preceded by Debindro Singh |
King of Manipur 1850–May 1886 |
Succeeded by Surachandra Singh |
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