Maharaja Narendra Singh
Maharaja Narendra Singh | |
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Maharaja of Darbhanga | |
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Reign | 1740 - 1760 |
Predecessor | Maharaja Bishnu Singh |
Successor | Maharaja Pratap Singh |
Born | Darbhanga |
Died | 1760 |
House | Raj Darbhanga |
Father | Maharaja Raghu Singh |
Religion | Hinduism |
'Maharaja Narendra Singh', Maharaja of Darbhanga (died 1760) was the Maharaja and principal landowner of Darbhanga in the Mithila region, presently in the State of Northern Bihar, India. He belonged to the Khandavala Rajavansh of Raj Darbhanga.[1] He is famous for his pivotal role in the Battle of Kandarpi Ghat[2] in 1753 with a legendary history of conflict against the Mughal Bengal Subah of the then ruling Alivardi Khan, Nawab of Bengal.[3][4]
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- ↑ Choudhary, Rabindra Nath (1987). Political History of Khandavala Dynasity [sic] in Mithila, 1556-1793. Capital Publishing House.
- ↑ मिथला विजय स्तंभ || कंदर्पी घाट || झंझारपुर , मधुबनी Episode - 1, retrieved 3 October 2023
- ↑ Thakur, Upendra (1958). "Alivardi and the Afghans of Tirhut". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 21: 376–392. ISSN 2249-1937.
- ↑ Eaton, Richard Maxwell (1993). The rise of Islam and the Bengal frontier, 1204-1760. Internet Archive. Berkeley : University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08077-5.