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|founder = [[Raja]] Bhattanarayan<ref>{{cite book|title=Time, History and the Religious Imaginary in South Asia|url=https://books.google. |
|founder = [[Raja]] Bhattanarayan<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|accessdate=12 March 2012|page=182}}</ref> |
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{{Bengal Zamindars series}} |
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'''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. |
'''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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=28 June 2001|page=20}}</ref> |
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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. |
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|accessdate=15 February 2007|page=49}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 08:12, 16 August 2019
| Nadia Raj | |
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| Country | West Bengal |
| Founded | 17th century |
| Founder | Raja Bhattanarayan[1] |
| Current head | Legally Abolished (1950) |
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| Zamindars of Bengal |
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Nadia Raj were a dynasty of Zamindars and the rulers of territories that are now part of the Nadia district region of West Bengal, India.[2] Their seat was at the city of Krishnanagar, Nadia.[3][4] The estate of Nadia Raj was estimated to cover an area of 8,161 square kilometres (3,151 sq mi).[5]
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.[6]
History
The Nadia Raj family is descended from Bhattanarayan. The rulers and holder of the estate were Kulin Brahmins who was selected by Raja Adisur of Bengal, for the conduct of ceremonies of purification. 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.[7]
References
- ^ Anne Murphy. Time, History and the Religious Imaginary in South Asia. Routledge. p. 182. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ Varuni Bhatia. Unforgetting Chaitanya: Vaishnavism and Cultures of Devotion in Colonial Bengal. Oxford University Press. p. 181. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ P. J. Marshall. Bengal: The British Bridgehead: Eastern India 1740-1828. Cambridge University Press. p. 16. Retrieved 2 November 2006.
- ^ Kunal Chakrabarti; Shubhra Chakrabarti. Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. p. 327. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
- ^ Rachel Fell McDermott. Mother of My Heart, Daughter of My Dreams: Kali and Uma in the Devotional Poetry of Bengal. Oxford University Press. p. 20. Retrieved 28 June 2001.
- ^ M. Dodson. Orientalism, Empire, and National Culture: India, 1770-1880. Springer. p. 49. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
- ^ 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.
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