Sovabazar Raj
The Sovabazar Raj family, seated at Sovabazar Palace in the Indian city of Kolkata, were the Zamindars of Shobhabazar. The clan begins with a Maharaja Naba Krishna Deb Bahadur left behind two sons, adopted son Raja Gopimohan Deb (1768) and his own son Raja Raj Krishna Deb. Raja Gopimohan Deb was founder director of Hindu College and founder of famous Dharma Sabha. He offered much precious gold and silver to Maa Kali of Kalighat. A very well known scholar in Hindi, Parsi, and English. His son was Radhakanta Deb, whereas Raja Rajkrishna Deb (1782–1823) had eight sons.
- Shiv Krishna
- Kali Krishna
- Debi Krishna
- Apurba Krishna
- Kamal Krishna
- Madhab Krishna
- Narendra Krishna Deb
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The Zamindari consisted more than half of Sutanuti and thousands of acres of lands in several districts of Bengal (now parts of West Bengal and Bangladesh).[1][2]
References
- "175 years later, West Bengal case goes on and on". The Economic Times. 9 November 2008.
- "250 years of Raja Nabakrishna's 'dream' deity". The Telegraph, Kolkata. 3 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
External links
- The Sovabazar Zamindari family at Genealogical Gleanings of the Indian Princely States
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