KASIMBAZAR (Zamindari)

 
Area: xx km2 REVENUE: xx  Accession: xx
State: Bengal  Dynasty: xx  Religion: Hindu
     
Present Ruler: Maharaja PRASANTA RAY, 8th and present Zamindar of Kasimbazar since 1952.
married Maharani Suparna Ray fl.1995
Predecessors and Short History: One of the biggest zamindaris of Bengal. Estate holders were....
  • Shri Dewan KRISHNAKANTA NANDY, 1st Zamindar of Kasimbazar 1772/1778, founder of the Kasimbazar Raj, he was more commonly known as Kanta Babu, originally a grocer, then a trader of multiple commodities like silk, salt and cotton and finally a banian to Warren Hastings, Kanta Babu began his landed career with the acquisition of the Baharbund pargana (now mainly Gaibandha and Kurigram districts), married and had issue. He died in 1794 (or 1778).
    • Maharaja Lokenath Rai Bahadur (qv)
  • Maharaja LOKENATH Rai Bahadur, 2nd Zamindar of Kasimbazar 1778/1804, extended the zamindari to many other parts of Bengal, he was granted the title of Maharaja by the Nawab of Murshidabad; married and had issue. He died in 1804.
    • Raja Harinath Rai Bahadur (qv)
COURT OF WARDS 1804/1820
  • Raja HARINATH Rai Bahadur, 3rd Zamindar of Kasimbazar 1804/1832, he was granted the title of Raja Bahadur by Lord Amherst; married Rani Harasundari, and had issue. He died 1832.
    • Raja Krishnanath Rai Bahadur (qv)
    • Rajkumari Gobinda Sundari, married Sri (name unknown), died 1872, and had issue. She died 1862.
      • Sri (name unknown), died 1873.
      • Maharaja Sir Manindra Chandra Nandy (qv)
COURT OF WARDS 1832/1840
  • Raja KRISHNANATH Rai Bahadur, 4th Zamindar of Kasimbazar 1832/1844, born 1822, the zamindari was managed by the Court of Wards from 1833 to 1841, he was educated privately by English and Indian tutors, and became fluent in the English language; he purchased a printing press in 1838 and on the 10th May 1840, the first Bengali newspaper outside Calcutta, appeared under his patronage; Member of the Landholders’ Society; he was granted the title of Raja Bahadur, married 1838, Rani Swarnamoyi (qv). He either died sp on 1st November 1844 or committed suicide on 31st October 1848 while in a state of temporary insanity. 
COURT OF WARDS 1844/1847
  • Maharani Swarnamoyi Devi C.I., 5th Zamindarani of Kasimbazar 1844/1897, born 1827 in Batakul village, Burdwan District, she was granted the title of Maharani as a personal distinction on 11th August 1871 (#1), awarded the C.I. in 1878, married and had issue. She died 25th August 1897.
  • Maharaja Sir MANINDRA CHANDRA NANDY K.C.I.E., 6th Zamindar of Kasimbazar 1897/1929, born 1860, K.C.I.E. [cr. xx.6.1915], Education: Hindu School. Chairman, Berhampur Municipality, 1900-1915; Chairman, Murshidabad District Board since 1922; Honorary Fellow of Calcutta University; President, All India Hindu Sabha; President, Bengal Landholders' Association, 1918/1920; President, British Indian Association, Calcutta, 1922, 1923 and 1929. President, Murshidabad Association, since 1897; President, All India Exhibitions, Calcutta, 1918 and 1922; Member, Indian Legislative Council, 1913-1921; Member, Council of State, since 1921; founder of a Chair in the Benares Hindu University and one of Science in Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose Laboratory in Calcutta; takes a keen interest in public and political affairs, and is a munificent patron of education, agriculture, literature, art, music, science and development of home industries. Publications: Upasana; B.S. Panjika; The Indian Medicinal Plant; A History of Indian Philosophy; Great Baisnava Granthas; Part 10 of Sree Matbhagbat; Fundamental Unity of India; History of Indian Shipping and Indian Maritime Activity, he was granted the title of Maharaja on 30th May 1898; married and had issue, one son and four daughters. He died 1929.
    • The Hon. Maharaja Srish Chandra Nandy (qv)
  • The Hon. Maharaja SRISH CHANDRA NANDY, 7th Zamindar of Kasimbazar 1929/1952, born 1897, M.A., MLA for Bengal 1937/-, Minister in the cabinet of Ak Fazlul Huq 1937/1942, married Maharani Nilima Devi. He died 1952.
  • Maharaja PRASANTA RAY (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

  • Maharaja Ashutosh Nath Roy, ?Zamindar of Kasimbazar 1847/-, married and had issue.
    • Maharani Jyotirmoyi Devi, married Maharaja Kshaunish Chandra Ray Bahadur of Nadia.
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 524