PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY: Its foundation is traced to a
religious celibate, who came from the Punjab towards the
end of the 18th century and established himself in
business at Ratanpur. From the founder it passed through a
succession of chosen disciples until 1879, when the
British government recognized the ruler as an hereditary
chief and afterwards conferred upon his son the title of
Raja Bahadur. Nandgaon originally consisted of four
separate zamindaris (Pandadah, Nandgaon, Mohgaon and
Dongargaon) all subject to the Raja of Nagpur, and which
progressively came into the possession of the Mahants.
Rulers were...
- Mahant HARI DAS,
1st Chief of Pandadah, took possession of the
zamindari of Pandadah after the owner defaulted on a
debt.
- Mahant RAM DAS,
2nd Chief of Nandgaon and Pandadah, he took possession
of the zamindari of Nandgaon after the owner defaulted
on a debt.
- Mahant RAGHUBIR DAS,
3rd Chief of Nandgaon and Pandadah.
- Mahant HIMANCHAL
DAS, 4th Chief of Nandgaon, Pandadah and
Mohgaon; the Raja of Nagpur made a grant of Mohgaon
pargana to the Mahant in appreciation of his
generosity.
- Mahant MOJIRAM DAS,
5th Chief of Nandgaon, the zamindar of Dongargaon and
his brother revolted against the Nagpur Raja, but were
subdued by the Mahant who was then granted Dongargaon
by the grateful Raja, thus the four parganas were
united and became the state of Nandgaon; married and
had issue, as well as adoptive issue. (#2)
- Mahant Ghanaram Das (qv)
- (A) Mahant Ghasi Das (qv)
- Mahant GHANARAM DAS,
6th Chief of Nandgaon 1862/1865
- Mahant GHASI DAS,
7th Chief of Nandgaon 1865/1883, born 1820, recognised
by the British as Feudatory Chief of Nandgaon in 1865
and was later granted a sanad of adoption; he
was a capable administrator and placed his state on a
sound financial basis; he made Raj Nandgaon his
capital and made it an important trading centre, he
also built a Palace there; married and had issue. He
died 1883.
- Raja Mahant Balram Das Bahadur (qv)
- Raja Mahant BALRAM
DAS Bahadur, 8th Chief of Nandgaon 1883/1897,
born 1866, succeeded 4th November 1883 (#1), he was granted the title
of Raja in 1887 as a personal distinction and was
formally installed on the gaddi in 1891, the
title of Raja Bahadur was granted on 2nd January 1893
as a personal distinction, married and had adoptive
issue. He died 1897.
- (A) Mahant Rajendra Das (qv)
- Mahant RAJENDRA DAS,
9th Chief of Nandgaon 1897/1912, died while still a
minor in 1912.
- Mahant SARVESHWAR
DAS, 10th Chief of Nandgaon 1913/1940, born
30th March 1906 and succeeded 24th June 1913 (#4), educated at Rajkumar
College, Raipur; married 1931, Maharajkumari Jyoti
Manjari Devi, daughter of HH Maharaja Shri Sriram
Chandra Bhanj Deo of Mayurbhanj,
and his second wife, HH Maharani Suchara Devi, and had
issue.
- Mahant DIGVIJAI DAS,
11th Chief of Nandgaon 1940/1958, born 25th April
1933, succeeded 18th September 1940, died 22nd January
1958.
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Shri Dr. Kamleshwar Das, educated at Rajkumar
College, Raipur; served in the U.N.O. as Deputy
Director, Division of Human Rights, United Nations;
married Jean (Das), and had issue. He died 6th
November 1997 in Bradenton, Florida, USA. (#3)
- Shyam Das
- Arun Das
- Kamala Das
- Raj Das
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