PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Predecessor
Kingdom of Orissa was founded around 915, and continued to 1568, when
it
was annexed by the Bengal Kingdom. The Raja of Khurda
was styled as King of Orissa and his line continued as Rajas of Khurda
till 1808, when the zamindari of Puri was granted to the son of the
last
Raja. Rulers were...
- Sri Gajapati Raja RAMCHANDRA
DEVA III, Raja of Puri 1808/1857
(1817/1856), son of Raja
Mukunda Deva
II, the last Raja of Khurda, who rebelled against the British
authorities
in 1808, and the state was abolished, with the zamindari of Puri, being
granted to the family for their maintenance.
- Sri Gajapati Raja BIRAKISHORE
DEVA II, Raja of Puri 1856/1862
- Sri Gajapati Raja DIBYASINGHA
DEVA III, Raja of Puri 1862/1878
(1857/1871), tried for
murder, convicted
and sentenced to transportation for life.
- Sri Gajapati Raja MUKUNDA
DEVA III, Raja of Puri 1878/1926, attained his
majority
in 1897, granted
the title of Raja for personal use only on the 29th March 1884, being a
representative of the Gangavansa Dynasty of the ancient Kings of
Orissa, he adopted 1stly on 2nd March 1916, Jagadananda Deb, younger
son of
the Zamindar of Bada Khemidi, he adopted 2ndly, 2nd October 1918, Lal
Mohini Mohan Deb, third son of Raja Satchidananda Tribhuban Deb of Bamra, married and had
adoptive issue.
He died 1926.
- (A) Sri Jagannath Jenomi, he succeded as Sri Gajapati
Raja Ramchandra Deb IV of Puri (qv)
- (A) Sri Jagadananda Deb, born 1915, died 23rd July
1920.
- Sri Gajapati Raja RAMCHANDRA
DEB IV, Raja of Puri 1926/1957,
born 1899, as Lal Mohini Mohan Deb, third son of Raja Satchidananda
Tribhuban Deb of Bamra, he married Rani
Chandramani Pattamahadei, and had issue, two sons and one daughter. He
died 1957.
- Sri Gajapathi Maharaj Bira Kishore Deb (qv)
- HH Maharani Kasturika Mohini Devi (+), married HH
Maharaja
Pratap
Kesari
Deo of Kalahandi, and had issue, two
sons and two daughters. She died 1983.
- Thatraj Raj Raj Deb B.A., born 8th May 1933, educated at
Rajkumar College,
Raipur; prior to joining politics he was Captain of the Puri District
Football team; he served
as Manager, Shri Jaganath Temple 1956/1961; M.L.A. (Orissa) 1961/1967;
married Thatrani Purneshwari Devi,
daughter of Thakur Saheb Surendra Nath Shah Deo of Gingo Thakurgaon,
and
had issue, one son
and three daughters. He died 17th May 1982. (Srinahar, P.O. -
Puri, Dist. - Puri, Orissa, India)
- Yuvrani Mohini Devi [now Rajmata Mohini Devi of
Jashpur], married Yuvraj
Uppendra Singh Ju Deo of Jashpur, and
has
issue, two sons and one daughter.
- Rani Rajshree Devi, married Raja Jitamitra Singh Deo of
Khariar, and has issue,
two sons and one daughter.
- Kumar Anang Bhaskar Deb, married Kumari Jaishree
Devi of Chhota Udaipur in
Gujarat, and has issue, one son and one
daughter.
- Kumar Uday Raj Singha Deb, pursuing training to be a
Pilot, in Florida, USA.
- Kumari Kriti Devi
- Kumari Utkala Devi, married Lt.-Col. Kunwar A.K. Singh
of Tarsendi, Dist. Sitapur, U.P., and has issue, one son and one
daughter.
- Sri Gajapathi Maharaj BIRA
KISHORE DEB, Raja of Puri 1957/1970, born
2nd July 1929, educated
at
Rajkumar College, Raipur where he was Wrestling
Champion, All-round Athlete for 1944-45 and 1946 consecutively; he
represented Orissa in Sontosh Trophy 1947/1948; entered politics in
1967; M.L.A. (Orissa) 1967/1971; interests and pastimes were Reading,
Music
and Painting, Riding, Swimming and Football; married Maharani
Suryamani
Pattamahadei [née Rajkumari Snehalata Manjari Devi], born 1935,
died 1994, daughter of
Raja Kishor Chandra Mardraj Harichandan of Nilgiri,
and his second wife, Rani Giriraj Kumari, and had issue, two sons and
one
daughter. He
died 1970.
- Gajapathi Maharaj Dibyasingha Deb IV (qv)
- Pattayet Rani Nayanshree Devi, married Pattayet
Bikram Kesari Deo of Kalahandi, and
has issue, one son and two
daughters.
- Thatraj Ranarnab Deb, married Thatrani Soma Devi,
daughter of Kumar Jagadananda Singh Deo of Panchkot,
and has
issue, one son.
- Kumar Deb Raj Deb, an accomplished sportsman in
Equesterian sports.
- Sri Gajapathi Maharaj DIBYASINGHA
DEB IV (see above)
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born about 1954, educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur;
St.
Stephen's College,
Delhi
(History Honours); University of Delhi, Delhi (Law Degree) and North
Western
University of Chicago (LL.M.); Chairman, Jagannath, Bana Prakalp,
Government
of Orissa and Jagannath Temple
Trust; married 1978, Maharani Leelavati/Lilabati Pattamahadei from
Jammu, born
1956, and has
issue, four daughters.