Harish Chandra (raja)
| Harish Chandra Rai | |
|---|---|
| Raja | |
| Chief of the Chakma Circle | |
| Predecessor | Kalindi Rani |
| Successor | Bhuvan Mohan Roy |
| Born | c. 1841 Chittagong Hill Tracts, British India |
| Died | 1885 (aged 43–44) |
| Spouse | Shourindri Dewan |
| Issue |
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Raja Harish Chandra Rai (c. 1841[citation needed]–1885) was the 47th Raja of the Chakma Circle.
Biography
[edit | edit source]He was the grandson of Raja Dharam Bux Khan through his daughter born of his third Rani.[citation needed]
He married Rani Shourindri Dewan of the Larma Goza (Clan or Sept).[citation needed]
His grandmother, Kalindi Rani, assisted in supplying coolie transport for the Lushai Expedition of 1871–72. In recognition of this service, the government of British India vested Harish Chandra with the title of Rao Bahadur. At her death in 1873, he became chief of the Chakmas, and the title of Raja was conferred on him the next year.[1] According to ethnographer J. P. Mills, Harish Chandra's "drunkenness, incompetency and contumacy" rendered him so ineffective a ruler that it became necessary to depose him in April 1884.[2] He died in 1885.[1]
Children
[edit | edit source]- Rajkumari[citation needed]
- Raja Bhuvan Mohan Roy[citation needed]
- Rajkumar Ramani Mohan Roy[citation needed]
References
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