Krishnachandra Roy

Raja Krishnachandra
Maharaja & Zamindar of Nadia
Raja of Nadia
Reign1728 – 1783
PredecessorRaja Raghuram Ray
SuccessorŚiva Chandra Roy
Bornc. 1710
Krishnanagar, Nadia Raj (now in West Bengal, India)
Diedc. 1783 (aged 72–73)
Nadia Raj (now in West Bengal, India)
Names
Krishnachandra Roy
HouseKrishnanagar Rajbari
FatherRaghuram Ray
ReligionHinduism

Raja Krishnachandra (born Krishnachandra Ray; 1710–1783) was a raja[1][2] and zamindar in Nadia[a] from 1728 to 1782.[3] He belonged to the Nadia Raj family and Shakta Brahmin tradition. He is credited not only with his resistance to the Mughal rule, but with his expansion and patronage of the arts in his kingdom.[3]

  1. ^ A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed; Aly Fouad Ahmed (1965). Social Ideas and Social Change in Bengal 1818-1835. Brill Archive. p. 14.
  2. ^ Kumkum Chatterjee (2009). The Cultures of History in Early Modern India: Persianization and Mughal Culture in Bengal. Oxford University Press. p. 100. ISBN 9780195698800. Maharaja Krishnachandra Roy of Nadia, one of the most powerful zamindars of eighteenth century Bengal.
  3. ^ a b Rodrigues, Hillary (2003). Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess: The Liturgy of the Durga Puja with Interpretations. SUNY Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7914-8844-7.


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