Durjan Singha Dev

Durjan Singha Dev
53rd king of the Mallabhum
Predecessor	Bir Singha Dev
Successor	Raghunath Singha Dev II

Father	Bir Singha Dev
Mother	Churamoni(Siromoni Devi)
Religion	Hinduism

Durjan Singha Dev was the fifty-third king of the Mallabhum. He ruled from 1682 to 1702 CE.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

Personal life

Durjan Singha Dev (1682 - 1702), the son of Bir Singha Dev was opposite to his father. He was not at all cruel on the contrary he had a very gentle, polite, character. He was logical, kind hearted and also pious. He established Madan Mohan temple. During his period several Portuguese, French, British traders came to this place. He was on the one hand a Vaishnava devotee and on the other hand a great warrior.^[4]

Mallabhum Temples

Madanmohan Temple

Madanmohan Temple built by King Durjan Singha Deva in 1694 the temple in the ekaratna style, a square flat-roofed building with carved cornices, surmounted by a pinnacle.^[5]

Madanmohan Temple

References

↑ Dasgupta, Biswas & Mallik 2009, p. 38.
↑ Malabhum, Bishnupur-Chandra, Manoranjan; 2004; Kolkata. Deys Publishing ISBN 8129500442
↑ History of Bishnupur Raj-Malick Abhaayapada. 1982, West Bengal
↑ Dasgupta, Biswas & Mallik 2009, p. 26.
↑ "Bishnupur Sub-division". bankura.gov.in.

Sources

Dasgupta, Samira; Biswas, Rabiranjan; Mallik, Gautam Kumar (2009), Heritage Tourism: An Anthropological Journey to Bishnupur, A Mittal Publication, ISBN 8183242944

Mallabhum

Bengal
&
Jharkhand

Adi Malla (694 - 710 CE.)
Jay Malla (710 - 720 CE.)
Kinu Malla (733 - 742 CE.)
Kanu Malla (757 - 764 CE.)
Shur Malla (775 - 795 CE.)
Kharga Malla (841 - 862 CE.)
Yadav Malla (906 - 919 CE.)
Jagat Malla (994 - 1007 CE.)
Prakash Malla (1097 - 1102 CE.)
Ram Malla (1185 - 1209 CE.)
Bhim Malla (1240 - 1253 CE.)
Prithwi Malla (1295 - 1319 CE.)
Dinabandhu Malla (1334 - 1345 CE.)
Shiv Singh Malla (1370 - 1407 CE.)
Madan Malla (1407 - 1420 CE.)
Chandra Malla (1460 - 1501 CE.)
Bir Malla (1501 - 1554 CE.)
Dhari Malla (1554 - 1565 CE.)
Hambir Malla Dev (1565 - 1620 CE.)
Dhari Hambir Malla Dev (1620 - 1626 CE.)
Raghunath Singha Dev (1626 - 1656 CE.)
Bir Singha Dev (1656 - 1682 CE)
Durjan Singha Dev (1682 - 1702 CE.)
Raghunath Singha Dev II (1702 - 1712 CE.)
Gopal Singha Dev (1712 - 1748 CE.)
Chaitanya Singha Dev (1748 - 1801 CE.)
Madhav Singha Dev (1801 - 1809 CE.)
Gopal Singha Dev II (1809 - 1876 CE.)
Ramkrishna Singha Dev (1876 - 1885 CE.)
Dwhajamoni Devi (1885 - 1889 CE.)
Nilmoni Singha Dev (1889 - 1903 CE.)
No King (1903 - 1930 CE.)
Kalipada Singha Thakur (1930 - 1983 CE.)

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