PRESENT RULER: Raja SHIVENDRA
BIJOY MALLA DEB, Raja Saheb of Jhargram since the 22nd February 2000. (Jhargram
Palace, Midnapore Dist., West Bengal, India)
born 12th November 1957 in Calcutta, educated at St. Xaviers College,
Calcutta (B.Com.), he helps manage the family business and is involved
in politics, being a member of the Indian National Congress Party;
married November 1980 in Cuttack, Orissa, Rani Jyoti
Devi, daughter of Raja
PRABODH CHANDRA DHIR DEB (+), Raja Saheb of Balarampur,
and his wife, Rani Jogmaya Devi, and has issue, one son.
- Yuvraj Vikramaditya Malladeb, born 1988.
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PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Legend has it, that around 1574, Raja Man Singh had come from
Rajasthan, to conquer Bengal
on behalf of the Mughal Emperor, Padshah Akbar the Great. He appointed
two of his loyal officers in the
army, Sarveshwar Singh and his elder brother, to defeat the local
tribal
rulers of the region known as Jungalkhand, which was populated by
tribals, such as Santhals, Mallas, Bhumij and Lodhas. Raja Sarveshwar
Singh, together with the Rajput military
force and the cavalry invaded this deep forest region and defeated the
the Malla Raja, and in memory of his victory, he adopted the surname
Malla
Deb and set up his kingdom with it's capital, naming it Jhargram.
In order to commerate this victory every year an idol of the Malla Raja
is made and killed on Vijaya Dasami (Dessehra) day. After residing in
the area for four months, Raja Man Singh decided to return
to Rajasthan and left his loyal officers, Sarveshwar Singh and
his elder brother behind. Raja Sarveshwar Malla Deb desired to stay,
and was made the Raja of the Junglekhand area, subordinate to the
Mughal emperor, and the elder brother was made the Raja of Bhishnupur,
better
known as Mallabhum (later an independent state). This is how Raja Man
Singh established the Malla Raj in
Bengal, which was divided in two parts, with the main capital at
Bishnupur
and the second part under the younger brother, Sarveshwar Malla Deb
with Jhargram as the
capital. Rulers were....
- Raja SARVESHWAR MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB, he belonged to the
Kshtriya Chandra Vansha Chauhan
clan of Rajputs and was the founder of the present Jhargram Royal
Family; the new capital itself was surrounded by walls and canals known
as Ugal in the local
language, the Raja was therefore called Ugal Sanda (hero within the
walls) and this remained a part of the ruling Rajas title to the
present day; married and had
issue. He died after 1574.
- Raja VIKRAM MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB (qv)
- Raja VIKRAM MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB
- Raja BHIM MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB
- Raja PRITHVI MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB
- Raja SANSAR MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB
- Raja CHAKKU MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB
- Raja GADADHAR MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB
- Raja SHATRUGHNA MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB
- Raja ANANDA MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB
- Raja MAN GOVIND MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB
- Raja VIKRAMJIT MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB
- Raja SHYAM SUNDAR MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB
- Raja VIKRAMADITYA MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB, married and had
issue.
- Yuvraj Narayan Malla Ugal Sanda Deb, married and had
issue.
- Raja RAGHUNATH MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB (qv)
- Raja RAGHUNATH MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB -/1912, married Rani
Raj Lakshmi
Debi of Silda, and had issue. He died 1912.
- Raja CHANDI CHARAN MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB (qv)
- Rajkumar Ganga Charan
Malla Deb
- Raja CHANDI CHARAN MALLA DEB 1912/1916, married
and had issue. He died 1916.
- Raja NARASINGHA MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB (qv)
COURT OF WARDS 1916/1929
- Raja NARASINGHA MALLA UGAL SANDA DEB 1929/1976, born 1909,
educated at
Midnapore Collegiate School and Presidency College in Calcutta; elected
to the 2nd Lok Sabha; married 1stly, Rani Binode Manjuri Devi of
Mayurbhanj, died 1945, married 2ndly, Rani (name unknown), and
had issue. He died 11th November 1976 in Calcutta.
- Raja BIRENDRA BIJOY MALLA DEB (by Rani Binode)
(qv)
- Raja BIRENDRA BIJOY MALLA DEB 1976/2000, elected three
times Member of Legislative Assembly of West Bengal; a talented
cricketer who captained the school and university cricket teams;
he was a three time winner of the Best Legislator award in the West
Bengal legislative assembly; married Rani Indira Devi, died 25th July
1997, daughter of HH Maharaja
Shri SUDHANSU SHEKHAR
SINGH DEO of Sonepur, she was
considered to be the guiding light of the Jhargram Royal Family, a
clear-sighted, kind and humble Rani, she was involved with a number of
charitable institutions; he had issue, two sons and two daughters.
He died 22nd February 2000.
- Raja SHIVENDRA
BIJOY MALLA DEB (qv)
- Rajkumar Joydeep
Malla Deb, along with his brother, he helps manage the family business
and is involved in politics, being a member of the Indian National
Congress Party; married Kumari Preity Devi, daughter of Rao Saheb
Shankareshwar Pratap Singh of Rampur Naikin in Rewah, M.P., and has
issue, one son and one daughter.
- Kumar Harshvardhan Malla Deb
- Kumari Rajnandini Malla Deb
- Rajkumari Radhasani Debi
- Rajkumari Rajashri Debi
- Raja SHIVENDRA
BIJOY MALLA DEB (see above)
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