PRESENT RULER: Raja SHIVENDRA
BIJOY MALLA DEB B.Com., Raja Saheb of Jhargram
since the 22nd February
2000. (Jhargram
Palace,
Midnapore Dist., West Bengal, India)
born 12th November 1956 in Calcutta, educated at St.
Xaviers College,
Calcuttaand and at Rajkumar College, Raipur; he helps
manage the family business and is involved
in politics, being a member of the Trinamool Congress
Party;
presently he is presently serving as General Secretary of
the party and Charter President of Rotary Club of Jhargram
Greens; he is also an eminent social worker and is
attached to various educational and charitable
institutions in West Bengal; married November 1981 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. In 1767, the Raja took part in the Chuar Mutiny
against the
East India Company but were forced to surrender and pay
tribute,
Jhargram was then recognized as a Zamindari estate under
the British
authorities and the Ruler was granted the title of Raja.
Rulers were....
- Raja SARVESHWAR
MALLA
UGAL SANDA DEB, Raja of Jhargram, 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 of Jhargram
- Raja BHIM MALLA
UGAL SANDA
DEB, Raja of Jhargram
- Raja PRITHVI MALLA
UGAL
SANDA DEB, Raja of Jhargram
- Raja SANSAR MALLA
UGAL
SANDA DEB, Raja of Jhargram
- Raja CHAKKU MALLA
UGAL
SANDA DEB, Raja of Jhargram
- Raja GADADHAR MALLA
UGAL
SANDA DEB, Raja of Jhargram
- Raja SHATRUGHNA
MALLA UGAL
SANDA DEB, Raja of Jhargram
- Raja ANANDA MALLA
UGAL
SANDA DEB, Raja of Jhargram
- Raja MAN GOVIND
MALLA UGAL
SANDA DEB, Raja of Jhargram
- Raja VIKRAMJIT
MALLA UGAL
SANDA DEB, Raja of Jhargram
- Raja SHYAM SUNDAR
MALLA
UGAL SANDA DEB, Raja of Jhargram
- Raja VIKRAMADITYA
MALLA
UGAL SANDA DEB, Raja of Jhargram,
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, Raja of Jhargram
-/1912, he was the
first student from this area to study for his F. A.;
he was famous for
his extraordinary strength as a wrestler as well as
for his charity and
generosity; 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, Raja of Jhargram 1912/1916,
married
and had issue. He died 1916.
- Raja Sir Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda Deb (qv)
COURT OF WARDS
1916/1929
- Raja Sir NARASINGHA
MALLA
UGAL
SANDA DEB K.B.E., Raja of
Jhargram 1929/1976, born 1909,
educated at
Midnapore Collegiate School and Presidency College in
Calcutta; elected
to the 2nd Lok Sabha; awarded the O.B.E. and later the
Knight Commander
of the Order of the British Empire (KBE); married
1stly, Rani Binod
Manjuri Devi, died 1945, daughter of Lalsaheb Girish
Chandra Bhanj Deo
of Mayurbhanj,
married 2ndly,
Rani Rupamanjuri Devi, and
had issue, one son and three daughters. He died 11th
November 1976 in
Calcutta.
- Raja Birendra Bijoy Malla Deb (by Rani Binod
Manjari
Devi)
(qv)
- Kumari Savitri Devi (by Rani Binod Manjuri
Devi), married Raja Uday Narayan Deb of Sana Khemudi
in Orissa.
- Kumari Gayatri Devi (by Rani Rupa Manjuri Devi),
married
Kumar
Visheshwar Pratap Singh of Shakarpura in Bihar.
- Kumari Jayeshree
Devi (by Rani Rupa Manjuri Devi), married Kumar
Shailaja Shanker Singh
Deo of Dhenkanal
in Orissa, and has
issue, two daughters.
- Raja BIRENDRA BIJOY
MALLA
DEB, Raja of Jhargram 1976/2000,
educated at the
University of Calcutta (M.A. in History), 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 Sudhanshu 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, educated at the University of Calcutta
(B.Com. and LL.B.), he assists
in management of the family business and is
involved in politics, being a member of the
Trinamool Congress Party and is also attached to
various education and welfare organisations;
married Kumari Priti Devi, daughter of Rao Saheb
Shankareshwar Pratap Singh of Rampur Naikin in
Rewah, M.P., and has
issue, one son and one daughter.
- Kumari Rajnandini Malla Deb, born 2000.
- Kumar Harshvardhan Malla Deb, born 2001.
- Rajkumari Radharani Debi
- Rajkumari Rajshree Debi
- Raja SHIVENDRA
BIJOY MALLA DEB (see above)
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