PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The
family
belongs
to the Uttarrardhi class of Kayasths, and claim descent
from Anadibar Sinha who settled Bengal in the 9th century
during the
reign of Raja Adisur of Gour. Authentic history begins
with Harkrishna
Sinha, who first settled in Kandi where he became a banker
and silk
merchant. Estate holders were.....
- Sri Rana Madan
Singh, 5th Zamindar of Paikpara
- Sri Laksmidhar
Singh I, 8th Zamindar of Paikpara
- Shri Binayaka Singh,
12th Zamindar of Paikpara
- Shri Laksmidhar
Singh II, 13th Zamindar of Paikpara
- Shri Jibadhara
Singh, 14th Zamindar of Paikpara
- Shri Pravakara
Singh, 15th Zamindar of Paikpara, he
succeeded his brother as proprietor of the estate.
- Shri HARKRISHNA
SINHA,
16th Zamindar
of Kandi, married and had issue.
- Murlidhar, married and had issue.
- Guranga Sundar [Gaurang Singh], he amassed great
wealth
and became
owner of much landed property; he received the
title of Mazumdar from
Padshah Shah Alam II of Delhi; married and had
adoptive issue (his
nephew).
- (A) Shri
Radha
Kanta Sinha (qv)
- generation
- Dewan Ganga Govind Singh (qv)
- Shri RADHA KANTA
SINHA,
17th Zamindar
of Kandi before 1757/1772, he gave great service to
the English in 1757 and was
appointed to manage the revenue department of Mir
Ja'afar (later Nawab
of Bengal), he was later appointed Diwan by Lord
Clive; married and had
adoptive issue (his nephew). He died 1772.
- (A) Shri Pran
Kanta
Sinha (qv)
- Shri Dewan GANGA
GOVIND SINGH, 18th Zamindar
of Kandi 1772/-, he was an agent of Warren
Hastings, and was able to accumulate an enormous
fortune, which enabled
him to establish the zamindari of Kandi at Murshidabad
and Paikpara at
Calcutta.
- Shri PRAN KANTA
SINHA,
19th Zamindar
of Kandi -/1808, he held the office of Naib Diwan of
Bengal; married
and had issue, one son. He died 1808.
- Shri Krishna Chandra Sinha (qv)
- Shri KRISHNA
CHANDRA SINHA,
20th Zamindar
of Kandi 1808/1861, appointed Diwan in charge of
settlement at Burdwan
in 1803; he purchased a number of properties,
including the zamindari
of Bisalakshmipur; towards the end of his life, he
became a sanyasi
and was known as Lala Babu;
married Rani Katyayani,
died 1268
(Bengal style), and
had issue, one son. He died in 1861 when a horse
belonging
to the then Maharani of Gwalior, bolted and galloped
over him.
- Shri NARAYAN SINHA,
21st Zamindar of Kandi 1861/ca1864, he succeeded as a
minor on his father's death, with
management of the estate in the hands of the Revenue
Board; married
twice, and had adoptive issue. He died sp aged forty-six
years?.
- (A) Raja Pratap
Chandra Sinha Bahadur (qv)
- (A) Raja
Ishwara
Chandra Sinha (qv)
- Raja PRATAP CHANDRA
SINHA
Bahadur, 22nd Zamindar of Kandi ca1864/1866,
he contributed liberally to
the founding of the Medical College Fever Hospital in
Calcutta;
Vice-President of the British-Indian Association; he
provided valuable
assistance to the British Government during the Indian
Mutiny of 1857;
he was granted the title of Raja Bahadur in 1854, and
awarded the
C.S.I.; married Rani Padmamukhi, and had issue, four
sons. He died in
1866 aged 39 years.
- Raja Sarat Chandra Sinha Bahadur (fourth son) (qv)
- Raja SARAT CHANDRA
SINHA Bahadur, 23rd Zamindar of Kandi 1866/-,
born 1859 (1839?),
educated initially at Metropolitan Institution,
Calcutta, then
privately at home; married and had issue.
- Raja Birendra Chandra Sinha Bahadur (qv)
- Raja BIRENDRA
CHANDRA SINHA Bahadur, 24th Zamindar of Kandi
and Paikpara,
born in December 1881, educated at Metropolitan
Institution, Calcutta;
he was appointed Honorary First-Class Magistrate for
the Presidency of
Bengal; Member of the British-Indian Association.
- Raja Bimal Chandra Sinha (qv)
- Kumar Bahadur Brindaban Chandra Sinha, married
Kumarani
Uma Devi, and had issue.
- Prof. Kumar Bikash Chandra Sinha, an eminent
Indian
physicist, active in the fields of
nuclear physics and high energy physics, born 16th
June 1945, educated
at the University of Calcutta, at Cambridge
University (Natural Science, 1967), at London
University (Ph.D., 1970) and (D.Sc., 1981); he
spent 12 years in
England, teaching and researching in the
Rutherford High Energy
Physics Laboratory and Kings College, London; he
joined the Bhabha
Atomic Research Centre in 1976 and was
Director of the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre;
Member of
the Scientific Advisory Committee to
the Cabinet, Government of India 1997/1999 and
Chairman of the International Radiation Physics
1997/-
and the Chairman of the National Committee for
International Union for
Pure and Applied Physics 1998/-; Director, Saha
Institute of Nuclear
Physics,
Kolkata, 1992/2009 (retired in June 2009);
Chairman of
the executive Committee of National Council of
Science Museum, Kolkata
and also a Member of the Governing Council of
National Council of
Science Museums; Chairman of the Executive
Committee of
the Birla Industrial & Technological Museum,
Kolkata; recipient of
a number of awards and honours, including Padma
Shri in 2001, the R.D.
Birla
Award for Excellence in Physics in 2002 and the
Padma Bhushan Award in
2010; author of over 250 papers, presently he is
the
Homi Bhabha Chair Professor of the Variable Energy
Cyclotron Centre.
- Kumar Amaresh Chandra Sinha, married Kumarani Abha
Devi,
died 28th June 2011, aged 82 years, and had issue.
- Kumar Adhish Chandra Sinha, married Kumarani
Mary Devi.
He died 2004.
- Raja BIMAL CHANDRA
SINHA Bahadur,
25th Zamindar
of Kandi and Paikpara -/1966, he served as Minister
for Abolition of Zamindari and
Public Works Department, in the first government of
West Bengal after
Independence; married and had issue. He died 1966.
- Raja Atish Chandra Sinha (qv)
- Raja ATISH CHANDRA
SINHA Bahadur,
26th Zamindar
of Kandi and Paikpara 1966/2010, and a former minister
and Leader of the Opposition
in the Indian state of West Bengal; born 11th July
1940 in Calcutta,
educated at Presidency College, Kolkata and at the
Imperial College in London, specializing in
Geophysics; Minister of
Small Scale and Cottage Industries 1972/1977; elected
to the Lok Sabha
in 1984; Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal
Legislative
Assembly 1996/2001; Leader of the Congress legislative
party in the West Bengal assembly 2001/2006; he
founded the
Bimal Chandra College of Law in Kandi in the memory of
his father; he
was an active member of Calcutta South Club; married
Rani Archana Devi,
and had issue, one son and one daughter. He
died 4th March 2010 in Kolkata.
- Kumari Anindita Sinha
- Raja Aninda Chandra Sinha Bahadur (qv)
- Raja ANINDA CHANDRA
SINHA Bahadur,
27th Zamindar of Kandi and Paikpara (see above)
|