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| House of Dar دار راج | |
|---|---|
| Zamindari | |
_of_Dar_Raj_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC.png) Seal of Dar Raj (Akhnoor) | |
.png) Official Seal of the Nannar Raj (Branch of House of Dar) | |
| Country | |
| Current region | |
| Place of origin | Akhnoor |
| Founder | Virendra Mohan Dar |
| Current head | HH Maharaja VII Vinayak Singh[a][1] |
| Seat | Nannar Palace |
| Style(s) | Maharaja Maharani |
| Connected members | |
House of Dar also known as Dar Raj (Bengali: দার রাজ Persian: در راج) was a Jagirdari estate which orginated in Dar region of Akhnoor in the year 1771 under the leadership of Maharaja Virendra Mohan Dar during the Durrani Rule. After the collapse of the Durrani Empire, House of Dar shifted to Bengal (now Bangladesh) and established the House of Nannar.[2][3][4]
History
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The House of Dar was established in the year in 1771 after Virendra Mohan Dar, the grandson of a rich Kashmiri Pandit saffron merchant- Hari Krishna Mohan Dar, was conferred the title of Raja by Ahmed Shah Durrani.[5][6] Later in 1813, the title of Bahadur was formally conferred upon Virendra Mohan Dar by Nawab Zain-ud-Din Ali Khan of Murshidabad, with the official sanction of the British Governor-General, Lord Minto I, in recognition of his significant contributions to land expansion, the construction of irrigation works, and consistent revenue payments to the East India Company.[7]
Shift to Bengal
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After the death of Ahmed Shah Durrani, the House of Durrani collapsed and the jagirs and fedual landlords started losing power in Kashmir, including the House of Dar. Due to the extreme political instability and attacks caused by the Sikh Misls the Dar Raj shifted to Bangladesh towards the end of the eighteenth century.[8][9] The House of Dar established the Char Talibari Rajbari at the Rajrajeshwar Union of Bangladesh as their primary seat but soon lost it due to the erosion caused by the Padma River.[10] In 1802, The Maharaja, established the 250-room Dhar Zamindar Bari at Nannar Village- which later came to be known as House of Nannar, a branch of the House of Dar. The Zamindari spanned over 25,000 acres of land including Rajrajeshwar, Rowail, Sharifbag,. Ashulia, Demra, Nannar, Dhamrai and Suapur.[11][12]
List of Rulers
[edit]Although princely pensions, titles, and privileges were officially abolished in India in 1971, families of some former princely rulers have continued to use the old titles unofficially for certain family members, or made new ones for themselves. In some instances, the titles are used in conducting family ceremonies and traditions, to promote the ideal of princely and royal India for tourists, and to sustaining the wealth, stardom, and clout some families have retained.[13]
| Ruler | Image | Reign | Consort | Cipher | House | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | |||||
| HH Maharaja I Bahadur |  |
1771 | 1821 |  |
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| HH Maharaja II
Mukunda Mohan Dar |
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1821 | 13 August 1875 |  |
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| HH Maharaja III
Hara Mohan Dhar |
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1876 | 1898 |  |
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| HH Maharaja IV Judge Babu
Mohini Mohan Dar |
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1898 | 15 May 1947 |  |
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| HH Maharaja V
Dhirendra Mohan Dar |
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15 May 1947 | 11 May 1949 |  |
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| HH Maharaja VI
Chittajit Mohan Dhar |
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11 May 1949 | 24 February 1975 |  |
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| HH Titular Maharani Regnant
Subha Basu Dhar[b] |
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24 February 1975 | 7 May 2006 | | ||
| HH Titular Maharaja VII
Vinayak Singh[c] |
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7 May 2024 | Incumbent | | ||
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Vinayak Singh, ascended to Maharaja VII of the House of Dar because of Article VII of the Virendra Royal Succession Charter succeeding the Maharani Regnant Basu, on May 7 2024.
- ↑ Although the House of Dar ordinarily follows agnatic primogeniture under Article II of the Virendra Royal Succession Charter, the Charter does not absolutely exclude female succession. Article VI establishes the precedence of male lines over female lines, while Article VII provides that, in the absence of eligible male descendants in both the male and female lines, the eldest surviving daughter may succeed as Maharani Regnant. Accordingly, the accession of Subha Basu Dhar as Maharani was regarded by the family as being in conformity with the provisions of the Charter rather than an exception to it until the birth of a male heir- the grandson of Maharaja VI. Dhar remained the Maharani Regnant till, the heir apparent, the only son of Princess III turned 18.[16]
- ↑ Vinayak Singh, ascended to Maharaja VII of the House of Dar because of Article VII of the Virendra Royal Succession Charter succeeding the Maharani Regnant Basu, on May 7 2024.
Citations
[edit]- ↑ Sen 1941, p. 99-100.
- ↑ Anirban Chattopadhyay, "Virendramohan of Dar Raj: Locating Subaltern Voices in the Bengali Novel", in: Tirthankar Roy and Tapati Guha-Thakurta, eds, Literary Cartographies of Bengal, Volume 2: Textual Politics and the Colonial State, Kolkata: Academic Publishers, 2014, pp. 114-132.
- ↑ Mukherjee, Ramesh Chandra (1987-07-21). Mahārāja Vīrendra Mohan Dār of Akhnūr. Nīldhôni Prokāśônā. pp. 28, 29, 30.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Singh, Ravinath. (1974). The life and death of Virendra of Dhar Raj: A critical analysis of the final siege of Dhar. In K. P. Acharya & D. Sharma (Eds.), Historiography of the Central Provinces: Vol. 4. The Paramara Epoch (A. M. C. Hollingbery, Trans.; 3rd ed., pp. 412, 414, 419, 421–485). Oriental Research Publishing House. (Original work published 1921).
- ↑ BL, Jitendranath Ghose (1931-07-21). The Raja of Dar- Life and Legacy of Virendra Vasudev of Dar- ویرِندرا واسودِو موهان دار. Bridgebit Printing Works, Bowbajaar, Calcutta 1931. pp. 16, 17.
- ↑ Badal, M. N. C. (1949-06-11). ZAMĪNDĀRS OF EARLY BAṄGĀL AND EAST PĀKISTĀN AND DECLINE OF ZAMĪNDĀR SYSTEM. Baṅgāl Granthālaya Prakāśan. pp. 55, 56, 57.
- ↑ Sen 1941, p. 151.
- ↑ Nalinikanta Bhattacharya (1938-04-18). Dar Raj (Dhar Raj) of Akhnur and Dhaka.
- ↑ Basu 1919, p. 45, 46.
- ↑ BL, Jitendranath Ghose (1931-07-21). The Raja of Dar- Life and Legacy of Virendra Vasudev of Dar- ویرِندرا واسودِو موهان دار. Bridgebit Printing Works, Bowbajaar, Calcutta 1931. pp. 36, 37, 28, 39.
- ↑ Basu 1919, p. 21-28.
- ↑ Sen 1941, p. 141, 142.
- ↑
- Karatchkova, Elena (2016) [2007], "Ghost Towns and Bustling Cities: Constructing a Master Narrative in Nineteenth-Century Jaipur", Raj Rhapsodies: Tourism, Heritage, and the Seductions of History, p. 30, ISBN 9781317071624,
The contemporary master narrative for Jaipur and Amber is 'royalty'. This theme is ubiquitous in tourist publications, such as Majestic Jaipur (Wheeler 1998). Royal personalities are emphasized, as in Jaipur: The Royal City. One article on tourist attractions of Jaipur features a full-page photograph of Maharaja Bhawani Singh, in full regalia, with his wife and daughter, all identified as 'the present royal family'
- Aldrich, Robert; McCreery, Cindy (2016), "European sovereigns and their empires 'beyond the seas'", in Robert Aldrich, Cindy McCreery (ed.), Crowns and colonies: European monarchies and overseas empires, Studies in Imperialism Book 142, Manchester University Press, p. 43, ISBN 9781526100894,
Although Prime Minister Indira Gandhi deprived the India princes of their official titles and privy purses in 1971, the maharajas and other princes, such as the traditional Maharana of Udaipur, who now styles himself as the 'Custodian' of the House of Mewar in Rajasthan, retain wealth, influence and celebrity; in 2015, a twenty-three-year-old economics graduate was thus installed as the most recent Maharajah of Mysore.
- Ramusack, Barbara N. (2004). The Indian princes and their states. Cambridge University Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-521-26727-4.
The princes of India offer fantasy for post-modern consumption. Faced with escalating maintenance costs and declining sources of income, princely entrepreneurs transformed palaces into hotels where tourists could experience an idealised, pampered lifestyle of royalty during a democratic era. In 1954 Karan Singh of Jammu and Kashmir leased his main palace in Srinagar to the Oberoi chain; it seems appropriate that he became minister for tourism and civil aviation in 1967 in Indira Gandhi's government. In 1958 the Rambagh Palace Hotel opened in Jaipur followed by the much photographed Lake Palace Hotel in Udaipur in the early 1960s
- Karatchkova, Elena (2016) [2007], "Ghost Towns and Bustling Cities: Constructing a Master Narrative in Nineteenth-Century Jaipur", Raj Rhapsodies: Tourism, Heritage, and the Seductions of History, p. 30, ISBN 9781317071624,
- ↑ সেন, প্রণব কুমার (1941-05-04). বীরেন্দ্র মোহন দরের জীবনচরিত (in Bengali). শতভিষা প্রকাশন, ১২/১বি, বঙ্কিম চ্যাটার্জি স্ট্রিট. pp. 252–264.
- ↑ سین, پی۔ کے۔ (1941-01-14). ویرندراموهان دار از آخنور – زندگی و مرگ – یک زندگینامه (in Persian). انجمن کتاب گھر، لاہور. pp. 195, 196, 197, 198.
- ↑ Sen 1941, p. 99.
Bibliography
[edit]- Basu, Gopi Nath (1919-04-04). Dice Esq., M.R. (ed.). LETTERS AND PAMPHLETS OF RAJA VIRENDRAMOHAN. Thacker, Spink, & Co.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - Sen, P. K.; Fitzroy, Edward; Harrington, Reginald (1941). Virendra Mohan Dar: A Biography. Calcutta: Metcuff Printing Works.