Raja Sir Basudeb Sudhal Deb (16 May 1850 – 19 November 1903) was the

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from 1869 to 1903. In 1865 he was adopted by Brajasundar Deb, his uncle, and he ascended upon his death on 12 May 1869. He was said to have been a benevolent and enlightened ''raja'' and to have improved much. He had four wives, the first of which, Rani Giriraj Kumari of

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, he married in 1871. Between them his wives bore eight sons and eleven daughters before his death in Calcutta, on 19 November 1903. He was succeeded by Satchitananda Tribhuban Deb.

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Rajah Deb Sudhal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deb, Basu Deb Sudhal People from Odisha 1850 births 1903 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire