Debindro Singh or Devendra Singh or Devendrajit Singh or Debendra Singh (died 1871) was a

Manipuri King The Manipur Kingdom was an ancient independent kingdom at the India–Burma frontier that was in subsidiary alliance with British India from 1824, and became a princely state in 1891. It bordered Assam Province in the west and Briti ...

who ruled in 1850 for a period of only three months at the age of forty-seven.Princely States of India
/ref> He ended the custom of paying bribes to chiefs to gain land in Manipur. He was the successor to, and brother of Nara Singh, the regent of

Gambhir Singh Chinglen Nongdrenkhomba (1788–1834), also known as Raja Gambhir Singh, was a ruler of the Manipur Kingdom. Biography He was a son of Chingthang Khomba. He succeeded his nephew Yumjaotaba in April 1821 during the seven years devastation. He ...

. He was given the title of Raja by the British, but he was unpopular. After only three months

Chandrakirti Singh Maharaja Chandrakirti Singh (1850 – May 1886) was a Meitei monarch and the Maharaja of Manipur Kingdom. He was the son of Maharaja Gambhir Singh. Biography He was born in Imphal, and resided there till the end of his Regime in 1886. Before ...

invaded Manipur while Devendra Singh fled to Cachar. He was later taken to Dhaka, now in Bangladesh, by the British in 1850 and settled there with a large number of followers. That is why he is also known as Dacca Taba Ningthou. Devendra Singh died at Sylhet in 1871. His daughter, Princess Kaboklei or Dhaka Rani married Maharaj Birchandra, King of Tripura.

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*Hodson, Thomas Callan.The Meitheis. Harvard University, 1908. *Sanajaoba, Naorem (Ed). (1988). Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a Civilization, Volume 4. New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications. Meitei royalty Hindu monarchs 1871 deaths Year of birth missing {{hindu-bio-stub

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