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
Nara Singh (1792 – 11 April 1850) also known as Chingthanglen Pamheiba and Meetingu Lairen Nonglen Sendreng Manik Khomba, was a ruler of the Kingdom of Manipur. He ruled first as regent from 1834 to 1844 and then as king for a period of s ...
, 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.
See also
*List of Manipuri kings
List of Monarchs that ruled the Kingdom of Manipur (present state of Manipur in northeast India) have been recorded in Court Chronicles of the Kings of Manipur (''Cheitharol Kumbaba)'.''
The Kingdom of ''Kangleipak'' with written constitution ...
*Manipur (princely state)
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 ...
References
Bibliography
*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
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