Raja ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested f ...

Harish Chandra Rai (18411885) was the 47th Raja of the Chakma Circle.

Biography

He was the grandson of Raja Dharam Bux Khan through his daughter born of his third Rani. He married Rani Shourindri Dewan of the Larma Goza (Clan or Sept). His grandmother, Kalindi Rani, assisted in supplying coolie transport for the

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of 1871–72. In recognition of this service, the government of

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vested Harish Chandra with the title of

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. At her death in 1873, he became chief of the Chakmas, and the title of Raja was conferred on him the next year. According to ethnographer J. P. Mills, Harish Chandra's "drunkenness, incompetency and contumacy" rendered him so ineffective a ruler that it became necessary to depose him in April 1884. He died in 1885.

Children

* Rajkumari * Raja Bhuvan Mohan Roy * Rajkumar Ramani Mohan Roy

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