Maharaja Chandrakirti Singh (1850 – May 1886) was a
Meitei monarch and the Maharaja of
Manipur Kingdom
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 ...
. He was the son of Maharaja
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 ...
.
Biography
He was born in Imphal, and resided there till the end of his Regime in 1886. Before he became the
king
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, the reign of his father Maharaja
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 ...
was succeeded by
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 ...
Narsingh and later on his death by Raja Narshingh's brother Debendra Singh for a short time. Maharaja Gambhir Singh's death on 9 January 1834 paved the way to the throne to Raja Narsingh.
Chandrakirti had ten sons from his six queens and
Maharaja Surchandra is the eldest son of the first queen and the other three sons (Pakasana, Kesarjit, Gopalsana) of the first queen, Kulachandra (the second son of the second queen) and Gandhar Singh (another son of the second queen),
Tikendrajit
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Singh (the third son of the third queen), the son of the fourth queen died in his early days, Angousana (the fifth son of the fifth queen) and the Zila Ngamba (the eighth son of the sixth queen).
See also
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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 ...
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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.
Meitei royalty
Hindu monarchs
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