Mahamanyabar Rajkumar Srila-Srijukta Nabadwipchandra Dev Burman (1854 – 5 September 1931), also transliterated as Nabadwip Chandra Deb Barman, was a noted

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ist and

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singer. He was the father of composer

S. D. Burman Sachin Dev Burman (1 October 1906 – 31 October 1975) was an Indian music director and singer. A member of the Tripura royal family, he started his career with Bengali films in 1937. He later began composing for Hindi movies and became one o ...

and grandfather of another composer

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. N. D. Burman was born at the Royal palace of Tripura situated in the

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. He was the second son of

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(Ishanachandra Dev Burman),

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(r. 1849–1862). His mother was Queen Keisham Chanu Jatiswari. He and his elder brother were at their father's death in 1862 excluded from the throne of Tripura by their paternal uncle

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, but from 1923 to 1927 he was President of the Regency Council of Tripura for his kinsman

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, Maharaja of Tripura (r. 1923–1947). He was granted the personal title of Mahamanyabar on 31 January 1928. The autobiography of Nabadwipchandra is known as ''Abarjanar Jhuri''. N.D. Burman was married to Nirupama Devi, by whom he had nine children including the famed singer and Indian film music composer

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(the youngest of five sons).

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