An anecdote here. Capt Baldev Singh, as the youngest student had the distinction of raising the national flag on the ocassion of Indian independence at Mayo College, Ajmer. Mandeep Bajwa On 29/03/2008, BIKRAM KESARI SINGH DEO <bksinghdeo@gmail.com> wrote: > > HH Maharaja Sir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo of Patna was my maternal > Uncle. > Patna was initially part of Central Provinces and then merged with Orissa, > when the State was formed in 1936. It was never called Bolangir Patna. > Patna was the name of the State, whereas Bolangir was the Capital. HH > Maharaja Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo was born in 1912 and passed away in > 1975. He was the Chief Minister of Orissa from 1967 to 1970. Chandra Chur > Singh is the grandsopn of the Maharaja,being the eledest son of his > youngest > daughter Mahrajkumari Krishna Kumari Devi, who is married to Capt. Kunwar > Baldev Singh of Jalalpur, (Aligrah) > Regards, > B.K. Singh Deo (Manjusha) > > On 3/27/08, samarjit.mukherjea@in.pwc.com <samarjit.mukherjea@in.pwc.com> > wrote: > > > > Hey, reshmi. I was going through your article on royalty in bollywood. I > > did not know that Amrita Singh was from a royal ( zamindar) family. One > > piece of information for you. Actually my great grandfather was a friend > > of Maharaja R.N. Singh Deo of Bolangir ( Orissa). I think Chandrachud > > Singh ( in Bollywood) is a grandson of R.N.Singh Deo.But I am not sure. > > > > Did not get reply from you.There were two more families of East Bengal > > that I missed out. Natore and Bhagyokul. > > > > IIf you can throw some light on Sanjoy Narayan, I would be > > delighted.Previously, I had thought there is no male descendant left of > > the Coochbehar family and the only two indirect descendants are Prodyut > > Deb Burman of Tripura ( Her mom is from Coochbehar) and Maharani Gayatri > > Devi's son. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Samarjit Mukherjea > > Assistant Manager, ABAS > > pwc | *connectedthinking > > Plot No. Y-14, Block EP, Sector-V > > Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091 > > INDIA > > Office : +91(33) 2357 9100 EXTN : 1139 > > Facsimile : +91(33) 2357 7456/3394/7207 > > Mobile : +91-9830513932 > > www.pwc.com > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or > > taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or > > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you > > received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the > material > > from any computer. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > INDIA-ROYALTY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-ROYALTY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >