Ramchandra Birabar Harichandan

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Ramchandra Birabar Harichandan
Raja
Raja of Talcher
Reign8 November 1873 – 18 December 1891
Predecessor Dayanidhi Birabar
Successor Kishore Chandra
Born(1856-12-22)22 December 1856
Died18 December 1891(1891-12-18) (aged 34)
House Flag of the Talcher Princely State.svg Talcher
Dynasty Gajapati
Father Dayanidhi Birabar

Ramchandra Birabar Harichandan was the Raja of Talcher from 1873 until his death in 1891.

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Birth

He was born on 22 December 1856 to Dayanidhi Birabar Harichandan. [1]

Reign

He succeeded as the Raja of Talcher as a minor on 8 November 1873. [1] He started land settlement and, in 1879, established courts of justice, an accounts section, tauzi, and nizarat. [2] He established police stations at Talcher, Serampore, Kansamunda, Bajrakote, and Gahami. [3] He also established a jail and the departments of public works, education, health, excise, and forests. [2] He set up a middle vernacular school and a middle girls' school. [3] He established a hospital. [2] He insisted on regular maintenance of records as well as observance of official rules. [3] In 1887, he built the Victoria Hall and Circuit House to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. [4]

Literature and science

Ramchandra was a scholar of history and geography and a fond of Sanskrit literature. [2] [4] He set up a Sanskrit toll at Talcher, and his durbar was attended by Sanskrit scholars. [3] He was also a writer in Odia. [5] He translated the Gita into Odia and authored Bharatara Sankhipta Itihas, a book on the history of India, which was prescribed as a textbook for middle vernacular classes in Odisha. [2] [5] He wrote commentaries on Manu Sanhita and Parasara Sanhita. [6]

Personal life

He was a man of religious and charitable disposition. [2] [3] Radhanath Ray had dedicated his Usha to Ramchandra. [7] In his dedication, Radhanath wrote of him in the following words: [2]

I have never seen such a pious ruler elsewhere who regularly feeds a good number of beggars and destitutes from his granary.

—  Radhanath Ray, Usha

Death

He died on 18 December 1891, and his son, Kishore Chandra, succeeded to his title. [8] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1900). The Golden Book of India. A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire. With an Appendix for Ceylon. S. Low, Marston & Company. p. 310.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mishra, D. P. (1998). People's Revolt in Orissa: A Study of Talcher. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. pp. 54–55. ISBN   978-81-7156-739-3.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Narayan Patnaik, Jitendra; Biswal, Bibekananda (April 1991). Orissa Review. Vol. XLVII. p. 53. ISSN   0970-8669.
  4. 1 2 Senapati, Nilamani (1972). Orissa District Gazetteers: Dhenkanal. Cuttack: Superintendent, Orissa Government Press. p. 60.
  5. 1 2 Das, Sisir Kumar (2005). A History of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. p. 517. ISBN   978-81-7201-006-5.
  6. ↑ ଗୋବର୍ଦ୍ଧନ ଦୋରା (2003). ଓଡ଼ିଶା – ଆନ୍ ଏନ୍ସାଇକ୍ଲୋପିଡ଼ିଆ ଅଫ୍ ଇଭେଣ୍ଟ୍‌ସ (in Odia). p. 300.
  7. ↑ Mohanty, Gopinath (1978). Radhanath Ray. Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 21.
  8. ↑ Vadivelu, A. (1915). The ruling chiefs, nobles and zamindars of India. G. C. Loganadham Bros, Madras. pp. 398–400.
  9. ↑ Department, India Foreign and Political (1909). United Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Central Provinces. Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India. p. 306.
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