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Maharaja Narendra Singh

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Maharaja Narendra Singh
Reign1740 - 1760
PredecessorMaharaja Bishnu Singh
SuccessorMaharaja Pratap Singh
Died1760
HouseRaj Darbhanga
FatherMaharaja Raghu Singh
ReligionHinduism

Maharaja Narendra Singh (died 1760) was the Maharaja and principal landowner of Darbhanga in the Mithila region, presently in the state of Bihar, India. He belonged to the Khandavala Rajavansh of Raj Darbhanga.[1] He is famous for his role in the Battle of Kandarpi Ghat in 1753 against the Mughal Bengal Subah of the then ruling Alivardi Khan, Nawab of Bengal.[2]

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  1. ^ Ansari, Tahir Hussain (20 June 2019). Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-65152-2.
  2. ^ Eaton, Richard Maxwell (1993). The rise of Islam and the Bengal frontier, 1204-1760. Internet Archive. Berkeley : University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08077-5.