Harendra Kishore Singh
Maharaja Sir Harendra Kishore Singh was the last ruler of Bettiah Raj. He was born in 1854 and succeeded his father, the Rajendra Kishore Singh Bahadur in 1883 . He died childless on 26th March, 1893.[1] In 1884 received the title of Maharaja Bahadur as a personal distinction and a Khilat and a sanad from the hands of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, Augustus Rivers Thompson. He was created a Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire on 1 March 1889.[2] He was appointed a member of the Legislative Council of Bengal in January 1891.[2] He was also a member of The Asiatic Society[3]
References
- ^ "Supreme Court of India Judgement 1980 PETITIONER: SHYAM SUNDER PRASAD SINGH & ORS. Vs. RESPONDENT: STATE OF BIHAR & ORS" (PDF). SUPREME COURT OF INDIA. 22 July 1980. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ a b Lethbridge, Roper (1893). 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. Robarts - University of Toronto. London Macmillan. p. 67.
- ^ Asiatic Society of Bengal (1865). Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. American Museum of Natural History Library. Calcutta : [The Society].