Nashipur Rajbari

The other name of the Nashipur Rajbari Palace is the Nashipur Rajbati Palace. The Nashipur Raj family was residing and it was their palace. The magnificent Palace is found adjacent to Raja Debi Singha’s Palace in Nashipur in the district of Murshidabad in the state of West Bengal.

History

Debi Singha was historically known under the British Raj for being the collector of tax and Nashipur Rajbari was his court. He had come for trading purpose from the city of Panipat. He was considered be to be very strict in the collection of Tax as he used to punish severely to those people who did not give taxes to him on time. He was also succeeded in being appointed in the department of Revenue under Dewan Reza Khan. Later on he became the head of the department by influencing the people of East India Company. Along with this the founder of the Raj family of Nashipur was also Debi Singha.

After the Battle of Plassey, Debi Singha with Diwali Sigh, his father came to visit Murshidabad in the year 1757. Debi Singha was appointed as the secretary of the Provincial council; by Warren Hastings, the Governor General. He was given the title of Raja earlier and later on he was entitled as Maharaja. Raja Udmant Singh was Maharja Debi Singh’s Nephew who built the temple in Nashipur.

In the year 1856, Raja Kirtichand who was the grandnephew of Raja Udmant built the Palace. Raja Kirti Chand was succeeded his father, Maharaja Ranajit Sinha and became Murchidabad municipality’s chairman and also the Bengal’s legislative council’s member, nashipur Raj estates were very big Zamindaries who covered many districts of Murshidabad, Malda and Birbhum in West Bengal along with Rajsahi, Bogura and Pabana which are in Bangladesh at present. The primogeniture custom was being followed by the Raj Family and the Raja Bahadur title was awarded at a ceremony in Delhi in 1917, March 16th. A sanad was given by Lord Chelmsford, the Governor General of India to Maharaja RanajitSinha . In 1918 he died and his eldest son, Bhupendra Narayan Sinha succeeded him Nashipu Raj’s next scion. Under FazlulHuq’s Chief ministership in 1928-1929, Raja Bahadur Bhupendra Narayan Sinha became the minister of the undivided Bengal. Kumar Nripendra, second youngest brother was Imperial council of Delhi’s member. Both of them died very early but Maharaja Ranjit Sinha’s other sons lived as octogenarians.

In the year 1949, October, Raja Bahadur Bhupendra Narayan Sinha expired. Ranendra Narayan Sinha succeeded him and became Nashipur Raj Family’s head after the abolishment of the Zamindari system in 1953 from West Bengal. However Raja Bahardur Ranendra Narayan Sinha also died in the year 1992 in August in Calcutta. He left Rani Kusum Kumari Sinha, his wife; Ranajoy Sinhawhi was son and his daughter, Jayashree Sinha

Structure

The Palace looks like the miniature version or the small structure of Hararduari Palace because of its similar feature of the palace. The similar features included the stairs along with the vertical standing columns large in size. There is also a big hall of entertainment inside where big personalities performed like Hirabai. The palace was called “a princely abode” by Lord Curzon and he said that the palace was much better than their own palaces.

How to reach

Nashipur village belongs the Presidency division. It is in the district of Murshidabad in the state of West Bengal. It is at a distance of 240 km from Kolkata. It has all means of transport available to reach the Palace from Nashipur.

By Air

The closest airport is the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose airport in Kolkata which has flights of all routes including domestic and international.

By Rail

The nearest railway stations are Krishnapur Railway station and Lalgola Railway stations to reach Nashipur. But the Malda Town Railway station is the main railway station which is at a distance of only 75 km from Nashipur and after reaching there, cabs could be hired to reach the palace.

By Road

There is good connectivity of buses on the roads of Nashipur and both the state and government buses are available from and to the district.

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