Maharaja Udit Narayan Singh

MAHARAJA UDIT NARAYAN SINGH

Maharaja Udit Narayan Singh (1770 – 4 April 1835), of the Royal House of Benares, was the Kashi Naresh from (12 September 1795 – 4 April 1835). He was the eldest surviving son of Mahipat Narayan Singh.

He had a great contribution in the culture of Varanasi. He started the tradition of staging the Ramlila at Ramnagar, Varanasi in around 1830.

He died in 1835, was succeeded by his nephew Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh, GCSI, Kaiser-i-Hind (1822 – 13 June 1889).

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