Naranarayan of Bhurishrestha

Naranarayan
Maharaja of Bhurishrestha
Predecessor	Pratapnarayan
Successor	Lakshminarayan
Spouse	Amritakala
Father	Pratapnarayan
Mother	Mahendrani

Maharaja Naranarayan (Bengali: মহারাজা নরনারায়ণ) was the king of Bhurishrestha who maintained the integrity and sovereignty of the kingdom by diplomatically averting the occupation of the kingdom by the Mughal forces.

Naranarayan ascended the throne of Bhurishrestha when he was well past his prime. At that time Aurangzeb was the Mughal emperor and Shaista Khan was the governor of Bengal. At that time the British East India Company was making heavy inroads into the delta and Naranarayan's first task was to strengthen the security of the kingdom. He erected temporary forts on both sides of the Damodar, near the confluence of Damodar and Bhagirathi, and garrisoned his troops there. He enhanced the patrol at the watch towers erected by Pratapnarayan. Prince Lakshminarayan assumed the role of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Bhurishrestha. The Mughal governor Shaista Khan approached Naranarayan for help against the British. Naranarayan agreed and temporary Mughal outposts and watch towers were established at Bargachhia, Krishnanagar near Khanakul and Dilakash, on the Ron. Bhurishrestha, however, remained unaffected during the course of the Mughal-British conflict.

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