Raja Sitaram Ray
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| Born | 1658 Mahapatipur, Katwa, Burdwan |
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| Died | October, 1714 (aged 56) Murshidabad, Murshidabad |
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| Issue | Shyamsundar, Surnarayan, Bamdev, Jaydev | ||||
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| Father | Udaynarayan Das | ||||
| Mother | Dayamayi Ghosh | ||||
| Religion | Vaishnavism | ||||
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| Sitaram Das |
Raja Sitaram Ray (Bengali: রাজা সীতারাম রায়) (1658–1714) was an autonomous king, a vassal to the Mughal Empire, who revolted against the Empire and established a short-lived sovereign Hindu dominion in Bengal.
Sitaram came from a family settled in the Fatehsingh region of Murshidabad. Ramdas Khan Gajdani, who became famous in the early 15th century by donating a golden elephant at his mother's sraddha, belonged to this family. His son, Anantaram Das, was an official in Delhi. After him, the next few generations fell into penury.
The family rose again when Sriram Das gained the title of Khas Biswas from Man Singh, the then Mughal governor of Bengal. His son, Harish Chandra Das, rose to further prominence and obtained the title of Rai Raiyan from the Mughals. Harish Chandra's son Udaynarayan, the father of Sitaram rose to the post of a tehsildar under the faujdar of Bhusna.
When Udaynarayan was posted at the Rajmahal, the capital of Bengal, he married Dayamayi, the daughter of a Kayastha Ghosh family of Mahipatipur in Katwa. Sitaram was born in Mahipatipur, the first child of Udaynarayan and Dayamayi in 1658, some time before Aurangzeb ascended to the throne at Delhi. Sitaram's mother was a brave woman. In her girlhood, she had fended off a band of dacoits with a khadga.
When Mir Jumla transferred the capital back to Dhaka in 1660, Udaynarayan also moved to Dhaka. At that time, he did not bring his family with him. Shaista Khan became the governor of Bengal in 1664. At that time, Udaynarayan rose to the post of tehsildar and shifted to Bhusna. After a few years, he built a residence at Hariharanagar near the banks of Madhumati and brought his family there.
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