Brajraj Mahapatra | |
Full Name: | Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh Mahapatra |
Birth Date: | 15 October 1921 |
Death Date: | 30 November 2015 (aged 94) |
Religion: | Hinduism |
Maharaja | |
Spouse: | Rani Rasmanjari Devi |
Father: | Sudarshan Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh Mahapatra |
Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (15 October 1921 – 30 November 2015) was the final surviving royal of the British Raj-era "princely states" Tigiria State of Orissa.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Brajraj was born on 15 October 1921, the son of Sudarshan Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh Mahapatra, Raja of Tigiria. After taking a diploma from Rajkumar College in Raipur in 1940, he married Rani Rasmanjari Devi, a princess of Sonepur, with whom he had six children.[2] although when brajraj kingdom was taken her wife took away five sons letting his eldest son bir Pratap Singh who was declared as a maharaja politician in 2015