Brajraj Mahapatra Explained

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A prince dies a pauper . Times of India . 2015-12-06 . 2015-12-18.
  2. Web site: Brajraj Mahapatra, Indian king - obituary . Telegraph . 2015-12-18.
  3. Web site: Marszal . Andrew . India's 'last prince' dies in obscure poverty in a mud hut . Telegraph . 2015-12-01 . 2015-12-18.
  4. Web site: Erstwhile king of Tigiria Brajraj Mahapatra dies in Odisha . The Indian Express . 2015-12-01 . 2015-12-18.