The Sovabazar Raj family, seated at Sovabazar Palace in the Indian city of

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, were the

Zamindar A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a ''zamindari'' (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian was the official language; ''zamindar'' is the ...

s of

Shobhabazar Shobhabazar (also spelt Sovabazar; ) is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Sheths and Basaks, well-to-do traders at Saptagram, were among the first to settle in Sutanuti and are ...

. The clan begins with a

Maharaja Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; ; feminine: Maharani) is a royal title in Indian subcontinent, Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and Medieval India, medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a pri ...

Naba Krishna Deb Bahadur left behind two sons, adopted son

Raja Raja (; from , IAST ') is a noble or royal Sanskrit title historically used by some Indian subcontinent, Indian rulers and monarchs and highest-ranking nobles. The title was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. T ...

Gopimohan Deb (1768) and his own son Raja Raj Krishna Deb. Raja Gopimohan Deb was founder director of

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and founder of famous

Dharma Sabha Dharma Sabha was an organization formed in 1830 in Calcutta by Radhakanta Deb. The impetus of forming the organization came from a new law enacted by the colonial British rule which banned the practice of burning widows alive ( sati) in the countr ...

. He offered much precious gold and silver to Maa Kali of

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. A very well known scholar in

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Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

, and English. His son was

Radhakanta Deb Raja Sir Radhakanta Deb Bahadur (10 March 1784 – 19 April 1867) was a scholar and a leader of the Calcutta conservative Hindu society, son of Gopimohan Deb of Shovabazar Raj who was the adopted son and heir of Maharaja Nabakrishna Deb of ...

, whereas Raja Rajkrishna Deb (1782–1823) had eight sons. *Shiv Krishna *Kali Krishna *Debi Krishna * (renowned Urdu poet) *Kamal Krishna *Madhab Krishna * Narendra Krishna Deb The

Zamindari A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous Indian feudalism, feudal lord of a ''zamindari'' (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian language, Persian was the offi ...

consisted more than half of

Sutanuti Sutanuti was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) in India, along with Gobindapur and Kalikata. Sutanuti was set up along the banks of the Hooghly river, which is a tributary of ...

and thousands of acres of lands in several districts of

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(now parts of

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and

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