Chandrakirti Singh

Kingdom of Manipur
Part of History of Manipur
Kings of Manipur
Pamheiba	1720-1751
Gaurisiam	1752-1763
Chitsai	1754-1756
Ching-Thang Khomba	1769-1798
Rohinchandra	1798-1801
Maduchandra Singh	1801-1806
Chourjit Singh	1806-1812
Marjit Singh	1812-1819
Gambhir Singh	1825-1834
Raja Nara Singh	1844-1850
Debindro Singh	1850
Chandrakirti Singh	1850-1886
Raja Surchandra	1886-1890
Kulachandra Singh	1890-1891
Churachandra Singh	1891-1941
Bodhchandra Singh	1941-1949
Manipur monarchy data
Ningthouja dynasty (Royal family)
Pakhangba (Symbol of the kingdom)
Cheitharol Kumbaba (Royal chronicle)
Imphal (Capital of the kingdom)
Kangla Palace (Royal residence)

Raja Chandrakirti, the son of Raja Gambhir Singh was a ruler of Manipur between 1850 and May 1886.^[1]

Biography

Before he became the king, the reign of his father Maharaja Gambhir Singh was succeeded by Raja Narsingh and later on his death by Raja Narshingh's brother Debendra Singh for a short time. Maharaja Gambhir Singh's death on 9 January 1834 paved the way to the throne to Raja Narsingh.

Chandrakirti had ten sons from his six queens and Maharaja Surchandra is the eldest son of the first queen and the other three sons (Pakasana, Kesarjit, Gopalsana) of the first queen, Kulachandra (the second son of the second queen) and Gandhar Singh (another son of the second queen), Tikendrajit Singh (the third son of the third queen), the son of the fourth queen died in his early days, Angousana (the fifth son of the fifth queen) and the Zila Ngamba (the eighth son of the sixth queen).

See also

• List of Meitei royals
• Manipur (princely state)

References

Bibliography

• Hodson, Thomas Callan.The Meitheis. Harvard University, 1908.