The zamindars of Natore were influential aristocratic Bengali zamindars, who owned large estates in what is today Natore District in Bangladesh.
Murshid Quli Khan, the Nawab of Bengal under whom the zamindars of Natore served.
The ornate Natore Palace of the ruling family of Rajshahi in Natore, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
The entrance of the Grand Dighapatia Palace.
Coat of arms of the Maharaja (Zamindar) of Dighapatia in Natore.
Rajshahi Raj was the largest zamindari during the British Raj which occupied a vast position of Bengal. The Royal Family of Rajshahi used the title Ray/Rai.
Zamindars of Natore
…lake or marsh that fills up with water during the monsoons) was spread over a part of what is now Natore District. Legend has it that Raja (zamindar) Ramjivan Moitra was once travelling by boat searching for a suitable place to build his principal residence. While travelling through Chalan beel, he saw a snake that…