His great grandson, Raja Kartickram, was honoured with the title ‘Roy’ by the Mughal emperor.

[1] Raja Ajit Singh, the last king of the Midnapore zamindari, with its headquarters at Karnagarh, died childless in 1749.

His two queens, who inherited the Midnapore zamindari, ran into great difficulties during the Chuar Rebellion and sought the support of Raja Trilochan Khan of Narajole.

[1] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.

The outer segment housed the poorer people, amongst whom were some painter families, who had survived the travails of life and in 1970 continued to produce dolls, painted pots and decorative wall plates.

The large entrance gate lead to a spacious garden, with a temple of the family deity, Sitaramjiu.

The drawing rooms were filled with selected country made and foreign showpieces and pictures of the royalty.

Amongst those who took a leading part in establishing the college were: Anjali roy, belonging to the family of the erstwhile rulers of the region, Rajani Kanta Dolai, a political activist involved in the freedom movement, and Radhayashyam Mondal, a social activist.