Kandarpeswar Singha
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Kandarpeswar Singha, Charing Raja or heir appatent, was the grandson of Purandar Singha.
Purandar Singha was appointed as the ruler of upper Assam by the East India Company in 1832 as the "head of the State which it has decided to create". Purandar Singha died in 1847 and his son Kameshwar Singha, father of Kandarpeswar, also expired one year later.
Kardarpeswar was jailed in Calcutta Alipur Jail by the British for the being associated in the conspiracy of revolt by Maniram Dewan.[1] While Maniram provided guidance for 1857 revolt from Calcutta. Piyali Baruah, alias Mahesh Chandra Gabharumelia Baruah, was the chief coordinator in Assam. For the revolt Kandapeswar Singha arranged the meetings of Piyali Baruah with Dutiram Fouzdari Seristadar, the Pani Phukan and other leading persons of Sibsagar.
These meetings were arranged by Kandapeswar at the instance of Madhu Mallick, sent as emissary from Calcutta by Maniram Dewan
After the jail term of Kandarpeswar Singha was over, he was banned from travelling to upper Assam. He was released in 1859. The British settled him, under house arrest, with a pension of Rs. 500/- in Kukurmuta (present day Hedayatpur), Guwahati. Kandarpeswar Singha had two sons—Nareshwar and Kumudeswar both who died young ending the lineage of Purandar Singha's family.
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