Pratapaditya
Pratapaditya was a Mughal vassal of Jessore and a powerful Zamindar of lower Bengal, before being crushed by the Mughal Empire. He was eulogized, in an ahistorical manner, by 20th century Bengali nationalists as a Hindu
| Pratapaditya Ray | |
|---|---|
| Zamindar of Jessore | |
| Born | Jessore, Bengal Sultanate (now Khulna, Bangladesh) |
| Father | Shrihari Vikramaditya Chakrabarti(or Sridhara) |
liberator from foreign (Islamic) rule.Zamindar of Jessore and one of the Baro Bhuyans of Bengal. His father Srihari (Sridhara),bangaja Kulin Kayastha , was an influential officer in the service of the Bengal sultan daud khan karrani. On the fall of Daud in the hands of the Mughals, Srihari then set up a kingdom for himself in the marshy land to the extreme south of Khulna district (1574) and took the title of Maharaja. Pratapaditya succeeded to the kingship in 1584.
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