Digvijai Das


Raja Mahant Digvijay Das was the ruler of the former princely state of Nandgaon State in the present-day Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh Pradesh, India. He was a Bairagi Ruler.

Early life

Digvijay Das was born on 25 April 1933 to Sarveshvara Das king of Nandgaon State. He completed his primary education from Rajkumar College, Raipur then he went to London for higher education. He visited whole Europe. Here he observed the social life. He succeeded to throne of Nandgaon State upon death of his father, Sarveshvara Das in 1940. When he was only seven years old.

Sports

Raja Digvijay was dedicated to sports. He established the Lalbagh Club. He was founder president of All India Hockey Association. There is also Digvijay Stadium in Rajnandgaon, India named on name of Raja Digvijay.

Educational Field

Raja Digvijay was educated person. He was fully dedicated to education. He realised the need of higher education for children. So he donated his huge fort to educational department. There is running a college named in the fort.

Personal life

He got married with Sanyukta Devi princess of Baria State in 1953. Raja Digvijay Das died on 22 January 1958. When he was only 25 years old.