Famous Shaharwali People- Raja Bijay Sigh Dudhoria

  
Raja BIJOY SINGH Bahadur, Zamindar of Azimganj 1900/1933, born in November 1879, educated privately under the tuition of Babu Abinash Chandra Das, M.A., B.L.; having attained his majority on 22nd December 1900, he took charge of his estate; he was nominated as Commissioner for Azimganj Municipality in 1903 and re-elected in 1909; Vice-President of the All-India Jain Conference in December 1904; he was appointed Honorary Magistrate of the independent Lalbagh Bench in Murshidabad in January 1907.

He was granted the title of Raja in June 1908 in recognition of his public services, liberality, and high personal character; Member of the District Board, Murshidabad; Member of the executive committees of the Imperial League, the King Edward Memorial Fund, and of the British-Indian Association of Calcutta where he was Vice-President in 1915; married in February 1894, the youngest daughter of Rai Dhanpat Singh Bahadur of Baluchar, and had issue, one daughter. He died in 1933.

Kumari (name unknown), married Babu Srichand Nahata of Baluchar. 

Raja Chandra Singh Bahadur (qv)
Raja Padam Singh Bahadur (qv)

Raja Bijay Singh established the Edward Memorial Institute at Jiaganj. The higher secondary school is presently known as Raja Bijoy Singh Vidyamandir. His residential place on the bank of river Bhagirathi Ganga at Azimganj is known as Rajbadi. Several items of his time such as old palenquins and a canon are kept at the Rajbadi.

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