Udai Pratap Nath Shah Deo
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| Udai Pratap Nath Shah Deo | |
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| Maharaja | |
 Photograph of Maharaja Shah Deo | |
| 61st Nagvanshi king | |
| Reign | 1869–1950 |
| Coronation | 1872 |
| Predecessor | Jagannath Shah Deo |
| Successor | Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo |
| Born | 23 March 1866 Bharno, Chota Nagpur Division, Bengal Presidency |
| Died | 21 September 1950 (aged 84) Ratu, Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand) |
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| Dynasty | Nagvanshi |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Udai Pratap Nath Shahdeo (23 March 1866 – 21 September 1950), was the Maharaja of Chotanagpur Zamindari estate. He donated large tracts of land to build infrastructure of Ranchi city. He built the Ratu Palace in Ranchi in 1901.[1] He was conferred the Kaiser-i-Hind Medal for public services.[2][3] He reigned for 81 years, and 74 days, the longest-reigning Indian monarch, the longest-reigning Princely State ruler and third longest verifiable reign of any monarch in history.
Deo was born on 23 March 1866 in Bharno. The king Jagannath Shah Deo died in 1869. As mentioned in Mangobinda Banargee's book "Historical Outline of Pre-British Chotanagpur", he was the nephew of Maharaja Jagannath Shah Deo. As Maharaja Jagannath Shah Deo had no sons, Udai Pratap Shah Deo succeeded to the throne after several court cases as other relatives of Maharaja claimed to be entitled to become king. Then the queen of King Jagannath Shah Deo, Luchun Kunwar shifted from Bharno to Ratu in 1879 and a palace was built in 1975.[4]
Personal life
Deo married Rajkumari Mohan Kumari, daughter of Maharaja Udit Narayan Singh Deo, Raja of Saraikela State, in 1881. Rajkumari Mohan Kumari died in 1905. His second marriage was to Saudamani Devi, daughter of Raja Ram Kanhai Singh of Barabhum Estate. He had nine sons and two daughters.[5][6]