Chaudhary Kedarnath Thakur

Choudhary Kedarnath Thakur (1 June 1901 – 3 March 1952) was the Zamindar of Singhwara Estate situated in the Darbhanga district of Mithila in Bihar. He belonged to a Zamindari family of Mithila (region).

Chaudhary Kedarnath Thakur
PredecessorChoudhary Munindra Narayan Thakur
Born(1901-06-01)1 June 1901
Died3 March 1952(1952-03-03) (aged 50)
Darbhanga, Bihar.
SpouseLalita Thakurain, Vindhwashni Thakurain, Sushila Thakurain
FatherChoudhary Munindra Narayan Thakur
MotherTarkeshwari Thakurain

Family history

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Choudhary Kedarnath Thakur was a scion of the Singhwara Estate family. He was the son of Choudhary Munindra Narayan Thakur, the Zamindar of Singhwara Estate. Kedarnath was born on 1 June 1901 in a Maithil Brahmin family.[citation needed]

Books

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He was a regular reader of magazines or books published in Hindi, Maithili, Bangla, and Sanskrit. Hori Pachisi is a collection of 25 Holi-related songs in Maithili written by Thakur. During his life Thakur also produced a number of books including a novel Saundaryooashnaka Puraskar and the play Dahej, and he translated a number of Bengali and Persian stories into Maithili, including Gramkatha (from Bengali to Maithili) and Nongar Sneha (from Persian to Maithili) between 1930 and 1940.[citation needed]

Death

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In 1952, Thakur fell ill and died at his home.[citation needed]

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