Chaitanya Singha Dev
56th king of the Mallabhum
Reign	1748–1801
Predecessor	Gopal Singha Dev
Successor	Madhav Singha Dev

Issue	Nimai Singha Dev, 2nd son
Religion	Hinduism

Chaitanya Singha Dev was the fifty-sixth king of the Mallabhum (in present-day West Bengal, India). He ruled from 1748 to 1801 CE. Marathas invaded Bishnupur during his reign. He failed to stop them. In order to save his kingdom, he signed peace Treaty and agreed to pay chauth to Marathas. Marathas were invited to bishnupur by his own Cousin brother Damodar Singh Deva^[1]

References

Sources

Dasgupta, Samira; Biswas, Rabiranjan; Mallik, Gautam Kumar (2009), Heritage Tourism: An Anthropological Journey to Bishnupur, Mittal Publications, p. 20, ISBN 978-81-8324-294-3

Mallabhum

Bengal
&
Jharkhand

Malla dynasty	Adi Malla (694–710 CE.) Jay Malla (710–720 CE.) Benu Malla (720–733 CE.) Kinu Malla (733–742 CE.) Kanu Malla (757–764 CE.) Shur Malla (775–795 CE.) Kharga Malla (841–862 CE.) Yadav Malla (906–919 CE.) Jagat Malla (994–1007 CE.) Prakash Malla (1097–1102 CE.) Ram Malla (1185–1209 CE.) Bhim Malla (1240–1253 CE.) Prithwi Malla (1295–1319 CE.) Dinabandhu Malla (1334–1345 CE.) Shiv Singh Malla (1370–1407 CE.) Madan Malla (1407–1420 CE.) Chandra Malla (1460–1501 CE.) Bir Malla (1501–1554 CE.) Dhari Malla (1554–1565 CE.)
Malla Dev dynasty	Hambir Malla Dev (1565–1620 CE.) Dhari Hambir Malla Dev (1620–1626 CE.)
Singha Dev dynasty	Raghunath Singha Dev (1626–1656 CE.) Bir Singha Dev (1656–1682 CE) Durjan Singha Dev (1682–1702 CE.) Raghunath Singha Dev II (1702–1712 CE.) Gopal Singha Dev (1712–1748 CE.) Chaitanya Singha Dev (1748–1801 CE.) Madhav Singha Dev (1801–1809 CE.) Gopal Singha Dev II (1809–1876 CE.) Ramkrishna Singha Dev (1876–1885 CE.) Dwhajamoni Devi (1885–1889 CE.) Nilmoni Singha Dev (1889–1903 CE.) Churamoni Devi (Regency) (1903–1930 CE.)
Singha Thakur dynasty	Kalipada Singha Thakur (1930–1983 CE.)