Raja Sukhdev had two wives. Ramdev and Joydev were born by his first wife and the second wife delivered Prannath. Raja Sukhdev's eldest son Ramdev died very young, the second Joydev reigned for five years from 1677 A.D. to 1682 A.D. and was succeeded by the youngest, Prannath. During the reign of Mughal Emperor Alamgir, Azim-ud-din Mahmud had granted a Sanad, dated 1679, in which the succession of someone to Sukhdev's property is recorded. Unfortunately the name of the successor is wiped out. F.W. Strong (Dinajpur Gazetteer 1912. P.23) has given an account on Mughal policy towards Dinajpur Raj which is as follows. the ousting of the Afghans from Bengal appears to have brought that province little closer to the throne of Delhi than it was under its former Governers. the rule of the Mughals viceroys was a repetition of that of their predecessors, so far as their relations with the Emperor were concerned. The constant bickering that went on with the central power distracted their attention from their Hindu subjects, and the Raja of Dinajpur was permitted to rule undisturbed over some three quarters of a million of people, on condition of paying a certain portion of his revenues to the Subadar of Bengal.
Prannath ruled in Dinajpur for 40 years, from 1682-1722. He was a very powerful zamindar in his time. He not only maintained his ancestral property but also added some more areas to his estate by using force. Local traditions acknowledge that he acquired Maligoan Pargana by force of arms, which comprise the eastern half of the present Banshihari Thana, a considerable parts of present Maldah district of west Bengal, India. Beside these, he absorbed some 12 more small estates, which were surrounded by the Raj property. Prannath had commemorated his name in different parts of his estate. He dug a tank named Pransagar or the Sea of life or the Sea of Prannath 18 kilometers south of Dinajpur town. The tank is still in a perfect state of preservation. He also initiated the erection of a magnificent religious edifice named Kantanagar temple, situated on the bank of Dhepa, 18 kilometers north of Dinajpur town. The temple is a fine specimen of the art of the time, decorated as it is all ober with terracotta relief. His favorie place is said to be have been at Prannagar, on the road between Birganj and Thakurgaon, but the original buildings have almost been wholly destroyed.
Prannath ruled in Dinajpur for 40 years, from 1682-1722. He was a very powerful zamindar in his time. He not only maintained his ancestral property but also added some more areas to his estate by using force. Local traditions acknowledge that he acquired Maligoan Pargana by force of arms, which comprise the eastern half of the present Banshihari Thana, a considerable parts of present Maldah district of west Bengal, India. Beside these, he absorbed some 12 more small estates, which were surrounded by the Raj property. Prannath had commemorated his name in different parts of his estate. He dug a tank named Pransagar or the Sea of life or the Sea of Prannath 18 kilometers south of Dinajpur town. The tank is still in a perfect state of preservation. He also initiated the erection of a magnificent religious edifice named Kantanagar temple, situated on the bank of Dhepa, 18 kilometers north of Dinajpur town. The temple is a fine specimen of the art of the time, decorated as it is all ober with terracotta relief. His favorie place is said to be have been at Prannagar, on the road between Birganj and Thakurgaon, but the original buildings have almost been wholly destroyed.
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