Sarnarundi Banwarivad Sarnarundi Banwarivad village in Murshidabad district , which is about 5 km west of the Salar station on the Katwa - Azimganj Rail Route. The village is named after the god of the house of the kings of Sonarundi. Nityananda Dalal was the founder of the Banwarivad dynasty.. Nityananda's father Jagmohan Dalal lived in Sonarundi village. Nityananda was born in Sonarundi in the 1750. At a young age, he became fluent in Arabic, Urdu, and Persian. King Sah Alam was pleased with his knowledge of the language and appointed Nityananda to Delhi in his Mirmunsi position. The emperor gave him the title Daneshband. Then he was given the title of Maharaja and appointed Sathazari Manasdari. He built temples, libraries, schools for the people of his village. He passed on in the year 1821, and his eldest son Jagadindra Banwarilal got the title of Maharaja Bahadur. On the recommendation of Nawab Nazim, Lord William Banting gave him the title of Maharaja. ...
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