Raghunath Singha Dev was the son of Durjan Singha Dev and a very brave king. He took care of his military force. He was also a very pious king and very much fond of music, dance and other performing arts. His time period. coincides the Aurangjeb and Bahadur Shahโs reign. During his rule Jijia tax(Jizya) was imposed.[6]
During the time of Alamgir Aurangjeb, who was very orthodox, as per his order any type of performing art was strictly prohibited. Ignoring his order Raghunath Singha Dev II developed Bishnupur as a very important place of performing art. He brought Ustad Bahadur Khan a descendant of Tansen in a monthly payment of rupees 500 and Pir Box. Gradually Bishnupur gave us several vocalists, instrumentalists and other performing artists. A new gharana of classical music named as Bishnupur gharana developed.[1][6]
In his regime, Sobha Singha was Zamindar of Chetuwa โ Baroda (Midnapur) rose in revolt against the Mughals. After the death of Sobha Singha, Raghunath married Chandraprava daughter of Shobha Singha.[7]
Marathas
During the ending phase of his reign Maratha (Bargi) raiders raided Bishnupur marking the start of Bishnupur's decline.
