Wazir Sikandar Khan Ghazi (under Sultan Shamsuddin Firoz Shah)
Chief Minister
Mona Rai
Commander-in-chief
Chakrapani Dutta
Born
Govinda Fenchu 13th century Brahmachal kingdom (southern Sylhet)
Died
14th century Kamrup region
Wife
Hiravati Narayan
Issue
Nirvana Govinda
Temple name
Hattanath Temple
Father
Srinanda Jayananda
Mother
Annapurna Jaintia
Religion
Hinduism
Govinda Fenchu (Bengali: গোবিন্দ ফেঞ্চু), better known by his regnal title Gour Gobind (Bengali: গৌড় গোবিন্দ) and also known by the sobriquet Shomudro Tonoy (Bengali: সমুদ্র তনয়), was the 21st and final king of medieval Sylhet's Gour Kingdom. He is described as a very conservative Hindu ruler whose reign started in 1260.
Govinda was known to be disrespectful and intolerant of other faiths practised in Srihatta, such as Islam, Buddhism and certain Hindu denominations, often getting into war with neighbouring states such as Laur, Jaintia and the Khasis.[1] Thus, he is considered to be the most tyrannical leader in Sylheti history. However, he is also noted as one of the strongest rulers of medieval Sylhet, and during his reign, Gour was described to be "free of enemies" due to other states fearing Govinda.[2] After the arrival of Shah Jalal and the Conquest of Sylhet in 1303, Govinda left Gour and the area came under the rule of Wazir Sikandar Khan Ghazi.[3]
^Mondal, Sushila (1970). History of Bengal: The middle age, 1200-1526. Prakash Mandir. p. 124. Both the Hindu and Muslim authors give the same story...
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^Sengupta, Nitish (2011). Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib. Penguin Books.
Govinda Fenchu (Bengali: গোবিন্দ ফেঞ্চু), better known by his regnal title Gour Gobind (Bengali: গৌড় গোবিন্দ) and also known by the sobriquet Shomudro...
of Brahmachal from Gour to Twipra. GourGovinda would be the last king to succeed him. In contrast to Govardhan, he would revive Gour back into a regional...
Shamsuddin Firoz Shah of the Lakhnauti Sultanate, against the Hindu king GourGovinda. The conquest was aided by a Muslim saint known as Shah Jalal, who later...
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in the start of Govardhan's rule, had returned to Gour being led by Upananda's nephew, GourGovinda, who would defeat the rebels and re-establish peace...
in a war with the neighbouring Gour Kingdom in the Sylhet region, then under the rule of the Hindu king GourGovinda. This began when Shaykh Burhanuddin...
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Sylhet's Gour Kingdom. He is most known for being named after the highest hill in Sylhet city. His office began in 1260 with ascension of Raja GourGovinda to...
Jalal and Syed Nasiruddin, the Conquest of Gour was successful. The King of the Gour Kingdom, Raja GourGovinda escaped to Harong Hurong cave and was never...
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This was also the time when he began a correspondence with his friend, Gour Das Bysack, which today forms the bulk of sources on his life. Madhusudan...
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Śrīhaṭṭanātha idols across the region. The later Hindu rajas of Sylhet, such as GourGovinda, continued to pay tribute to the deity as Hāṭkeśvara or Haṭṭanātha as...
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learned about Govinda through the latter's regular visits to Dakshineswar. Being much impressed by seeing the faith and love for God in Govinda, Ramakrishna...
the language of the Vaishnav hymns, and of texts like Jayadeva's Gita Govinda, some influences from Sanskrit can be found, courtesy Tagore's extensive...
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Rai. Rai's office ended in 1260 with the ascension of Raja GourGovinda to the throne. Govinda made peace with King Ratan Manikya of Tripura, by gifting...
Sen's associates such as Bijoy Krishna Goswami, Aghore Nath Gupta and GourGovinda Ray who were traditionally Hindu in educational background and resisting...
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involved in a war with the Hindu king of Sylhet, GourGovinda. Two unsuccessful attacks against Govinda had already been attempted by the Sultan's army...
Mukherjee Kalikrishna Mitra Harish Chandra Mukherjee Ramakrishna Paramahamsa GourGovinda Ray Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury Raja Ram Mohan Roy Meghnad Saha Akshay...
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