Nabakrishna Deb

{{Short description|Founder of Shovabazar raj family}}

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| name = Maharaja Nabakrishna Deb

| image = File:Kolkata Dance.jpg

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| caption = Durga Puja at Shovabazar Rajbari in the presence of Robert Clive

| birth_date = 10 October 1733

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| death_date = 22 December 1797

| death_place = Kolkata, India

| known_for = Founder of Shobhabazar raj

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Maharaja Nabakrishna Deb (also known as Raja Nabakrishna Deb, archaic spelling Nubkissen; 10 October 1733 – 22 December 1797), founder of the Shovabazar Raj family, was a maharaja and close confidant and friend of Robert Clive.Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali, Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary) {{in lang|bn}}, Vol I, 1998 edition, p 242. {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}{{cite news| url =http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2047696.cms | title = Shobhabazar Raj Bari| access-date = 18 February 2007 | last = Mukherjee Pandey | first = Jhimli | work =Family tradition alive in the City of Joy | publisher =Times of India | date=30 September 2006}}{{cite book |last=Cotton |first=H. E. A. |author-link=Evan Cotton |title=Calcutta Old and New |year=1980 |orig-year=First published 1907 |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12353/page/n671/mode/2up |edition=Revised |location=Calcutta |publisher=General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |pages=288–289}}{{cite book|author=Sarah Menin|title=Constructing Place: Mind and the Matter of Place-Making|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7kksWHDk5L4C&pg=PA156|access-date=4 April 2017|date=24 February 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-37909-5|pages=156–}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-durga-puja-s-colonial-roots-1754517|title=Durga puja's colonial roots - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=21 October 2012|access-date=30 April 2018}}