Raja Sukhdev had two wives. Ramdev and Joydev were bron by his fast wife and the second wife delivered Prannath. Raja Sukhdav's eldest son Ramdev dide very young, the second Joydev reigned for five years froms 1677 A. D. and was succeeded by the youngest Prannath. During the reign of Mughal Emperor Alamgir, Azim-ud-din Mahamud had granted a Sanad, dated 1679, in which the succession of someone to Sukhdav's property is recorded. Unfortunately the name of the successor is wiped out. F. W. strong (Dinajpur Gazetter 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 people. on condition of paying a certain portion of his revenues to the Subadar of Bengle.
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