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Maharaja Sadananda (মহারাজা সদানন্দ) founded the Bharadwaj dynasty in Bhurishrestha in the first half of the 15th century.

Early life
Sadananda was born in the lineage of Sriharsha, one of the five Brahmins invited by Adisur to settle in Bengal. His grandfather Gopal Mukhopadhyay also known as Gopal Pandit was a cousin of Krittibas Ojha. Sadananda was born to Madan Mukhopadhyay in Phulia sometime in early 15th century.

At the age of fifteen, Sadananda accompanied his grandfather Gopal Pandit to the court of Chaturanan Niyogi, the ruler of Bhurishrestha. The latter very much impressed with his physique and intellect chose him as the son-in-law for his daughter Tara. The marriage was fixed Sadananda became the legal heir to the throne of one of the most prosperous kingdom of Bengal. When Sadananda became capable of handling the royal duties, Chaturanan left for pilgrimage along with his wife, after forty years of rule.

Reign
After young Sadananda became the ruler of Bhurishrestha, the sarbadhinayak began a conspiracy to overthrow him. In order to neutralize the Bagdi dominance in the army, Sadananda began to recruit soldiers of other castes, mainly Dhibar and Kaibartya. He sacked the sarbadhinayak and made Shashanka Chakravarti, the new sarbadhinayak as a part of restructuring of the armed forces.