<sod>Raja Kalipada Singha Thakur was the last titular Raja of Bishnupur Raj.At his time His estate, Bishnupur was decimated into a small Zamindari. So he had not that kind of kingdom but the glamour, aristrocacy and the gravity was always in him. In 1942, he ignored the verdict of District Magistrate and performed the ritual firing of canon during Mahastami of Durgapuja.<ref name=Chandra3>Chandra, Manoranjan (2004), pp. 239</ref>{{Sfn|Dasgupta|2009|p=31}}In 1969, Raja Kalipada Singha Thakur contested Legislative Assembly Election of West Bengal from Vishnupur constituency as a candidate of Bharatiya Jana Sangh( Later re-formed as Bharatiya Janata Party, commonly known as BJP), which he was defeated by the candidate of Bangla Congress.<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdfp=330</ref> At his time maximum temple of Bishnupur was acquisitioned by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).Raja Kali Pada Singha Thakur died on 29 December 1983.<ref name=Malabhum>Malabhum, Bishnupur-Chandra, Manoranjan; 2004; Kolkata. Deys Publishing ISBN 8129500442</ref><eod>
<sod>Raja Kalipada Singha Thakur was the last titular Raja of Bishnupur Raj.At his time His estate, Bishnupur was decimated into a small Zamindari. So he had not that kind of kingdom but the glamour, aristrocacy and the gravity was always in him. In 1942, he ignored the verdict of District Magistrate and performed the ritual firing of canon during Mahastami of Durgapuja.<ref name=Chandra3>Chandra, Manoranjan (2004), pp. 239</ref>{{Sfn|Dasgupta|2009|p=31}}In 1969, Raja Kalipada Singha Thakur contested Legislative Assembly Election of West Bengal from Vishnupur constituency as a candidate of Bharatiya Jana Sangh( Later re-formed as Bharatiya Janata Party, commonly known as BJP), which he was defeated by the candidate of Bangla Congress.<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1969 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL ELECTION|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|website=Election Commission of India|accessdate=14 March 2016|page=327}}</ref> At his time maximum temple of Bishnupur was acquisitioned by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).Raja Kali Pada Singha Thakur died on 29 December 1983.<ref name=Chandra4>Chandra, Manoranjan (2004),</ref>{{Page needed|date=March 2016}}<eod>