Panchkot Raj

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Panchkot Raj
c.17th century CE–1954 CE
Capital Garh Panchkot
Religion
Hinduism
Raja (King or Chief) 
 unknown
Maharaja Damodar Shekhar Deo
History 
 Established
c.17th century CE
 Disestablished
1954 CE
Today part of Jharkhand, West Bengal, India

Panchkot Raj, also known as Panchkot Zamindari or Kashipur Raj, was a Zamindari estate in the western fringe areas of present-day West Bengal, India and some adjacent areas in present-day Jharkhand.

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History

According to the legends, while Raja Jagat Deo was going for pilgrimage in Puri from his kingdom in Dhar in modern Madhya Pradesh, his wife gave birth to a son while camping at Jhalda, currently in Purulia district. The king’s entourage believed the child had been born dead, and left him there. Later the child was found by seven local peoples and was named Damodar Sekhar. It was Damodar Sekhar who established the Panchkot Royal dynasty in the 17th century.

Garh Panchkot Ras Mandir Garh Panchkot.jpg
Garh Panchkot Ras Mandir

After the independence of India, the Indian Parliament subjected the right to property to certain restrictions and states began to initiate aggressive agrarian reforms by passing laws that abolished the Zamindari system. This led the family to sue at the Supreme Court. In 1951, a bench of five judges unanimously ruled in favor of the government. [1]

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References

  1. Press, Delhi. The Caravan: June 2017. Delhi Press. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2021.