Raksel
Rak.[1] in India (mainly in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand[2]) during the Middle Ages and British rule, including Surguja State and Udaipur.[3][4][5] Jaipur (kuchhwaah) Rajput Raja Man Singh was ruling Palamu prior to the rule of the Chero dynasty.[6][7]
According to Nagvanshavali, the Raksel of Surgujawere gonds Chotanagpur with 12000 cavalry, but Nagvanshi king Bhim Karn defeated them and conquered the territory of Palamu upto Barwe.[1]
A Chero chief of Shahabad, Bhagwant Rai, took service under the Raksel Rajput chief Man Singh of Palamu. Bhagwant Rai assassinated Man Singh, taking advantage of the local Raja's absence at a ceremony at Surguja to raise the standard of revolt[8] and founded his own kingdom around 1572.[9][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jharkhand Encyclopedia Hulgulanon Ki Partidhwaniyan-1. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ Tahir Hussain Ansari (20 June 2019). Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar. Taylor & Francis. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-00-065152-2.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 156.
- ^ Malleson, G. B.: An historical sketch of the native states of India, London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984
- ^ "History". latehar.nic.in.
- ^ Prasad, Ram Chandra (1983). "Bihar". books.google.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ Sengupta, Somen (27 January 2019). "Palamu Forts: A fading heritage". Daily Pioneer. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b Sutherland Cotton, James; Burn, Sir Richard; Stevenson Meyer, Sir William, eds. (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 19. Clarendon Press.
- ^ Tahir Hussain Ansari (20 June 2019). Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar (Ebook). Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000651522.
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