Panchkot Raj
80 AD
CapitalGarh Panchkot
Raja (King or Chief) 
• 1st
Maharaja Damodar Shekhar
History 
• Established
80 AD
Today part ofJharkhand, West Bengal, India

Damodar Shekhar was the first king of the Panchkot Raj family. Panchkot Raj family belonged to the Kurmi (Mahato) community.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

History

The Panchkot Jagir (also known as Zamindari Raj of Panchkot or Chakla Panchkot) was founded about the year 80 AD by Damodar Sekhar. The Panchkot Raj had ruled from their capital at Garh Panchkot from 940 to 1750 AD. However, Bargi attacks laid waste to the place. Around 1750 AD, Panchakot Raj family shifted to Kashipur and have been here since then. Amongst the recent members were Raja Bahadur Jyoti Prasad Singh Deo, who ruled from 1901–1938 and was granted the title of Raja as a personal distinction in 1912. Raja Kalyani Prasad Singh Deo ruled from 1938–1945, Raja Shankari Prasad Singh Deo ruled from 1945 to 1956 and Raja Bhubaneswari Prasad Singh Deo ruled from 1956-1972.[7][8][9]

Mythology

According to the legend, Raja Jagat Deo was the King of the kingdom of Dhar in present day Madhya Pradesh. He was going to Puri along with his wife on pilgrimage. On their way to Puri, his wife gave birth to a son at their camp in Jhalda. But, the king thought the newborn child as dead and left him there. After they left the region, the child was found by the seven local tribal chiefs and they named the child as Damodar Sekhar. Damodar Sekhar later established the Panchakot Royal dynasty in 80 A.D.[9][8][7]

History

In Orissa many are pradhans or village headmen holding service lands a small proportion make a livelihood as landless day labourers while at the other end of the scale the few who have risen to be considerable zamindars have managed to transform themselves into Rajputs and cannot now be recognized as Kurmis Two instances of this have come to notice The Zamindar of Khelar in Nayabasan paragana of the Midnapur District is said to have been a Kurmi who attempted to reform his brethren by urging them to abandon the custom of widow marriage and to give up yoking cows to the plough His efforts however were unsuccessful and the Khelar family now call themselves Kshsatriyas,and strenuously disown all connexion with the Kurmis Another case is that of the well known house of Pachet in Estern Manbhum. The Pachet Raja claims to be a Go bansi Rajput and traces back his ancestry fifty two generations to a child discovered in the woods by the Kurmis being suckled by a cow. The Kurmis of those part says they have been there just the same number of generations.[10][11][12][13] The family (The Pachat Raja) by the eighteenth century had been Hinduided and provided with a genealogy linking the first Raja with the twelfth Maharaja of Ujjain.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Mondal, Bikram (2021-09-07). Broken Palace: The Lost Majesty of Bengal. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-68554-408-9.
  2. ↑ All-India Trade Directory and Who's who. 1943.
  3. ↑ Jha, Amit (2009). Contemporary Religious Institutions in Tribal India. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-557-09053-2.
  4. ↑ Journal of Historical Research. Department of History, Ranchi University. 1979.
  5. ↑ Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal by E T Dalton. CALCUTTA. OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING. 1872. Page: 318.
  6. ↑ Statistical Account of Bengal. W W Hunter. Vol-xvii. Compiled by H H Risley. TRUBNER&CO. LONDON. 1877. Page: 292.
  7. 1 2 পঞ্চকোট ও মানভূমের সভ্যতা। দিলীপ কুমার গোস্বামী। বজ্রভূমি প্রকাশনী। বিদ্যাসাগর পল্লী। পুরুলিয়া। প্রঃপ্রঃ 20/12/2016. Page:18. (In Bengali)
  8. 1 2 পঞ্চকোট ইতিহাস। রাজপুরোহিত রাখাল চন্দ্র চক্রবর্তী। সম্পাদনা: দিলীপ কুমার গোস্বামী। বজ্রভূমি প্রকাশনী।বিদ্যাসাগর পল্লী। পুরুলিয়া। সপ্তম প্রঃ 20/11/2016. প্রঃপ্রঃ 1933. (In Bengali)
  9. 1 2 "Rani Mahal". West Bengal Heritage Commission. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  10. ↑ The Tribes and Castes of Bengal by H H Risley. Vol-i,Firma Mukhopadhyay Calcutta India. Page: 536.
  11. ↑ Statistical Account of Bengal. W W Hunter. Vol-xvii. Compiled by H H Risley. TRUBNER&CO. LONDON. 1877. Page: 292.
  12. ↑ Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal by E T Dalton. CALCUTTA. OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING. 1872. Page: 318.
  13. ↑ Jha, Amit (2009). Contemporary Religious Institutions in Tribal India. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-557-09053-2.
  14. ↑ The Bhumij Revolt (1832-33) by Jagadish Chandra Jha. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1967. Page: 44.
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