Panchkot Raj | |
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| c. 17th century CE–1954 CE | |
| Capital | Garh Panchkot |
| Religion | Hinduism |
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• unknown | Maharaja Damodar Shekhar Deo |
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• Established | c. 17th century CE |
• Disestablished | 1954 CE |
| Today part of | Jharkhand, West Bengal, India |
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Panchkot Raj, also known as Panchkot Zamindari or Kashipur Raj, was a Rajput family[1][2] of Zamindars who ruled in the western fringe areas of present-day West Bengal, India and some adjacent areas in present-day Jharkhand.
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.
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.[3]
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