PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Traditionally
founded by Jagadishwar Bhanj, son of Raja Lakshman Raj Bhanj of
Mayurbhanj
around 726AD. The conquest of Orissa in 1803 was followed by
consolidation of the British authority in this part of the country. The
movement
started in 1804 by three rajas, namely the Rajas of Khurda, Kanika and
Kujang, and it assumed
formidable proportions when a triple alliance, both offensive and
defensive was
former among them with a view to driving out the foreign invader from
their
soil. It did not stop also either with the defeat of the rajas in 1805
or
with the dethronement of the Raja of Kanika in the same year, the death
of the
regent Jayi Rajaguru in 1806 and the ultimate banishment of Raja
Mukunda Deva II of Khurda from his kingdom in 1807. On the contrary, it
continued to gain momentum. The
raja of Khurda was still regarded as the "Fallen but revered descendant
and
representative of their ancient native sovereigns". More and more rajas
came
forward to join either openly or secretly: the storm centre continued
to be the
same -- Khurda, Kanika and Kujang. These rajas became more and more
defiant and
aggressive. And though not an active participant, the raja of Khurda
was the
guiding spirit of the struggle against the British in 1817 which, to
quote
British historian G. Toynbee, was a "veritable storm that burst with
such
relentless fury as to threaten the expulsion of the British, if not
from the
whole of Orissa, at least from the territory of Khurda". Rulers were...
- Raja BALBHADRA BHANJ DEO 1803/1817, captured and sent to
Midnapur as a prisoner in July 1805.
- Raja PADMANAVA BHANJ DEO, married and had adoptive issue.
- (A) Raja Bahadur Sir RAJENDRA NARAYAN BHANJ DEO
Bahadur (qv)
- Raja Bahadur Sir RAJENDRA NARAYAN BHANJ DEO Bahadur
1899/-, born
24th March 1881 (#1) as Rajkumar Bansidhar
Deb, younger brother of Raja PITAMBER DEB of Aul,
Raja [cr.1910] for
personal
use only, Raja [cr.1919] title now made hereditary, Raja Bahadur
[cr.1934],
O.B.E. [cr.1934], educated at Ravenshaw Collegiate School and Ravenshaw
College, Cuttack; married 1899, a daughter of Raja LADU KISHORE
MANHATA,
Chief of Nayagarh, and had issue, 1
son
and 1 daughter.
- Raja Saheb SAILENDRA NARAYAN BHANJ DEO (qv)
- Rani Kanak Lata Devi, M.L.A. (Orissa); married 1929, Raja
ANANTA
NARAYAN MANSINGH
HARICHANDAN
MAHAPATRA
of Narsinghpur.
- Raja Saheb SAILENDRA NARAYAN BHANJ DEO fl.1957, married
Rani Manjul Manjari Devi, daughter of Raja SRIRAM CHANDRA SINGH Deo of Kharsawan, and his wife, Rani Giriraj Devi,
and had issue, three sons.
- Raja Saheb Shri RABINDRA NARAYAN BHANJ DEO (qv)
- Pattayet Saheb Shri Saurendra Narayan Bhanj Deo, married
Kumari Paresh Kumari Devi of Raidih, a zamindari of Kharswan, and has
issue, one daughter and one son.
- Kumari Jayanti Devi, married Shri Deepak Samantray,
an industrialist, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
- Kumar Shuvendra Narain Bhanj Deo
- Kumar Saheb Shri Jyotirendra Narayan Bhanj Deo, married
Rajkumari Indu Prabha Devi, daughter of Raja BIRENDRA BIKRAM SINGH of Payagpur (U.P.), and has issue, one son
and one daughter.
- Kumar Girindra Narayan Bhanj Deo, married Kumari
Durga Devi, only daughter of Thakur Saheb
PUSHPENDRASINHJI
NARENDRASINHJI of Virpur, and has
issue, two sons.
- Kumar Ujendra Bhanj Deo
- Kumar Ajendra Bhanj Deo
- Kumari Vijaya Raj Laxmi, married Kunwar Ambarish
Singh, son of Kunwar Balwant Singh of Shahapura (Rajasthan), and has
issue, one daughter.
- Raja Saheb Shri RABINDRA NARAYAN BHANJ DEO (see above)
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