PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The rulers are descended
from Raja Bhoj. According to popular tradition, the first king of the
ruling
family of Pallahara was Santosh Pal, a Rajput of Dharanagar. He is said
to have come on pilgrimage to Puri and on his return visited this
territory
where a struggle was going on between two aboriginal parties for
supremacy
over that land. The Sabaras, one of the contesting tribes, selected
Santosh
Pal as their future ruler and concealed him under a heap of straw
(locally known as Pala), which gave rise to the name of the state. The
account of the rulers after Santosh
Pal is vague. The Rajas of this territory are known to have assumed the
title
Ganeswar Pal and Munipal alternatively. Rulers were...
- Raja MUNI PAL -/1778, married Rani Annapurna, died 1815. He
died sp 1778 or 1789.
- Rani Annapurna 1778/1815, died 1815.
- Raja NANDA PAL 1815/1825, natural brother of Raja MUNI PAL,
the Raja of Keonjhar laid claim to the gaddi, as he was related by
marriage to the late Rani, however the people opposed the rule of
Keonjhar, and made a petition to Col. Gilbert, the then Political Agent
of the
South-West
Frontier, protesting against the interference of Keonjhar. Their
petition was successful, and Raja Nanda Pal, was removed in favour of a
collateral relative.
- Raja BADYANATH PAL 1825/1859
- Raja CHAKRADHAR PAL [Chintaman Pal/Patmuni Pal] 1859/1888,
he was a
faithful
ally of the British Government, and for the help he provided in
suppressing
the Bhuiyans of Keonjhar, when they revolted
against
their Chief in 1867-68, he was granted the title of Raja Bahadur (for
personal use only) and later was granted the title of Raja in 1874,
which was made hereditary, married and had issue. He died 1888.
- Raja DWITI KRISHNA PAL [Ganeshwar Pal] (qv)
- Raja DWITI KRISHNA PAL [Ganeshwar Pal] 1888/1912, born
1884,
succeeded 30th
August 1888 (#1), due to his young age,
the state came under the Court of Wards till 1908, when he assumed
ruling powers, mismanagement resulted in the state reverting to
administration by the Court of Wards in 1911, married and had issue. He
died spm 1912.
- Raja SARAT CHANDRA MUNI PAL 1913/- , born 26th November
1903 and succeeded
18th April 1913, the state continued to be under the management of
Court
of Wards till 1925 when the new Raja assumed full administrative
control; married Rani Manik Prava Devi, daughter of Raja CHANDRACHUDA
MANI Harishchandra
Jagadev of Surangi, and had issue.
- Raja SACHINANDA PAL, born 1923, educated at Rajkumar
College, Raipur, fl. 1970.
- Raja Shri R.C. MUNI PAL (see above)
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