Dumraon Raj | |||||||||
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| 1709–1952 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Dumraon | ||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism (official) | ||||||||
| Government | Fedual Monarchy | ||||||||
| Maharaja | |||||||||
• 1701 | Raja Horil Singh (first) | ||||||||
• 1952 | Maharaja Bahadur Ram Ran Vijay Prasad Singh (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval India | ||||||||
• Established | 1709 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1952 | ||||||||
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The Dumraon Raj was a feudal principality in the Bhojpur region ruled by the Ujjainiya dynasty. The principality was founded when Raja Horil Singh founded a separate capital for himself in the town of Dumraon. The name Dumraon Raj came from its capital town. [1]
It was a zamindari state during British era. During the time of Indian independence, Dumraon Raj covered an area of 2,330 km2 which streched from Buxar district in west Bihar to Ballia district in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh. In Ballia district, Dumraon Raj covered rights of more than 70 villages which are located on the banks of the Ganga river.[2][3]
The royal family of Dumraon is also the main patron of the famous Brahampur fair.[4]
- ^ Brahmadeva Prasad Ambashthya (1959). "Some Historical Papers of Dumraon Raj in the Shahabad district in Bihar". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 22: 270–281. JSTOR 44304307.
- ^ Surendra Gopal (22 December 2017). Mapping Bihar: From Medieval to Modern Times. Taylor & Francis. pp. 293–. ISBN 978-1-351-03416-6.
- ^ O’malley, L. s s (1906). Bengal District Gazetteers Shahabad. p. 139.
- ^ Anand A. Yang (1 February 1999). Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar. University of California Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-520-91996-9.
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