- Ramgarh, Jharkhand
Ramgarh refers to the broad area under the control of the Ramgarh Raj. The town and railway station in the area is called
Ramgarh Cantonment in the Indian State of Jharkhand (earlier a part ofBihar ). Ramgarh was earlier a district, with its head quarters atChatra , before it was shifted toHazaribagh . The palace of Ramgarh Raj is located at Padma on the Hazaribagh-Barhi road.Ramgarh Raj
Ramgarh was the seat of a major "Zamindari" (baronial estate) or in the era of the
British Raj The areas that would later comprise the Ramgarh Raj (estate) had initially belonged to the Raja of
Chhota Nagpur . Around the year AD1368 , the area witnessed unrest for reasons not now known. The Raja deputed two brothers by name Baghdeo and Singhdeo to restore order. After the job was done, the Raja did not render payment to them of the full promised amount. Baghdeo, who was anyway in control of the area after quelling rebellion, simply stayed on and declared himself Raja of that area, which is said to have been 24 "parganas" (districts) in extent.Major districts that came under the Ramgarh Raj were
Hazaribagh ,Koderma , and Bokaro. The entire area is rich in menrals like coal and mica and falls under the Indian State ofJharkhand .Raja Bahadur Kamakshya Narain Singh (b.1916, ruled 1919-47, d.1970) was the last ruling chief of the Ramgarh Raj. In
1945 , he ceded control to the Indian government. His son, Raja Bahadur Indra Jitendra Narain Singh (1938- ) is the present head of the family.References
* [http://www.ramgarh.in Ramgarh Raj]
* [http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/r/ramgarh.html Genealogy of the chiefs of Ramgarh]ee also
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Hazaribagh#Political Activity
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