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Nilambar

r. late 15th century · 15th century

Nilambar was the last king of the Khen dynasty of Kamata, ruling from Kamatapur near modern Cooch Behar in the late 15th century. He controlled a large territory between the Karatoya and the Brahmaputra and resisted the Bengal Sultanate, but around 1498 Alauddin Husain Shah captured Kamatapur, ending the dynasty. Local legends remember him as a great king.

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Kamata Kingdom

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nilambar. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nilambar
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