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Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo

1929–1966 · 20th century

Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo was the last ruling Maharaja of Bastar, installed as a child in 1936. After the state merged into India in 1948 he became a champion of the Adivasi peoples of Bastar in disputes over land and forests with the government. He was killed in a police firing at his palace in Jagdalpur in 1966.

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Bastar State

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