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Pal Lahara State

1500 CE – 1948 CE (approx.) · capital Pal Lahara

A small, hilly princely state in northern Odisha, one of the Orissa Tributary States until 1948.

Origins

Tradition dates the ruling family to around 1500, but its origins are not reliably known.

Rule and society

Pal Lahara was a thinly populated state of forest and hills, with Bhuyan and other Adivasi communities. It became one of the Orissa Tributary Mahals under British supervision after 1803. Its history is poorly recorded.

Decline and legacy

Pal Lahara merged into Orissa on 1 January 1948 and is now in Angul district.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Connections (2)

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Pal Lahara State. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/pal-lahara-state
MLA
“Pal Lahara State.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/pal-lahara-state. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Pal Lahara State.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/pal-lahara-state.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Pal Lahara State’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/pal-lahara-state (Accessed: ).

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