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Patna State
Origins
Tradition holds that Ramai Deva, a Chauhan Rajput, founded the dynasty at Patnagarh in the mid-14th century and became overlord of the surrounding chiefs, a group known as the Athara Garhjat, or eighteen forts. A branch of the family later founded Sambalpur State.
Rule and society
Patna was a large inland state of rice fields and forest, home to Kondh, Binjhal and other communities. Its capital later moved to Bolangir. Under the Marathas it was tributary to the Bhonsles of the Nagpur Kingdom, and under the British it belonged to the Orissa Tributary States from 1905.
Decline and legacy
Patna merged into Orissa on 1 January 1948. Its last ruler, Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, entered politics and served as Chief Minister of Orissa from 1967 to 1971. The area is now Bolangir district.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
Lineage
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- Patna State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1803 CE – 1858 CE
- Patna State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
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