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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Raja of Talcher from 1778 to 1846}}<br />
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| title = [[Raja]]<br />
| succession = [[Raja]] of [[Talcher State|Talcher]]<br />
| reign = 1778 – 1846<br />
| predecessor = [[Nimai Charan Champati Birabar]]<br />
| successor = [[Dayanidhi Birabar Harichandan|Dayanidhi Birabar]]<br />
| death_date = 1846<br />
| house = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Talcher_Princely_State.svg}} [[Talcher State|Talcher]]<br />
| dynasty = [[Gajapati Empire|Gajapati]]<br />
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'''Bhagirath Birabar''' was the [[Raja]] of [[Talcher State|Talcher]] from 1778 until his death in 1846.<br />
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== Reign ==<br />
Upon the death of [[Nimai Charan Champati Birabar]] without any issue in 1778, the officials of the state placed him on the vacant throne of Talcher, claiming that he had been adopted by the deceased.<ref name=":0" /> At the time of his accession, he was a minor.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Prasad Mishra |first=Debi |date=April 1991 |editor-last=Mohapatra |editor-first=T.N |editor2-last=Narayan Patnaik |editor2-first=Dr. Jitendra |editor3-last=Biswal |editor3-first=Bibekananda |title=The Rulers of Talcher |url=https://archive.org/details/orissa-review-1991-04 |journal=Orissa Review |location=Bhubaneswar |publisher=Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Orissa |volume=XLVII |issue=9 |pages=53 |issn=0970-8669}}</ref> His ascension to the throne led to some turmoil, so he left the state for a short time but returned soon after.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Mishra |first=D. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W8GXSR0SiF8C |title=People's Revolt in Orissa: A Study of Talcher |date=1998 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-7156-739-3 |pages=54 |language=en}}</ref> He ruled the state till 1846 under the guidance of his minister Vighneswar Raiguru.<ref name=":1" /> He built the temple of [[Jagannath]] at [[Talcher]] using huge stones.<ref name=":2" /> He also built the temple of [[Rama|Ramchandra]] at Bijigol and constructed many more temples.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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==Death==<br />
He died in 1846 and was succeeded by [[Dayanidhi Birabar Harichandan|Dayanidhi Birabar]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Senapati |first=Nilamani |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.08548/ |title=Orissa district gazetteers : Dhenkanal |last2=Tripathy |first2=Premananda |date=1972 |publisher=Orissa Government Press, Cuttack |pages=59}}</ref><br />
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