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[[Image:Singhbum-Sairakela-Kharsawan.jpg|right|thumb|Singhbhum district in a 1909 map of [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]]]
[[Image:1907-bengal-sikkim3.jpg|right|thumb|1907 Map of Bengal with Sikkim]]
'''Dhalbhum''' was the name given to parganas Supur and Ambikanagar in the [[Khatra]] area of present [[Bankura district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=omalley>O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, ''Bankura'', ''Bengal District Gazetteers'', pp. 194-195, 1995 reprint, first published 1908, Government of West Bengal</ref> In the course of time, Dhalbhum kingdom was spread over a much wider area, across the western part of adjoining [[Midnapore district]] and the eastern and south-eastern parts of [[Singhbhum district]] in present-day [[Jharkhand]].<ref name=Ghosh>Ghosh, Binoy, ''Paschim Banger Sanskriti'', (in Bengali), part II, 1978 edition, p. 56, Prakash Bhaban</ref>

==History==
According to tradition, the original Raja of Dhalbhum was [[Chintamoni Dhoba]], a person of [[Dhobi|Rajak]] caste. The ''pai'' or grain measure used in these parganas was for a long time called ''Chintaman pai''. Legend goes on to say that Dhalbhum was wrested from him by Jagannath Deb of [[Dholpur]] in Rajputana. After 32 generations Supur Raj, as it was locally called, was divided in consequence of a disputed succession. One of the successors continued at Supur and the other shifted to Ambikanagar. Both the families were related to the families of [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]], [[Raipur, Bankura|Raipur]], Shyamsundarpur and others.<ref name=omalley/> They ruled for about 700 years. A branch of the same family ruled in Chikligarh or Jamboni.<ref name=Ghosh/>

Rankini Devi is established as the family goddess of the Dhalbhum rulers. It is said that human sacrifice was offered to the goddess every year,<ref name=Ghosh/>

==Dhalbhumgarh==
Dhalbhumgarh is a community development block in [[East Singhbhum district]], in [[Jharkhand]] where it borders [[West Bengal]] and [[Orissa, India|Orissa]]. The town is on [[National Highway 33 (India)|NH 33]]. There is a railway station.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://jamshedpur.nic.in/dhlblk.htm#Intro | title = East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur. Dhalbhumgarh Block | access-date = 2009-09-20 | publisher = District administration | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090905020304/http://www.jamshedpur.nic.in/dhlblk.htm#Intro | archive-date = 5 September 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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