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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = ପାଳଲହଡ଼ା ରାଜ୍ୟ
|conventional_long_name =Pal Lahara State
|common_name =Pal Lahara
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = 18th century
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India|Accession to the Union of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = Pal Lahara State Flag.png
|image_coat =
|image_map = BonaiKart (1).jpg
|image_map_caption = Pal Lahara State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 =1171
|stat_year1 =1892
|stat_pop1 =14,887
|today =[[Odisha]], [[India]]
|footnotes =
}}
'''Pal Lahara''' ({{lang-or|ପାଳଲହଡ଼ା ଗଡ଼ଜାତ ରାଜ୍ୟ}}, was a [[princely state]] in what is today India during the [[British Raj]]. It had its capital at [[Pal Lahara]].<ref name="Dept1930">{{Cite book |author=India. Foreign and Political Department |title=A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gfwlAAAAMAAJ |year=1930 |publisher=Government of India Central Publication Branch |page=340 }}</ref>

The state had an area of {{convert|452|sqmi|km2}} and a population of 34,130 in 1892. In 1947 it was merged into independent India, becoming [[Dhenkanal District]] of in the state of [[Odisha]] in 1948.

== History ==
According to traditions, the state is alleged to have been founded by Santosh Pal who claimed numerous legendary origins, came across a dispute between various aboriginal tribes in the region and was eventually selected by the [[Sabar people|Sabara]] tribe to be the ruler of the region. But most historical records from the Gajapati, Maratha or early British colonial era don't show any records pertaining to the dynasty and no farmans record exist formt he Mughal or Maratha period, thus suggesting the traditional accounts of family traditions hence acquired distinct mythical and legendary characteristics. Most research into the origins of the dynasty points that the founders of the Pallhara State belonged to the head of the [[Sabar people|Sabara]] clans of the region which was later acquired mythical characteristics as evident from the traditional accounts of the tribal clans and the close relationship of the Sabara chiefs with the rituals of the dynasty. The state emblem is the cobra, which also figures in the founding myths of dynasty and regional tribal traditions.<ref>{{citation |title=Kshatriyaization and social change: A Study in Orissa setting |publisher=Popular Prakashan |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/83630303.pdf |author=Hermann Kulke |page=404 |date=1976 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sitting on the Tribal Chief’s Lap Coronation Rituals in Ex-Princely States of Orissa |url=https://www.academia.edu/3883739/Sitting_on_the_Tribal_Chief_s_Lap_Coronation_Rituals_in_Ex_Princely_States_of_Orissa?email_work_card=title |author=Cornelia Mallebrein |publisher=University of Tubingen |date=2010 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Bengal Gazetteers Feudatory States Of Orissa |publisher=DLI |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206889 |author=Cobden Ramsay |page=276 |date=1910 }}</ref>

Existing records start from 1778 CE with the death of chief Muni Pal which points to the ensuing succession politics and the feud with Keonjhar State under whose it was a feudatory. In 1867, chief Chakradhar Pal was recognized as Raja by the British for his efforts in suppressing the local tribal rebellions and a [[sanad (deed)|sanad]] was granted by the British recognizing Pal Lahara as a state in its own right.<ref>{{citation |title=ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS ANGUL |publisher=GAD, Govt of Odisha |url=http://www.gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Angul_Gazetteer.pdf |page=49-51 |date=2010 }}</ref>

On 1 January 1948, the last ruler signed the [[instrument of accession]] to the Indian Union following independence and the region currently forms a part of [[Angul district]].

==Rulers==
The rulers of the Pal Lahara state:<ref>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/p/pallahara.html Pal Lahara Princely State]</ref><ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India K-Z]</ref>

*Muni Pal (1778 CE)
*Annapurna Debi (f) (1783 - 1815)
*Nanda Pal (1815 - 1825)
*Badyanath Pal (1825 - 1859)
*Chakradhar Pal (1859 - 30 August 1888)
*Dwiti Krishna Pal (30 August 1888 – 30 July 1912)
*Sarat Chandra Muni Pal (18 April 1913 – 1 January 1948)

===Titular===
*Sarat Chandra Muni Pal
*Sachidananda Pal
*Ram Chandra Muni Pal

== References ==
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[[Category:Princely states of Odisha]]
[[Category:History of Odisha]]
[[Category:Angul district]]
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1948]]

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