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	~~\|country=[[West Bengal]]~~
	~~\|titles={{plainlist~~
	~~\| [[Maharaja]]~~
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	~~\|founder=Maharaja Damodar Shekhar Deo.~~
	~~\|current head=Legally abolished (1954)~~
	~~\|founding year=17 CE\|ethnicity=~~[[~~kudmi~~]]}}
	{{~~Bengal Zamindars series}}~~
	'''Panchkot Raj''', also known as '''Panchkot Zamindari''' or '''Kashipur Raj''', was a family of Rajput(Parmars) community Zamindars who ruled in the western fringe areas of present-day [[West Bengal, India]] and some adjacent areas in present-day [[Jharkhand]].

	According to the legends, while Raja Jagat Deo was going for pilgrimage in Puri from his kingdom in Dhar in modern Madhya Pradesh, his wife gave birth to a son while camping at Jhalda, currently in Purulia district. The king’s entourage believed the child had been born dead, and left him there. Later the child was found by seven local peoples and was named Damodar Sekhar. It was Damodar Sekhar who established the Panchkot Royal dynasty in the 17th century.

	~~After the independence of India, the Indian Parliament subjected the [[right to property]]~~ to certain restrictions and states began to initiate aggressive agrarian reforms by passing laws that abolished the Zamindari system. This led the family to sue at the Supreme Court. In 1951, a bench of five judges unanimously ruled in favor of the government.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a5YnDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA36\|title=The Caravan: June 2017\|last=Press\|first=Delhi\|publisher=Delhi Press\|language=en}}</ref>

	~~==See also==~~
	* [[Jharia Raj]]

	~~==External links==~~
	*{{Wikivoyage-inline\|Garh Panchakot}}

	~~==References==~~
	~~{{reflist}}~~

	~~{{Bengal Nobility}}~~
	~~{{Purulia topics}}~~

	~~{{West Bengal}}~~

	~~[[Category:History of West Bengal]]~~
	~~[[Category:Purulia district]]~~
	~~[[Category:Zamindari estates]]~~

	~~{{india-hist-stub~~}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Royal house|
|coat of arms=
|image_size=
|caption=
|country=[[West Bengal]]
|titles={{plainlist
| [[Maharaja]]
}}
|founder=Maharaja Damodar Shekhar Deo.
|current head=Legally abolished (1954)
|founding year=17 CE|ethnicity=[[kudmi]]}}
{{Bengal Zamindars series}}
'''Panchkot Raj''', also known as '''Panchkot Zamindari''' or '''Kashipur Raj''', was a family of Rajput(Parmars) community Zamindars who ruled in the western fringe areas of present-day [[West Bengal, India]] and some adjacent areas in present-day [[Jharkhand]].

According to the legends, while Raja Jagat Deo was going for pilgrimage in Puri from his kingdom in Dhar in modern Madhya Pradesh, his wife gave birth to a son while camping at Jhalda, currently in Purulia district. The king’s entourage believed the child had been born dead, and left him there. Later the child was found by seven local peoples and was named Damodar Sekhar. It was Damodar Sekhar who established the Panchkot Royal dynasty in the 17th century.

After the independence of India, the Indian Parliament subjected the [[right to property]] to certain restrictions and states began to initiate aggressive agrarian reforms by passing laws that abolished the Zamindari system. This led the family to sue at the Supreme Court. In 1951, a bench of five judges unanimously ruled in favor of the government.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a5YnDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA36|title=The Caravan: June 2017|last=Press|first=Delhi|publisher=Delhi Press|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Jharia Raj]]

==External links==
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Garh Panchakot}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Bengal Nobility}}
{{Purulia topics}}

{{West Bengal}}

[[Category:History of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Purulia district]]
[[Category:Zamindari estates]]

{{india-hist-stub}}

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82.132.229.56: brief adjusted citations as per guidelines and corrected details as per guidelines

->Shradha Singh Deo: Corrected facts