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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Puran Mal
| title = [[Raja]]
| image =
| caption =
| succession =
| reign = 16th century
| predecessor = Bariar Singh
| successor =
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| dynasty = [[Gidhaur chieftaincy]]
| birth_place = [[Gidhaur]]
| issue = Hari Singh
| father =
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
}}
'''Puran Mal''' was king of [[Gidhaur]] in the 16th century. He was contemporary of [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Akbar]]. According to legend, he restored [[Baidyanath Temple]] of [[Deoghar]].<ref name="firstpost"/>

==Reign==
His previous generation supported [[Sher Shah Suri]] against the Mughal. In 1580 he supported rebellion against the Mughal by Masum Khan Kabuli. He clashed with the chief of [[Kharagpur Raj]], [[Sangram Singh II|Sangram Singh]]. After suppressing therebellion, he supported the Mughal expedition led by [[Shahbaz Khan Kamboh]] against the Afghans in Bengal and Odisha.<ref>{{cite journal | title=Landed Aristocracy and the Peasantry in Medieval Bhagalpur | author=Yogendra Roy | journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume = 59| year=1998 | pages= 279–286|jstor = 44146998}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title=Chieftains in Bihar During the Mughal Period | author=Ahmed Raza Khan | journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume = 48| year=1987 | pages= 197–205|jstor = 44141673}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title=Significance of Teliagarhi Fort during the Seventeenth Century | author=Yogendra Roy | journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume = 62| year=2001 | pages= 1069–1077|jstor = 44155847}}</ref>

Puran Mal was successful in befriending Shahbaz Kamboh. He attacked Sangram Singh of Kharagpur. Sangram Singh had to seek shelter in the forest. Puran Mal became powerful. When a Rajput follower of Puran Mal allied with Sangram Singh and attempted to kill Shahbaz Khan Kamboh, he killed another person. Shahbaz Khan Kamboh imprisoned Puran Mal. Later the assailant was arrested and killed and Puran Mal was released. Shahbaz Khan Kamboh was transferred to Bengal from Bihar by Mughal. Sangram Singh again became king of Kharagpur. Later Puran Mal became independent from the empire.<ref name="Ansari2019">{{cite book|author=Tahir Hussain Ansari|title=Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kUueDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT234|date=20 June 2019|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-00-065152-2|pages=234–240}}</ref>

[[Raja Man Singh]] was able to make Sangram Singh and Puran Mal as tributary of Mughal.<ref name="Ansari2019"/> In 1591, he participated in the Mughal expedition against Qutlugh Khan Lohani of [[Odisha]] with Sangram Singh of [[Kharagpur Raj|Kharagpur]], Rupnarain Sisodiah, Man Singh, [[Yousuf Shah Chak]], the ex-ruler of Kashmir and [[Madhu Karn Shah]] of [[Khukhragarh|Khukhra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.119550/2015.119550.The-Nagbanshis-And-The-Cheros_djvu.txt|title=The Nagbanshis And The Cheros|website=archive.org}}</ref>

[[File:Temples at Deorgag, Santal Parhanas, Bihar - William Hodges, 1782 - BL Foster 396.jpg|thumb|canvas painting of Baidhnath temple by William Hodges, 1782|260x260px]]
According to legend, He restored [[Baidyanath Temple]] in [[Deoghar]].<ref name="firstpost">{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/pm-modi-visits-baba-baidyanath-dham-history-of-temple-and-significance-in-hindu-mythology-10901211.html|title=PM Modi visits Baba Baidyanath Dham: The history of temple and significance in Hindu mythology|website=firstpost|date=12 July 2022|access-date=6 Aug 2022}}</ref>

== References ==
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