https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Sonbarsa_Raj Sonbarsa Raj - Revision history 2026-10-22T04:15:44Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sonbarsa_Raj&diff=266456&oldid=prev ->Harshsinghdev: /* Zamindari */ 2021-06-06T13:30:19Z <p><span class="autocomment">Zamindari</span></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Sonbarsa Raj <br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | other_name = <br /> | nickname = sonbarsa<br /> | settlement_type = block<br /> | image_skyline = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Bihar#India<br /> | pushpin_label_position = right<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = Sonbarsa <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bihar, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|25.41|N|86.42|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Saharsa district]]<br /> | established_title =<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | parts_type = <br /> | parts = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = <br /> | unit_pref = <br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_total = 1.36 Lakh<br /> | population_as_of = 2016<br /> | population_rank = 1<br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Maithili language|Maithili]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]] English <br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br /> | postal_code = 852129<br /> | area_code_type = Telephone code<br /> | area_code = 06475<br /> | registration_plate = <br /> | blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br /> | blank1_info_sec1 = SAHARSA<br /> | blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br /> | blank2_info_sec1 = Madhepura<br /> | blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br /> | blank3_info_sec1 = Sonbarsa <br /> | blank4_name_sec1 = Civic agency<br /> | blank4_info_sec1 = Saharsa<br /> | blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]<br /> | blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|Normal]] &lt;small&gt;([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])&lt;/small&gt;<br /> | website = <br /> | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-BR]]<br /> | footnotes = phone <br /> }}<br /> [[File:Sonbarsa Raj.JPG|thumb|The Palace of Sonbarsa Raj]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Sonbarsa &#039;&#039;&#039; in [[Saharsa district]], [[Bihar]], India is a main settlement on [[National Highway 107]], extending from [[Maheshkhunt]] to [[Purnia]].<br /> Sonbarsa is a Town in Sonbarsa Tehsil, Saharsa District, Bihar State. Sonbarsa is located 24.1&amp;nbsp;km distance from its District Main City Saharsa. It is located 210&amp;nbsp;km distance from its State Main City Patna.<br /> <br /> ==Zamindari==<br /> Sonbarsa Raj was a [[zamindari]] estate and chieftaincy controlled by the [[Gandhavariya]] [[Rajput]]s.&lt;ref name=Pathak1983&gt;{{cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283324 |title=Origin of the Gandhavaria Rajputs of Mithila | author= P. Pathak | journal=The Journal of the Bihar Puravid Parisad |volume = Vii And Viii| year=1983 | pages= [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283324/page/n568 406]-420}}&lt;/ref&gt; It was one of the largest estates in [[Saharsa district]] and was founded by Raja Ranjit Singh. The Zamindari estate of Mangwar established by Babu Bhagwan Singh ji also belongs to the same clan, whose descendants Babu Sagar Pd Singh lives there. One of the famous zamindars of Sonbarsa was Maharaja Harivallabh Narayan Singh ji Sahib Bahadur who was honoured by [[George VI|King George V]] in the imperial Delhi durbar held in 1911 and was provided a royal chair along with the other royalty of India.&lt;ref name=Pathak1983 /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Zamindars of Bihar]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Saharsa district}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Villages in Saharsa district]]<br /> [[Category:Zamindari estates]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Bihar-geo-stub}}</div> ->Harshsinghdev