Babu Himmat Sah: Difference between revisions

'''Babu Himmat Sah''' was the founder and first ruler of the [[Kohra (estate)|Kohra]] estate of [[Oudh State|Oudh]] (Now in [[Amethi district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]) and belongs from [[Bandhalgoti]]  clan of [[Rajput]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nevill |first=H. R. |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113213 |title=Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume Xlvi Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1903 |publisher=Allahabad: Govt. Press United Provinces |pages=101–102}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8KQIAAAAQAAJ&q=Kohra |title=Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh |date=1877 |publisher=Oudh Government Press |pages=45–50 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rathore |first=Abhinay |title=Genealogy of Kohra |url=https://www.indianrajputs.com/view/kohra |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Rajput Provinces of India |language=en}}</ref> He was the younger son of Raja Bikram Sah, who was the [[Raja]] of [[Amethi]].<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Amethi (Taluk) |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/a/amethi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814153603/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/a/amethi.html |archive-date=3 May 2017 |access-date=25 October 2022 |website=}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=14 August 2022 |title=कोहरा तालुकेदार भूप सिंह ने लिया था फिरंगियों से लोहा |language=hi |pages=1(MyCity) |work=Amar Ujala |url=https://epaper.amarujala.com/amethi/my-city/20220814/01.html?format=img&ed_code=amethi |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> He built [[Kohra (estate)|Kohra]] on the day of [[Ganga Dussehra]] in 1636 and also established Lord Chaturbhuj and Shiva temple as the first establishment, then built Kohra Fort, where he was crowned.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> He was religious man and an ardent devotee of Lord [[Shiva]].