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Porahat is a
village in West
Singhbhum district of
Jharkhand state in
eastern India.
Before Indian independence in 1947, it was the
capital of a princely...
- held sway over
several surrounding Zamindari Estates,
including Nilgiri,
Porahat, Saraikela, Kharsawan, Barabhum, Patharhai, Narsinhpur, Dipa Kiarchand...
- of the
Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Singhbhum. He
served as the Raja of
Porahat zamindari estate in Singhbhum, (now in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand). Arjun...
- king of
Ramgarh Mukund Singh, king of
Ramgarh Raja
Arjun Singh, King of
Porahat Tikait Umrao Singh, king of
Ormanjhi Jyoti Dhawale - HIV
activist Dr. Bharti...
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reserved forests hosts many animals. Wild
elephants are
common in
Saranda and
Porahat forests. It is an
important overlapping habitat of the
elephants from adjacent...
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conferred title of
Baraik to
Thomas Wilkinson. Then
Wilkinson went to
Porahat and made some Hos
friend and
succeeded in
capturing the
leader of the kol...
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financial journalist Jagabandhu Patnaik,
dewan of Raja
Arjun Singh of
Porahat Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927-2015), was
leader of the
Indian National Congress...
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Within three months all the
ringleaders surrendered. In 1857, the Raja of
Porahat rose in
rebellion and a
sizeable section of the Hos
joined in the revolt...
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Jagabandhu Patnaik (or Jagu Dewan) was the
Dewan of
Porahat in Singhbhum,
village Kera (now in Jharkhand). He
served as the
Dewan under Raja
Achyut Singh...
- of "Singhs" has been
derived from the
patronymic of the
Singh Rajas of
Porahat, the
junior branch of whom went on to
found the
ruling "Singh Deo" family...
