Raksel

Raksel is a Rajput clan. They claim to be Haihaiyavanshi.[1] The Raksel Rajputs ruled several states in India (mainly in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand[2]) during the Middle Ages and British rule, including Surguja State and Udaipur.[3][4][5] Jaipur (kuchhwaah) Rajput Raja Man Singh was ruling Palamu prior to the rule of the Chero dynasty.[6][7]

According to Nagvanshavali, the Raksel of Surguja the descendants of Kalachuris invaded Chotanagpur with 12000 cavalry, but Nagvanshi king Bhim Karn defeated them and conquered the territory of Palamu upto Barwe.[1]

A Chero chief of Shahabad, Bhagwant Rai, took service under the Raksel Rajput chief Man Singh of Palamu. Bhagwant Rai assassinated Man Singh, taking advantage of the local Raja's absence at a ceremony at Surguja to raise the standard of revolt[8] and founded his own kingdom around 1572.[9][8]

  1. ^ a b Jharkhand Encyclopedia Hulgulanon Ki Partidhwaniyan-1. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ^ Tahir Hussain Ansari (20 June 2019). Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar. Taylor & Francis. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-00-065152-2.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sirguja" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 156.
  4. ^ Malleson, G. B.: An historical sketch of the native states of India, London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984
  5. ^ "History". latehar.nic.in.
  6. ^ Prasad, Ram Chandra (1983). "Bihar". books.google.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  7. ^ Sengupta, Somen (27 January 2019). "Palamu Forts: A fading heritage". Daily Pioneer. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  8. ^ a b Sutherland Cotton, James; Burn, Sir Richard; Stevenson Meyer, Sir William, eds. (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 19. Clarendon Press.
  9. ^ Tahir Hussain Ansari (20 June 2019). Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar (Ebook). Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000651522.