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Tekari | |
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1719-1947[1]
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| Capital | Tekari |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Government | Zamindari |
| Historical era | Middle Ages |
• Established | 1719 |
• Malik Bir Singh defeating Maqsud Khan | 1719 |
• Abolition of Zamindari | 1947 |
• Disestablished | 1947 |
The Tekari Raj (sometimes spelled Tikari Raj) was a zamindari estate of the Bhumihar Brahmin community in South Bihar. They controlled 2,046 villages on their estate, which covered a 7,500 square kilometres (2,900 sq mi) area, near to the town of Gaya.[2][3]
Rajas of Tekari like Raja Mitrajit Singh were renowned for their scholarship and for their works of poetry and history.[4]
- ^ P.K Shukla (1996). "The Zamindars of North Bihar During the Early British Rule (1765-1793)". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 57: 506–514. JSTOR 44133355.
- ^ Sharma, Anurag (12 November 2022). BRAHMINS WHO REFUSED TO BEG: BRIEF HISTORY OF BHUMIHARS, "AYACHAK" BRAHMINS OF EAST INDIA). Notion Press. ISBN 979-8-88833-371-6.
- ^ "टिकारी राज का वैभवशाली गौरवपूर्ण व स्वर्णिम इतिहास कालचक्र में विस्मृत होता नजर आ रहा". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Chatterjee (1996), p. 209