Bakht Buland Shah

Bakht Buland Shah
Raja
Portrait of Bakht Buland Shah, the Gond king of Deogarh and founder of Nagpur
King of Nagpur
Reign1686-1706
PredecessorKok Shah (1620-1660)
SuccessorChand Sultan (1706-1739)
BornBhagtu[1]
Burial
Juni Shukrawari[2][3]
IssueChand Sultan, Mohammad Shah, Ali Shah, Yusuf Shah, Wali Shah[4]
HouseGonds of Deogarh
DynastyRajgond
FatherGorakh Shah[5]
ReligionHindu (formerly), Islam
Statue of Bakht Buland Shah in Nagpur, India

Bakht Buland Shah was a ruler of the Rajgond dynasty. He added to his kingdom, the territories of Chanda and Mandla, and portions of Nagpur, Balaghat, Seoni, Bhandara and the adjoining Rajput kingdom of Kherla/Khedla.[6] The present districts of Chhindwara and Betul also fell under his control. A great warrior, he went on to conquer Pauni, Dongartal, Sivni, and Katangi.[7][8]

  1. ^ Bulletin of the Anthropological Survey of India. Director, Anthropological Survey of India, Indian Museum. 1976.
  2. ^ Chakraborty, Proshun (5 December 2014). Scrap dealer holds key to entry into Bakht Buland Shah's grave | Nagpur News. {{cite book}}: |newspaper= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "राजे बख्त बुलंद शाह समाधीस्थळ विकासाचा प्रस्ताव पडून". Lokmat (in Marathi). 7 March 2021.
  4. ^ Alavi, Shams Ur Rehman. "Bakht Buland Shah: Ruler who founded Nagpur and whose dynasty ruled in Vidarbha, parts of Madhya Pradesh".
  5. ^ Deshpande, Y. K. (1950). "Fresh Light on the History of the Gond Rajas of Deogarh". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 13: 231–233. JSTOR 44140920.
  6. ^ Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Bhandara. Director of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1979.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference community was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Medieval PERIOD (Complete History of Nagpur). 16 July 2021.