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Hathwa Raj
Hathwa | |
|---|---|
| Appx 2000 years ruling history by 105 kings | |
| Capital | Baghoch, Bharhe Chaura, Kalyanpur, Huseypur and Hathua |
| Government | Monarchy, Chieftaincy |
• 600 BC | Raja Bir Sen |
| Historical era | Middle Ages |
• Established | 600 BC Early-medieval period/ Hindu period |
• Disestablished | 1952 |
Hathwa Raj was a ruling state belonging to Baghochia dynasty was one of the oldest ruling dynasty in the world of Bhumihar Brahmin.[1] It encompassed all the 1,365 villages of Chhapra, Siwan and Gopalganj district of Bihar, was inhabited by more than 391,000 people, and produced an annual rental of almost a million rupees. Baghochia dynasty had been running since last 2600 years over the whole Bhojpuri region of Bihar and Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh. The royal dynasty had presented so many heroic warriors like Maharaja Khemkaran Sahi, Maharaja Yuvraj Sahi and Maharaja Fateh Bahadur Sahi who had fought with Afghan and Britishers to protect the independency of their ruling state.[2] It was located in the Saran Division of Bihar. Earlier seats of the Raj included Huseypur, Kalyanpur, Balchowra and Baghoch. The Kalyanpur chieftaincy was subjugated by the Mughal Emperor Akbar during late 16th century.
- ^ | first = Hetukar | last = Jha | author-link = Hetukar Jha | title = Permanent Settlement in Bihar | publisher = Social Scientist | year = 1980, Vol. 9, No.1 (Aug., 1980) | pages = 53-57
- ^ Yang, Anand A. (1999). Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar. University of California Press. pp. 305 (at page 69). ISBN 978-0-520-21100-1.
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