Raksel Explained

Rak.^[1] 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 Surgujawere gonds 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 and founded his own kingdom around 1572.^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Jharkhand Encyclopedia Hulgulanon Ki Partidhwaniyan-1. 9 December 2019.
2. Book: Tahir Hussain Ansari. Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar. 20 June 2019. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-00-065152-2. 166.
3. Sirguja . 25 . 156.
4. Malleson, G. B.: An historical sketch of the native states of India, London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984
5. Web site: History. latehar.nic.in.
6. Web site: Bihar. books.google.com. 1 September 2019. Prasad. Ram Chandra. 1983.
7. News: Palamu Forts: A fading heritage. 27 January 2019. Daily Pioneer. Somen. Sengupta. 6 March 2020.
8. Book: Tahir Hussain Ansari . Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar . 20 June 2019 . Taylor & Francis . 9781000651522 . English . Ebook.
9. Book: Sutherland Cotton . James . Burn . Sir Richard . Stevenson Meyer . Sir William . Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 19 . 1908 . Clarendon Press . English.