PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Also known as Parlakhemundi, it is an ancient Zamindari lying in the
western corner of the Southern portion of the Ganjam district, and it
is bounded in the West by the district of Vizagpatnam and on the North
by the Jeypur state and the Eastern ghats which are called Maliyas or
tribal agencies. Founded by a younger son of Gajapati Raja Kapilendra
Dev of Orissa. Estate holders were...
- Raja KAPILENDRA DEVA,
Raja of Orissa 1434/1467, he fought against the Reddies
of
Rajahmundry,
Raja Devaraya II of Vijayanagar, Sultan Nasir-ud-din of Bengal in the
north
and the Bahamani Sultan, Ala-ud-din Muhammad II in the south. He
occupied
the entire coastal area up to the Kaveri river and used the titles of
Gajapati
Gaudeswar, Nava Koti Karnata
and Kalavargeswara, married
(amongst
others), Rani Parvati Devi, a Brahmin lady, and had issue,
purportedly 18 sons, from whom the Orissa Chiefs are descended. He died
1467.
- Prince Hamvira Deva, eldest son, defeated by his younger
brother in
contest
for the throne.
- Raja Purushottama Deva (by Rani Parvati Devi), Raja of
Orissa 1467/1497, married and had issue (see Orissa).
- Prince Kolahomi Deva, founder of Parla Khimedi (continued
below)
- Raja Saheb KOLAHOMI DEVA,
1st Raja of Parlakhimedi 1467/-
- Raja Saheb SIBALINGA
NARAYAN BHANUDEO, Raja of Parlakhimedi 1566/1590, married and
had issue.
- Raja Saheb Subarna Kesari Govinda Gajapati Narayan Deo
(qv)
- Raja Saheb SUBARNA KESARI
GOVINDA GAJAPATI NARAYAN DEO, Raja of Parlakhimedi 1590/1630,
married and had issue.
- Raja Saheb Mukunda Rudra Gajapati Narayan Deo (qv)
- Raja Saheb MUKUNDA RUDRA
GAJAPATI NARAYAN DEO, Raja of Parlakhimedi 1630/1656, married
and had issue.
- Raja Saheb Mukunda Deo (qv)
- Raja Saheb MUKUNDA DEO,
Raja of Parlakhimedi 1656/1674, married and had issue.
- Raja Saheb Ananta Padmanabh Gajapati Narayan Deo I (qv)
- Raja Saheb ANNANTA
PADMANABH GAJAPATI NARAYAN DEO I, Raja of Parlakhimedi 1674/1702, married and had issue.
- Raja Saheb Sarbajgan Jagannatha Gajapati Narayan Deo I (qv)
- Raja Saheb SARBAJGAN
JAGANNATHA GAJAPATI NARAYAN DEO I, Raja of Parlakhimedi 1686/1702, married and had issue.
- Raja Saheb Narahari Narayan Deo (qv)
- Kumar Jannardan Deo
- Kumar Guntta Narayana Deo
- Kumar Yoshabanta Deo
- Raja Saheb NARAHARI
NARAYAN DEO, Raja of Parlakhimedi 1702/1729, married and had
issue.
- Raja Saheb Bira Padmanabh Narayan Deo II
(qv)
- Raja Saheb Prataprudra Gajapati Narayan Deo I (qv)
- Kumar Narasinga Deo
- Raja Saheb BIRA PADMANABHA
NARAYANA DEO II, Raja of Parlakhimedi 1729/1748
- Raja Saheb PRATAPRUDRA
GAJAPATI NARAYAN DEO I, Raja of
Parlakhimedi 1748/1751, married and had adoptive
issue.
- (A) Raja Saheb Jagannath Gajapati Narayan Deo II
(qv)
- Raja Saheb JAGANNATH
GAJAPATI NARAYANA DEO II, Raja of
Parlakhimedi 1751/1770, married and had issue.
- Raja Saheb Goura Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo I (qv)
- Raja Saheb GOURA CHANDRA
GAJAPATI NARAYANA DEO I, Raja of Parlakhimedi 1771/1802,
married and had issue. He died 20th January 1802.
- Kumar Chhatrapati Deo
- Raja Saheb Purushottam Gajapati Narayan Deo (qv)
- Raja Saheb PURUSHOTTAM
GAJAPATI NARAYANA DEO, Raja of Parlakhimedi 1802/1805, installed
4th February 1802; married and had issue. He died 29th October 1805.
- Raja Saheb Jagat Ballav Narayana Deo (qv)
- Raja Saheb Jagannath Gajapati Narayan Deo III (qv)
- Rajkumar Padmanabh Deo, born 1781, he was
granted the Zamindari of Tekkali by his brother who had purchased it in
1817 from the East
India Company, he divided the estate between his two sons prior to his
death, married and had issue. He died 1832.
- Gopinath Deb, he succeeded the the zamindari of Tekkali
- Krishna Chandra, he succeeded to the zamindari of
Nandigram
- Raja Saheb JAGAT BALLAV
NARAYANA DEO, Raja of Parlakhimedi
- Raja Saheb JAGANNATH
GAJAPATI NARAYANA DEO III, Raja of
Parlakhimedi 1821/1851,
married and had issue. He died 27th November 1851.
- Raja Saheb Shri Shri Shri Prataprudra Gajapati Narayan
Deo II (qv)
- Rajkumar Harikrushan Deo
- Rajkumar Rajarajeswar Deo
- Raja Saheb Shri Shri Shri
PRATAPARUDRA GAJAPATI NARAYANA DEO II, Raja of Parlakhimedi
1851/1885 (abdicated), married and had issue.
- Raja Saheb Shri Shri Shri Goura Chandra Gajapati Narayan
Deo II (qv)
- Rajkumar Purushottam Deo
- Rajkumar Jagnnatha Deo
- Rajkumar Padmanabha Narayan Deo, born 1873, died 1904.
- Raja Saheb Shri Shri Shri
GOURA CHANDRA GAJAPATI NARAYAN DEO II, Raja of Parlakhimedi
1885/1904, born 1863, married and had issue. He died 1904.
- Capt. Maharaja Saheb Shri Shri Shri Krishna Chandra
Gajapati Narayan Deo (qv)
- Rajkumar Anangabhima Deo
COURT OF WARDS 1904/1913
Capt. Maharaja Saheb Shri Shri Shri KRISHNA
CHANDRA GAJAPATHI NARAYANA DEO, Raja of Parlakhimedi 1913/1974,
born 28th April 1892, educated at Raja's College, Parlakimedi and
Newington College, Madras; he was granted the title of Maharaja in
1936, K.C.I.E. [cr.1946], Member of the Madras Legislative Council
1919, 1st Prime Minister of Orissa [1.4.1937] - [18.7.1937] and again
[xx.11.1941] - [1944], a patron of education and culture, he helped
establish the Utkal University, the Central Rice Research Institute and
the Medical College at Cuttack. In Parlakhimedi, he set up a first
grade college, Sanskrit College, Girls' High School, Industrial School,
Steel Factory, Modern Farm, numerous Minor Irrigation Projects. He also
extended the light railway from Parlakhemundi to Gunupur, 35 miles
away; made endowments for research on problems of nutrition and
agriculture; awarded scholarships to over a thousand students of
Parlakhemundi to pursue higher studies in the humanities, medicine,
engineering, etc. He served with distinction as a member of the Royal
Agricultural Commission in 1927, the Madras Legislative Council and the
Constituent Assembly of India 1947/1950; he attended the Round Table
Conference, London 1930/1931 where he represented the case of Orissa;
made a life member of the Royal Society of Arts and Royal Asiatic
Society, London; Life member of Utkal University, which conferred the
honorary degree of LL.D. He was a patron of Oriya literature as well as
of cricket and a prominent figure in racing circles, he married 1913,
Maharani Sri Nalini Pattamaha Devi, daughter of Thakur Mahendra Narayan
Singh Deo of Kharsawan, and had
issue. He died 25th May 1974.
- Yuvaraj Shri Rama Chandra Gajapathi Narayana Deo, married
Rajkumari Chandra Kiran Kumari, eldest daughter of Maharaja Ambikeshwar
Saran Singh Deo of Surguja, and had
issue, four children. He died vp before 1974.
- Rajkumari Rani Devi, married to the Yuvaraj of
Singramau, U.P.
- Raja Saheb Shri Shri Shri Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo
(qv)
- Rajkumar Sarbajgan Jagannath Narayana Dev, married
Rajkumari Shailaja Kumari of Daread in Gujarat, and has issue, two
children.
- Rajkumar Udaybhanu Dev, died sp.
- Maharajkumar Shri Shri Shri Madhav Sundar Gajapathi
Narayana Deo [Raja Madhav Sundar Gajapati Narayan Deo of Delang,
Balaramnagar and Manikprasad], born 1919, married Rajkumari Swarnalata
Manjari Devi, daughter of Raja Kishor Chandra Mardraj Harichandan of Nilgiri, and his second wife, Rani
Giriraj Kumari, and had issue, one son. He died 1995.
- Maharajkumari Shri Shri Shri Hemangini Devi
- Raja Saheb Shri Shri Shri
GOPINATH GAJAPATHI NARAYANA DEO, Raja of Parlakhimedi (see above)
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