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Balinarayan
Balinarayan alias Dharmanarayan or Baldeo (1638) of Mughals was the son of Koch Hajo, Koch King Raghudev and younger brother of King Parikshit who was established as the first king of ''Darrang Desa'' (present-day Darrang) as an tributary by Ahom king Pratap Singha. He was the chief conductor of the operations conducted against the Mughals during their occupation of Kamrup region, Kamrupa erstwhile fallen Koch Hajo which got annexed to Mughal domain after the defeat of the latter. Career Background The Mughal governor of Bengal Subah, Bengal after subduing Cooch Behar State, Koch Behar, invaded Koch Hajo. In the initial conflicts the King of Hajo, Parikshit got defeated and was captured, and taken to Delhi (1613). Balinarayan, Parikshit's younger brother went to Ahom Kingdom and took shelter there under then King Pratap Singha (1641) for protection. There he convinced Pratap Singha of his honesty by paying his full obeisances. In 1615, Mughals launched their aggressions to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koch Hajo
Koch Hajo (1581–1616) was the kingdom under Raghudev and his son Parikshit Narayan of the Koch dynasty that stretched from Sankosh River in the west to the Bhareli River in the east on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River. It was created by dividing the Kamata kingdom then under Nara Narayan in medieval Assam. The Sankosh River divided the two new kingdoms, and it is roughly the boundary between the present-day Assam and West Bengal. The western half of the Kamata kingdom emerged as Cooch Behar State, Koch Bihar whereas the eastern half emerged as Koch Hajo. The name Hajo comes from the legendary king Hajo, a Koch people, Koch tribal chief and an ancestor of the Koch dynasty, who ruled over the Rangpur Division, Rangpur division in present-day Bangladesh and some regions of present-day Assam. Division of Kamata kingdom After the Koch–Ahom conflicts that saw Chilarai briefly occupy Garhgaon, the capital of the Ahom kingdom, Koch rule was consolidated between the Sankosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |