The House of Baghoch, commonly known as Baghochia, was the ruling dynasty of Hathua Raj , Tamkuhi Raj and Bansgaon Estate (later known as Dileepnagar Estate) until 1947 when these states were abolished and merged into the newly formed Union of India. The House takes its name from Baghoch and Bharhichowra, the ancient seats of the rulers of Hathwa Raj. The name Baghauch also may have been associated with the clan from totemistic stage as the name makes reference to Bagh (Tiger) as the clans totem. Based on the totem, the name of the first capital was Baghauch. They are a sub-group of the Vats gotra of

Bhumihar Bhumihar, also locally called Bhuinhar and Babhan, a Hindu Indian caste system, caste mainly found in Bihar (including the Mithila (region), Mithila region), the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, the Bundelkhand region of Madhya ...

s. The founder of the dynasty was a Malla warrior Raja Bir Sen, who played an instrumental role in the invasion of the Sakyas by the Kosla Maharaj Virudhaka in 6th century BC, and it is in the aftermath that Raja Bir Sen got part of the newly invaded country as his land. This makes the Baghochia dynasty one of the oldest and the longest ruling dynasty in the world and also a clan with one of the deepest

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. The

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es also held numerous

Zamindar A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a ''zamindari'' (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian was the official language; ''zamindar'' is the ...

is, Ghatwali and Mulraiyatis in what is now

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and

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. Some of the notable

Zamindari A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous Indian feudalism, feudal lord of a ''zamindari'' (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian language, Persian was the offi ...

estates held by

of the House of Baghoch include Bansgaon Estate (Dileepnagar Estate), Kalyanpur Kuari pargana in the northwest, Bagoura Estate, Madhopur Estate, Tamkuhi Estate, Sursand Estate, Kiajori (Chakai) Estate, and Mahal Ledo Estate. Kharna Estate was another notable Ghatwali Estate acquired by Babu Ananda Rai.

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