Maheshpur Raj was initially Princely state in India. It occupied a large area now a part of
Maheshpur block, in
Pakur district
Pakur district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Pakur is the administrative headquarters of this district. Pakur sub-division of Sahibganj district was carved out on 28 January 1994 to constitute Pakur District ...
of Jharkhand, India. The rulers of Maheshpur Raj were
Bhumihar Brahmin
Bhumihar, also locally called Bhuinhar and Babhan, a Hindu caste mainly found in Bihar (including the Mithila region), the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, and Nepal.
They have traditio ...
s.
According to the chronicles of the ruling family, Maheshpur Raj was the capital of the Sultanabad state. In the 14th century, the kingdom of Sultanabad was found by Raja Banku Singh who established his capital at Sinthbak and later the capital was transferred to Debinagar and finally to Maheshpur Raj. His younger brother Raja Anku Singh established the Handua state. The ruling family were scions of Bansi royal from Uttar Pradesh.
References
Zamindari estates
History of Jharkhand
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