Paralakhemundi Estate
Parlakhemundi estate was a Zamindari of Odisha in the British Raj period .Before odisha province formation it was under Madras Presidency.The state was ruled as an independent kingdom till 1769.The royal family belong to the Krishnatreya gotra Odia Kshatriya and traced their lineage to Eastern Ganga Dynasty.It was a zamindari estate lying in the southwestern portion of Ganjam district, covering an area of 615 square miles. It was bounded in the south by the district of Vizagpatnam and on the west by the Jeypore Estate and the tribal agencies of the Eastern Ghats.
| Parlakhemundi estate | |||||||||||||||
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| Zamindari of British India | |||||||||||||||
| 1309–1951 | |||||||||||||||
Gajapati Palace, built by Great Grand father of Krushna Chandra Gajapati. It is the residence of the rulers of Parlakhemundi. | |||||||||||||||
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• Established | 1309 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||||||
They were a branch of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty that survived as the rulers of the Paralakhemundi estate, currently part of the Gajapati district, Odisha.
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