PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE: The Maharaja Sahib of Puri (qv)

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Kingdom of Utkala (Orissa) founded in remote (legendary) antiquity, annexed by Bangala (Bengal) in 1568, incorporated into the Mughal Empire in 1576, and Khurda state was established; its rulers styled kings of Utkala (Orissa) 1580/1609, under Mahratta suzerainty 1751/1803, state annexed to British India in 1871. Rulers were.......

• Gajapathi Raja RAMACHENDRA DEVA I, Raja of Khurda 1578 or 1592/1607 or 1587/1616, son of Danai Bidyadhar, Prime Minister of the Bhoj King; appointed mansubadar of 3,500 horse by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, he was granted Khurda, Puri and others in jagir and the right to rule over 129 killas of Orissa; married and had issue. He died 1607.

  • Raja Purusottam Deva I (qv)

  • Rani Akshaya Devi, married 30th January 1593, Mirza Raja Man Singhji I of Amber.

• Raja PURUSOTTAM DEVA I, Raja of Khurda 1607/1622 or 1607/1628, had issue. He was killed in battle in 1622.

  • Raja Balabhadra Deva (qv)

  • Raja Narasimha Deva (qv)

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    • Raja Gangadhara Deva (qv)

  • Rajkumari (name unknown), married Padshah Jahangir of Delhi.

• Raja NARASIMHA DEVA, Raja of Khurda 1622/1645 or 1628/1653, during his reign, a Muslim General invaded Orissa and the Raja was forced to pay a large sum of money to buy off the General, in order to secure peace. He died 1645.

• Raja GANGADHARA DEVA, Raja of Khurda in 1645 for four months, died 1645.

• Raja BALABHADRA DEVA, Raja of Khurda 1645/1655 or 1654/1662, married and had issue.

  • Raja Mukunda Deva I (qv)

• Raja MUKUNDA DEVA I, Raja of Khurda 1655/1690 or 1651/1686 or 1662/1690, married and had issue. He died 1690 at Jajpur.

  • Raja Dibyasingha Deva I (qv)

  • Raja Harekrushna Deva (qv)

• Raja DIBYASINGHA DEVA I, Raja of Khurda 1690/1720 or 1686/1713 or 1690/1713, died 1720.

• Raja HAREKRUSHNA DEVA, Raja of Khurda 1720/1725 or 1713/1718, married and had issue.

  • Raja Gopinath Deva (qv)

  • Raja Ramachendra Deva II (qv)

• Raja GOPINATH DEVA, Raja of Khurda 1725/1732 or 1718/1725, died 1732.

• Raja RAMACHENDRA DEVA II, Raja of Khurda 1732/1743 or 1725/1736, he was forcibly converted to Islam under the name of Hafiz Qadar Muhammed, he married (amongst others), a daughter of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan II, Nawab Nazim of Orissa, and had issue. He died 1742/1743.

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    • Raja Birakishore Deva I (qv)

• Raja PADMANAVA DEVA, Raja of Khurda 1743/174x

• Raja BIRAKISHORE DEVA I, Raja of Khurda bef 1751/1780 or 1736/1773, during his reign, Habib Khan, a Muslim General in the service of the Marathas, invaded this province but restored it afterwards, the Marathas finally took the province in 1753; married and had issue. He died 1780.

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    • Raja Dibyasingha Deva II (qv)

• Raja DIBYASINGHA DEVA II, Raja of Khurda 1780/1795 or 1773/1791, married and had issue. He died 1795.

  • Raja Mukunda Deva II (qv)

• Raja MUKUNDA DEVA II, Raja of Khurda 1795/1808 or 1791/1810, in 1803, the British occupied Orissa and expelled the Marathas; later he rebelled against the British Authorities in 1804 and his territory was confiscated, he received a pension in compensation, he rebelled again in 1817 and was imprisoned, he was the last king of Khurda and after him his successor came to be known as the Raja of Puri, the title of Raja being only personal and he depended on a political pension. He died 30th November 1817.