Predecessors and Short History:
The Ruler of Soroda or Khidisingi, Raja Baliar Singh,
divided his kingdom amongst his four sons. Dharakote went
to his third son, Raja Hadu Singh. Estate holders were
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- Raja HADU SINGH,
Raja of Dharakote 1477/1540
- Raja RAI SINGH,
Raja of Dharakote 1540/1602
- Raja NARAYAN SINGH,
Raja of Dharakote 1602/1647
- Raja PURUSHOTTAM
SINGH, Raja of Dharakote 1647/1699
- Raja RAM CHANDRA
SINGH, Raja of Dharakote 1699/1731
- Raja JAI SINGH,
Raja of Dharakote 1731/1748
- Raja RAJENDRA
SINGH, Raja of Dharakote 1748/1780
- Raja DAMODAR SINGH,
Raja of Dharakote 1780
- Raja KRUSHNA SINGH,
Raja of Dharakote 1780/1788, married Rani Chandrama
Devi, committed sati in 1788, and had issue.
He died 1788.
- Raja JAGANATH
SINGH, Raja of Dharakote 1788/1830, it is
said that Raja Jaganath Singh on returning to his
Palace after a hunt, saw a ray of light coming from
inside a hut. The Raja entered the hut and saw a holy
man meditating in front of a fire. The Holy man told
the Raja that this was the place where Rani
Chandama Devi had committed Sati. The Raja was
impressed and immediately ordered the construction of
a Math over that place, and later descendants of the
Dharakote Royal family have kept the flame burning
ever since, with the task of keeping the flame alive
being entrusted to the Head Priests of the Math. The
fire, known popularly as Sati Chita (Sati's
Pyre) is tended to by a Mahant (Head Priest) at Sathi
Math which is built on 9 acres of land at the entrance
of Dharakote fort.
- Raja RAGHUNATH
SINGH, Raja of Dharakote 1830/1863
- Raja BRAJA SUNDAR
SINGH, Raja of Dharakote 1863/1880, married a
daughter of Raja Bala Keshwara Singh Marda Raja Deo of
Khallikote and
Atagada. He died 1880.
- Raja MADAN MOHAN
SINGH DEO, Raja of Dharakote 1880/1937, born
2nd October 1875 at Dharakote, educated privately,
presided over the Utkala Conference in 1904, Member of
the Ganjam District Board, Member of the Madras
Landholder's Association, married and had issue. He
died 1937.
- Raja Brajkishore Singh Deo (qv)
- Rani Hari Priya Devi, married Raja Nageshwar Bux
Rai of Bishrampur,
and had issue, three sons and two daughters.
- Kumari (name unknown)
- Kumar Shri Brundaban Chandra Dhir Narendra,
adopted to Madhupur and succeded there as the Raja
Saheb of Madhupur; married and had issue.
- Raja BRAJKISHORE
SINGH DEO, Raja of Dharakote 1937/1938,
married Rani Brajeswari Devi, daughter of Raja Birabar
Narayan Chandra Dhir Narendra Bahadur, Raja of
Madhupur, and had issue, two sons. He died 1938.
- Raja Padmanabh Singh Deo (qv)
- Raja Anant Narayan Singh Deo (qv)
- Raja PADMANABH
SINGH DEO, Raja of Dharakote 1946/1974,
married 1947, Rani Parvati Devi, born 1926, died 2000,
daughter of Yuvaraj Kali Sharan Nath Shah Deo of Ratu
(Chota Nagpur),
and his wife, Maharaj Mata Baidehi Devi, and had
issue, three daughters. He died 1974.
- Rajkumari Khirodh Kumari Devi, married.
- Rajkumari Roma Devi, married in Gangwal (?).
- Rajkumari Krishna Devi, married to the younger
brother of the present Raja of Khajurgaon, and
has issue.
- Raja ANANT NARAYAN
SINGH DEO B.Sc., Raja of Dharakote 1974/2003,
born 5th September 1929, educated at the Doon School,
Dehra Dun; joined the Ganatantra Parishad after
graduation; President, District Ganatantra Parishad
Party, Ganjam, 1955/1960; Sarpanch Dharakote Grama
Panchayat; Chairman, Dharakote Panchayat Samiti;
Member, Ganjam Zilla Parishad; Convenor, First
Panchayat Raj Conference, Berhampur; M.L.A. (Orissa)
1967/1973, 1977/1980 and 1995/2000 (four terms);
Member, Executive Committee and Parliamentary Board of
Swatantra Party, Orissa, 1970/1974; President, Sugar
Co-operative Industries, Aska; Trustee, Utkal
Sammilani Trust; Member, Board of Directors of
National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories;
President, A.N. Mahavidyalaya, Dharakote; President,
Rushikulya College, Suruda; Vice-President, Swatantra
Party, Orissa; General Secretary, Bharatiya Lok Dal,
Orissa, 1974/1977; President, District Janata Party,
Ganjam, 1977/1980; President, Janata Party, Orissa,
1980/1982; President, Janata Party Working Committee,
1982/1986; Member, Parliamentary Board, Janata Dal,
1990; Member, Public Accounts Committee, Orissa
Legislative Assembly, 1995/1996; President, Nehru Seva
Sangh, Ranpur; President, Balmikeshwar Anath Ashram;
married Rani Shanti Devi [now Rajmata Shanti Devi of
Dharakote], M.L.A. (Orissa) 1990/1995, Chairperson of
Dharakote Panchayat Samiti, involved in various
Womens' Organisations, third daughter of Raja Chandra
Bhanu Deb of Aul, and his
wife, Rani Ramraj Kumari Pattamahadei, and has issue,
one son and three daughters. He died 1st December
2003.
- Raja Kishore Chandra Singh Deo (qv)
- Rajkumari Asha Devi, married Kumar Narendra
Shekhar Deo of Gangpur,
and has issue.
- Rajkumari Ratna Kumari, married in Ranka, and has
issue. (U.S.A.)
- Rajkumari Sai Darsan, married.
- Raja KISHORE
CHANDRA SINGH DEO, Raja of Dharakote
2003/2010, born 2nd July 1961, M.L.A. (Orissa),
elected on 13th May 2004; Member, Committee on
Members' Amenities, 2004/-; Member, Public
Undertakings Committee, 2004/2005; Member, Committee
on Estimates, 2005/2007; Member, House Committee on
Forest Protection, 2005/2006; Member, Standing
Committee on Cooperation, Textile & Handloom, FS
& CW (No.6), 2005/2007; former Chairman, Dharakote
Block; Member, Balmikiswar Ashram, Dharakote;
President Rushikulya Mahavidyalaya, Sorada; President
A.N. Mahavidyala, Dharakote; married Rani Nandini
Devi, and had issue, two daughters. He died of a heart
attack on 28th May 2010 at the Apollo Hospital in
Bhubaneshwar.
- Rani Sulakhyana Gitanjali Devi (qv)
- Rajkumari Shantipriya Gitanjali Devi
- Rani Sulakhyana Gitanjali Devi, Rani of
Dharakote (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Raja of Dharakote, married the third daughter of
Raja Sahib Mehrban-i-Dostan Shri Raja Narayana Marda
Raja Deo of Khallikote.
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