PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The state was founded in the mid 15th century by
Phanimukta, a Naga Chief. It became a vassal state of
Mayurbhanj in 1890. Prior to 1890, there were four Paik
rebellions which were all suppressed. The Zamindari was
abolished on 1st July 1952 as a consequence of the U.P.
Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act No. l of 1951
which came into force. Estate holders were.
- Raja Phanimukta,
1st Sarbarikhar of Kaptipada ca1450/-
- Raja Niladwaja
Kumar Parikshita Bhujanga, Sarbarikhar of
Kaptipada, married and had issue.
- Raja Sarat Chandra Jaya Bhujanga (qv)
- Raja Sarat Chandra
Jaya Bhujanga, Sarbarikhar of Kaptipada, he
founded the second capital, Kaptipada
- Raja Nrusimha
Chandra Mandhata, 32nd Sarbarikhar of
Kaptipada, married and had issue.
- Raja Chandra Sekhar Mandhata (qv)
- Raja Rama Chandra Mandhata (qv)
- Raja Chandra Sekhar
Mandhata, 33rd Sarbarikhar of Kaptipada
- Raja Rama Chandra
Mandhata, 34th Sarbarikhar of Kaptipada,
married and had issue.
- Raja Abhinava Bhujanga Pitambara Mandhata (qv)
- Raja Abhinava
Bhujanga Pitambara Mandhata, 35th Sarbarikhar
of Kaptipada, during his reign he suppressed the 1st
Paik Rebellion, married and had issue.
- Raja Parikhita Bhujanga Birabara Mandhata (qv)
- Raja Parikhita
Bhujanga Birabara Mandhata, 36th Sarbarikhar
of Kaptipada, married Rani Sita Devi, Regent of
Kaptipada (qv), and had issue.
- Raja Divyasimba Mandhata (qv)
- REGENT, Rani Sita Devi, she suppressed the
2nd Paik Rebellion
- Raja Divyasimba
Mandhata, 37th Sarbarikhar of Kaptipada
-/1880, he succeeded as a minor, married and had
issue.
- Raja Jaya Bhujanga Divyasimha Mandhata (qv)
- Raja Raja Jaya
Bhujanga Divyasimha Mandhata, 38th
Sarbarikhar of Kaptipada 1880/1903, during his reign
he suppressed the 3rd (in 1880) and 4th (in 1890) Paik
rebellions and Kaptipada became a vassal of
Mayurbhanj; married Rani Labanya Manjari Devi,
daughter of Raja Sri Krishna Chandra Bhanja Deo of Nilgiri, and had issue.
He died 1903.
- Raja Virata Bhujanga Goura Chandra Mandhata (qv)
- Raja Virata
Bhujanga Goura Chandra Mandhata, 39th
Sarbarikhar of Kaptipada 1903/19xx, married and had
issue.
- Raja Abhinava Bhujanga Rajata Chandra Mandhata
(qv)
- Raja Abhinava
Bhujanga Rajata Chandra Mandhata, 40th
Sarbarikhar of Kaptipada 19xx/19xx, married a daughter
of Raja Bibhudendra Deo Samant, 3rd Raja of Athmalik, and his
first wife, a Princess of Patna, and had issue.
- Raja Parikhita Bhujanga Pramod Chandra Mandhata
(qv)
- Raja Parikhita
Bhujanga Pramod Chandra Mandhata, 41st
Sarbarikhar of Kaptipada 19xx/1952
The help of John Duncan McMeekin, is gratefully
acknowledged, November 2012.
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