PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The rulers are descended from Raja Bhoj. According to
popular tradition, the first king of the ruling family of
Pallahara was Santosh Pal, a Rajput of Dharanagar. He is
said to have come on pilgrimage to Puri and on his return
visited this territory where a struggle was going on
between two aboriginal parties for supremacy over that
land. The Sabaras, one of the contesting tribes, selected
Santosh Pal as their future ruler and concealed him under
a heap of straw (locally known as Pala), which gave rise
to the name of the state. The account of the rulers after
Santosh Pal is vague. The Rajas of this territory are
known to have assumed the title Ganeswar Pal and Munipal
alternatively. Rulers were...
- Raja BALBHADRA PAL, Raja of Pal Lahara
- Raja KANDRUP PAL, Raja of Pal Lahara
- Raja JAGANNATH PAL, Raja of Pal Lahara
- Raja MANDHATA PAL, Raja of Pal Lahara
- Raja MUNI PAL, Raja of Pal Lahara -/1778,
married Rani Annapurna Debi, died 1815. He died spm in 1778 or
1789.
- Rani Krishnapriya, married 1794, Raja Janardhan
Bhanj, Raja of Keonjhar, and had issue. She died
1825.
- Rani Annapurna Debi, Rani of Pal Lahara
1778/1815, died 1815.
- Raja NANDA PAL, Raja of Pal Lahara 1815/1825,
natural brother of Raja Muni Pal (above); the Raja of
Keonjhar laid claim to the gaddi, as he was related by
marriage to the late Rani, however the people opposed
the rule of Keonjhar, and made a petition to Col.
Gilbert, the then Political Agent of the South-West
Frontier, protesting against the interference of
Keonjhar. Their petition was successful, and Raja
Nanda Pal, was removed in favour of a collateral
relative.
- Raja BADYANATH PAL, Raja of Pal Lahara
1825/1859
- Raja CHAKRADHAR PAL [Chintaman Pal/Patmuni
Pal], Raja of Pal Lahara 1859/1888, born 1831, he was
a faithful ally of the British Government, and for the
help he provided in suppressing the Bhuiyans of
Keonjhar, when they revolted against their Chief in
1867-68, he was granted the title of Raja Bahadur (for
personal use only) and later was granted the title of
Raja in 1874, which was made hereditary, married and
had issue. He died 1888.
- Raja Dwiti Krishna Pal [Ganeshwar Pal] (qv)
- Raja DWITI KRISHNA PAL [Ganeshwar Pal], Raja
of Pal Lahara 1888/1912, born 1884, succeeded 30th
August 1888 (#1), due to
his young age, the state came under the Court of Wards
till 1908, when he assumed ruling powers,
mismanagement resulted in the state reverting to
administration by the Court of Wards in 1911, married
and had issue. He died spm 1912.
- Raja SARAT CHANDRA MUNI PAL, Raja of Pal
Lahara 1913/- , born 26th November 1903 and succeeded
18th April 1913 (#2), the
state continued to be under the management of Court of
Wards till 1925 when the new Raja assumed full
administrative control; married Rani Manik Prava Devi,
daughter of Raja Chandrachuda Mani Harishchandra
Jagadev of Surangi,
and had issue, three sons and one daughter.
- Raja Sachinanda Pal (qv)
- Rajkumari Ananda Manjari Debi, born 1st November
1924, entered politics in 1951, M.L.A. (Orissa)
1967/1971 and 1977/1980, married Shri P. B. H.
Mahapatra Raj Saheb, and had issue, five sons and
four daughters. She died 15th October 1999.
- Rajkumar Mrutyunjaya Pal, died 3rd July 2011.
- Rajkumar Narayan Chandra Pal.
- Raja SACHINANDA PAL, Raja of Pal Lahara, born
1923, educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur, married
Rani Kamal Kumari Devi, daughter of Raja Bir Chandra
Jadumani Deo Janamuni of Rairakhol, and his
wife, the daughter of Raja Pratap Rudra Singh of Sonepur, and had issue.
- Rajkumari Padmini Kumari Devi
- Rajkumari Parvati Kumari Devi
- Raja Shri R.C. Muni Pal (qv)
- Rajkumar K. C. Pal
- Raja Shri R.C. MUNI PAL, Raja of Pal Lahara
(see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Rajkumari Dolendra Manjari Devi (+), married Kumar
Pradyut Chandra Deb (+) of Talcher, and had issue,
two sons and five daughters.
- Lal Narayan Prasad Pal, married, Rajkumari Sana Jema
Labangalata Devi, daughter of Raja Purna Chandra Deo
Harishchandra Jagadev of Surangi,
and his wife, Rani Hira Kumari Devi, and had issue,
two sons and three daughters.
- Kumari (name unknown), married Raja Shri
Dileep Chandra Singh Deo Bajradhar Narendra Mahapatra,
182nd Raja Saheb of Ranpur,
and has issue.
- Rajkumar Santosh Kumar Pal, married Kumari Annapurna
Kumari Devi, daughter of Rajkumar Suresh Chandra Deo
Jenamoni, Pattayat Sahib in Rairakhol, and his wife,
Pattayat Rani Saroj Manjari Devi, and has issue.
- Kumari Rameshwari Pal
- Kumari Padmalaya Pal
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