Bir king
'Bir king' is a famous king of Birbhum before pathan rule. Asadujjaman Khan was his army chief who killed and win Rajnagar and had established pathan saltanat. According a folklore his daughter Bhadra lft Rajnagar and insert into a tree .[1]
According local history in 1350 AD there are some quarrels between Laxmanawati and Subarnagram, and then ancestors of Bir king had set his capital at Lakknur ( Rajnagar ). Bir king were two brothers, Bir Singh and Mallar Singh. Mallarpur has named after Mallar Singh.[2]
In 1206 AD Shiron, an army officer of Muhammad Bakkteer defeated Bir king and had conquered Rajnagar. The queen suicide at nearby pond.[3]
References[]
- ^ সেনগুপ্ত, দয়াল. "প্রাচীন রাজধানী ঘিরে গড়ে উঠুক পর্যটন কেন্দ্র". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ "বীরভূম নাম হল কিভাবে". সববাংলায় (in Bengali). 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
- ^ Marshall, P. J. (February 1987). "Ranjan Kumar Gupta: The economic life of a Bengal district: Birbhum: 1770–. xvi, 352 pp. Burdwan: University of Burdwan, 1984". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 50 (1): 157–158. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00053593. ISSN 0041-977X.
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