Athgarh (Princely State)

Information

DynastyKaran (Patnaik)
StateOrissa
Villages210
Accession1st January 1950
Revenue₹ 141,000
Area435.12 km²
Population42,351 (1931)
Privy Purse ₹ 36,000
Odia Nameଆଠଗଡ
ReligionHinduism

Present Ruler/Head

Raja Saheb of Athgarh.

Short History

Founded sometime in the 12th century by Sri Karan Niladri Bebarta Patnaik of the Karan caste. It is said that he was the Bebarta/Bawarta or Minister of the Raja of Puri who conferred on him the title of Raja, and gave him Athgarh as a reward for his services, or according to another account, as a dowry on marrying the Raja’s sister. This state paid 2,800Rs in tribute to the British Government.

Predecessors

  • Raja Srikaran NILADRI BHAGIRATH BARMAN PATNAIK, 1st Raja of Athgarh 1178/1218
  • Raja Srikaran DANDAPANI BIWARTA PATNAIK, 2nd Raja of Athgarh 1218/1253
  • Raja Srikaran JAGANNATH BIWARTA PATNAIK I, 3rd Raja of Athgarh 1253/1283

Unknown Rajas 1283/1681

  • Raja Srikaran NARAYANA BEBARTA PATNAIK, Raja of Athgarh 1681/1709
  • Raja Srikaran RAMA KRISHNA BEBARTA PATNAIK, Raja of Athgarh 1709/1741
  • Raja Srikaran DEBIA SINGH BEBARTA PATNAIK, Raja of Athgarh 1741/1771
  • Raja Srikaran GOPINATH BEBARTA PATNAIK, Raja of Athgarh 1771/1821, married and had issue.
    • Raja Srikaran Krishna Chandra Bebarta Patnaik (qv)
    • Raja Srikaran Bhubaneshwar Bebarta Patnaik (qv)
    • Raja Srikaran Jagunath Bebarta Patnaik (qv)
  • Raja Srikaran KRISHNA CHANDRA BEBARTA PATNAIK, Raja of Athgarh 1821/1825, married and had issue.
    • Raja Srikaran Rama Chandra Bebarta Patnaik (qv)
  • Raja Srikaran RAMA CHANDRA BEBARTA PATNAIK, Raja of Athgarh 1825/1837
  • Raja Srikaran BHUBANESHWAR BEBARTA PATNAIK, Raja of Athgarh 1837/1862
  • Raja Srikaran JAGUNATH BEBARTA PATNAIK II, Raja of Athgarh 1862/1869, married and had issue. He died 1869.
    • Raja Srikaran Bhagirathi Bebarta Patnaik (qv)
    • Raja Srikaran Raghunath Bebarta Patnaik (qv)
    • Raja Srikaran Vishvanath Bebarta Patnaik (qv)
  • Raja Srikaran BHAGIRATHI BEBARTA PATNAIK, (27th) Raja of Athgarh 1869/1893, born about 1844, he succeeded his father on 8th February 1869, his title of Raja was made hereditary by a sanad of 1874. He died 1893.
  • Raja Srikaran RAGHUNATH BEBARTA PATNAIK, Raja of Athgarh 1893/1896, born 1865, married and had issue, one daughter. He died spm on 25th January 1896.
    • Rajkumari (name unknown), born 1896 (posthumously).

COURT OF WARDS 1896/1908

  • Raja Srikaran VISHVANATH BEBARTA PATNAIK, Raja of Athgarh 1896/1918, born 12th August 1851, 13th in descent from the founder, he succeeded to the gadi on 25th January 1896; he was granted the title of Raja Bahadur as a personal distinction in June 1908; married and had issue, as well as adoptive issue. He died 22nd June 1918.
    • Raja Srikaran Radhanath Bebarta Patnaik (qv)
    • (A) Kunwar (name unknown), a distant relative of the Raja of Tigria, he was adopted at the age of three years, but died in October 1906.

COURT OF WARDS 1918/1932

  • Raja Srikaran RADHANATH BEBARTA PATNAIK, Raja of Athgarh 1918/-, born 28th November 1909, he succeeded to the gadi on 22nd June 1918 and was installed on 5th September 1932; he proposed in 1942 to adopt the son of the Raja of Parlakhimedi, as his successor.
  • See Above.