After consolidating his position, he started to expand his chieftaincy. He extended his sway over South Gaya and setup post in Kothi and Kunda in Chatra and Deogaon in Palamu. He invaded Navratangarh, defeated nagpuri raja Raghunath Shah and ransacked his capital. He also conquered Raja of smaller kingdoms including Belunja siris, Jupla, Kutumba and Sherghati in Gaya; Kunda Karnapura and Ramgarh in Hazaribagh; and a portion of Surguja who paid him tribute.
Upon accession of Aurangzeb to the Grant of Diwani jagirdars of Bihar, he placed contingents at the command of Daud Khan. Daud Khan started expedition against Palamu in 1660. He was accompanied by Mirza Khan, faujdar of Darbhanga, Tahawwur Khan, Jagirdar of Chainpur, Raja Bahroz of Munger. Orders were received from Emperor Aurangzeb that the Chero ruler had to embrace Islam. In battle, many Mughal and chero soldiers were killed. Medini Ray escaped to forest. Both the forts were occupied by the invaders and the region was brought under subjugation. The Mughals killed civilians of the forts and the temples with their idols were destroyed. Daud Khan constructed a Mosque after the victory in 1662.[5] Medini Rai, the Chero ruler of Palamau, had fled to Surguja. However later he decisively defeated Daud Khan and reclaimed the kingdom which was later never recovered by Mughals. He made sincere efforts to promote agriculture and to better the desolate state of Palamu which had been caused by the repeated Mughal invasions. The region became very prosperous and the people had ample food and other amenities of life.[6]
Maharaja had rebuilt the old Palamu fort which was earlier build by kings of Raksel dynasty. For defence he erected several turrets. In 1673, he had started constructing new fort on a hillock on the west of old fort. In the new fort, the gate is known as Nagpuri gate in which workmanship is in better quality. After victory over Nagpuri Raja, he built one of the Palamu Forts. He decided to build the gate in Nagpuria style. Beyond the Nagpuri gate, there is another small gate. On both outer side of the gate there is Persian and Sanskrit inscription of Barnmali Mishra the Pandit of Maharaja Medini Rai. According to inscription the construction work started in magh samwat 1680. He began building the fort for his heir Pratap Rai. After Maharaja Medini Rai's death in 1674, his son Pratap Rai took up the work of finishing the fort.[7][8]
medini, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2019, learn,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Medini Ray news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Medini Rai a k a Madini Rai or Madini Rao ruled from 1658 to 1674 in the Palamu region of Bihar now in Jharkhand 1 2 3 4 Medini RayMaharajaReign1658 1674PredecessorBhupal RaiSuccessorPratap RaiDynastyChero dynastyReligionHinduismReign EditAfter consolidating his position he started to expand his chieftaincy He extended his sway over South Gaya and setup post in Kothi and Kunda in Chatra and Deogaon in Palamu He invaded Navratangarh defeated nagpuri raja Raghunath Shah and ransacked his capital He also conquered Raja of smaller kingdoms including Belunja siris Jupla Kutumba and Sherghati in Gaya Kunda Karnapura and Ramgarh in Hazaribagh and a portion of Surguja who paid him tribute Upon accession of Aurangzeb to the Grant of Diwani jagirdars of Bihar he placed contingents at the command of Daud Khan Daud Khan started expedition against Palamu in 1660 He was accompanied by Mirza Khan faujdar of Darbhanga Tahawwur Khan Jagirdar of Chainpur Raja Bahroz of Munger Orders were received from Emperor Aurangzeb that the Chero ruler had to embrace Islam In battle many Mughal and chero soldiers were killed Medini Ray escaped to forest Both the forts were occupied by the invaders and the region was brought under subjugation The Mughals killed civilians of the forts and the temples with their idols were destroyed Daud Khan constructed a Mosque after the victory in 1662 5 Medini Rai the Chero ruler of Palamau had fled to Surguja However later he decisively defeated Daud Khan and reclaimed the kingdom which was later never recovered by Mughals He made sincere efforts to promote agriculture and to better the desolate state of Palamu which had been caused by the repeated Mughal invasions The region became very prosperous and the people had ample food and other amenities of life 6 Palamu Forts Maharaja had rebuilt the old Palamu fort which was earlier build by kings of Raksel dynasty For defence he erected several turrets In 1673 he had started constructing new fort on a hillock on the west of old fort In the new fort the gate is known as Nagpuri gate in which workmanship is in better quality After victory over Nagpuri Raja he built one of the Palamu Forts He decided to build the gate in Nagpuria style Beyond the Nagpuri gate there is another small gate On both outer side of the gate there is Persian and Sanskrit inscription of Barnmali Mishra the Pandit of Maharaja Medini Rai According to inscription the construction work started in magh samwat 1680 He began building the fort for his heir Pratap Rai After Maharaja Medini Rai s death in 1674 his son Pratap Rai took up the work of finishing the fort 7 8 References Edit The Nagbanshis And The Cheros archive org Historical Researches Series Volume 4 books google co in 1963 Palamu Forts A fading heritage dailypioneer com History rebuild brick by brick Rs 56 lakh restoration plan for crumbling Palamau Fort telegraphindia com Birendra Bimal Kishore Mishr 2020 JHARKHAND SAMAGRA Prabhat Prakashan Prabhat Prakashan p 33 ISBN 9789390101160 Palamow New Fort from the Old Decr 1813 bl uk onlinegallery Lahiry Sangam 9 October 2014 Pugmarks In Palamau ISBN 9789381115640 Ansari Tahir Hussain 20 June 2019 Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar ISBN 9781000651522 Retrieved 1 September 2019 This royalty related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Medini Ray amp oldid 1118041323, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
