Namudag is a village and was an erstwhile estate in the Chhatarpur Block, Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. It is also known for the Garh of royal family of the Surwar rajput (gaur dynasty). Namudag princely state consist four zamindari estate Udai garh, Mahuari garh, Naudiha, Gulabjhari which were ruled by the members of the Namudag royal family.[1]
Ancestry
They belongs from the Gaur dynasty, according to the Balmiki uttar kand Ramayana Gaur dynasty is descendants of the Lord bharata(brother of lord Ram), once they ruled whole northern Asia.
History
In 16th century group of gaur rajwansh (surwar clan) came from the Surpur (300 miles south west of delhi) and Sarwar(in rajasthan) princely state (presently also part of this Gaur royal family is sitting on the throne of sarwar) . They marched to Bihar and rule some part of (Dhaudanr, tilothu) sasaram and then established their garh at Namudag and started ruling the Namudag estate (initially allied with Ranka Raj). Ranka Raj, Chainpur and Namudag Raj royal sept are all related to each other as they all belongs from the Surwar clan.[2][3] Raja bahadur babu pooran singh ji and Raja bahadur babu haem Pratap Singh are some prominent rulers.[4]
Location
It is located 48 km north of the district headquarters, Daltonganj; 12 km from Chhattarpur; and 177 km from the state capital, Ranchi. Namudag's Pin code is 822113 and the postal head office is Chhatarpur. Marwa (4 km), Munkeri (5 km), Khairadohar (6 km), Bara (6 km), Mahuwari (7 km) and Karkata (7 km) are the nearby villages. Namudag is adjacent to Dumaria Block to the north, Patan Block to the south, Hariharganj Block to the north, and Kutumba Block to the north.
Hussainabad, Daltonganj, Aurangabad, and Garhwa are nearby cities.
This village is on the border of the Palamu District and the Aurangabad district, near the Bihar state border.
Bhoodan movement
The Bhoodan movement was a voluntary land reform movement in India that was started by Vinoba Bhave in 1951. Namudag royal family had donated 1.01 lakh acres to the Bhoodan initiative.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "Bengal District Gazetteers: Palamau". Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, Calcutta. 6 January 1907 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Bhagwant Sahai (1984). The Journal Of The Bihar Puravid Parisad 1983 Vol. Vii And Viii. pp. 414, 418.
- ^ "The Journal Of The Bihar Research Society 1955 Vol Xli". 6 January 1955 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Bengal districts gazetteer gazzeters of palamau.palamu
- ^ Headmasterji-The man with literacy mission. Partridge India Publishing. 2016. p. 230. ISBN 9781482857634.
- ^ Sandeep., Sharma (2016). Headmasterji : The Man With Literacy Mission. Partridge India. ISBN 978-1-4828-5763-4. OCLC 1152292663.
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