the head of the cluster of eighteen Garhs. The Patna kingdom stretched from Raigarh in Chhattisgarh to Bamra in Sundergarh District. Balaram Deo, the 19th Raja of Patna, founded a town called Balramgarh and shifted the capital of Patna state from Patnagarh to Balramgarh in the early 16th century. Subsequently, the town was renamed as Balangir from Balramgarh. After around 8 years of rule in Patna state, he was awarded the land from river Ang until the boundary of Bamra kingdom by his mother. Subsequently, he founded a kingdom named Sambalpur, which went on to become a strong kingdom. List of Chouhan rulers of the Patna stateOrissa District Gazetteers, Appendix III, Page 86-87 Raja Ramai Deo (1360-1385 AD) Raja Mahaling Singh Deo (1385-1390 AD) Raja Vatsaraja Deo (1390-1410 AD) Raja Vaijal Deo I (1410-1430 AD) Raja Bhojaraj Deo (1430-1455 AD) Raja Pratap Rudra Deo I (1455-1480 AD) Raja Bhupal Deo I (1480-1500 AD) Raja Vikramaditya Deo I (1500-1520 AD) Raja Vaijal Deo II (1520-1540 AD) Raja Bajra Hiradhara Deo (1540-1570 AD) (Had two sons, Narsingh Deo and Balaram Deo, who later founded the Sambalpur Kingdom) Raja Narsingh Deo (1570-1577 AD) Raja Hamir Deo (1577-1581 AD) Raja Pratap Deo II (1581-1587 & 1600-1620 AD) (Between 1587 and 1600, it was looked after by Hrudaya Narayan Deo, son of Sambalpur Raja Balram Deo) Raja Vikramaditya Deo II (1620-1640 AD) (His younger brother Gopal Rai was made the Raja of Khariar) Raja Mukunda Deo (1640-1670 AD) Raja Balaram Deo (1670-1678 AD) Raja Hrudesha Deo (1678-1685 AD) Raja Rai Singh Deo (1685-1762 AD) Raja Chandra Sekhara Deo Raja Pruthuviraj Deo (1762-1765 AD) Raja Ramachandra Deo I (1765 - 1820 AD) Raja Bhupal Deo (1820-1848 AD) (His brother Maharaj Yuvraj Singh Deowas granted the estate of Jarasingha in 1765) Maharaja Hiravajra Singh Deo (1848-1866 AD) Maharaja Sur Pratap Singh Deo (1866-1878 AD) Maharaja Ramchandra Singh Deo II (1878-1895 AD) Maharaja Dalaganjan Singh Deo (1895-1910 AD) Maharaja Prithviraj Singh Deo (1910-1924 AD) Maharaja Sir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (1924-1975 AD) Maharaja Raj Raj Singh Deo Maharaja Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo The Eighteen Garhs Below is the list of eighteen Garhs (with their old names) which were part of the old Patna State (Balangir) and Sambalpur State during the Chouhan rule. Also known as the Garhjat States. Patna (Included most part of the modern Balangir district) Sumbulpore (Sambalpur) Sonepoor (Sonepur, Subarnapur) Bamra Rehracole (Rairakhol) Gangpoor (Rajgangpur) Boudh