Ichagarh

Ichagarh was the seat of the Patkum estate in the eastern uplands of Chota Nagpur. Its name preserves the word garh, a fortified place, recalling the authority of the local rulers. The estate lay among wooded hills and river valleys between the plateau and Bengal, close to other chiefdoms of Singhbhum. Local dynasties governed these neighbouring territories through their own families and relationships with the communities living in the hills.