Pal Lahara

Pal Lahara lies in the hilly country of northern Odisha, between the domains of Keonjhar and the Brahmani valley. Local tradition attributes the founding of its ruling house to Santosh Pal, who was chosen by the Sabara people amid disputes among the chiefs of the area. The Pal family governed the small forested estate through the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; after the death of Annapurna in 1815, the succession was contested by the ruler of neighbouring Keonjhar.