Kingdom of Bhulua ভুলুয়া রাজ্য | |||||||||
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1203–1613 | |||||||||
Capital | Kalyanpur Bhulua | ||||||||
Recognised national languages | Magadhi Prakrit | ||||||||
Recognised regional languages | Noakhailla | ||||||||
Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Raja | |||||||||
• 1203 | Bishwambhar Sur (first) | ||||||||
• c. 1600 | Ananta Manikya (last ruler under Tripura vassalage) | ||||||||
• 1728 | Kirti Narayan (zamindar) | ||||||||
Chief Minister | |||||||||
• 1600s | Mirza Yusuf Barlas | ||||||||
Historical era | Classical period | ||||||||
• Established | 1203 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1613 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Bangladesh |
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The Kingdom of Bhulua (Bengali: ভুলুয়া রাজ্য, romanized: Bhulua Rajjo) was a kingdom and later a zamindari covering the present-day Noakhali region of Bangladesh. According to local tradition the establishment of the kingdom dates from the twelfth century, when Bishwambhar Sur, ninth son of Adi Sur, a Kshatriya of Mithila who passed by the area during a pilgrimage. There are several versions of this tale and questions about the accuracy of the date, but it is probably a fact that the early Rajas of Bhulua were Kayasthas from Western Bengal. The kingdom fell under Tripura vassalage in the 15th century, and was reduced to a zamindari (fiefdom) after losing to the Mughals. Most of the kingdom's land has been eroded by the Meghna River.[1]