Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo

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Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo, King of Bastar (5 June 1929 – 25 March 1966) was the 20th maharaja of Bastar State. He represented the Jagdalpur Assembly constituency in the undivided Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly following the general election of 1957. He served as the King of Bastar in 1936 until his assassination in 1966. He was the last ruler of Bastar state, which was established by a branch of the Kakatiya dynasty. The Bastar region was part of greater Kalinga kingdom and an extension of Trikalinga. The Kakatiya dynasty adopted the "Dev" or "Deo" surname in line with other feudal kings of Odisha under the Gajapati Kingdom in the medieval period.

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