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 BANPUR estate (Zamindari)   VILLAGES: 70 (In 1895 under RAI KANHAIYA BAKSH PAL BAHADUR)  REVENUE: Rs 17509 (In 1895 under RAI KANHAIYA BAKSH PAL BAHADUR)  ACCESSION:  LOCATION: Uttar Pradesh (Basti Dist.)  DYNASTY: Suryavanshi  RELIGION: Hindu    PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Emperor Brahm Deo was the last ruler of the mighty Katyur Empire (modern day Uttaranchal – Kumaon Garhwal region). After Brahm Deo’s rule the empire disintegrated, with his grandson Abhay Pal Deo continuing his reign from the kingdom of Askote in Kumaon’s Pithoragarh district. Abhay Pal Deo’s two younger sons, Alakh Deo and Tilak Deo set out from Askote in 1305 with a large army and after passing through the Terai region and the plains of U.P. came to Gonda/Gorakhpur area. he led an army into the plains of north-eastern U.P. and engaged the local tribal Bhar king in a ferocious battle, in which Alakh Deo and his Suryavanshi Rajput forces emerged victorious. Alakh...