Portrait of Bakht Buland Shah, the Gond king of Deogarh and founder of Nagpur
King of Nagpur
Reign
1686-1706
Predecessor
Kok Shah (1620-1660)
Successor
Chand Sultan (1706-1739)
Born
Bhagtu[1]
Burial
Juni Shukrawari[2][3]
Issue
Chand Sultan, Mohammad Shah, Ali Shah, Yusuf Shah, Wali Shah[4]
House
Gonds of Deogarh
Dynasty
Rajgond
Father
Gorakh Shah[5]
Religion
Islam
Statue of Bakht Buland Shah in Nagpur, India
Bakht Buland Shah was a ruler of the Rajgond dynasty. He added to his kingdom, the territories of Chanda and Mandla, and portions of Nagpur, Balaghat, Seoni, Bhandara and the adjoining Rajput kingdom of Kherla/Khedla.[6] The present districts of Chhindwara and Betul also fell under his control. A great warrior, he went on to conquer Pauni, Dongartal, Sivni, and Katangi.[7][8]
^Bulletin of the Anthropological Survey of India. Director, Anthropological Survey of India, Indian Museum. 1976.
^Chakraborty, Proshun (5 December 2014). Scrap dealer holds key to entry into Bakht Buland Shah's grave | Nagpur News. {{cite book}}: |newspaper= ignored (help)
^"राजे बख्त बुलंद शाह समाधीस्थळ विकासाचा प्रस्ताव पडून". Lokmat (in Marathi). 7 March 2021.
^Alavi, Shams Ur Rehman. "Bakht Buland Shah: Ruler who founded Nagpur and whose dynasty ruled in Vidarbha, parts of Madhya Pradesh".
^Deshpande, Y. K. (1950). "Fresh Light on the History of the Gond Rajas of Deogarh". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 13: 231–233. JSTOR 44140920.
^Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Bhandara. Director of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1979.
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^Medieval PERIOD (Complete History of Nagpur). 16 July 2021.
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