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{{Short description|Ruler of Kohra}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Babu Himmat Sah
| title = Rajkumar of [[Amethi]] <br> [[Babu (title)|Babu]] of [[Kohra (estate)|Kohra]]
| succession = {{flagicon image|Flag of Kohra.png}} 1st [[Bandhalgoti]] Ruler of [[Kohra (estate)|Kohra]]
| reign = 17th century
| predecessor = ''Position established''
| birth_place = [[Amethi]], [[Oudh]]
| house = [[Bandhalgoti]]
| father = Raja Bikram Sah
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| dynasty = [[Kachhwaha]]
}}

'''Babu Himmat Sah''' was the founder and the first ruler of the [[Kohra (estate)]] in the [[Oudh State|Awadh]] region of northern India (now located in [[Amethi district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nevill |first=H. R. |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113213 |title=Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume Xlvi Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1903 |publisher=Allahabad: Govt. Press United Provinces |pages=101–102}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8KQIAAAAQAAJ&q=Kohra |title=Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh |date=1877 |publisher=Oudh Government Press |pages=45–50 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rathore |first=Abhinay |title=Genealogy of Kohra |url=https://www.indianrajputs.com/view/kohra |access-date=6 February 2023 |website=Rajput Provinces of India |language=en}}</ref> He belonged to the [[Bandhalgoti]] clan of [[Rajput]]s and was the younger son of Raja Bikram Sah, the then ruler of [[Amethi]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kr. Amit Singh and Pawan Bakshi |url=http://archive.org/details/fvwx_talluqdars-of-oudh-kr.-amit-singh-and-pawan-bakshi |title=Talluqdars Of Oudh Kr. Amit Singh And Pawan Bakshi |publisher=Bloomsburry Publishing India Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-93-82563-33-4 |location=New Delhi |pages=584}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0m0-AQAAMAAJ&q=Himmat+Sah |title=Manual of Titles for Oudh: Showing All Holders of Hereditary and Personal Titles in the Province |date=1889 |publisher=Printed at the Government Press, North-Western Provinces and Oudh |pages=77 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Millett |first=A. F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=imgBAAAAQAAJ&q=Kohra |title=Report on the settlement of the land revenue of the Sultánpur district. [With] Accompaniments |date=1873 |pages=155 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Amethi (Taluk) |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/a/amethi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814153603/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/a/amethi.html |archive-date=14 August 2018 |access-date=25 October 2022 |website=}}</ref>

He established [[Kohra (estate)|Kohra]] on the occasion of [[Ganga Dussehra]] in 1636. As part of the foundation of the estate, he built temple dedicated to Lord Chaturbhuj, which became the earliest religious and cultural center of the region.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-08-08 |title=चतुर्भुज धाम एक ऐसा मंदिर जो बना आज़ादी की लड़ाई का साक्षी, यहां तय होती थी अंग्रेजों के दांत खट्टे करने की रणनीतियां |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/amethi-chaturbhuj-dham-a-temple-that-witnessed-the-freedom-struggle-where-strategies-were-planned-to-defeat-the-british-local18-ws-bl-9476706.html |access-date=2025-09-30 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref> Later, this place played a crucial role in the estate's participation during the [[revolt of 1857]].<ref name=":2" /> Following the religious establishment, he constructed the Kohra Fort, which became the seat of power for the estate. It was within this fort that he was formally crowned as the first ruler of [[Kohra (estate)|Kohra]], marking the beginning of its prominence in the political landscape of [[Oudh State|Awadh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=14 August 2022 |title=कोहरा तालुकेदार भूप सिंह ने लिया था फिरंगियों से लोहा |url=https://epaper.amarujala.com/amethi/my-city/20220814/01.html?format=img&ed_code=amethi |access-date=25 October 2022 |work=Amar Ujala |pages=1(MyCity) |language=hi}}</ref> The fort later evolved into the political and military stronghold of the estate, from where his successors administered their territories and maintained their influence in the region.<ref name=":2" />

== See also ==
* [[Kohra (estate)]]
* [[Amethi]]

== References ==
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[[Category:17th-century Indian monarchs]]
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