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| name = Medini Ray<br />
| title = [[Maharaja]]<br />
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| reign = 1658 - 1674<br />
| predecessor = Bhupal Rai<br />
| successor = Pratap Rai<br />
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| dynasty = [[Chero dynasty]]<br />
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| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
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'''Medini Rai'''''' {{aka}} '''Madini Rai''' or '''Madini Rao'<nowiki/>''''' ruled from 1658 to 1674 in the [[Palamu division|Palamu region]] of Bihar, now in [[Jharkhand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.119550/2015.119550.The-Nagbanshis-And-The-Cheros_djvu.txt|title=The Nagbanshis And The Cheros|website=archive.org|year=1969 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nAO2AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Medini+Ray%22+-wikipedia|title=Historical Researches Series, Volume 4|year=1963}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/sunday-edition/palamu-forts--a-fading-heritage.html|title=Palamu Forts: A fading heritage|website=dailypioneer.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/history-rebuild-brick-by-brick-rs-56-lakh-restoration-plan-for-crumbling-palamau-fort/cid/825676|title=History rebuild, brick by brick - Rs 56-lakh restoration plan for crumbling Palamau Fort|website=telegraphindia.com}}</ref><br />
==Reign==<br />
After consolidating his position, he started to expand his chieftaincy. He extended his sway over South [[Gaya district|Gaya]] and setup post in Kothi and Kunda in [[Chatra district|Chatra]] and Deogaon in [[Palamu district|Palamu]]. He invaded [[Navratangarh]], defeated nagpuri raja [[Raghunath Shah]] and ransacked his capital. He also conquered Raja of smaller kingdoms including Belunja siris, Jupla, Kutumba and Sherghati in Gaya; Kunda Karnapura and [[Ramgarh Raj|Ramgarh]] in [[Hazaribagh district|Hazaribagh]]; and a portion of [[Surguja district|Surguja]] who paid him tribute. <br />
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Upon accession of [[Aurangzeb]] to the Grant of Diwani jagirdars of Bihar, he placed contingents at the command of Daud Khan. Daud Khan started expedition against Palamu in 1660. He was accompanied by Mirza Khan, faujdar of Darbhanga, Tahawwur Khan, Jagirdar of Chainpur, Raja Bahroz of [[Munger district|Munger]]. Orders were received from Emperor Aurangzeb that the Chero ruler had to embrace Islam. In battle, many Mughal and chero soldiers were killed. Medini Ray escaped to forest. Both the forts were occupied by the invaders and the region was brought under subjugation. The Mughals killed civilians of the forts and the temples with their idols were destroyed. Daud Khan constructed a Mosque after the victory in 1662.<ref name="JHARKHAND SAMAGRA">{{cite book|author=Birendra, Bimal Kishore Mishr|title=JHARKHAND SAMAGRA (Prabhat Prakashan)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5hXYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|year=2020|isbn=9789390101160|pages=33}}</ref> Medini Rai, the Chero ruler of Palamau, had fled to [[Surguja]]. However later he decisively defeated Daud Khan and reclaimed the kingdom which was later never recovered by Mughals. He made sincere efforts to promote agriculture and to better the desolate state of Palamu which had been caused by the repeated Mughal invasions. The region became very prosperous and the people had ample food and other amenities of life.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000000311u00020000.html|title=Palamow New Fort from the Old. Decr. 1813|website=bl.uk/onlinegallery}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Palamau Fort.jpg|thumb|[[Palamu Forts]]]]<br />
Maharaja had rebuilt the old Palamu fort which was earlier build by kings of [[Raksel dynasty]]. For defence he erected several turrets. In 1673, he had started constructing new fort on a hillock on the west of old fort. In the new fort, the gate is known as Nagpuri gate in which workmanship is in better quality. After victory over Nagpuri Raja, he built one of the [[Palamu Forts]]. He decided to build the gate in Nagpuria style. Beyond the Nagpuri gate, there is another small gate. On both outer side of the gate there is [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Sanskrit]] inscription of Barnmali Mishra the Pandit of Maharaja Medini Rai. According to inscription the construction work started in magh samwat 1680. He began building the fort for his heir Pratap Rai. After Maharaja Medini Rai's death in 1674, his son Pratap Rai took up the work of finishing the fort.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ckYlBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|title=Pugmarks In Palamau|isbn=9789381115640|last1=Lahiry|first1=Sangam|date=9 October 2014}}</ref><ref name = auto>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kUueDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT166|title=Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar|isbn=9781000651522|access-date=1 September 2019|last1=Ansari|first1=Tahir Hussain|date=20 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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