Gobind Nath Shah

Govind Nath Shah was a Nagvanshi king in the 19th century. His capital was at Palkot. He succeeded Deo Nath Shah and ruled from 1806 to 1822 CE.

Reign The king Deo Nath Shah ruled from 1790 to 1806. He didn't pay revenue to East India company. He had three son Govind Nath Shah, Gopi Nath Shah and Vishwa Nath Shah. The elder son Govind Nath Shah became king. When his brothers claimed the share in chieftaincy, he disposed them. His brothers complained to the British. The prime minister Din Dayal became arrogant and took all affair into his hand. He removed tenure holders who complained to the British. In 1808, the British troops marched to the capital, and Din Dayal fled to Kolkata where he was arrested and taken to Chatra. The Govind Nath Shah cleared the previous arrears of Rs. 35000 and stationed British troops at his headquarter. The disputes of Govind Nath Shah with his brothers resolved. He came under direct control of Magistrate of Ramgarh. The British promised to protect him as long as he remained loyal to them. In the beginning, British troops were not successful in suppressing Rebellion. Later they mobilized huge battalion and the troops arrived in Nawagarh on 24 March 1812. British mobilized the troops at his headquarter and Baid Nath Shah fled to Surguja. Govind Nath Shah stopped paying tax in pretext of rebellion. He didn't pay revenue till 1814; so, Amin Muhammad Ali visited to access and collect revenue in June 1814. But the king promised to pay revenue within four months on the basis of installments. However, he failed to pay revenue due to unwillingness of his subordinate Jagirdars and Jamindars to pay their revenue. He requested the assistant collector of Ramgarh, Thomas Campbell Robertson to attach the estate of Tamar and Barkagarh who had not paid their revenue. But Thomas Campbell Robertson failed to take action against Govid Shahi of Tamar and Raghunath Shah of Barkagarh. Govind Nath Shah was not able to pay the revenue till 1817, so British took direct control of Chotanagpur.