History:
Named for the last ancestral tribal leader of the space, Dhenka Sabar, Dhenkanal was accepted to be where genuine coarseness and assurance could give even the most vulnerable solidarity to go to bat for themselves and arise triumphantly. Rumors from far and wide suggest that if the region bore the name of Dhenka and his memory was kept alive, the line of rulers that came after him would succeed for the ages to come. In accordance with the legend, the spot accepted to be the ‘gadi’ of Dhenka Sabar is venerated by the family consistently.

It was here that the fortresses of Dhenkanal withstood the Maratha attack and war. In the later piece of the1700’s Raja Trilochan Mahindra Bahadur (1746-88) dropped out with the Maratha leaders of Nagpur, who had been setting up their matchless quality in Orissa, attributable to a conflict in the installment of pesh kush (accolade). An enormous armed force drove by Chimnaji Bhonsle was shipped off stifle the Raja of Dhenkanal. A firmly taken on conflict followed somewhere in the range of 1779 and 1781 which extended into an impasse and the Maratha Army pulled out. For this demonstration of bravery the Gajapati Maharaj of Puri presented on the Raja of Dhenkanal, the genetic title of Mahindra Bahadur, saving that of Rai Singh Bhramarbar Rai to be appreciated by the beneficiary obvious, the Yuvaraj.

In 1860 while out on a chase inside his fortresses, Maharaja Bhagiratha Mahindra Bahadur, saw a sight that caused him to build up the Dhenkanal Palace where it stands today. While he was riding, he saw over the Paniohala Hill, a bird get away from the grip of a Sparrow Hawk. He accepted that the spot was one where the feeble would get sanctuary and strength. The state having withstood the Maratha Siege somewhere in the range of 1779 and 1781, just reaffirmed his confidence in the area. Having moved their lasting home to the recently built castle, the family kept on serving its residents.

Following his model, those that came after him kept on creating Dhenkanal. The Dowager Rani Annapurna, the mother of Rajrshi Sura Pratap, committed herself to works of public useful for the upliftment of her kin. The sanctuary at Kapilash just as huge water supplies was built on her orders.

Rajarshi Sura Pratap after his establishment as ruler presented woodland laws, improved the working of something very similar by selecting qualified officials, recovered wilderness arrives by renting them out on simple standing, executed water system deals with significant streams and creeks to work with horticulture, created workmanship and house businesses like weaving, carpentry, works in expressive arts, filigree, horn and ivory. The development of the stone sanctuary, Kunjakantha, devoted to Lord Sri Krishna was started by him. The English High School, just as the Circuit house, were built by him.

Raja Shankar Pratap Mahindra Bahadur (1925-1965) fortified the instruction arrangement of Dhenkanal by opening schools, he increased water system offices, presented power and worked with the utilization of current strategies in agribusiness, medication and creature farming. The seventeenth ruler since the establishment of the State, he was the main ruler in Orissa to converge with recently shaped India in 1948. He died in August 1965 and the Government of India perceived his child Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo as the Raja of Dhenkanal.

Brig. Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo A.V.S.M. has been a functioning government official who has filled in as Union Minister under three Prime Ministers of India. He is the solitary Member of Parliament throughout the entire existence of Independent India to have effectively partaken in a conflict, the Liberation of Bangladesh. A sharp sportsperson, He is the Founder Life President of the Asian Rowing Federation.

As overseers of rich legacy, Yuvaraj Amarjyoti Singhdeo and Yuvarani Meenal Kumari, formed Dhenkanal Palace into a legacy homestay in the last part of the 1990s, opening their home to explorers from around the world. With a distinct fascination for the specialties and networks of Dhenkanal, the two present the rich social legacy of Odisha to be appreciated through connections and encounters at Dhenkanal Palace.