 The political stability required for this prosperity came Chandrakona's way as the chief of a Rajput contingent, Indraketu, established almost independent rule here in the early 15th century.At about the same time another Rajput, Gajapati Singh, assumed the rule of Bagri, lying west of Chandrakona.These two tiny kingdoms fought each other several times during the next centuries, so that their family trees and fate became inextricably entangled.