[1] The last Raja was arrested for murder and Banki State was subsequently annexed by the British Raj.

Banki was a zamindari state of Orissa located in the hilly area to the west of Cuttack district.

The predecessor state had been ruled by a powerful Raja who in the 17th century had established the zamindari of Dompada as a gift to his second son.

In 1840 the last Raja was deposed and the state was confiscated after he was condemned by a British tribunal to life in prison for murder.

After annexation Banki was put under direct control of the Bengal Presidency, being administered by the Cuttack Commissioner.