The B'ankora were a sentient species in the galaxy. Their homeworld suffered a cataclysmic collision with a meteor in 131 BBY, which led the Galactic Republic to give them a small sanctuary, that eventually became the B'ankor Refuge, on their capital planet Coruscant. Chasen Piian, a Supreme Chancellor at the time of the Republic granted the land in perpetuity to the surviving members of the species.