Bonai
| Bonai | |||||
| 12th century – 1948 | |||||
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| Capital | Bonaigarh | ||||
| Form of government | Princely State | ||||
| surface | 8907 km² | ||||
| population | 24,000 (1892) | ||||
| founding | 12th century | ||||
| resolution | April 15, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Rathore |
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Bonai was a princely state of British India in what is now the state of Odisha . Its capital was the place Bonaigarh .
The Rajas - Rathore Rajputs - were related to those of Seraikela , Kharsawan and Rairakhol . Until the time of the Marathas , Bonai was under the sovereignty of Sambalpur , in 1803 it was ceded to the British, returned to the Marathas in 1818 and finally came under British sovereignty in 1826. 1827-1947 Bonai was an independent British protectorate . It was under the province of Bengal until 1905 , then Orissa and in 1892 had an area of 8907 km² and 24,000 inhabitants.
The last Raja joined the Eastern States Union in August 1947 . On January 1, 1948, this union was dissolved and Bonai was incorporated into Orissa ( Odisha ) and thus India . On November 1, 1956, all princely states were dissolved.
literature
- Bonai. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 9: Bomjur to Central India. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 1-4 .
- George B. Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1875, ( digitized version ).
- Joseph E. Schwartzberg (Ed.): A historical atlas of South Asia (= Association for Asian Studies. Reference Series. 2). 2nd impression, with additional material. Oxford University Press, New York NY et al. 1992, ISBN 0-19-506869-6 .
