Gangpur
| Gangpur | |||||
| 1821-1948 | |||||
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| Capital | Sundargarh | ||||
| Form of government | Princely State | ||||
| surface | 6454 km² | ||||
| population | 108,000 (1892) | ||||
| founding | 1821 | ||||
| resolution | January 1, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Parmar |
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Gangpur was a princely state of British India in what is now the state of Odisha . Its capital was the place Sundargarh .
Until the time of the Marathas Wars , Gangpur 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 Gangpur was an independent British protectorate . It was under the province of Bengal until 1905 , then Orissa (Odisha) and in 1892 had an area of 6454 km² and 108,000 inhabitants.
The last Raja , Bir Udit Pratap Shekhar Deo (1938–56), joined the Eastern States Union in August 1947 . On January 1, 1948, this union was dissolved and Gangpur was incorporated into Orissa and India . On November 1, 1956, all princely states were dissolved. The Raja went into politics for the Ganatantra Parishad and was a minister in the government of Orissa from 1959 to 1961.
literature
- Gāngpur. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 12: Einme to Gwalior. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 140-142 .
- 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 .
Web links
- iiNet: Gangpur (Princely State)
- Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Princely States
- http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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