Jashpur (state)
Jashpur | |||||
18th century – 1948 | |||||
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Capital | Jashpurnagar | ||||
Form of government | Princely state (9 shot salute) | ||||
surface | 5084 km² | ||||
population | 132,000 (1901) | ||||
founding | 18th century | ||||
resolution | January 1, 1948 | ||||
State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Chauhan |
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Map excerpt from The Imperial Gazetteer of India |
Jashpur was a princely state of British India on the edge of the Chota-Nagpur plateau in what is now the state of Chhattisgarh . Its capital was the place Jashpurnagar .
The principality of the Chauhan - Rajputs was tributary to the Rajas of Surguja , with this state came under the sovereignty of the British East India Company after the end of the Marathas and was a British protectorate from 1818 to 1947 . Jashpur was under the province of Bengal until 1905 , then the Central Provinces and in 1901 had an area of 5084 km² and 132,000 inhabitants.
The Raja joined the Eastern States Union in August 1947 . On January 1, 1948, this union was dissolved and Jashpur was incorporated into Madhya Pradesh and thus India . On November 1, 1956, all princely states were dissolved. Since November 1, 2000, the area has belonged to the newly formed state of Chhattisgarh.
literature
- Jashpur. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 14: Jaisalmer to Karā. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 66-69 .
- 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 .