Sandur (State)
| Sandur | |||||
| 1713-1949 | |||||
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| Capital | Sandur | ||||
| Form of government | Princely State | ||||
| surface | 417 km² | ||||
| population | 11,200 (1901) | ||||
| founding | 1713 | ||||
| resolution | April 1, 1949 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Ghorpade |
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Sandur was a princely state of British India on the Deccan Plateau in what is now the state of Karnataka . Its capital was Sandur .
With an area of 417 square kilometers and 11,200 inhabitants (1901), Sandur was one of the smaller princely states. The state comprised an elongated valley bordered on both sides by two parallel mountain ranges and was entirely surrounded by the Bellary district of the Madras presidency . The princely state of Sandur was under the presidency of Madras.
The state of Sandur was founded in 1713 by a Marathi general named Siddoji Rao from the Ghorpade dynasty. The rulers of Sandur carried the titles Hindu Rao and Mamalikat Madar . In 1818 Sandur became a British protectorate . In 1876 the ruler of Sandur was promoted to Raja . After Indian independence, Sandur joined India on April 1, 1949 and was incorporated into the Bellary district of Madras state. Together with this, Sandur came to the state of Mysore in 1953 , which was reformed in 1956 and renamed Karnataka in 1973 .
literature
- Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 22, London 1908, pp. 42–48, keyword: Sandūr ( digitized version ).
