Sonpur (State)
| Sonpur | |||||
| 1556-1948 | |||||
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| Capital | Sonpur | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (9 shot salute) | ||||
| surface | 2347 km² | ||||
| population | 170,000 (1901) | ||||
| founding | 1556 | ||||
| resolution | January 1, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Chauhan |
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Sonpur was a princely state of British India in what is now the state of Odisha . Its capital was the place Sonpur .
It was founded in 1556 by Madan Gopal Singh Deo, a son of the Raja of Sambalpur ( Chauhan - Rajputs ), and was a British protectorate from 1803 to 1947 . In 1901 it had an area of 2347 km² and 170,000 inhabitants. Sonpur was under the Central Provinces until 1905, then Bengal or Orissa ( Odisha ).
The Raja joined the Eastern States Union in August 1947 . On January 1, 1948, this union was dissolved and Sonpur Orissa and thus India incorporated. On November 1, 1956, all princely states were dissolved.
literature
- Imperial Gazetteer of India, 2nd A., 26 vol., Oxford 1908–1931
- Malleson, GB: An historical sketch of the native states of India , London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984
- Schwartzberg, Joseph E., Ed .: A historical atlas of South Asia , 2nd A., New York / Oxford 1992, ISBN 0-19-506869-6
Web links
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