Surguja (State)
| Surguja | |||||
| 1603-1948 | |||||
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| Capital | Ambikapur | ||||
| Form of government | Princely State | ||||
| surface | 15,553 km² | ||||
| population | 351,000 (1901) | ||||
| founding | 1603 | ||||
| resolution | January 1, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Raksel |
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Surguja (Bisrampur residence) was a princely state of British India on the Chota-Nagpur plateau and in 1901 had an area of 15,553 km² and 351,000 inhabitants. It is located in what is now the state of Chhattisgarh .
The Rajas traced their descent back to the Rajput clan of the Raksel from Palamau . In 1758 Surguja came under the suzerainty of the Marathas and was a British protectorate from 1818 to 1947 . It was under the province of Bengal , then Central Provinces, until 1905 . Raja Ramanuj Saran Singh (1917-56) was raised to Maharaja in 1918 .
The Maharaja joined the Eastern States Union in August 1947 . On January 1, 1948, this union was dissolved and Surguja 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
- 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
