Talcher (State)
Talcher | |||||
12th century – 1948 | |||||
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Capital | Talcher | ||||
Form of government | Princely State | ||||
surface | 1033 km² | ||||
founding | 12th century | ||||
resolution | January 1, 1948 | ||||
State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Kachwaha |
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Princely State of Talcher in The Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||
Main gate to the Talcher Prince's Palace |
Talcher was a princely state of British India in what is now the state of Odisha . Its capital was the place Talcher .
Legend has it that Talcher was founded in the 12th century by one of the four brothers of the Kachwaha - Rajput dynasty. Talcher was one of 26 feudal states in what was then British India in the area of today's Odisha . On January 1, 1948, the state joined the Indian Union with the signature of the last ruler, Hrudaya Chandra Dev Birabar .
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