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Raja Naresh Chandra Singh
Raja Nareshchandra Singh (21 November 1908 – 11 September 1987), was an Indian ruler of Sarangarh State, Sarangarh state in Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh. He also served as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh. Early life Raja Nareshchandra Singh was a king from Gondi people, gond dynasty. He was the last ruler of the Sarangarh State, Princely State of Sarangarh till the merger of his State into the union of India on 1 January 1948. The state now forms a part of the modern state of Chhattisgarh in Central India. He had succeeded his father Raja Bahadur Jawahir Singh who died in January 1946. Like his father, was an Alumnus of the Rajkumar College, Raipur and worked as an Honorary Magistrate in Raipur district before being inducted as the Education Minister in the administration of Sarangarh State. Political career After independence, he joined the Indian National Congress and won the first General Election held in 1951 for the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarangarh State
Sarangarh was a princely state in India during the British Raj ruled by a Gonds, Raj Gond dynasty. The emblem of the state was a turtle. It is predominantly an Odia people, Oriya-majority area and was helper to Sambalpur State, Sambalpur state but it was accidentally placed under Chhattisgarh division of Central Provinces and never transferred to Orissa. The Oriya population was slowly replaced by Hindi population. Its capital was in Sarangarh town, now in Chhattisgarh state. The state had no significant towns except for its capital. A small state, its area was 1,399 km2 with a population of 79,900, according to the 1901 census. History According to legend, Sarangarh state was founded in the first century AD by members of the Gondi people, Gond clan that had migrated from Bhandara (city), Bhandara. It was originally a dependency of the Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom, Ratanpur Kingdom and later became one of the eighteen Garhjat states under Sambalpur State The Sambalpur kings favoured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
