Narsinghpur State () was one of the
princely states of
India
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during the
British Raj
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*
* lasting from 1858 to 1947.
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* It is also called Crown rule ...
. The state was founded in the 17th century and had its capital in
Narasinghpur
Narasinghpur is a town and Notified Area Council in Cuttack district in the Indian state of Odisha.
Narasinghpur is named after its discoverer Narasingh who was later overthrown by Sri Mandardhar Harichandana Mohapatra. The small town has its o ...
town. The last ruler of Narsinghpur joined the state to the
Indian Union in 1948 and Narsinghpur state was made part of the
Cuttack district
Cuttack district is one of the 30 districts of Odisha state in India. It is located in the coastal part of the state and its administrative headquarters are located in the city of Cuttack. As of 2011 Census, after Ganjam district, Ganjam, it is t ...
of
Odisha
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.
The state was bound in the north by a forested mountain range which marked the border with
Hindol State
Hindol State was one of the princely states of India during the British Raj. Its former territory is now part of Dhenkanal district. The state's former capital was the town of Hindol, Odisha. Until 1947, it was not part of British India but w ...
and
Angul District
Angul district; also known as Anugul, is one of the list of districts of Odisha, thirty districts of Odisha in eastern India. The city of Angul is the district headquarters of Angul district. A major industrial hub of the state, the district h ...
; in the east it was bound by
Baramba State
Baramba State () was one of the princely states of India during the British Raj. It had its capital in Baramba town. The last ruler acceded to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948. Baramba state was made part of Cuttack district of Odisha in 194 ...
and in the south and southwest by the
Mahanadi River
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.
History
According to legends, Narsinghpur was founded in the 13th century by two powerful
Khond
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chiefs named Narsingh and Poro,
[ the state being named after the former, who were defeated by a chieftain Dharma Singh. Historically, no records or ''farmans'' exist about Narsinghpur during both the ]Mughal
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* Mug ...
and Maratha Empire
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s. Eventually it was under the Puri Gajapati raja under whom it was a feudatory state, that the local chief received the title Harichandan Mahapatra.
The last ruler of Narsinghpur Princely State signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948.
Rulers
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*Mandardhar Harichandan Mahapatra (1671–1701)
*Kochali Harichandan Mahapatra (1701–1723)
*Biswambar Harichandan Mahapatra (1723–1765)
*Rrishna Chandra Harichandan Mahapatra (1765–1775)
*Nimai Charan Harichandan Mahapatra (1775–1798)
*Jaganath Harichandan Mahapatra (1798–1826)
*Somanath Harichandan Mahapatra (1826–1859)
*Braja Sundar Harichandan Mahapatra (1859–4 December 1884)
*Sadhu Charan Mansingh Harichandan Mahapatra (4 December 1884 – 18 July 1912)
*Ramchandra Man Singh Harichandan Mahapatra (18 July 1912 – 5 July 1921)
*Ananta Narayan Mansingh Harichandan Mahapatra (5 July 1921 – 1 January 1948)
Titular
*Maharaj Shri Ananta Narayan Mansingh Harichandan Mahapatra (1 January 1948 – 15 November 1963)
*Maharaj Shri Trilochan Mansingh Harichandana Mahapatra (Trilochan Singh Deo) (15 November 1963 – 17 July 2007)
*Maharaj Shri Debashish Singh Deo (17 July 2007–2017)
*Maharaj Shri Ankitraj Singh Deo ( 2017 - Current )
See also
*Eastern States Agency
The Eastern States Agency was an agency or grouping of princely states in eastern India, during the latter years of the British Raj. It was created in 1933, by the unification of the former Chhattisgarh States Agency and the Orissa States Agenc ...
*Political integration of India
Before it gained independence in 1947, India (also called the Indian Empire) was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule (British India), and the other consisting of princely states under the suzerainty of the Briti ...
References
Princely states of Odisha
History of Odisha
Cuttack district
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