Dhenkanal (princely state)
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A former princely state in British India, Dhenkanal has a long history. Hari Singh Vidyadhar, a commander of Gajapati Pratprudra Deva, defeated the local Bhanja kings and occupied Dhenkanal and Karamul, its capital, in 1529 AD. Subsequently, 18 generations of kings ruled over Dhenkanal and brought about many administrative, political, socio-economic, and cultural revolutions in the area.
In 1941 Dhenkanal had a population of 324,212. It had an area of 1,428 square miles.[1]
In 1947, after the Indian Independence movement, the princely state of Dhenkanal merged in the Indian Union. It became a part of the East Indian state of Orissa in 1948.
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- ^ Columbia-Lippincott Gazeteer. (New York: Columbia Univesity Press, 1952) p. 511
