Chhuikhadan State

Chhuikhadan State
छुईखदान
Princely State
1750–1948 →

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History
 - Established 1750
 - Accession to the Indian Union 1948
Area
 - 1901 396 km2 (153 sq mi)
Population
 - 1901 26,368 
Density 66.6 /km2  (172.5 /sq mi)
Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Chhuikhadan (also known as Kondka[1]) was a small princely state of British India,[1] which later formed part of Chhattisgarh States Agency. The state flag was a purple triangle.

The state consisted of an area of 320 square miles, of which 27,907 acres were cultivated, and 48,538 acres cultivable. There were 120 villages in 1870 and the population was 13,281.[1] In 1941 the state had a population of 32,731 people.[2] The capital of the State was Chhuikhadan[1]

History

The chief was a Kunwar and belonged to a Bairagi dynasty known as Mahants.[1] The chiefs of Chhuikhadan were originally under the Bhonsles of Nagpur, the first Chief being Mahant Rup Das in 1750. However, after defeat of Marathas, they were recognized by British as feudatory chiefs in 1865 conferring the title and sanad to Mahant Laxman Das.[3] Mahant Ritu Purna Kishor Das, the last ruling Chief of Chhuikhadan signed the accession of the State to the Union of India on 1 February 1948.[4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The imperial gazetteer of India [by] Sir William Wilson Hunter - 1881 -Page 429
  2. ↑ Columbia-Lippincott Gazeteer (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 389
  3. ↑ Princely states of India: a guide to chronology and rulers by David P. Henige - 2004 - Page 48
  4. ↑ Chhuikhadan Princely State
  5. ↑ The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who by Bennett Coleman, 1948 pp:459

Coordinates: 21°32′N 80°59′E / 21.53°N 80.98°E