Khandpara State

Khandpara State
खंड्पारा
Princely State of British India
c. 1599–1948 →

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Khandpara State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
History
 - Established c. 1599
 - Accession to the Union of India 1948
Area
 - 1901 632 km2 (244 sq mi)
Population
 - 1901 77,929 
Density 123.3 /km2  (319.4 /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.

Khandpara State (Hindi: खंड्पारा) was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was located in present-day Nayagarh district, Odisha.

The state was bounded in the north by the Mahanadi River. The main town was Kantilo, but the capital was at Khandpara.[1]

History

Khandpara State was initially part of Nayagarh State, founded by a former ruler of Rewa State, but became a separate kingdom in 1599 when Jadunath Singh Mangraj, the first ruler of Khandpara received the title of 'Mangraj' from the Maharaja of Orissa.[2] The rulers were Rajputs of the Baghela or Vaghela dynasty. The last Raja of Khandpara signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948.[3]

Rulers

The rulers of Khandpara State bore the title of Raja. The emblem of the Khandpara royal family was the head of a tiger; state symbols were identical in neighboring Nayagarh State.[4]

Rajas

See also

References

  1. ↑ Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.
  2. ↑ Khandpara (Princely State)
  3. ↑ Rajput Provinces of India - Khandpara (Princely State)
  4. ↑ Princely States of India

Coordinates: 20°15′50″N 85°12′51″E / 20.26389°N 85.21417°E