Gangpur State

Gangpur State
Gangpore State
ଗଙ୍ଗାପୁର
Princely State of British India
1821–1948 →
Gangpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
History
 • Established 1821
 • Accession to the Indian Union 1948
Area
 • 1941 6,454 km2 (2,492 sq mi)
Population
 • 1941 398,171 
Density 61.7 /km2  (159.8 /sq mi)
Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

Gangpur State, also known as Gangpore State,[1] was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was one of the Chhota Nagpur States under the Eastern States Agency.

Covering an area of 6454 km², in 1941 Gangpur had a population of 398,171. The population was predominantly Oriya speaking.[2] It was made part of India on 1 January 1948. The capital of Gangpur State was modern Sundargarh of Odisha.

History

Gangpur was a feudatory estate of Sambalpur. In 1821 the British authorities canceled the feudatory rights of Sambalpur over Gangpur and the ruler was granted a sanad, by which Gangpur was recognized as a state.[3]

Rulers

The rulers of Gangpur bore the title of Raja from 1874 onward.[4]

Rajas

References

  1. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 21, p. 199.
  2. ↑ Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer p. 660
  3. ↑ The Imperial Gazetteer of India. London, Trübner & co., 1885.
  4. ↑ States before 1947

Coordinates: 22°07′N 84°02′E / 22.12°N 84.03°E / 22.12; 84.03


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