Bamra State or Bamanda State, covering an area of 5149 km², was one of the

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

s of India during the period of the British Raj, its capital was in Debagarh (Deogarh). Bamra State acceded to India in 1948. The state was located in a hilly area between the Mahanadi valley and the

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. Most of its territory was forest, producing timber and lac but said to be rich in iron ore. The most important river was the Brahmani River. The state was one of the five Orissa Tributary States which were transferred from the

Central Provinces The Central Provinces was a province of British India. It comprised British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India, and covered parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra states. Its capital was Nagpur. ...

to Bengal on the reconstitution of that province in October 1905. The capital is situated at Deogarh.

History

As per the documents preserved by the courts and legends of the historical events, the first ruler of the Bamra state Saraju Gangadeb was the son of the local Eastern Ganga dynasty administrator of Patna region Hattahamir Deb, who was the son of Eastern Ganga ruler Bhanudeva II. Hattahamir Deb was overthrown in 1360 CE by

Ramai Deva Ramai Deva or Ramai Deo was a Rajput ruler who founded the Chauhan Dynasty rule in the erstwhile Patna state in today’s Bolangir district of Odisha in the year 1360 A.D. At the young age of twenty he staged a coup with the popular support of ...

of the Chauhan dynasty who led the foundation of Patna state, while the tribal chieftains installed Saraju Gangadeb as the ruler in Tikilipada near Kuchinda and later the capital was shifted to Deogarh. This laid the foundation of the Bamanda branch of the Eastern Ganga dynasty. The Bengal-Nagpur Railway passed through the northeastern part of Bamra, with two stations in the state: Bamra Road and Garpos.''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', v. 6, p. 344.
/ref> The state was under the political control of the Commissioner of the Chhattisgarh Division of the

until 1905, under the Bengal Presidency until 1912, under the Bihar and Orissa Province until 1936 and under Orissa Province until it ceased to be a princely state. On 1 January 1948 Bamra's last princely ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union.

Rulers

The rulers from the Bamanda branch of the Eastern Ganga dynasty:Indian Princely States
/ref> * Saraju Gangadeb (1360 CE) * Raj Narayan Deb * Jagannath Deb * Gangadhara Deb * Jag Jyesthi Tribhuban Deb * Rudranarayan Deb * Kanphoda Sudhal Deb * Raghunath Deb * Kasturi Deb * Ram Chandra Deb (1545–1578) * Bikram Deb (1578–1625) * Haru Deb (1625–1641) * Chandra Sekhar (1641–1673) * Bhagirath Deb (1673–1713) * Pratap Deb (1713–1745) * Sidasar Deb (1745–1779) * Arjun Deb (1779–1819) * Balunkabrusabha Deb (1819–1832) * Khageswar Deb (1832) * Brajasundar Deb (1832–12 May 1869) *

Basudeb Sudhal Deb Raja Sir Basudeb Sudhal Deb (16 May 1850 – 19 November 1903) was the Raja of Bamra from 1869 to 1903. In 1865 he was adopted by Brajasundar Deb, his uncle, and he ascended upon his death on 12 May 1869. He was said to have been a benevolent a ...

(12 May 1869–19 November 1903) * Satchitananda Tribhuban Deb (19 November 1903–11 March 1916) * Dibyashankar Sudhal Deb (11 March 1916–1 January 1920) * Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb (1 January 1920–1 January 1948)

Titular

* Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb (1 January 1948–1982) * Pradipta Ganga Deb (1982–1997) *

Nitesh Ganga Deb Nitesh Ganga Deb is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Sambalpur, Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also the current titul ...

(1997–current)

References

Princely states of Odisha History of Odisha 14th-century establishments in India 1360 establishments in Asia 1948 disestablishments in India States and territories disestablished in 1948 Debagarh district {{Odisha-geo-stub

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