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Kalahandi State, also known as Karond State, 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
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during the period of the
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. It was recognized as a state in 1874 and had its capital in
Bhawanipatna Bhawanipatna is a city and headquarters of the Kalahandi district, in the Indian state of Odisha. Bhawanipatna has numerous temples dedicated to different deities of the Hindu pantheon. It is named after the presiding deity, Bhawani-Shankar an ...
. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948. The present titular head of the state is
Anant Pratap Deo Anant Pratap Deo is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Deo was a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from the Bhawanathpur constituency in Garhwa district as an Indian National Congress member. Early life He ...
who resides in the Kalahandi Palace in
Bhawanipatna Bhawanipatna is a city and headquarters of the Kalahandi district, in the Indian state of Odisha. Bhawanipatna has numerous temples dedicated to different deities of the Hindu pantheon. It is named after the presiding deity, Bhawani-Shankar an ...


History

Kalahandi was the largest of the 26 Feudatory states of
Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
. According to local tradition, the state originated with Raja Raghunath Sai of the Naga dynasty who traced descent from the Nagabanshis of Chotanagpur of Eastern India, beginning to rule the Kalahandi area in 1005 CE.J. P Singh Deo, History and Culture of Kalahandi: Political Scenario of Kalahandi, Feb 2010, page: 41-43 As per the traditional records preserved in Kalahandi Darbar, the Nagas succeeded the Gangas in Kalahandi when the last Ganga Governor of Kalahandi, Jagannath Deo's only daughter was married to Raghunath Sai, a prince of the Naga clan. However, historians have disputed the early date for the establishment of Naga dynasty rule in Kalahandi but most agree the Nagas succeeded the Gangas as the feudatories in the region during the 15th century taking advantage of the weakness of the central authority as the power of the
Eastern Ganga dynasty The Eastern Ganga dynasty also known as Purba Gangas, Rudhi Gangas or Prachya Gangas were a large medieval era Indian royal dynasty that reigned from Kalinga from as early as the 5th century to the mid 20th century. Eastern Gangas ruled much of ...
started to decline in Odisha. Hence the state's
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had two cobras facing each other. and the presiding deity of the dynasty is Goddess
Manikeswari Manikeswari is one of the popular Hindu deities in Odisha. There are many Manikeswari temples present in Western and Southern part of Odisha. Manikeswari temple in Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi District is well recognized in Odisha. Manikeswari is t ...
. In August 1947 Kalahandi became part of the
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, an entity that was formed in Rajpur and that gathered most of the princely states of Orissa and
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. The Eastern States Union was dissolved in 1948. The formerly princely state's territory is now within
Kalahandi District Kalahandi (locally pronounced ''Kalahani'') is a district of Odisha in India. Archaeological evidence of Stone Age and Iron Age human settlement has been recovered from the region. Asurgarh offered an advanced, well civilised, cultured and ur ...
.


List of rulers

The rulers of Kalahandi princely state were granted a hereditary salute of 9 guns by the British.Princely States of India
/ref> ;Rulers of the Naga dynasty of Kalahandi are– *Raghunath Sai (1005–1040) *Pratap Narayan Deo (1040–1072) *Birabar Deo (1072–1108) *Jugasai Deo I (1108–1142) *Udenarayan Deo (1142–1173) *Harichandra Deo (1173–1201) *Ramachandra Deo (1201–1234) *Gopinath Deo (1234–1271) *Balabhadra Deo (1271–1306 *Raghuraj Deo (1306–1337) *Rai Singh Deo I (1337–1366) *Haria Deo (1366–1400) *Jugasai Deo II (1400–1436) *Pratap Narayan Deo II (1436–1468) *Hari Rudra Deo (1468–1496) *Anku Deo (1496–1528) *Pratap Deo (1528–1564) *Raghunath Deo (1564–1594) *Biswambhar Deo (1594–1627) *Rai Singh Deo II (1627–1658) *Dusmant Deo (1658–1693) *Jugasai Deo III (1693–1721) *Khadag Rai Deo (1721–1747) *Rai Singh Deo III (1747–1771) *Purusottam Deo (1771–1796) *Jugasai Dei IV (1796–1831) *Fateh Narayan Deo (1831–1853) *Udit Pratap Deo I (1853–1881) *Raghu Keshari De (1894–1897) *
Court of Wards The Court of Wards and Liveries was a court established during the reign of Henry VIII in England. Its purpose was to administer a system of feudal dues; but as well as the revenue collection, the court was also responsible for wardship and liv ...
(1897–1917) *Brajamohan Deo (1917–1939) *
Pratap Keshari Deo Maharaja Pratap Keshari Deo was the last ruler of Kalahandi State 1939-1947 and an Indian politician in post-independence India. He was elected from the Kalahandi in Odisha to the Lower House of the Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha. He was deputy ...
(1939–1947)


Titular rulers

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Pratap Keshari Deo Maharaja Pratap Keshari Deo was the last ruler of Kalahandi State 1939-1947 and an Indian politician in post-independence India. He was elected from the Kalahandi in Odisha to the Lower House of the Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha. He was deputy ...
(1948 – 8 October 2001) *Udit Pratap Deo II (8 October 2001 – 2 November 2019) *
Anant Pratap Deo Anant Pratap Deo is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Deo was a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from the Bhawanathpur constituency in Garhwa district as an Indian National Congress member. Early life He ...
(2 November 2019 – current)


Gallery

File:Palace_of_Kalahandi_King.jpg, View of the royal palace of the Kalahandi Rajas in Bhawanipatna File:ManikeswarTemple.jpg, Manikeswari Temple at Bhawanipatna


See also

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Eastern States Agency The Eastern States Agency was an agency or grouping of princely states in eastern India, during the latter years of the Indian Empire. It was created in 1933, by the unification of the former Chhattisgarh States Agency and the Orissa States Agen ...
* History of Kalahandi *
Political integration of India After the Indian independence in 1947, the dominion of India was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule, and the other under the suzerainty of the British Crown, with control over their internal affairs remaining i ...


References


External links

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Aftermath of Merger of Princely States in Orissa
Princely states of Odisha History of Odisha Kalahandi district States and territories disestablished in 1948 11th-century establishments in India 1005 establishments in Asia 1948 disestablishments in India {{india-hist-stub