Mahant Raja Ghasi Das was ruler 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, ...

of Nandgaon in the present-day

Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon is a city in Rajnandgaon District, in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. the population of the city was 163,122. Rajnandgaon district came into existence on 26January 1973, as a result of the division of Durg district. History O ...

District of

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

, India. In 1865, the British recognised Mahant Ghasi Das as the ruler of Nandgaon. He was conferred the title of Feudal Chief of

and given Sanad, a right to adoption at a later time.

Museum

Mahant Ghasidas Museum is an archaeological museum and among the ten oldest in India. The two-storey structure was built in 1875 by Ghasi Das and renovated in 1953, after the State had ceased to exist, by the former queen, Jyoti Devi, and her son,

Digvijai Das Raja Mahant Digvijay Das was the last ruler of the princely state of Nandgaon in the present-day Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh, India. Early life Digvijay Das was born on 25 April 1933 to Sarveshvara Das, the ruler of Nandgaon State. He ...

. The new building of the museum was inaugurated by the first president of India,

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...

References

{{reflist Administrators in the princely states of India History of Chhattisgarh 1820 births 1883 deaths