Sarangarh was a
princely state in
India
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during the
British Raj
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or Direct rule in India,
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ruled by a
Raj Gond dynasty. The emblem of the state was a
turtle
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Its capital was in
Sarangarh
Sarangarh is a New District in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
History
During the British Raj era, Sarangarh State was one of several princely states governed by the Raj Gond dynasty of Rajputs. It was originally a dependency of the Ratan ...
town, now in
Chhattisgarh state.
The state had no significant towns except for its capital. Its area was 1,399 square km with a population of 79,900 persons according to the 1901 census.
History
According to legend Sarangarh state was founded in the first century AD by
Gond ancestors that had migrated from
Bhandara
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. It was originally a dependency of the
Ratanpur Kingdom and later became one of the eighteen
Garhjat states under
Sambalpur State
Sambalpur State, also known as Hirakhand Kingdom was a sovereign state founded in the 1570 CE. It ruled over a vast kingdom spread across Western Odisha and Eastern Chhattisgarh in central-eastern India prior to the Maratha occupation in 1800 AD ...
The Sambalpur kings favoured Sarangarh owing to its readiness to help their kingdom during military campaigns.
In 1818 Sarangarh became a
British protectorate. Between 1878 and 1889 Sarangarh state was placed under the direct administration of British India owing to economic mismanagement and the infancy of the ruler Bhawani Pratap Singh. Sarangarh was a small feudatory state, part of the Chhattisgarh division.
On 1 January 1948 Sarangarh State acceded to the
Indian Union.
Rulers
Sarangarh State was one of several
princely states
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...
governed by the Raj Gond Dynasty of
Gonds
The Gondi (Gōndi) or Gond or Koitur are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group. They are one of the largest tribal groups in India. They are spread over the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Prad ...
. The rulers bore the title '
Raja
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Rajput Provinces of India – Sarangarh (Princely State)
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Rajas
*.... – .... Udibhan Singh
*.... – .... Birbhan Singh
*.... – 1736 Udho Sai Singh
*1736 – 1777 Kalyan Sai
*1777 – 1808 Vishvanath Sai
*1808 – 1815 Subhadra Sai
*1827 – 5 January 1828 Bhikhan Sai (d. 1828)
* 5 January 1828 – 1828 Tikan Sai
*1828 – May 1829 Gajraj Singh (d. 1829)
*May 1829 – 1872 Singram Singh
*1872 – Sep 1889 Bhawani Pratap Singh (b. c.1865 – d. 1889)
*Sep 1889 – 5 August 1890 Lal Raghubir Singh (d. 1890)
* 5 August 1890 – 11 January 1946 Bahadur Jawahir Singh (b. 1886 – d. 1946)
*11 Jan 1946 – 15 August 1947 Naresh Chandra Singh (b. 1908 – d. 1987)
*(1988- d. 2016) Raja Sishir Raj Bindu Singh
* (2016 - present) Raja Shree Raj Singh
See also
*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 ...
*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 remainin ...
References
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Princely states of India
History of Chhattisgarh
Raigarh district