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Talcher State was one of the
Talcher 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 India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
during the period of the British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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. Talcher
Talcher is one of the 4 sub-divisions of Angul district in the Indian state of Odisha.
History
During the British Raj Talcher was the capital of Talcher State, one of the princely states of the Eastern States Agency.Malleson, G. B.: ''An histo ...
town in Angul District was the capital of the state and the seat of the Raja's residence. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union in 1948.
History
The origins of the state of Talcher goes back to 1471 CE during the reign ofPurushottama Deva
Vira Pratapa Purushottama Deva (Odia: ବୀରପ୍ରତାପ ପୁରୁଷୋତ୍ତମ ଦେବ) was the second Gajapati emperor of Odisha who ruled from 1467 to 1497 C.E. He was the second ruler from the Suryavamsa Gajapati Empire. ...
of the Gajapati Empire
The Gajapati Empire or the Suryavamsa (IAST: Sūryavaṃśa, "Solar dynasty") dynasty was a medieval dynasty from the Indian subcontinent, it originated in the region of Trikalinga (most of the present-day Odisha and North coastal Andhra) an ...
in the region when the overlordship of Bhimanagari was established by Narahari Singh who was the scion of the family of the ruling Suryavanshi Gajapati Kings of Odisha. In the late 16th century under the reign of Padmanabha Birabara Harichandan, the kingdom was renamed as Talcher after the name of the family goddess Taleshwari in 1578.
The state's accession to the Indian Union was signed by its last ruler Hrudaya Chandra Dev Birabar Harichandan Mahapatra on 1 January 1948.
Rulers
The rulers of Talcher: *Narahari Singh (1471 - 1480 CE) *Udayanarayana Singh (1480 - 1520) *Govind Charan Singh (1520 - 1527) *... *Padmanabha Birabara Harichandan (1575 - 1598) *Chakradhar Birabara Harichandan (1598 - 1651) *Gopinath Birabara Harichandan (1651 - 1711) *Ramchandra Birabara Harichandan (1711 - 1729) *Pitambar Birabara Harichandan (1729 - 1740) *Lal Singh (1740 - 1752) *Krishna Chandra Birabara Harichandan (1752 - ...) *... *Ramchandra (Ayadi) Birabara Harichandan (1766 - 1774) *Nimai Charan Champati Birabara Harichandan (1774 - 1778) *Bhagirathi Birabara Harichandan (1778 - 1846) *Dayanidhi Birabara Harichandan Mahapatra (1846 - 1873) *Ramchandra Deba Birabara Harichandan Mahapatra (1873 - 18 Dec 1891) *Kishor Chandra Deba Birabara Harichandan Mahapatra (18 Dec 1891 - 7 Nov 1945) *Hrudaya Chandra Deba Birabara Harichandan Mahapatra (7 Nov 1945 – 1 January 1948)Titular
*Hrudaya Chandra Deba Birabara Harichandan Mahapatra (1 January 1948 - 11 September 1970) *Soubhagya Chandra Deba Birabara Harichandan Mahapatra (11 September 1970 - 14 March 2008) *Rajendra Chandra Deba Birabara Harichandan Mahapatra (14 March 2008 - current)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 ...
* Talcher
Talcher is one of the 4 sub-divisions of Angul district in the Indian state of Odisha.
History
During the British Raj Talcher was the capital of Talcher State, one of the princely states of the Eastern States Agency.Malleson, G. B.: ''An histo ...
References
External links
* Princely states of Odisha History of Odisha Angul district {{india-hist-stub