Sarangarh State
| Sarangarh State सारंगढ़ रियासत | |||||||
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| Princely State of British India | |||||||
| 1691–1948 | |||||||
 Flag | |||||||
 Sarangarh State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 1,399 km2 (540 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 79,900 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1691 | ||||||
| 1948 | |||||||
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Sarangarh was a princely state in India during the British Raj ruled by a Raj Gond dynasty.[1] The emblem of the state was a turtle.
Its capital was in Sarangarh 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[edit]
According to legend Sarangarh state was founded in the first century AD by Gond ancestors that had migrated from Bhandara. It was originally a dependency of the Ratanpur Kingdom and later became one of the eighteen Garhjat states under Sambalpur State[2] The Sambalpur kings favoured Sarangarh owing to its readiness to help their kingdom during military campaigns.[3]
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.[4] Sarangarh was a small feudatory state, part of the Chhattisgarh division.[5]
On 1 January 1948 Sarangarh State acceded to the Indian Union.
Rulers[edit]
Sarangarh State was one of several princely states governed by the Raj Gond Dynasty of Gonds. The rulers bore the title 'Raja'[6]
Rajas[edit]
- .... – .... 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Great Britain India Office. Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21. 1909
- ^ Sarangarh Princely State
- ^ Great Britain India Office. Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21. 1909
- ^ Princely States of India
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 116.
- ^ Rajput Provinces of India – Sarangarh (Princely State)