Covering an area of 6454 km2, in 1941 Gangpur had a population of 398,171. The population was predominantly Odia speaking.[3] It was made part of India on 1 January 1948. The capital of Gangpur State was modern Sundargarh of Odisha.
According to traditions, the dynasty was established by Gangadhar Sekhar Deo, a scion of the Sekhar dynasty from Sikharbhum near the Singhbhum region of Eastern India with the help of the dominant local Bhuyan clans. Written archival records point to the reign of Indra Shekhar Deo under whom the region formally became a part of the British Empire after the defeat of the Marathas in the Second Anglo-Maratha War.[4][5][6][7]
Gangpur was a feudatory estate of Sambalpur. In 1821 the British authorities canceled the feudatory rights of Sambalpur over Gangpur and the ruler was granted a sanad, by which Gangpur was recognized as a state.[8] On 1 January 1948 the last ruler of Gangpur signed the accession to the Indian Union after independence and following which it merged with the state of Odisha forming a part of the Sundergarh district.
gangpur, state, also, known, gangpore, state, princely, states, india, during, period, british, until, 1905, chhota, nagpur, states, under, eastern, states, agency, gangpore, stateଗଙ, ଗପ, ରprincely, state, british, india1804, 1948, imperial, gazetteer, indiaar. Gangpur State also known as Gangpore State 1 was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj Until 1905 it was one of the Chhota Nagpur States 2 under the Eastern States Agency Gangpur StateGangpore Stateଗଙ ଗପ ରPrincely State of British India1804 1948Gangpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of IndiaArea 19416 454 km2 2 492 sq mi Population 1941398171HistoryHistory Established1804 Accession to the Indian Union1948Succeeded byIndiaCovering an area of 6454 km2 in 1941 Gangpur had a population of 398 171 The population was predominantly Odia speaking 3 It was made part of India on 1 January 1948 The capital of Gangpur State was modern Sundargarh of Odisha Contents 1 History 2 Rulers 2 1 Titular 3 ReferencesHistory EditAccording to traditions the dynasty was established by Gangadhar Sekhar Deo a scion of the Sekhar dynasty from Sikharbhum near the Singhbhum region of Eastern India with the help of the dominant local Bhuyan clans Written archival records point to the reign of Indra Shekhar Deo under whom the region formally became a part of the British Empire after the defeat of the Marathas in the Second Anglo Maratha War 4 5 6 7 Gangpur was a feudatory estate of Sambalpur In 1821 the British authorities canceled the feudatory rights of Sambalpur over Gangpur and the ruler was granted a sanad by which Gangpur was recognized as a state 8 On 1 January 1948 the last ruler of Gangpur signed the accession to the Indian Union after independence and following which it merged with the state of Odisha forming a part of the Sundergarh district Rulers EditThe rulers of Gangpur of Sekhar dynasty 9 Gangdhar Sekhar Deo Indra Sekhar Deo 1804 1820 Parshuram Sekhar Deo 1820 1831 Jagadev Sekhar Deo 1831 1852 Chandrabhanu Sekhar Deo 1852 1858 Mohan Sekhar Deo 1858 Raghunath Sekhar Deo 28 Oct 1858 10 June 1917 Bhabani Shankar Sekhar Deo 10 June 1917 5 May 1930 Bir Mitra Pratap Sekhar Deo 5 May 1930 26 December 1938 Rani Janaki Rathnayammarjee of Kurupam f Regent 5 May 1930 26 December 1938 and 26 December 1938 27 November 1944 Bir Udit Pratap Sekhar Deo 26 December 1938 1 October 1948 Titular Edit Bir Udit Pratap Sekhar Deo 1 October 1948 1967 Birendra Sekhar Deo 1967 2010 Samarendra Sekhar Deo 2010 current References Edit Imperial Gazetter of India Volume 21 page 199 Imperial Gazetteer of India Digital South Asia Library dsal uchicago edu Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Gangpur Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 11 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 452 Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer p 660 ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS SUNDARGARH PDF GAD Govt of Odisha 2014 p 53 57 Harihar Panda October 2015 Princely State of Gangpur PDF Odisha Review Pratap Kishore Mohanty September 2015 LAND amp FOREST GOVERNANCE IN SUNDARGARH PDF Vasundhara p 3 Harihar Panda THE ROYAL STORIES OF ODISHA PRINCELY STATE OF GANGPUR Academia edu p 3 Imperial Gazetter of India Volume 12 page 146 Imperial Gazetteer of India Digital South Asia Library dsal uchicago edu Indian states before 1947 A J rulers org Coordinates 22 07 N 84 02 E 22 12 N 84 03 E 22 12 84 03 This Indian history related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a location in Sundergarh district Odisha India is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gangpur State amp oldid 1130414666, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
