Baramba State ବଡମ୍ବା ରାଜ୍ୟ | |||||||
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Princely State of British India | |||||||
1305–1948 | |||||||
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Baramba State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
Area | |||||||
• 1892 | 368 km2 (142 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1892 | 29,772 | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1305 | ||||||
1948 | |||||||
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Today part of | Odisha, India |
Baramba State (Odia: ବଡମ୍ବା ରାଜ୍ୟ) was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The state was founded in 1305 and had its capital in Baramba town. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948. Baramba state was made part of Cuttack district of Orissa in 1948.
According to family and court records, Baramba State was founded in 1305 when the land comprising two villages, Sonkha and Mohuri, were granted by the then Eastern Ganga emperor Narasimha Deva II, to a wrestler Hatakeshwar Raut of the Khandayat community in recognition for his valour.[1][2][3] The original two villages have now merged into the present town of Sankhameri.[4] The last ruler of Baramba Princely State signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948.
Rulers of Baramba bore the title Raut and the emblem of the Baramba royal family was a leopard.[5]
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