Narsinghpur State
Princely State of British India
17th cen–1948

Narsinghpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area 
• 1901
515 km2 (199 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
39,613
History 
• Established
17th cen
1948
 Succeeded by
India

Narsinghpur State (Odia: ନରସିଂହପୁର) was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The state was founded in the 17th century and had its capital in Narasinghpur town. The last ruler of Narsinghpur joined the state to the Indian Union in 1948 and Narsinghpur state was made part of the Cuttack district of Odisha.[1]

The state was bound in the north by a forested mountain range which marked the border with Hindol State and Angul District; in the east it was bound by Baramba State and in the south and southwest by the Mahanadi River.[2]

History

According to legends, Narsinghpur was founded in the 13th century by two powerful Khond chiefs named Narsingh and Poro,[2] the state being named after the former, were defeated by a chieftain Dharma Singh. Although historically no records or farmans exist during the era of both Mughal and Maratha Empires. Eventually it was under the Puri Gajapati raja under whom it was a feudatory state, that the local chief received the title Harichandan Mahapatra.[3][4]

The last ruler of Narsinghpur Princely State signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948.

Rulers

The rulers of the Narsinghpur state:[5]

Titular

See also

References

  1. ^ Narsinghpur Princely State
  2. ^ a b Imperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. 18. 1908. p. 385.
  3. ^ ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS CUTTACK (PDF), GAD, Govt of Odisha, 1993, pp. 46–70
  4. ^ Cobden Ramsay (1910), Bengal Gazetteers Feudatory States Of Orissa, DLI, p. 258
  5. ^ Princely States of India K-W

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