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1821–1948
  
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1941
  
398,171

Established
  
1821

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Gangpur State, also known as Gangpore State, was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was one of the Chhota Nagpur States under the Eastern States Agency.

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Covering an area of 6454 km², in 1941 Gangpur had a population of 398,171. The population was predominantly Oriya speaking. It was made part of India on 1 January 1948. The capital of Gangpur State was modern Sundargarh of Odisha.

History

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.

Rulers

The rulers of Gangpur bore the title of Raja from 1874 onward.

  • .... - 1804 Baijnath Shekhar Deo
  • 1804 - 1820 Indra Shekhar Deo
  • 1820 - 26 Feb 1831 Parsharam Shekhar Deo (d. 1831)
  • 1831 - 1852 Jagadev Shekhar Deo
  • 1852 - 1858 Chandrabhanu Shekhar Deo
  • 1858 Madan Mohand Shekhar Deo
  • 28 Oct 1858 - 1874 Raghunath Shekhar Deo (b. 1849 - d. 1917)

    • Rajas

  • 1874 - 1917 Raghunath Shekhar Deo (s.a.) (personal style Maharaja from 1915)
  • 10 Jun 1917 - 5 May 1930 Bhawani Shankar Shekhar Deo (b. 1898 - d. 1930)
  • 5 May 1930 – 26 Dec 1938 Bir Mitra Pratap Shekhar Deo (b. 1920 - d. 1938)
  • 5 May 1930 – 26 Dec 1938 Rani Janaki Rathnayammarjee of Kurupam (f) -Regent
  • 26 Dec 1938 – 15 Aug 1947 Bir Pratap Shekhar Deo (b. 1923 - d. 1967)
  • 26 Dec 1938 – 27 Nov 1944 Rani Janaki Rathnayammarjee of Kurupam (f) -Regent*

    • References

    Gangpur State Wikipedia
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