Nayagarh State
Nayagarh State was one of the princely states of India from the period of the British Raj.[1] It was located in present-day Nayagarh district, Odisha.
| Nayagarh State | |||||||
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| Princely State of British India | |||||||
| c. 1500–1948 | |||||||
 Nayagarh State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1931 | 1,528 km2 (590 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1931 | 142,406 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | c. 1500 | ||||||
• Accession to the Union of India | 1948 | ||||||
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Instagram : Incredible Nayagarh
The state was bounded in the north by Khandpara State and Puri District. The capital was at Nayagarh. The southern part of the state was forested and mountainous and was inhabited mainly by Khonds.[2]
History
Nayagarh was founded before 1550 by Raja Surya Mani, a scion of the Rewa Royal Family. Khandpara State was initially part of Nayagarh State, but became a separate kingdom in 1599. The rulers were Rajputs of the Baghela or Vaghela dynasty.
Rulers
The rulers of Nayagarh State bore the title of Raja. The emblem of the Nayagarh royal family was the head of a tiger, the same state symbol as that of the rulers in neighbouring Khandpara State.[3]
Rajas
- .... - .... Chandrasekhar Singh Mandhata
- .... - .... Purushottam Singh Mandhata
- .... - 1784 Mrutyunjay Singh Mandhata
- 1784 - 1825
Binayak Singh Mandhata
- 1825 - 1851
Braja Bandhu Singh Mandhata
- 20 Sep 1851 - 1889
Ladhu Kishore Singh Mandhata (b. c.1843 - d. ....)
- 1889 - 1890 Balbhadra Singh
- 2 Mar 1890 - 4 Sep 1897 Raghunath Singh Mandhata
- 1897 - 7 Dec 1918 Narayan Singh Mandhata
- 7 Dec 1918 - 15 Aug 1947 Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata (b. 1911 - d. 1983)
References
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 318.
- Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.
- Princely States of India