| Changbhakar State चंगभाकर रियासत | |||||||
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| Princely State ofBritish India | |||||||
| c. 1790–1948 | |||||||
 Changbhakar State in theImperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
| Capital | Bharatpur | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 2,347 km2 (906 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 19,548 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established as azamindari ofKorea State | 13 February 1790 | ||||||
| 1948 | |||||||
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| Today part of | Koriya district,Chhattisgarh | ||||||
| Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 369 | |||||||
Changbhakar State, also known as Chang Bhakar, was one of the smallprincely states ofBritish Empire in India in theChhattisgarh States Agency.[1] It included 117 villages and had an area of 2,330 square kilometres (899 sq mi) with a 1941 population of 21,266 people.Bharatpur was the capital of the princely state.
In 1790 Changbhakarzamindari or estate was carved out ofKorea State. After theAnglo-Maratha war in the early nineteenth century, Changbhakar became a tributary state of British India. Changbhakar estate was recognized as a state in 1819 and placed under theChota Nagpur Tributary States in 1821. In October 1905, it was brought under the control of the Commissioner of Chhattisgarh division ofCentral Provinces. It acceded to theUnion of India on 1 January 1948 and was placed underSurguja district ofCentral Provinces and Berar. Presently it is a Subdivision and aTehsil ofKoriya district ofChhattisgarh state.
The rulers wereRajputs of theChauhan dynasty. They had been formerly addressed as 'Raja', but from 1865 they used the title of 'Bhaiya'.
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