| Kalahandi State Karond State | |||||||||
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| Princely State ofBritish India | |||||||||
| 1005–1948 | |||||||||
 Flag  Coat of arms | |||||||||
 Kalahandi State in theImperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||||
| Capital | Bhawanipatna | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1892 | 9,700 km2 (3,700 sq mi) | ||||||||
• 1941 | 9,217 km2 (3,559 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1892 | 224,548 | ||||||||
• 1941 | 597,940 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1005 | ||||||||
| 1948 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Western Odisha,India | ||||||||
Kalahandi State, also known asKarond State,[1] was one of theprincely states ofIndia during theBritish Raj. It was recognized as a state in 1874[2] and had its capital inBhawanipatna. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948. The present titular head of the former state isAnant Pratap Deo who resides in the Kalahandi Palace inBhawanipatna
Kalahandi was the largest of the 26 feudatory states ofOdisha. According to local tradition, the state originated with Raja Raghunath Sai of the Naga dynasty, who traced descent from theNagabanshis of Chotanagpur[3] of Eastern India, beginning to rule the Kalahandi area in 1005 CE.[4][5][6] As per the traditional records preserved in Kalahandi Darbar, the Nagas succeeded the Gangas in Kalahandi when the last Ganga Governor of Kalahandi, Jagannath Deo's only daughter was married to Raghunath Sai, a prince of the Naga clan. However, historians have disputed the early date for the establishment of Naga dynasty rule in Kalahandi but most agree the Nagas succeeded the Gangas as the feudatories in the region during the 15th century, taking advantage of the weakness of the central authority as the power of theEastern Ganga dynasty started to decline in Odisha.[5] Hence the state'scoat of arms had twocobras facing each other[7] and the presiding deity of the dynasty isManikeswari.[8][9]
In August 1947 Kalahandi became part of theEastern States Union, an entity that was formed inRajpur and that gathered most of the princely states of Orissa andChhattisgarh. The Eastern States Union was dissolved in 1948.[10]The formerly princely state's territory is now withinKalahandi District.
The rulers of Kalahandi princely state were granted ahereditary salute of 9 guns by the British.[11]
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