Bastar State
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Bastar state was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was founded in the early 13th century by Annamaraja, a brother of the last ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty, Prataparudra II.
Bastar State | |||||||
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Princely State of British India | |||||||
1324–1948 | |||||||
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Bastar State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
Capital | Jagdalpur | ||||||
Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 33,831 km2 (13,062 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 306,501 | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1324 | ||||||
1948 | |||||||
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Bastar Princely State |
It is today used to refer the same region, called Bastar division in Chhattisgarh state.[1]
In the early 19th century the state became part of the Central Provinces and Berar under the British Raj, and acceded to the Union of India on 1 January 1948, to become part of the Madhya Pradesh in 1956, and later part of the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh state in 2000. The current ceremonial ruler is H H Maharaja Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo, of the Kakatiya and Bhanj dynasty.