Baramba State

Baramba State
ବଡମ୍ବା ରାଜ୍ୟ
Baramba State ବଡମ୍ବା ରାଜ୍ୟ
Princely State of British India
1305–1948
	Flag
	; Baramba State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area
• 1892	368 km2 (142 sq mi)
Population
• 1892	29,772
History
• Established	1305
• Accession to the Union of India	1948
	Succeeded by
India
Today part of	Odisha, India

Baramba State (Odia: ବଡମ୍ବା ରାଜ୍ୟ) was one of the princely states of India during the British Raj. It had its capital in Baramba town. The last ruler acceded to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948. Baramba state was made part of Cuttack district of Odisha in 1948.

History

According to family and court records, Baramba State was founded in 1305 when the land comprising two villages, Sonkha and Mohuri, was granted by the then Eastern Ganga emperor Narasimha Deva II, to a wrestler Hatakeshwar Raut in recognition for his valour.^[1]^[2]^[3] The last ruler of Baramba Princely State signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948.

References

^ ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS CUTTACK (PDF), GAD, Govt of Odisha, 1993, pp. 46–70
^ Cobden Ramsay (1910), Bengal Gazetteers Feudatory States Of Orissa, DLI, p. 129
^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 433.

20°25′15″N 85°22′41″E / 20.42083°N 85.37806°E / 20.42083; 85.37806

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[1] ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS CUTTACK (PDF), GAD, Govt of Odisha, 1993, pp. 46–70

[2] Cobden Ramsay (1910), Bengal Gazetteers Feudatory States Of Orissa, DLI, p. 129

[3] Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 433.

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v t e Princely states of the Eastern States Agency during the British Raj
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Chhattisgarh States Agency	Bastar Changbhakar Chhuikandan Jashpur Kanker Kawardha Khairagarh Korea (Koriya) Nandgaon Raigarh Sakti Sarangarh Surguja Udaipur
Orissa States Agency	Athgarh Athmallik Bamra (Bamanda) Baramba Baudh Bonai Daspalla Dhenkanal Gangpur Hindol Kalahandi (Karond) Keonjhar Khandpara Kharsawan Mayurbhanj Narsinghpur Nayagarh Nilgiri Pal Lahara Patna Rairakhol Ranpur Seraikela Sonepur Talcher Tigiria
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