Sonepur State

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Sonepur State
Sonpur State
Princely State of British India
1650–1948
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Coat of arms
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Sonepur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Capital Subarnapur
Area 
 1901
2,347 km2 (906 sq mi)
Population 
 1901
169,877
History 
 Established
1650
1948
Succeeded by
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Sonepur, also known as Sonpur State, [1] was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. Its ruler was entitled to a nine-gun salute. [2] Formerly it was placed under the Central India Agency, but in 1905 it was transferred to the Eastern States Agency. [3] Its capital was Sonepur, the only significant town in the area. The former state's territory is in the present-day Subarnapur district, Odisha.

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History

The Sonepur state was founded in 1650 when the fourth Chauhan ruler of Sambalpur Madhukar Dev, conquered the region from the Bhanja rulers of Boudh and entrusted it to his younger son Madan Gopal who hence became the founder of the Chauhan dynasty branch of Sonepur. [4] [5]

The state came under the control of the British Empire post the Maratha defeat and later king Niladhar Singh Deo was awarded titles for services rendered to the British during the Sambalpur uprising. [6]

After Indian independence, Sonepur's last ruler acceded to the newly independent Dominion of India, on 1 January 1948 with the state forming much of the present-day Subarnapur district.

Rulers

Ruling Chiefs of Sonepur

Ruling Chiefs of Sonepur
NameDate of birthReign beganReign endedDate of death
Madan Gopal Singh Deo16501680
Lal Sai Singh Deo16801689
Purusottam Singh Deo16891709
Raj Singh Deo17091729
Achal Singh Deo17291749
Divya Singh Deo17491766
Jarawar Singh Deo17661767
Sobha Singh Deo17671781
Prithvi Singh Deo17811841
Niladhar Singh Deo 183827 July 18419 September 1891
Pratap Rudra Singh Deo 22 July 18539 September 18918 August 1902
Bir Mitrodaya Singh Deo 8 July 18748 August 190229 April 1937
Sudhansu Shekhar Singh Deo23 August 189929 April 193710 August 1963

Titular

Titular Chiefs of Sonepur
NameDate of birthReign beganReign endedDate of death
Bir Pratap Singh Deo31 July 192310 August 196328th December 1971 (deposed)24 November 1972
Prithvi Bir Singh Deo24 November 1972

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References

  1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sonpur"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 416.
  2. Sonepur Princely State (9 gun salute)
  3. Malleson, G. B.: An historical sketch of the native states of India, London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984
  4. ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS SUBARNAPUR (PDF), GAD, Govt of Odisha, 2016, pp. 22–29
  5. Raghumani Naik (3 March 2018), GENEALOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CHAUHAN RULERS OF PATNAGARH IN WESTERN ORISSA: A STUDY, IRJHRSS, retrieved 12 March 2021
  6. Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 90.

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