Sonepur State

Sonepur State
Sonpur State
Sonepur State; Sonpur State
Princely State of British India
1650–1948
	Coat of arms
	; 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
• Accession to the Union of India	1948
	Succeeded by
India

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.

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
Name	Date of birth	Reign began	Reign ended
Madan Gopal Singh Deo		1650	1680
Lal Sai Singh Deo		1680	1689
Purusottam Singh Deo		1689	1709
Raj Singh Deo		1709	1729
Achal Singh Deo		1729	1749
Divya Singh Deo		1749	1766
Jarawar Singh Deo		1766	1767
Sobha Singh Deo		1767	1781
Prithvi Singh Deo		1781	1841
Niladhar Singh Deo	1838	27 July 1841	9 September 1891
Pratap Rudra Singh Deo	22 July 1853	9 September 1891	8 August 1902
Bir Mitrodaya Singh Deo	8 July 1874	8 August 1902	29 April 1937
Sudhansu Shekhar Singh Deo	23 August 1899	29 April 1937	10 August 1963

Titular

Titular Chiefs of Sonepur
Name	Date of birth	Reign began	Reign ended	Date of death
Bir Pratap Singh Deo	31 July 1923	10 August 1963	28th December 1971 (deposed)	24 November 1972
Prithvi Bir Singh Deo		24 November 1972

References

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

External links

Sonepur State – Heritage of Indian Stamps

20°50′N 83°55′E / 20.83°N 83.92°E / 20.83; 83.92

[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

[IGI-6] Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 90.

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