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Divisions and Districts of Chhattisgarh

rawan239
December 17, 2017
Categories: Chhattisgarh polity
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Divisions and Districts of Chhattisgarh After Indian Independence, the princely states were merged with the Central Provinces and Berar to form the new state of Madhya Pradesh. Present-day Chhattisgarh comprised seven districts of Madhya Pradesh. The former states of Kanker and Bastar formed the new Bastar District, the parts of Surguja, Korea, and Chang Bhakar formed the new Surguja District, and the states of Nandgaon, Khairagarh, and Kawardha formed the new Rajnandgaon District. In 1998, the seven districts that make up present-day Chhattisgarh were reorganized to form 16 districts. Dantewada and Kanker districts were split from Bastar; Dhamtari District was ... Read more

Feudatory States in Chhattisgarh

rawan239
October 12, 2017
Categories: Chhattisgarh History, HISTORY, Management, Part III History of Chhattisgarh
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Feudatory States in Chhattisgarh:—- The history of the Chhattisgarh region dates back to about the 4th century ce, when it was known as Southern (or South) Kosala. The name Chhattisgarh, meaning “thirty-six forts,” was formerly applied to the territory of the Haihaya dynasty of Ratanpur, founded about 750. Under British rule the present region of Chhattisgarh consisted of a division comprising 14 feudatory princely kingdoms under the Eastern States Agency. Raipur was the headquarters of that division. The Chhattisgarh feudatory states with the Central Provinces in 1905 are:- Bastar, Kanker, Nandgaon, Khairagarh, Chhuikhadan, Kawardha, Raigarh, Sakti, Sarangarh, Surguja, Udaipur, Jashpur, ... Read more

Former Pricely States of Chhattisgarh and Zamindaris

rawan239
October 11, 2017
Categories: Chhattisgarh History, Part III History of Chhattisgarh
Tags: AD, Bastar, Bastar district, Bastar State, British, British government, British Raj, Central Provinces, Central Provinces and Berar, Chang Bhakar, Changbhakar, chattisg, chattisgarh, chattisgarh state, chhattis, chhattisga, Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh division, chhattisgarh state, Chhattisgarh States Agency, dynasty, in chhattisgarh, India, Indian Union, Jashpur State, Kanker Kawardha Khairagarh Koriya, Khairagarh, Koriya district, Mahanadi, Pricely States, princely state, princely states, Raigarh district, State of Chhattisgarh, The British

Former Pricely States of Chhattisgarh and Zamindaris Merger of Chhattisgarh States There were 15 Chattisgarh states, the biggest of them being Bastar with an area of 15029 Sq miles (39060 sq. km.) and a population over half a million. The smallest, Sakti had an area of 138 sq. miles and its population was around a lakh. Most of these states were the making of aborignial chiefs who in course of time in accordance with India’s social tradition, claimed the status of the so-called Kshatriyas. They were orignally Zamindaris and Jagirdaris but in 1861 when the Central provinces was fromed, they ... Read more