Orissa Tributary States
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The Orissa Tributary States, also known as the Garhjats
The Orissa Tributary States were located in the Garhjat Hills, the hilly and former heavily forested region of eastern Orissa, on the border with present-day Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand states.
History
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In the 18th century, the entire region came under the control of the
These territories were managed the Political Department and were not subject to any regular Settlement and Revenue system. Originally there were nineteen Tributary States, but two of them were confiscated and annexed by the British;
The status of the Orissa Tributary States, the largest of which were
In 1905 five
In 1912, the province of
Princely states
The list of princely states under Orissa States Agency:
Princely state | Capital |
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Kharsawan State | Kharsawan |
Saraikela State | Saraikela |
See also
- Sambalpur State
- Banki State
- Eastern States Agency
- Chota Nagpur Tributary States
- Political integration of India
References
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 19, p. 252.
- ^ L. E. B. Cobden-Ramsay, Feudatory States of Orissa
- ^ Baden-Powell, B. H. (2013). The Land Systems of British India (Vol. 1). London: Forgotten Books. (Original work published 1892) pp. 474–5.
- ^ a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 277.
- ^ Frederick George Bailey, Politics and Social Change: Orissa in 1959. p. 179