Tigiria State
| Tigiria State | |||||||
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Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
| Capital | Tigiria | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1931 | 119 km2 (46 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1931 | 24,822 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 16th century | ||||||
• Accession to the Union of India | 1948 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Cuttack district, Odisha | ||||||
Tigiria State was one of the
The state was bound in the north by
History
The name 'Tigiria' likely originated in the
Tigiria was founded at an uncertain date in the sixteenth century by a ruler named Nityananda Tunga of the local Kshatriya Tunga clan of Central Odisha region. According to legends he was directed to the spot in a dream while on a pilgrimage to Puri.[3][4][1] In 1682, the Marathas granted the title of Mahapatra to Raja Sankarsen Tunga for his services. His successor Gopinath Chamupati Singh has authored the war treatise Virasarvasvam.[5]
The last Raja Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh Mahapatra signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948[2] and was the final surviving royal of the British Raj-era princely states until he breathed his last in 2015.[6][7]
Rulers
The rulers of Tigiria state of the Tunga dynasty.[8]
- Nityananda Tunga (1682-1682
- Sankarsen Tunga (1682–1742)
- Gopinath Chamupati Singh (1743–1767..)
- Jadumani Rai Singh (..1767–1793)
- Jagannath Chamupati Singh (1797–1844)
- Harihar Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh (1844–8 April 1886)
- Banamali Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh (8 April 1886 – 1933)
- Sudarshan Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh (1933–1943)
- Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (1943–1 January 1948)
Titular
- Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (1 January 1948 – 30 November 2015)
- Bir Pratap Birbar Kshatriya Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (30 November 2015–current)
See also
References
- ^ a b c Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 357.
- ^ a b Tigiria Princely State – "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 539
- ^ ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS CUTTACK (PDF), GAD, Govt of Odisha, 1993, pp. 46–70
- ^ Cobden Ramsay (1910), Bengal Gazetteers Feudatory States Of Orissa, DLI, p. 335
- ^ Manugayatri Rath (December 2013). "Virasarvasvam : A War Treatise of Gopinath Chamupati Singh" (PDF). Odisha History Congress. p. 192. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "A prince dies a pauper". Times of India. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ Mohanty, Debabrata (1 December 2015). "Erstwhile king of Tigiria Brajraj Mahapatra dies in Odisha". The Indian Express.
- ^ Princely States of India K-W