Athmallik State Explained

Conventional Long Name:Athmallik State
Common Name:Athmallik
Nation:British India
Subdivision:Vassal state of Maratha Confederacy (1785 - 1803)
Princely State
Year Start:1785
Year End:1948
Event End:Accession to the Union of India
Event1:Jagir recognized as a state
S1:India
Flag S1:Flag of India.svg
Image Map Caption:Athmallik State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Capital:Kaintaragarh
Today:Angul, Odisha

Athmallik State was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The state was a former jagir recognized as a state in 1874 and had its capital in Kaintaragarh near the town of Athmallik.[1] Its last ruler Kishore Chandra Deo signed the accession to the Indian Union in 1948.

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Notes and References

  1. L. E. B. Cobden-Ramsay, Feudatory States of Orissa: Bengal District Gazetteers, p.115