| Conventional Long Name: | Narsinghpur State |
| Common Name: | Narsinghpur |
| Nation: | British India |
| Subdivision: | Vassal state of Maratha Confederacy (1751 - 1803) Princely State |
| Year Start: | 17th cen |
| Year End: | 1948 |
| Event End: | Accession to the Union of India |
| S1: | India |
| Flag S1: | Flag of India.svg |
| Stat Area1: | 515 |
| Stat Year1: | 1901 |
| Stat Pop1: | 39,613 |
Narsinghpur State (Oriya: ନରସିଂହପୁର) was one of the princely states of India during the British Raj. The state was founded in the 17th century and had its capital in Narasinghpur town. The last ruler of Narsinghpur joined the state to the Indian Union in 1948 and Narsinghpur state was made part of the Cuttack district of Odisha.[1]
The state was bound in the north by a forested mountain range which marked the border with Hindol State and Angul District; in the east it was bound by Baramba State and in the south and southwest by the Mahanadi River.[2]
According to legends, Narsinghpur was founded in the 13th century by two powerful Khond chiefs named Narsingh and Poro,[2] the state being named after the former, who were defeated by a chieftain Dharma Singh. Historically, no records or farmans exist about Narsinghpur during both the Mughal and Maratha Empires. Eventually it was under the Puri Gajapati raja under whom it was a feudatory state, that the local chief received the title Harichandan Mahapatra.
In 1775 A.D., the Maratha government played the role of an arbiter in resolving boundary disputes between local chieftains. During this time, Padmanava Deva Birabar Mangaraj Mahapatra, the ruler of Baramba, faced an invasion by the Raja of Narasinghpur, who captured the strategic forts of Kharod and Ratapat. In his distress, the Raja of Baramba sought the intervention of the Maratha government. Acting as an impartial judge, the Marathas adjudicated the conflict and resolved the boundary issues by restoring the forts of Kharod and Ratapat to the Raja of Baramba, thus reinstating peace and order between the contesting parties.[3]
The last ruler of Narsinghpur Princely State signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948.
The rulers of the Narsinghpur state:[4]
