Sonepur State Explained

Conventional Long Name:Sonepur State
Sonpur State
Common Name:Sonpur
Nation:British India
Subdivision:Vassal state of Maratha Confederacy (1751 - 1803)
Princely State
Capital:Subarnapur
Year Start:1650
Year End:1948
Event End:Accession to the Union of India
S1:India
Flag S1:Flag of India.svg
Image Map Caption:Sonepur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Stat Area1:2347
Stat Year1:1901
Stat Pop1:169,877

Sonepur, also known as Sonpur State,[1] was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. Its ruler was entitled to a nine-gun salute.[2] Formerly it was placed under the Central India Agency, but in 1905 it was transferred to the Eastern States Agency.[3] Its capital was Sonepur, the only significant town in the area. The former state's territory is in the present-day Subarnapur district, Odisha.

History

The Sonepur state was founded in 1650 when the fourth Chauhan ruler of Sambalpur Madhukar Dev, conquered the region from the Bhanja rulers of Boudh and entrusted it to his younger son Madan Gopal who hence became the founder of the Chauhan dynasty branch of Sonepur.

The state came under the control of the British Empire post the Maratha defeat and later king Niladhar Singh Deo was awarded titles for services rendered to the British during the Sambalpur uprising.[4]

After Indian independence, Sonepur's last ruler acceded to the newly independent Dominion of India, on 1 January 1948 with the state forming much of the present-day Subarnapur district.

Rulers

Ruling Chiefs of Sonepur

Ruling Chiefs of Sonepur!Name!Date of birth!Reign began!Reign ended!Date of death
Madan Gopal Singh Deo1650 1680
Lal Sai Singh Deo1680 1689
Purusottam Singh Deo1689 1709
Raj Singh Deo1709 1729
Achal Singh Deo17291749
Divya Singh Deo17491766
Jarawar Singh Deo1766 1767
Sobha Singh Deo1767 1781
Prithvi Singh Deo1781 1841
Niladhar Singh Deo183827 July 18419 September 1891
Pratap Rudra Singh Deo22 July 18539 September 18918 August 1902
Bir Mitrodaya Singh Deo8 July 18748 August 190229 April 1937
Sudhansu Shekhar Singh Deo23 August 189929 April 193710 August 1963

Titular

Titular Chiefs of Sonepur!Name!Date of birth!Reign began!Reign ended!Date of death
Bir Pratap Singh Deo31 July 192310 August 196328th December 1971 (deposed)24 November 1972
Prithvi Bir Singh Deo24 November 1972

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Sonpur . 25 . 416.
  2. http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/s/sonepur.html Sonepur Princely State (9 gun salute)
  3. Malleson, G. B.: An historical sketch of the native states of India, London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984
  4. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_090.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 90.

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