Gangpur State
| Gangpur State Gangpore State ଗଙ୍ଗାପୁର |
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| Princely State of British India | |||||
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| • | Established | 1821 | |||
| • | Accession to the Indian Union | 1948 | |||
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| • | 1941 | 398,171 | |||
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. |
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Gangpur State, also known as Gangpore State, was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was one of the Chhota Nagpur States under the Eastern States Agency.
Covering an area of 6454 km², in 1941 Gangpur had a population of 398,171. The population was predominantly Oriya speaking. It was made part of India on 1 January 1948. The capital of Gangpur State was modern Sundargarh of Odisha.
Gangpur was a feudatory estate of Sambalpur. In 1821 the British authorities canceled the feudatory rights of Sambalpur over Gangpur and the ruler was granted a sanad, by which Gangpur was recognized as a state.
The rulers of Gangpur bore the title of Raja from 1874 onward.
Coordinates: 22°07′N 84°02′E / 22.12°N 84.03°E
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