Institution

Orissa Tributary States

Also known as Orissa Tributary Mahals

The Orissa Tributary Mahals were the group of small princely states in the hills of Orissa, eastern India, that paid tribute to the British after the conquest of 1803. They were supervised by a British superintendent at Cuttack and from 1933 by the Eastern States Agency. In 1948 almost all of them merged into the Indian province of Orissa.

Orissa Tributary States
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Mentioned in 19 state histories

Athgarh StateTigiria StateNarsinghpur StateBaramba StatePatna StateRanpur StateBaudh StateTalcher StateDaspalla StateNayagarh StatePal Lahara StateAthmallik Stateand 7 more

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Orissa Tributary States. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/orissa-tributary-states
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The Epoch Institute. “Orissa Tributary States.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/orissa-tributary-states.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Orissa Tributary States’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/orissa-tributary-states (Accessed: ).

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