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Bastar State
Origins
By tradition, Annama Deva, a brother of the last Kakatiya king Prataparudra, fled north after the Delhi Sultanate took Warangal in 1323 and established a kingdom among the Gond and other peoples of the Bastar plateau. The family goddess Danteshwari, enshrined at Dantewada, became the patron deity of the state.
Rule and society
Bastar was thinly populated, densely forested and overwhelmingly Adivasi, with Gond, Maria, Muria and Halba communities. The Rajas ruled through local headmen and ritual ties, celebrated in the long Bastar Dussehra. In the 18th century the state became tributary to the Bhonsles of the Nagpur Kingdom, passing under British control in 1853. The Bhumkal rebellion of 1910 against forest restrictions was suppressed by British troops.
Decline and legacy
Bastar merged into the Central Provinces, later Madhya Pradesh, in 1948. Its former ruler Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo was killed by police at his palace in 1966. Bastar is now a region of Chhattisgarh.
Lineage
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- Bastar State was a vassal of Nagpur Kingdom1778 CE – 1853 CE
- Bastar State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
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