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Gangpur State
Origins
Tradition dates the ruling family to around 1500, but little is reliably known of its founding.
Rule and society
Gangpur was a large, forested state with a mainly Adivasi population, including Oraon, Munda and Kharia peoples. It was tributary to Sambalpur and the Marathas and was transferred from the Chota Nagpur states to the Orissa Tributary States in 1905. Its capital was Sundargarh.
Decline and legacy
Gangpur merged into Orissa on 1 January 1948 and became part of Sundargarh district, where the Rourkela steel plant was built in the 1950s.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
Lineage
Gangpur StateDominion of India 1947 CE – 1950 CE
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- Gangpur State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1803 CE – 1858 CE
- Gangpur State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gangpur State. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/gangpur-state
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