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Korea State
Origins
Korea, or Koriya, was ruled by a Chauhan family whose traditions say they took the territory from earlier Kol chiefs. The register dates the state to around 1600. It lay in the hilly north-west of the Chota Nagpur plateau.
Rule and society
The Raja ruled a thinly settled land of forest and tribal villages. Under British paramountcy it was a Chota Nagpur tributary state, transferred to the Central Provinces in 1905 and later to the Eastern States Agency. The coalfields around Chirmiri and Manendragarh were developed in the 20th century.
Decline and legacy
Korea merged into the Central Provinces and Berar in 1948, later Madhya Pradesh. It is now Koriya district of Chhattisgarh.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
Lineage
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- Korea State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1819 CE – 1858 CE
- Korea State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Korea State. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/korea-state
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- “Korea State.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/korea-state. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Korea State.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/korea-state.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Korea State’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/korea-state (Accessed: ).
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