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Udaipur State (Chhattisgarh)

1818 CE – 1948 CE (approx.) · capital Dharamjaigarh

A forested feudatory state of northern Chhattisgarh, ruled from Dharamjaigarh by a branch of the house of Sarguja.

Origins

Udaipur was a dependency of Sarguja in the Chota Nagpur hills and came under British supervision around 1818 with the other states taken from the Nagpur Kingdom. Its ruler was deprived of the state in the 1850s, and it was regranted to a branch of the Sarguja family in 1860.

Rule and society

The state was hilly, forested and largely Adivasi, with Oraon, Kanwar and Gond communities. It belonged to the Chota Nagpur tributary states and later the Chhattisgarh States group of the Eastern States Agency, ruled by a Raja from Dharamjaigarh.

Decline and legacy

Udaipur acceded to India and on 1 January 1948 was merged into the Central Provinces and Berar. Its lands are now in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Udaipur State (Chhattisgarh)Dominion of India 1947 CE – 1950 CE

Connections (1)

Udaipur State (Chhattisgarh) was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Udaipur State (Chhattisgarh). In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/udaipur-state-chhattisgarh
MLA: “Udaipur State (Chhattisgarh).” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/udaipur-state-chhattisgarh. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Udaipur State (Chhattisgarh).” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/udaipur-state-chhattisgarh.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Udaipur State (Chhattisgarh)’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/udaipur-state-chhattisgarh (Accessed: ).

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