Polity Gangpur State

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Was a Princely State of the British Raj in India.

Establishment

  • January 1822: Gangpur was a feudatory estate of Sambalpur. In 1821 the British authorities canceled the feudatory rights of Sambalpur over Gangpur and the ruler was granted a sanad, by which Gangpur was recognized as a state.

Chronology

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1. Partition of India

Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.

  • January 1948: On 1 January 1948 the last ruler of Gangpur signed the accession to the Indian Union.

Disestablishment

  • January 1948: On 1 January 1948 the last ruler of Gangpur signed the accession to the Indian Union.