Chota Nagpur princely states

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The Chota Nagpur princely states were a group of semi-autonomous feudal kingdoms and chiefdoms in the Chota Nagpur Plateau region of eastern India that existed under British suzerainty until Indian independence.

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Chota Nagpur princely states canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of princely states ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
administrativeRelation attached to Chota Nagpur Division for some purposes ⓘ
associatedWith Central Provinces and Berar (for some states over time) ⓘ
linked to: Central Provinces

Chota Nagpur Division ⓘ
composedOf chiefdoms ⓘ
kingdoms ⓘ
demographics significant Adivasi population ⓘ
existedUntil 1947 ⓘ
governanceForm hereditary monarchy in most states ⓘ
historicalContext part of princely state system in British India ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of indirect rule over tribal regions in British India ⓘ
includedState Bonai State ⓘ
Changbhakar State ⓘ
Gangpur State ⓘ
Gangpur and Bonai group ⓘ
Jashpur State ⓘ
Khadia States ⓘ
Kharsawan State ⓘ
Koriya State ⓘ
Raigarh State ⓘ
Sakti State ⓘ
Sarangarh State ⓘ
Seraikella State ⓘ
Surguja State ⓘ
Udaipur State (Chhattisgarh) ⓘ
legalStatusUnderBritish princely states under suzerainty, not directly ruled provinces ⓘ
locatedIn Chota Nagpur Plateau ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
overlordshipType indirect rule ⓘ
partOf British India ⓘ
politicalStatus feudal ⓘ
semi-autonomous ⓘ
postIndependenceOutcome acceded to Dominion of India ⓘ
merged into Indian states ⓘ
region parts of present-day Chhattisgarh ⓘ
parts of present-day Odisha ⓘ
parts of present-day West Bengal ⓘ
present-day Jharkhand ⓘ
rulingElites local dynasties ⓘ
socialStructure feudal landholding system ⓘ
sovereignty internal autonomy with external affairs controlled by British ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
first half of 20th century ⓘ
underSuzeraintyOf British Crown ⓘ
British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

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Hazaribagh → hasHistoricalAssociationWith → Chota Nagpur princely states ⓘ