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404:, Annamaraja, has been associated with ruling what eventually became the state of Bastar. This appears likely to be historical revisionism, dating from a genealogy published by the ruling family in 1703, because the document records only eight generations spanning almost four centuries of rule. Such revisionism and tenuous claims of connection to the Kakatiyas was not uncommon because it was perceived as legitimising the right to rule and a warrior status. Talbot notes that there is a record of a brother called Annamadeva and that: 83: 422:. He ruled till 1369 when he was followed successively by Hamir Deva (r. 1369-1410), Bhaitai Deva (1410–1468), Purushottama Deva (1468–1534), Pratapa Raja Deva (1602–1625) and Dikpala Deva (1680–1709), after which the Bastar branch of the dynasty became extinct in the third generation with him, after which a descendant of the younger brother of Prataparaja Deva, Rajapala Deva became the next King in 1709. Rajapala Deva had two wives, first a Baghela princess, married, who had a son, Dakhin Singh, secondly, a 477: 808: 226: 69: 467:
H H Maharaja Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo was immensely popular among the tribals. He was shot dead in a "police action" on 25 March 1966 while leading a tribal movement against encroachment of land by outsider in concert with the authorities in Bastar. He was executed on the steps of his own Palace in
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Princess, who has two sons, Dalapati Deva and Pratap, trouble however struck again when after the death of Rajapala Deva in 1721, the elder queen ousted other claimants and placed her brother on the throne of Bastar, Dalapati Deva took refuge in the neighbouring
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He is said to have left Warangal for the northeast after anointing Prataparudra's son as king. Thus, the founder of the family fortunes in Bastar may very well have been a Telugu warrior from Telangana who was familiar with the prevalent legends about the
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According to this chronology, the state was established around 1324 CE and the founder established his kingdom at Bastar under the tutelage of a local goddess, Danteshwari. That goddess remains the tutelary deity of Bastar region and the
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in 1863, on the condition of payment of tribute of Rs. 3,000, two-thirds of which sum was remitted from the amount payable by Bastar. By virtue of this arrangement the tribute of Bastar was, reduced to a nominal amount.
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Later at some point in the 15th century Bastar was divided into two kingdoms, one based in Kanker and the other ruled from Bastar. The present Halba Tribe claims to descend from the military class of these kingdoms.
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in 1909 showing the districts, divisions, and Bastar princely state under the authority of the province, as well as the 1905 changes to the eastern boundary.
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Its capital was Jagdalpur, where Bastar royal palace built by its ruler, when its capital was shifted here from old capital Bastar.
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It had an area of 13,062 square miles (33,830 km) and a population of 306,501 in 1901, when its capital city at
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Bastar state was situated in the south-eastern corner of the Central Provinces and Berar, bounded north by the
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Raja Annam Dev (1313 – 1358) - brother of the Kakatiya Raja of Warangal, Pratap Rudra Dev
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state in 2000. The current ceremonial ruler is Maharaja Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo, of the
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Jagdalpur. Scores of other tribals and courtiers too were murdered by the police.
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king called Bhavadatta Varman, who is recorded as having invaded the neighbouring
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Pre-colonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra
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H H Maharaja Vijay Chandra Bhanj Deo (25 March 1966 – 12 April 1970)
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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H H Maharaja Bharat Chandra Bhanj Deo ( 12 April 1970 – 1996)
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Hello Bastar: The Untold Story Of India’s Maoist Movement
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and finally regained his throne a decade later in 1731.
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List of princely states of British India (alphabetical)
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H H Maharaja Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo (1996 – current)
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In the early 19th century, the state became part of
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It is today used to refer to the same region, called
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Index

Bastar state
Vassal state
Maratha Confederacy
Princely State
British India
Flag of Bastar

Imperial Gazetteer of India
Jagdalpur
Accession to the Union of India
India
Bastar Princely State
princely state
British Raj
Kakatiya dynasty
Prataparudra II
Bastar division
Chhattisgarh
Central Provinces and Berar
British Raj
Madhya Pradesh
Bastar district
Chhattisgarh
Kakatiya
Bhanj dynasty
Kanker State
Madras States Agency
Chanda District
Hyderabad State
Godavari River

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