Changbhakar

Changbhakar State चंगभाकर
Princely State
c. 1790–1948
[[File:Changbhakar State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India|85px|Coat of arms of Changbhakar]] Coat of arms
Area
• 1901	2,347 km2 (906 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	19,548
History
• Established	c. 1790
• Independence of India	1948
Succeeded by India
Raigarh (Princely State)

Changbhakar or Chang Bhakar was one of the princely states of British Empire in India in the Chhattisgarh States Agency.^[1] It had an area of 899 square miles (2,330 km²) and a 1941 population of 21,266 people. Bharatpur was the capital of the princely state.

History

After the Anglo-Maratha war in the early nineteenth century, Changbhakar became a tributary state of British India. It was placed under Chota Nagpur States. In October 1905, it was transferred and brought under the control of the Commissioner of Chhattisgarh division of Central Provinces. It acceded to the Union of India in January 1, 1948 and was placed under Surguja district of Central Provinces and Berar. Presently it is a Subdivision and a Tehsil of Koriya district of Chhattisgarh state.

References

Sources

Columbia-Lippincott Gazeteer. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 369

External links

• http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/c/changbhakar.html

23°44′N 81°49′E / 23.733°N 81.817°E / 23.733; 81.817

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