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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
|conventional_long_name =Tulsipur State<br />
|common_name =Tulsipur<br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
|status_text = [[Pargana|Feudatory Kingdom]]<br />
|era = <br />
|year_start = 16th century<br />
|date_start = <br />
|event_start= Estate of the [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
|year_end = 1859<br />
|date_end = <br />
|event_end= [[Annexation]] by [[British India]]<br />
|event1 = <br />
|date_event1 = <br />
|p1 =Mughal Empire<br />
|s1 = North-Western Provinces<br />
|flag_p1 = <br />
|flag_s1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg<br />
|p2 =Kingdom of Nepal<br />
|s2 =Kingdom of Nepal <br />
|flag_p2 =<br />
|flag_s2 = Flag of Nepal (1775–1962).svg<br />
|image_flag = <br />
|image_coat = <br />
|image_map = United Provinces 1903.png<br />
|image_map_caption = Map showing the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]]<br />
|stat_area1 =<br />
|stat_year1 = 1881<br />
|stat_pop1 = 132175<br />
|today = {{flag|India}}<br>{{flag|Nepal}}<br />
}}<br />
[[File:House of Tulsipur 45th Chauhan Sirdar Hardayal Singh.jpg|thumb|130px|Chauhan Sirdar Hardayal Singh of the Tulsipur dynasty]]<br />
[[File:Thakuri_Prachanda_Singh.jpg|thumb|130px|49th Chauhan (titular) Thakuri Prachanda Singh of Tulsipur]]<br />
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'''Tulsipur State''' was a [[petty kingdom|small kingdom]] in the [[Awadh]] region of India that became the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]] under the [[British Raj]]. Tulsipur also extended north beyond [[Dundwa Range]] of the [[Siwalik]]s to include the [[Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal#Dang and Deukhuri Valleys|Dang and Deukhuri Valleys]] later [[Dang Deukhuri District|part]] of the [[Kingdom of Nepal]]. It was one of the areas traditionally inhabited by the [[Tharu people]].<br />
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The Tulsipur kingdom was about 150 by 150&nbsp;miles. It bordered [[Salyan District, Nepal|Salyan Rajya]] (Nepal) and [[Pyuthan district|Pyuthan]] (Nepal) in the north, [[Balrampur|Balarampur Principality]] (India) in the south, [[West Rapti River|Madi Khola]] (Nepal) and Arnala River (Basti, India) in the east and [[Bahraich]] (India) in the west.<br />
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Until [[Unification of Nepal|annexation]] in 1786{{sfnp|Bouillier|1993|p=29|ps=}} the Tulsipur kingdom counted as one of the [[Baise Rajya|''Baise'']] (22) confederated principalities centered in the [[Geography of Nepal#Hill Region|Hill Region]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Tradition traces the origins of Tulsipur to the legendary [[Sravasti]] Kingdom.{{sfnp|Bouillier(1993)|}}<br />
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The [[Raja]]s of Tulsipur-Dang belonged to the Raikwar clan.{{sfnp|Mukherjee|2002|p=162|ps=}} From Chaughera (near [[Tribhuvannagar|Ghorahi]], Dang) they ruled the [[Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal#Dang and Deukhuri Valleys|Dang and Deukhuri Valleys]] as well as territories around [[Tulsipur|Tulsipur State]] south of the [[Siwaliks]], now in India.{{sfnp|Bouillier(1993)|}}<br />
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During the unification of Nepal, the part in the Siwaliks and the valleys to the north were ceded to Nepal. Remaining lands became known as Tulsipur State, a feudatory state of [[Oudh]] in India.{{sfnp|Bouillier (1993)|}}<br />
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The ruling family engaged in internecine warfare for control of the estate during the 1850s{{sfnp|Mukherjee|2002|p=25|ps=}} and, in 1856, an armed force was sent by the [[British East India Company]] (EIC) to put pressure on the raja. He was one of several [[talukdar]]s who had been refusing to pass on the land revenues exacted by him as agent for the EIC, and the EIC was now seeking not only current revenues but also the arrears.{{sfnp|Mukherjee|2002|p=39|ps=}} During the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], 500 of the talukdar's men had formed a part of the rebel force at the [[Siege of Lucknow]]{{sfnp|Mukherjee|2002|p=94|ps=}} and the Rani of Tulsipur (Ishwari Devi) was a prominent anti-establishment figure.{{sfnp|Bala|Sharma|1986|p=57|ps=}}{{sfn|Gonda|ps=}} After the rebellion, Tulsipur State was annexed by the [[British Raj]], becoming part of the [[North-Western Provinces and Oudh]], one of the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|Provinces of British India]].{{sfnp|Mukherjee|2002|}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
'''Citations'''<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
'''Bibliography'''<br />
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*{{citation |last=Bala |first=Usha |last2=Sharma |first2=Anshu<br />
|date=1986 |title=Indian Women Freedom Fighters 1857-1947<br />
|location=New Delhi |publisher=Manohar<br />
}}<br />
*{{citation |last=Bouillier |first=Veronique |date=January 1993 |title=The Nepalese State and Goraknath Yogis |url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/contributions/pdf/CNAS_20_01_02.pdf <br />
|journal=Contributions to Nepalese and Asian Studies (CNAS) |publisher=Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=29 |place=Kirtipur, Nepal |accessdate=10 February 2014}}<br />
* {{citation<br />
|last=Mukherjee<br />
|first=Rudrangshu<br />
|title=Awadh in Revolt, 1857-1858: A Study of Popular Resistance<br />
|publisher=Orient Blackswan<br />
|location=New Delhi<br />
|year=2002<br />
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TiWNAvhoLkkC<br />
|isbn=9788178240275<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite web |url=http://gonda.nic.in/history.htm<br />
|title=History of Gonda District<br />
|website=Gonda: Official website of the district<br />
|publisher=Government of India, National Informatics Centre |accessdate=10 February 2014<br />
|ref={{harvid|Gonda}}<br />
}}<br />
{{refend}}<br />
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