Saraikela State

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|conventional_long_name =Saraikella State<br/>Seraikella State
|common_name = Saraikella <ref name="http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/Apr/engpdf/31-34.pdf">{{cite web|url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2011/Apr/engpdf/31-34.pdf |title=The Unfinished Task of Orissa Formation |access-date= 9 June 2018}}</ref>
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = 1620
|date_start =
|event_start =
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end = [[Independence of India]]
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|s1 = India
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|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = Flag of the Saraikela State.svg
|image_coat =
|image_map = Singhbum-Sairakela-Kharsawan.jpg
|image_map_caption = Saraikela State in a 1909<br />[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] map
|stat_area1 = 1163
|stat_year1 = 1892
|stat_pop1 = 77,097
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'''Saraikela State''' also spelt Seraikela, Saraikella or Seraikella, was an [[Odisha|Odia]] [[princely state]] in India during the era of the [[British Raj]], in the region that is now the [[Jharkhand]] state.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_089.gif |title=Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 22, page 83 – Imperial Gazetteer of India – Digital South Asia Library |publisher=Dsal.uchicago.edu |access-date=11 July 2012}}</ref> Its capital was at [[Saraikela]].

The state had an area of 1163 km<sup>2</sup> which yielded an average revenue of Rs.92,000 in 1901, and was one of the nine [[Chota Nagpur States]] under the authority of the governor of [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Chota Nagpur |volume=6 |page=272}}</ref> The last ruler of the state, Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo, signed the merger agreement acceding to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] on 18 May 1948.

==History==
The state was founded in 1620 by Raja Bikram Singh (a forerunner to the ruling family's current nomenclature of Singh Deo. The state came under the influence of the [[Maratha]] rulers of [[Nagpur]] in the 18th century, and became a [[princely state]] of [[British India]] in 1803, at the conclusion of the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]] at [[Deogaon]] of Orissa. After the war, the [[East India Company]] included the Saraikela princely state under the governance of the [[Chhota Nagpur States|Chhota Nagpur]] Commissioner.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

In 1912 Saraikela came under the authority of the province of [[Bihar and Orissa]], which was newly created from the eastern districts of Bengal. In 1936 the state was placed under the authority of the Orissa Province. Saraikela, along with 24 other princely states of the [[Eastern States Agency]], acceded to the [[Government of India]] on 1 January 1948, with a will to merge the princely state with Orissa province of the Indian Republic.

As a result, both Saraikela and [[Kharsawan State|Kharsawan]] princely states were merged with Orissa in 1948. On 1 January 1948 itself, the tribals of these two princely states, who were in a majority, revolted against the merger with Orissa. This was supported by Patayet Sahib Maharajkumar Bhoopendra Narayan Singh Deo, third son of Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo, as a result of which he was imprisoned to ensure the popular movement died down. The central government appointed a commission under Mr. Baudkar to look into the matter. On the basis of the Baudkar commission report, Saraikela and Kharsawan princely states were merged with [[Bihar]] on 18 May 1948. These two princely states became part of [[Jharkhand]] when the state was separated from Bihar on 15 November 2000. From 18 May 1948 onward, many non-tribal Oriyas of the districts of [[Seraikela Kharsawan district|Saraikela Kharsawan]], [[East Singhbhum district|East Singhbhum]], and [[West Singhbhum district|West Singhbhum]] have migrated and settled permanently in Odisha.

==Rulers==
Former rulers bore the title of 'Kunwar' until 1884.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India]</ref> The rulers claim to be descendants of Rathore Rajputs of [[Porahat]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=I_cvAQAAIAAJ|title=Encyclopaedia Indica: Princely States in colonial India|page=78|quote="Saraikela was founded in 1620 by Bikram Singh, a descendant of the rulers of Porahat , who claimed descent from the Rathore clan of Rajputs" |date=1996|publisher=Anmol Publications|isbn=978-81-7041-859-7|language=en}}</ref>

===Kunwars===
*&emsp;1620 – .... Bikram Singh I
*&emsp;.... – .... Nru Singh
*&emsp;1728 – 1743 Satrughan Singh
*c.1743 – 1818 Abhiram Singh (d. 1818)
*&emsp;1818 – 1823 Bikram Singh II (d. 1823)
*&emsp;1823 – 1837 Ajamber Singh (d. 1837)
*&emsp;1837 – 1883 Chakradhar Singh (b. 1808 – d. 1883)
*25 Nov 1883 – Nov 1884 Udit Narayan Singh (b. 1849 – d. 1931)

===Rajas===
*Nov 1884 9 December 1931 Udit Narayan Singh (s.a.)
* 9 December 1931 – 15 August 1947 Aditya Pratap Singh (b. 1887 – d. 1969)

===Titular Rajas===
* Tribhuvan Singhdeo ( 1955)
* Vikram Singhdeo (1983)

==See also==
*[[Political integration of India]]
*[[Kharsawan State]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Princely states of India]]
[[Category:History of Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Seraikela Kharsawan district]]
[[Category:1620 establishments in India]]

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