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'''Bastar state''' was a [[princely state]] in India during the [[British Raj]]. It was founded in the early 14th century by Annamaraja, a brother of the last ruler of the [[Kakatiya dynasty]], [[Prataparudra II]].

It is today used to refer the same region, called [[Bastar division]] in [[Chhattisgarh]] state.<ref>Rahul Pandita. ''Hello Bastar: The Untold Story Of India’s Maoist Movement''. Tranquebar Press (2011). {{ISBN|978-93-8065834-6}}.Chapter VI. p. 111</ref>

In the early 19th century the state became part of the [[Central Provinces and Berar]] under the [[British Raj]], and acceded to the Union of India on 1 January 1948, to become part of the [[Madhya Pradesh]] in 1956, and later part of the [[Bastar district]] of [[Chhattisgarh]] state in 2000. The current ceremonial ruler is Maharaja Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo, of the [[Kakatiya dynasty|Kakatiya]] and [[Bhanj dynasty]].

==Overview==
Bastar state was situated in the south-eastern corner of the Central Provinces and Berar, bounded north by the [[Kanker State]], south by the Godavari district of [[Madras States Agency]], west by [[Chanda District]], [[Hyderabad State]], and the [[Godavari river]], and east by the [[Jeypore Estate]] in [[Odisha, India|Odisha]].

It had an area of {{convert|13062|sqmi|km2}} <ref name=stat/> and a population of 306,501 in 1901, when its capital city at [[Jagdalpur]], situated on the banks of [[Indravati River|Indravati river]], had a population of 4,762.<ref name=stat>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_127.gif Bastar] [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]], 1908. v. 7, ''p. 121''</ref>

==History==
Traditionally the area is mentioned as [[Dandakaranya]] in the epic ''[[Ramayana]]'', and part of the [[Kosala Kingdom]] in the ''[[Mahabharata]]''. Around 450 AD, the Bastar area was ruled by a [[Nala dynasty|Nala]] king called Bhavadatta Varman, who is recorded as having invaded the neighbouring [[Vakataka]] kingdom during the reign of its king, [[Narendrasena]] (440-460) <ref>''The Vākātaka-Gupta age: Circa 200-550 A.D.'', by [[Ramesh Chandra Majumdar]], Anant Sadashiv Altekar.Published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1986. {{ISBN|81-208-0026-5}}. ''Page 116''.</ref>

A brother of [[Prataparudra II]], 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: {{quote|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 Kakatiyas.<ref>{{cite book |title=Pre-colonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra |first=Austin Cynthia |last=Talbot |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19803-123-9 |year=2001 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C |pages=192–193}}</ref>}}

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 [[Danteshwari Temple]] stands today at [[Dantewada]].<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Bastar}}</ref> 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 [[Chandela]] 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 [[kingdom of Jeypore]] and finally regained his throne a decade later in 1731.<ref name=hist>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_128.gif Bastar - History] [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]], 1908. v. 7, ''p. 122''.</ref><ref>[http://bastar.nic.in/HISTORY.HTM History of Bastar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409233731/http://bastar.nic.in/HISTORY.HTM |date=9 April 2009 }} ''[[Bastar district]] official website.</ref>

Its capital was Jagdalpur, where Bastar royal palace built by its ruler, when its capital was shifted here from old capital Bastar.<ref name=hist/>

Later at some point in the 15th century Bastar was divided into two kingdoms, one based in Kanker and the other ruled from Jagdalpur.<ref>Gill, Simeran Man Singh. ''The Ghotul in Muria Society''. (Singapore: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1992) ''p. 4''</ref> The present Halba Tribe claims to descend from the military class of these kingdoms.

Until the rise of the [[Marathas]], the state remained fairly independent until the 18th century. In 1861, Bastar became part of the newly formed Central Provinces and Berar, and in 1863, after years of feud, over the [[Kotpad|Kotapad]] region, it was given over to the neighbouring [[Kingdom of Jeypore|Jeypore state]] 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.

[[Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo]] (1929–1966), the 20th and the last ruling head of the Bastar state, ascended the throne in 1936, before it acceded to India in 1948 during the [[political integration of India]].<ref name=gen>[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/b/bastar.html Bastar (state) - History and Genealogy] ''[[Queensland University]]''.</ref>

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 Jagdalpur. Scores of other tribals and courtiers too were murdered by the police.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

==Rulers==
[[File:Central Provs 1909.jpg|thumb|280px|Map of the [[Central Provinces and Berar]] 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.]]

* Annam Dev (1324 – 1369) - brother of the Kakatiya Raja of Warangal, Pratap Rudra Dev
* Digpal Deo (1680 – 1709)
* Rajpal Deo (1709 – 1721)
* Mama (1721 – 1731)
* Dalpat Deo (1731 – 1774)
* Daryao Deo (1774) and (1777 – 1819)
* Ajmar Singh Deo (1774 – 1777)
* Mahipal Deo (1819)
* Bhopal Deo (1830 – 1853)
* Bhairam Deo (27 Aug 1853 – 20 Jul 1891)
* Rudra Pratap Deo (20 Jul 1891 – 1921)
* [[Prafulla Kumari Devi]] (Rani) (23 Nov 1922 – 28 Feb 1936) – married Prince Prafulla Chandra Bhanj Deo of [[Mayurbhanj State|Mayurbhanj]])
* [[Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo]] (28 Oct 1936 – 1948)

===Titular===
* [[Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo]] (1948 – 25 March 1966)
* Vijay Chandra Bhanj Deo (25 March 1966 – 12 April 1970)
* Bharat Chandra Bhanj Deo ( 12 April 1970 – 1996)
* Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo (1996 – current)

==See also==
*[[Company rule in India]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|30em}}

{{EB1911|wstitle=Bastar}}

==External links==
* [http://flagspot.net/flags/in-basta.html Flag of princely Bastar]

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NWIMuoi623534: small adjusted formatting for clarity further and fixed typos for consistency

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