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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = ରେଢ଼ାଖୋଲ ରାଜ୍ୟ
|conventional_long_name =Rairakhol State
|common_name =Rairakhol
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
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|year_end = 1948
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|event_end= [[Independence of India|Accession to the Union of India]]
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|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
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|image_map = Orissa Tributary States-IGI.jpg
|image_map_caption = Rairakhol State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 =2157
|stat_year1 =1901
|stat_pop1 =26,888
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'''Rairakhol State''' ({{lang-or|ରେଢ଼ାଖୋଲ ରାଜ୍ୟ}}) was a [[princely state]] during the [[British Raj]] in what is today India. It was one of the [[Chota Nagpur States]] and had its capital at [[Rairakhol]] (Redhakhol), located in the present-day [[Sambalpur district]] of [[Odisha]]. It had an area of {{convert|2157|km2|sqmi}} and a population of 26,888 in 1901, the average revenue was Rs.55,000 in 1904.

Most of the state was covered by forest where wild [[elephant]]s used to roam. Rairakhol State's inhabitants spoke mostly the [[Odia language]], although there were also large [[Kol people]] groups speaking [[Munda languages|Munda]] and [[Oraon language]]. The [[Chasa caste]] was the predominant caste in the state.<ref name="IGI"/>

==History==
Although records are obscure but according to traditions, around 17th century a branch of [[Bonai State#Origins of the Kadamba dynasty of Bonai|Kadamba dynasty]] of the [[Bonai State]] was ruling in the region and the chiefs were feudatories of the [[Bamra State]] until the 18th century, when the rulers of the [[Sambalpur State]] freed it from its dependence.<ref name="IGI">[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_067.gif ''Imperial Gazetteer of India,'' v. 21, p. 61.]</ref>

During the 19th century, Raja Bishan Chandra Jenamuni whose reign lasted 75 years, was recognized as Raja and in 1867 a [[sanad (deed)|sanad]] was granted by the British recognizing Rairakhol as a state in its own right. The state was under the political control of the Commissioner of the [[Chhattisgarh Division]] of the [[Central Provinces]] until 1905, coming then under the [[Bengal Presidency]]. His successor Gaura Chandra Deo adopted Bir Chandra Jadumani Deo Jenamuni, a scion of the Kadamba dynasty branch of Bonai as his successor.<ref>{{citation |title=ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS SAMBALPUR |publisher=GAD, Govt of Odisha |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/CHAPTER-II_30.pdf |page=84 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Bengal Gazetteers Feudatory States Of Orissa |publisher=DLI |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206889 |author=Cobden Ramsay |page=305 |date=1910 }}</ref> On 1 January 1948, he signed the [[instrument of accession]] to the Indian Union.<ref>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/r/rairakhol.html Rairakhol Princely State]</ref> The princely state then became part of the [[Sambalpur district]].

==Rulers==
The rulers of Rairakhol State of the [[Bonai State#Origins of the Kadamba dynasty of Bonai|Kadamba dynasty]] branch:<ref>https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_067.gif</ref>

*Bishan Chandra Jenamuni (1825 - 1900)
*Gaura Chandra Deo (1900 - 3 July 1906)
*Bir Chandra Jadumani Deo Jenamuni (3 July 1906 - 1 January 1948)

===Titular===
*Bir Chandra Jadumani Deo Jenamuni (1 January 1948 - 14 November 1973)
*Girish Chandra Jadumani Deo Jenamuni (14 November 1973 - 7 April 1975)
*Hari Shankar Jadumani Deo Jenamuni (7 April 1975 - 15 December 2014)
*Nav Chandra Deo (15 December 2014 - current)

==See also==
*[[Eastern States Agency]]
*[[Orissa Tributary States]]

==References==
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