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{{hatnote|Not to be confused with [[Rampur State]]. Ranpur was also a former name of [[Porbandar State]].}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name =Ranpur State
|common_name =Ranpur
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = 17th cen
|date_start =
|event_start =
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end = [[Independence of India|Accession to the Union of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =
|image_coat =
|image_map = Daspalla-Nayagarh-Imperial Gazetteer.jpg
|image_map_caption = Ranpur State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 = 526
|stat_year1 = 1931
|stat_pop1 = 47,711
|footnotes =
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[[File:Ranpur palace, Ranpur, Raj-Ranpur, Odisha, India.JPG|thumb|270px|View of the Ranpur palace, former residence of the ruling family of Ranpur. Owing to lack of maintenance it is currently in a much dilapidated condition.]]
'''Ranpur State''' was one of many [[princely state|princely]] non-[[salute state]]s of [[India]] during the period of the [[British Raj]]. It was one of the four native states located in present-day [[Nayagarh district]], [[Odisha]].

The state was bounded in the west by [[Nayagarh State]] and in all other directions by [[Puri district]]. It was very close to the seashore but had no coastline. Its southwestern part was thickly forested and was mostly uninhabited. The Ranpur ruling family claimed to belong to the most ancient lineage of the princely rulers of the [[Orissa Tributary States]]. The capital of the state was [[Raj-Ranpur, Odisha|Ranpur]], a small town near [[Kalupara Ghat railway station]] where the Raja resided.<ref name="IGI">[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_240.gif ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', v. 21, p. 240.]</ref><ref>Great Britain India Office. ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.</ref>

== History ==
According to legendary tradition, Ranpur State is of very ancient origin. The legendary date of its foundation is placed some time in the 18th century BC<ref>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/r/r.html Ranpur (Princely State)]</ref> when the founder, a hunter named Basara Basuk, having defeated a giant demon named Ranasura, established his rule in the area. The name of the place is derived from the demon's name and was initially known as '''Ranasurapura''', shortened to Ranpur in the course of time.

The Ranpur state rulers claimed to be the most ancient of all the lineages of the [[Orissa Tributary States]], with a list of generations of rulers covering a period of 3,600 years with the Raja declaring indigenous origin in an inquiry in 1814.<ref name="IGI"/> According to the family history, the founder of the kingdom was Biswabasab, a Sabara who hailed from the [[Nilagiri]] hills region, established his rule in the region after subduing the Bhuiyas of the neighbouring villages.<ref>{{citation |title=Shakti Cult In Ranpur- A Case Study On Maninag Thakurani |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344657930_Central_India_Journal_of_Historical_and_Archaeological_Research_Volume_2015_Editor_Dr_Vinay_Shrivastava |publisher=Central India Journal of Historical And Archaeological Research CIJHAR |author=Kanhu Charan Maharana |page=114-117 |date=December 2014 }}</ref> Later the chiefs received the title of ''Narendra'' from the [[Eastern Ganga dynasty|Eastern Ganga]] monarch Ananga Bhimadeva owing to his prowess in battle.<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=313 |date=1910 }}</ref>

The state became a [[British protectorate]] in 1803 after the British defeated the Marathas in the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]] and took over the region. The last Raja of Ranpur signed the [[instrument of accession]] to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]], on 1 January 1948,<ref>{{citation |title=ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS NAYAGARH |publisher=GAD, Govt of Odisha |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Nayagarh_Gazetteer.pdf |page=39-45 |date=2015 }}</ref> merging his state into [[Odisha]]

==Rulers==
The rulers of Ranpur State:<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India]</ref>

*Narayan Narendra (1683–1692)
*Ramachandra Narendra (1692–1727)
*Sarangadhar Bajradhar Narendra (1727–1754)
*Narsingh Bajradhar Narendra (1754–1789)
*Brujdaban Bajradhar Narendra (1789–1821)
*Brajsundar Bajradhar Narendra (1821–1842)
*Benudar Bajradhar Narendra Mahapatra (1842–12 July 1899)
*Birbar Krishna Chandra Narendra Mahapatra (12 July 1899–21 June 1945)
*Brajendra Chandra Singh Deo Bajradhar Narendra Mahapatra (21 June 1945 – 1 January 1948)

===Titular===
*Brajendra Chandra Singh Deo Bajradhar Narendra Mahapatra (1 January 1948–1980)
*Pradeep Chandra Singh Deo Bajradhar Narendra Mahapatra (1980–1982)
*Dileep Chandra Singh Deo Bajradhar Narendra Mahapatra (1980–current)

== See also ==
* [[Eastern States Agency]]
* [[Political integration of India]]

== References ==
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{{Princely states of the Eastern States Agency}}

[[Category:Princely states of Odisha]]
[[Category:History of Odisha]]
[[Category:Nayagarh district]]

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Ranpur State - Revision history

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