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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = सारंगढ़ रियासत
|conventional_long_name = Sarangarh State
|common_name = Sarangarh
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = 1691
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = Flag of the Sarangarh State.svg
|image_coat =
|image_map = Sakti-Raigarh-Imperial Gazetteer.jpg
|image_map_caption = Sarangarh State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 = 1399
|stat_year1 = 1901
|stat_pop1 = 79,900
|footnotes =
}}
'''Sarangarh''' was a [[princely state]] in [[India]] during the [[British Raj]] ruled by a [[Gonds|Raj Gond dynasty]].<ref>Great Britain India Office. ''Imperial Gazetteer of India,'' Volume 21. 1909</ref> The emblem of the state was a [[turtle]].

Its capital was in [[Sarangarh]] town, now in [[Chhattisgarh]] state.
The state had no significant towns except for its capital. Its area was 1,399 square km with a population of 79,900 persons according to the 1901 census.

==History==
According to legend Sarangarh state was founded in the first century AD by [[Gondi people|Gond]] ancestors that had migrated from [[Bhandara]]. It was originally a dependency of the [[Ratanpur Kingdom]] and later became one of the eighteen [[Garhjat]] states under [[Sambalpur State]]<ref>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/s/sarangarh.html Sarangarh Princely State]</ref> The Sambalpur kings favoured Sarangarh owing to its readiness to help their kingdom during military campaigns.<ref>Great Britain India Office. ''Imperial Gazetteer of India,'' Volume 21. 1909</ref>

In 1818 Sarangarh became a [[British protectorate]]. Between 1878 and 1889 Sarangarh state was placed under the direct administration of British India owing to economic mismanagement and the infancy of the ruler Bhawani Pratap Singh.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India]</ref> Sarangarh was a small feudatory state, part of the Chhattisgarh division.<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Chhattisgarh |volume=6 |page=116}}</ref>

On 1 January 1948 Sarangarh State acceded to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]].

===Rulers===
Sarangarh State was one of several [[princely states]] governed by the Raj Gond Dynasty of [[Gondi people|Gonds]]. The rulers bore the title '[[Raja]]'<ref>[http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/sarangarh Rajput Provinces of India – Sarangarh (Princely State)]</ref>

====Rajas====
*.... – .... Udibhan Singh
*.... – .... Birbhan Singh
*.... – 1736 Udho Sai Singh
*1736 – 1777 Kalyan Sai
*1777 – 1808 Vishvanath Sai
*1808 – 1815 Subhadra Sai
*1827 – 5 January 1828 Bhikhan Sai (d. 1828)
* 5 January 1828 – 1828 Tikan Sai
*1828 – May 1829 Gajraj Singh (d. 1829)
*May 1829 – 1872 Singram Singh
*1872 – Sep 1889 Bhawani Pratap Singh (b. c.1865 – d. 1889)
*Sep 1889 – 5 August 1890 Lal Raghubir Singh (d. 1890)
* 5 August 1890 – 11 January 1946 Bahadur Jawahir Singh (b. 1886 – d. 1946)
*11 Jan 1946 – 15 August 1947 Naresh Chandra Singh (b. 1908 – d. 1987)
*(1988- d. 2016) Raja Sishir Raj Bindu Singh
* (2016 - present) Raja Shree Raj Singh

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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