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			'''Tigiria State''' was one of the [[princely state]]s of [[India]] during the period of the [[British Raj]]. It was located in present-day [[Tigiria]] block of [[Cuttack district]], [[Odisha]]. Although it was the smallest of the states of the [[Orissa States Agency]] it was the most densely populated.<ref name="IGI"/> The last ruler of Tigiria joined the state to the [[Dominion of India\|Indian Union]] by signing the [[instrument of accession]] in 1948.<ref name="TGI"/>

	'''Tigiria State''', was one of the [[princely state]]s of [[India]] during the period of the [[British Raj]]. It was located in present-day [[Tigiria]] block of [[Cuttack district]], [[Odisha]]. Although it was the smallest of the states of the [[Orissa States Agency]] it was the most densely populated.<ref name="IGI"/> The last ruler of Tigiria joined the state to the [[Dominion of India\|Indian Union]] in 1948.<ref name="TGI"/>		The state was bound in the north by [[Dhenkanal State]], in the east by [[Athgarh State]], in the south by the [[Mahanadi River]] and in the west by [[Baramba State]].<ref name="IGI">[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_363.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 357.]</ref>

	The state was bound in the north by [[Dhenkanal State]], in the east ~~it was bound~~ by [[Athgarh State]], in the south by the [[Mahanadi River]] and in the west by [[Baramba State]].<ref name="IGI">[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_363.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 357.]</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	The name 'Tigiria' likely originated in the [[Sanskrit]] ''Trigiri'', meaning "Three Hills". Most of the inhabitants of Tigiria were [[Hindu]], members of the [[Chasa caste]], and important places of worship were located within the area of Tigiria State.		The name 'Tigiria' likely originated in the [[Sanskrit]] ''Trigiri'', meaning "Three Hills".{{cn\|date=March 2024}} Most of the inhabitants of Tigiria were [[Hindu]], members of the [[Chasa caste]], and important places of worship were located within the area of Tigiria State.

	Tigiria was founded at an uncertain date in the sixteenth century by a ruler named Nityananda Tunga of the local Kshatriya Tunga clan of Central Odisha region. According to legends he was directed to the spot in a dream while on a pilgrimage to [[Puri]].<ref>{{citation \|title=ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS CUTTACK \|publisher=GAD, Govt of Odisha \|url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Cuttack_Gazetteer.pdf \|~~page~~=~~46-70~~ \|date=1993 }}</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=335 \|date=1910 }}</ref><ref name="IGI"~~>[https:~~/~~/dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_363.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 357.]</ref~~> In 1682, the Marathas granted the title of Mahapatra to Raja Sankarsen Tunga for his services. His successor Gopinath Chamupati Singh has authored the war treatise ''Virasarvasvam''.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Virasarvasvam : A War Treatise of Gopinath Chamupati Singh\|author= Manugayatri Rath \|url=http://odishahistorycongress.org/Docs/Odisha%20History%20Congress%20Journal%202014.pdf \|page=192 \|date=December 2013 \|publisher=Odisha History Congress \|accessdate=2 March 2021}}</ref>		Tigiria was founded at an uncertain date in the sixteenth century by a ruler named Nityananda Tunga of the local Kshatriya Tunga clan of Central Odisha region. According to legends he was directed to the spot in a dream while on a pilgrimage to [[Puri]].<ref>{{citation \|title=ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS CUTTACK \|publisher=GAD, Govt of Odisha \|url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Cuttack_Gazetteer.pdf \|pages=46–70 \|date=1993 }}</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=335 \|date=1910 }}</ref><ref name="IGI"/> In 1682, the Marathas granted the title of Mahapatra to Raja Sankarsen Tunga for his services. His successor Gopinath Chamupati Singh has authored the war treatise ''Virasarvasvam''.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Virasarvasvam : A War Treatise of Gopinath Chamupati Singh\|author= Manugayatri Rath \|url=http://odishahistorycongress.org/Docs/Odisha%20History%20Congress%20Journal%202014.pdf \|page=192 \|date=December 2013 \|publisher=Odisha History Congress \|accessdate=2 March 2021}}</ref>

	The last Raja [[Brajraj Mahapatra\|Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar]] Chamupati Singh Mahapatra signed the [[Instrument of Accession\|accession]] to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948<ref name="TGI">[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/t/tigiria.html Tigiria Princely State – "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 539]</ref> and was the final surviving royal of the British Raj-era princely states until he ~~breathed his last~~ in 2015.<ref>{{cite web\|author= \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/A-prince-dies-a-pauper/articleshow/50060808.cms \|title=A prince dies a pauper \|publisher=Times of India \|date=2015-12-06 \|accessdate=2015-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last1=Mohanty\|first1=Debabrata\|title=Erstwhile king of Tigiria Brajraj Mahapatra dies in Odisha\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/erstwhile-king-dies-in-odisha/\|work=[[The Indian Express]]\|date=1 December 2015}}</ref>		The last Raja [[Brajraj Mahapatra\|Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar]] Chamupati Singh Mahapatra signed the [[Instrument of Accession\|accession]] to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948<ref name="TGI">[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/t/tigiria.html Tigiria Princely State – "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 539]</ref> and was the final surviving royal of the British Raj-era princely states until he died in 2015.<ref>{{cite web\|author= \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/A-prince-dies-a-pauper/articleshow/50060808.cms \|title=A prince dies a pauper \|publisher=Times of India \|date=2015-12-06 \|accessdate=2015-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last1=Mohanty\|first1=Debabrata\|title=Erstwhile king of Tigiria Brajraj Mahapatra dies in Odisha\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/erstwhile-king-dies-in-odisha/\|work=[[The Indian Express]]\|date=1 December 2015}}</ref>

	==Rulers==		==Rulers==
	The rulers of Tigiria state of the Tunga dynasty.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India K-W]</ref>		The rulers of Tigiria state of the Tunga dynasty.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India K-W]</ref>

	*Nityananda Tunga		*Nityananda Tunga (1682-1682
	*Sankarsen Tunga (1682–1742)		*Sankarsen Tunga (1682–1742)
	*Gopinath Chamupati Singh (~~1743–~~..)		*Gopinath Chamupati Singh (1743–1767..)
	*Jadumani Rai Singh (..~~–1793~~)		*Jadumani Rai Singh (..1767–1793)
	*Jagannath Chamupati Singh (1797–1844)		*Jagannath Chamupati Singh (1797–1844)
	*Harihar Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh (1844–8 April 1886)		*Harihar Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh (1844–8 April 1886)
	*Banamali Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh (8 April ~~1886–1933~~)		*Banamali Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh (8 April 1886 – 1933)
	*Sudarshan Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh (1933–1943)		*Sudarshan Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh (1933–1943)
	*[[Brajraj Mahapatra\|Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar]] Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (1943–1 January 1948)		*[[Brajraj Mahapatra\|Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar]] Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (1943–1 January 1948)

	===Titular===		===Titular===
	*[[Brajraj Mahapatra\|Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar]] Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (1 January ~~1948–30th~~ November 2015)		*[[Brajraj Mahapatra\|Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar]] Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (1 January 1948 – 30 November 2015)
	*Bir Pratap Birbar Kshatriya Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (~~30th~~ November 2015–current)		*Bir Pratap Birbar Kshatriya Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (30 November 2015–current)

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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'''Tigiria State''', was one of the [[princely state]]s of [[India]] during the period of the [[British Raj]]. It was located in present-day [[Tigiria]] block of [[Cuttack district]], [[Odisha]]. Although it was the smallest of the states of the [[Orissa States Agency]] it was the most densely populated.<ref name="IGI"/> The last ruler of Tigiria joined the state to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] in 1948.<ref name="TGI"/>

The state was bound in the north by [[Dhenkanal State]], in the east it was bound by [[Athgarh State]], in the south by the [[Mahanadi River]] and in the west by [[Baramba State]].<ref name="IGI">[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_363.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 357.]</ref>

==History==
The name 'Tigiria' likely originated in the [[Sanskrit]] ''Trigiri'', meaning "Three Hills". Most of the inhabitants of Tigiria were [[Hindu]], members of the [[Chasa caste]], and important places of worship were located within the area of Tigiria State.

Tigiria was founded at an uncertain date in the sixteenth century by a ruler named Nityananda Tunga of the local Kshatriya Tunga clan of Central Odisha region. According to legends he was directed to the spot in a dream while on a pilgrimage to [[Puri]].<ref>{{citation |title=ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS CUTTACK |publisher=GAD, Govt of Odisha |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Cuttack_Gazetteer.pdf |page=46-70 |date=1993 }}</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=335 |date=1910 }}</ref><ref name="IGI">[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_363.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 357.]</ref> In 1682, the Marathas granted the title of Mahapatra to Raja Sankarsen Tunga for his services. His successor Gopinath Chamupati Singh has authored the war treatise ''Virasarvasvam''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Virasarvasvam : A War Treatise of Gopinath Chamupati Singh|author= Manugayatri Rath |url=http://odishahistorycongress.org/Docs/Odisha%20History%20Congress%20Journal%202014.pdf |page=192 |date=December 2013 |publisher=Odisha History Congress |accessdate=2 March 2021}}</ref>

The last Raja [[Brajraj Mahapatra|Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar]] Chamupati Singh Mahapatra signed the [[Instrument of Accession|accession]] to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948<ref name="TGI">[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/t/tigiria.html Tigiria Princely State – "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 539]</ref> and was the final surviving royal of the British Raj-era princely states until he breathed his last in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/A-prince-dies-a-pauper/articleshow/50060808.cms |title=A prince dies a pauper |publisher=Times of India |date=2015-12-06 |accessdate=2015-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mohanty|first1=Debabrata|title=Erstwhile king of Tigiria Brajraj Mahapatra dies in Odisha|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/erstwhile-king-dies-in-odisha/|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=1 December 2015}}</ref>

==Rulers==
The rulers of Tigiria state of the Tunga dynasty.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India K-W]</ref>

*Nityananda Tunga
*Sankarsen Tunga (1682–1742)
*Gopinath Chamupati Singh (1743–..)
*Jadumani Rai Singh (..–1793)
*Jagannath Chamupati Singh (1797–1844)
*Harihar Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh (1844–8 April 1886)
*Banamali Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh (8 April 1886–1933)
*Sudarshan Kshatriya Birbar Chamupati Singh (1933–1943)
*[[Brajraj Mahapatra|Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar]] Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (1943–1 January 1948)

===Titular===
*[[Brajraj Mahapatra|Brajraj Kshatriya Birbar]] Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (1 January 1948–30th November 2015)
*Bir Pratap Birbar Kshatriya Chamupati Singh Mahapatra (30th November 2015–current)

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

==References==
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