Baramba State: Difference between revisions

According to family and court records, Baramba State was founded in 1305 when the land comprising two villages, Sonkha and Mohuri, were granted by the then [[Eastern Ganga dynasty|Eastern Ganga]] emperor Narasimha Deva II, to a wrestler Hatakeshwar Raut of the [[Khandayat (caste)|Khandayat]] community in recognition for his valour.<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=129 |date=1910 }}</ref><ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_433.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 433.]</ref> The original two villages have now merged into the present town of Sankhameri.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/baramba.html |title=Baramba Princely State |access-date=29 June 2014 |archive-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105111140/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/baramba.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The last ruler of Baramba Princely State signed the [[Instrument of Accession|accession]] to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948.