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Kalahandi was the largest of the 26 Feudatory states of [[Odisha]]. According to local tradition, the state originated with Raja Raghunath Sai of the [[ | Kalahandi was the largest of the 26 Feudatory states of [[Odisha]]. According to local tradition, the state originated with Raja Raghunath Sai of the Naga dynasty who traced descent from the [[Nagvanshis of Chotanagpur|Nagabanshis of Chotanagpur]]<ref>{{citation |title=ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS KALAHANDI |publisher=GAD, Govt of Odisha |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kalahandi_Gazetteer.pdf |pages=53 |date=1988 }}</ref> of Eastern India, beginning to rule the Kalahandi area in 1005 CE.<ref>{{citation |title=ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS KALAHANDI |publisher=GAD, Govt of Odisha |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kalahandi_Gazetteer.pdf |pages=53–71 |date=1988 }}</ref><ref name="P Singh Deo 2010">J. P Singh Deo, History and Culture of Kalahandi: Political Scenario of Kalahandi, Feb 2010, page: 41-43</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/k/kalahandi.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923104908/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/k/kalahandi.html |archive-date=23 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As per the traditional records preserved in Kalahandi Darbar, the Nagas succeeded the Gangas in Kalahandi when the last Ganga Governor of Kalahandi, Jagannath Deo's only daughter was married to Raghunath Sai, a prince of the Naga clan. However, historians have disputed the early date for the establishment of Naga dynasty rule in Kalahandi but most agree the Nagas succeeded the Gangas as the feudatories in the region during the 15th century taking advantage of the weakness of the central authority as the power of the [[Eastern Ganga dynasty]] started to decline in Odisha.<ref name="P Singh Deo 2010"/> Hence the state's [[coat of arms]] had two [[Indian cobra|cobra]]s facing each other.<ref>Malleson, G. B. ''An historical sketch of the native states of India,'' London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984</ref> and the presiding deity of the dynasty is Goddess [[Manikeswari]].<ref>{{citation |title=Goddesses Manikesvari and Lankesvari |publisher=Orissa Review |url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2009/September/engpdf/121-125.pdf |author=Uma Shankar Kar |date=September 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=THE HISTORY OF NAGA CULT AND NAGA FESTIVALS IN ORISSA |publisher=Indian History Congress |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44155757?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3A6d8b7ff7d62af564d7719adc90b6bbeb&seq=3#page_scan_tab_contents |page=3 |author=Biswajit Pradhan |date=2001 }}</ref> | ||
In August 1947 Kalahandi became part of the [[Eastern States Union]], an entity that was formed in [[Rajpur, Balrampur|Rajpur]] and that gathered most of the princely states of Orissa and [[Chhattisgarh]]. The Eastern States Union was dissolved in 1948.<ref>Sadhna Sharma ed. ''States Politics in India'', 1995, p. 273</ref> | In August 1947 Kalahandi became part of the [[Eastern States Union]], an entity that was formed in [[Rajpur, Balrampur|Rajpur]] and that gathered most of the princely states of Orissa and [[Chhattisgarh]]. The Eastern States Union was dissolved in 1948.<ref>Sadhna Sharma ed. ''States Politics in India'', 1995, p. 273</ref> | ||
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