Sambalpur State: Difference between revisions

'''Sambalpur Raj''', also known as '''Hirakhand samrajyaraj''' was a sovereign state founded in the 16th century AD. It ruled over a vast kingdom spread across Western Odisha and Eastern Chhattisgarh in central-eastern India prior to the Maratha occupation in 1800 AD. From 1849 AD it was integrated with British Raj as a [[princely state|British District]]. Its capital was present-day Sambalpur city in Western Odisha.