BANGANPALLE 9 GUN SALUTE STATE
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Banganapalle
State was one of the princely
states of India during
the period of the British
Raj. The state was founded in 1665 and had its capital in Banganapalle.
Its rulers were Shia Muslims and the last one
signed the accession to the Indian Union on 23 February 1948.
The
fortified village of Banganapalle emerges from obscurity in 1601, when
Sultan Ismail Adil Shah of Bijapur is
recorded to have displaced the previous ruler, Raja Nanda Chakravarthy, and
taken possession of the fortress. Several decades later, Banganapalle was part
of a large province which the Sultan of Bijapur placed under the control of his
trusted general, Siddi
Sambal. The Siddi,
a man of African extraction, is credited with having significantly improved the
fortifications of Banganapalle.
In 1665,
Sultan Adil Shah II of Bijapur
granted Banganapalle and the surrounding areas as a Jagir (fiefdom)
to Muhammad Beg Khan-e-Rosebahani, as a reward for services rendered.
Rosebahani died without male heirs, and left the estate in the control of his
adopted son and namesake, Muhammad Beg Khan Najm-i-Sani, entitled Faiz Ali Khan Bahadur.
Banganapalle
was ruled by the descendants of Faiz Ali Khan initially
as a fief of the Mughal
empire, and after the Nizam of Hyderabad declared
his independence from the Mughals in 1724, as a fief of Hyderabad.
Faiz Ali Khan also died without a male heir, and Banganapalle was inherited by
his grandson, Husain Ali Khan. Toward the end of Husain Ali Khan's reign, Hyder
Ali of Mysore was
expanding his power in the region, and Husain Ali Khan switched his allegiance
to Hyder Ali. Husain Ali Khan died in 1783, and his young son, Ghulam Muhammad
Ali, succeeded him, with his paternal uncle as regent. Within the space of a
year, Hyder's successor Tipu
Sultan had driven them from Banganapalle; they took refuge
in Hyderabad, returning to reclaim Banganapalle
in 1789. Shortly thereafter, the nearby jagir of Chenchelimala was
acquired by the Nawab of Banganapalle through marriage.
Banganapalle became a princely state of British India in the
early 19th century. The British governor of the Madras
Presidency twice
took over the administration of the state for financial mismanagement, the
first time from 1832 to 1848, and the second time for a few months in 1905.In
1901, the princely state of Banganapalle had a population of 32,264 and an area
of 660 Sq.Km. or 255 Sq. Mi.
In 1948, the ruler of
Banganapalle acceded to newly independent India, and Banganapalle
was incorporated into Kurnool district of the then Madras
Presidency.
In 1953, the northern districts of Madras State,
including Kurnool
District,
became the new state of Andhra, which in 1956
became Andhra Pradesh.
Revenue Stamp :-
Type 12 :- Size 28 x 34 mm., 1945 AD, Perf.12, Wove
paper
One
Anna , Carmine and Black , Ref. # 121
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