Korea princely state court fee/revenue stamp

KOREA NON SALUTE STATE

Korea state formerly Chota Nagpur Division of Bengal, later Chhattisgarh States Agency, now in Chhattisgarh State, area of state was 4,224 Sq. K.m. ,and population of state was 90,886 in 1931. Privy purse of state at the time of accession on 1st Jan 1948 was Rs.248,700.

Korea State, currently spelled as Koriya, was a princely state of the British Empire of India. After Indian independence in 1947, the ruler of Korea acceded to the Union of Indiaon 1 January 1948, and Koriya was made part of Surguja District of Central Provinces and Berar province. In January 1950, “Central Provinces and Berar” province was renamed Madhya Pradesh state. After November 2000, Korea and the former princely state of Changbhakarbecame Koriya district of Chhattisgarh state.

Korea State was founded in the 17th century. The ruling family of Koriya were Rajputs of the Chauhan dynasty who came to Koriya from Rajputana in the 13th century and conquered the country. Before the coming of the Marathas, it is alleged that the rajas of Koriya “lived in perfect independence, and never having been necessitated to submit to the payment of any tribute, they had no occasion to oppress their subjects.” This situation changed in 1790 when Korea had to pay tribute to the Marathas.

Historically Korea State also seems to have had some indefinite feudal relations with Surguja, but the British government ignored this claim when Koriya was ceded to them by the BhonsleRaja of Nagpur in 1818. On 24 Dec 1819 the state became a British protectorate. Upon the extinction of the direct line in 1897, a distant collateral branch of the ruling family was recognized as successor by the British Raj.

In 1891, the Raj decided that the five states of the Surguja group (Surguja, Udaipur, Jashpur, Korea, and Changbhakar), as well as the states of Bonai, Gangpur, Seraikela, and Kharsawan, formerly known as the Tributary Mahals of Chhota Nagpur, were not part of British India, and revised sanads were issued in 1899 formally recognizing them as feudatory states and defining their relations with the British Raj.

Court Fee Stamps :--

Type-4 :- Used in 1937-48AD, size 76x34mm. , Perf . 14, Wove paper , British India Court Fee series of 1937 with portrait of George VI is over printed with KOREA / STATE.