SANDUR NON SALUTE
STATE
Sandur State (Marathi: सांडुर संस्थान) (Kannada: ಸಂಡೂರು ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ) was a small princely state of India during the British Raj, part of the Madras States Agency. Its capital was the town of Sanduru.
The state was founded around 1713 by
a Maratha Shrimant Sidalji Ghorpade, who died in 1715 without any
heir.
From 1731 until the accession to India,
the Sandur state was ruled by Marathi Brahmin royals. In 1776 – 1790 its territory was annexed to
the Mysore
Kingdom. Between 27
October 1817 and 1 July 1818 Sandur was annexed to the Peshwa's Dominions. In 1801, Bellary district was transferred to British India, and the Rajas of Sandur came under the political
authority of the Madras Presidency. On 1 July 1818 Sandur formally became
a British
protectorate.
The area of the state was 433 Sq. Km.
or 161 Sq. Miles and its population in
1901 was 11,200. The military sanatorium of Ramandurg is
located in a range of hills on the western border of the district.
The Raja of
Sandur acceded to the Union of India on 10 August 1947. The ruler commanded an estimated
annual revenue of Rs.3,500/-. Sandur remained a separate territorial entity
till 1 April 1949 when it was merged with the neighbouring Bellary district
of Madras
State (the
previous directly ruled colonial Madras Province).
Sandur state was later incorporated into Bellary district, then part of the Madras Presidency. In 1953, Bellary District was transferred to Mysore State, which was later renamed Karnataka.
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