Sarangarh princely state court fee / revenue stamp

SARANGARH NON SALUTE STATE

Sarangarh state is formerly Chhatisgarh (Eastern States) Agency, now in Madhya Pradesh State , Area of state was 540 Sq miles and population of state was 1,28,967 in1931.

Sarangarh was a princely state in India during the British Raj ruled by a Raj Gond dynasty. The emblem of the state was a turtle. Its capital was in Sarangarh town, now in Chhattisgarh state. The state had no significant towns except for its capital. Its area was 1,399 Sq. Km. with a population of 79,900 persons according to the 1901 census.

According to legend Sarangarh state was founded in the first century AD by Gond ancestors that had migrated from Bhandara. It was originally a dependency of the Ratanpur Kingdom and later became one of the eighteen Garhjat states under Sambalpur State. The Sambalpur kings favoured Sarangarh owing to its readiness to help their kingdom during military campaigns.

In 1818 Sarangarh became a British protectorate. Between 1878 and 1889 Sarangarh state was placed under the direct administration of British India owing to economic mismanagement and the infancy of the ruler Bhawani Pratap Singh. Sarangarh was a small feudatory state, part of the Chhattisgarh division.

On 1 January 1948 Sarangarh State acceded to the Indian Union.