UDAIPUR (ESA) NON SALUTE STATE
Udaipur State was
one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The
town of Dharamjaigarh was the former state's capital.
After the Independence of India Udaipur State was merged with the princely states of Raigarh, Sakti, Sarangarh and Jashpur to form
the Raigarh district of Madhya Pradesh.[2] Now the
district of Raigarh is part of Chhattisgarh state.
The State of Udaipur was bounded by Surguja State and Jashpur State on
its northern side, on the east by Gangpur State and
the British Ranchi district, on the south by Raigarh State and
on the west by the British Bilaspur
district of the Central Provinces. In
1881 the State contained 196 villages and covered an area of 2,732 Sq.Km. or
1055 Sq.Miles The total population according to the 1901 Census of India was around 45,000, mostly Hindus. Udaipur was one of the states of the Eastern
States Agency. The
last ruler of this princely state signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948.
The state was mostly covered by forested hills
of sandstone with carboniferous strata, but the extensive
coalfields were not exploited. Gold and iron were also found, but in much
smaller quantities. The ranges in the area of the state were relatively low,
the highest point being Lotta
Hill, reaching an elevation of 640 m.
The forests were dense, composed mainly of sāl, mahua, kusum and tendu. The Mand River rises
near Girsa in Surguja, draining the southern part of the Mainpat
Plateau to the north.
Type 8 :- 1913 A.D.
, Size 55x 30 mm., Perf. 11
Type 9 :- 1925 A.D. , Size 100x 60 mm., Hand stamped in Violet .
Revenue Stamp :-
Type 10 :- 1940-42 AD, Overprint UDAIPUR / STATE / E.S.A. in
capitals without serifs on British Indian small Revenue series of 1934-1946 AD
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