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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = ଗଙ୍ଗପୁର
|conventional_long_name =Gangpur State<br>Gangpore State
|common_name =Gangpur
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = 1804
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India|Accession to the Indian Union]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =
|image_coat =
|image_map = Orissa Tributary States-IGI.jpg
|image_map_caption = Gangpur State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 =6454
|stat_year1 =1941
|stat_pop1 =398171
|footnotes =
}}
'''Gangpur State''', also known as '''Gangpore State''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_205.gif|title=Imperial Gazetter of India, Volume 21, page 199 - Imperial Gazetteer of India - Digital South Asia Library|website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref> was one of the [[princely state]]s of [[India]] during the period of the [[British Raj]]. Until 1905 it was one of the [[Chhota Nagpur States]]<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Gangpur |volume=11 |page=452}}</ref> under the [[Eastern States Agency]].

Covering an area of 6454 km<sup>2</sup>, in 1941 Gangpur had a population of 398,171. The population was predominantly [[Odia language|Odia]] speaking.<ref>''Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer'' p. 660</ref> It was made part of [[India]] on 1 January 1948. The capital of Gangpur State was modern [[Sundargarh]] of [[Odisha]].

==History==
According to traditions, the dynasty was established by Gangadhar Sekhar Deo, a scion of the Sekhar dynasty from Sikharbhum near the [[Singhbhum]] region of Eastern India with the help of the dominant local [[Bhuyan]] clans. Written archival records point to the reign of Indra Shekhar Deo under whom the region formally became a part of the British Empire after the defeat of the Marathas in the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]].<ref>{{citation |title=ODISHA DISTRICT GAZETTEERS SUNDARGARH |publisher=GAD, Govt of Odisha |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Sundargarh_Gazetteer.pdf |page=53-57 |date=2014 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Princely State of Gangpur |publisher=Odisha Review |url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2015/Oct/engpdf/61-75.pdf |author=Harihar Panda |date=October 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=LAND & FOREST GOVERNANCE IN SUNDARGARH |publisher=Vasundhara |url=https://www.vasundharaodisha.org/Research%20Reports/Sundargarh%20profile.pdf |author=Pratap Kishore Mohanty |page=3 |date=September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=THE ROYAL STORIES OF ODISHA PRINCELY STATE OF GANGPUR |website=Academia.edu |url=https://www.academia.edu/10811815/THE_ROYAL_STORIES_OF_ODISHA_PRINCELY_STATE_OF_GANGPUR |author=Harihar Panda |page=3 }}</ref>

Gangpur was a feudatory estate of [[Sambalpur State|Sambalpur]]. In 1821 the British authorities canceled the feudatory rights of Sambalpur over Gangpur and the ruler was granted a [[sanad (deed)|''sanad'']], by which Gangpur was recognized as a state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_146.gif|title=Imperial Gazetter of India, Volume 12, page 146 - Imperial Gazetteer of India - Digital South Asia Library|website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref> On 1 January 1948 the last ruler of Gangpur signed the accession to the Indian Union after independence and following which it merged with the state of [[Odisha]] forming a part of the [[Sundergarh district]].

==Rulers==
The rulers of Gangpur of Sekhar dynasty:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rulers.org/indstat1.html|title=Indian states before 1947 A-J|website=rulers.org}}</ref>
*Gangdhar Sekhar Deo
*...
*Indra Sekhar Deo (1804 – 1820)
*Parshuram Sekhar Deo (1820 – 1831)
*Jagadev Sekhar Deo (1831 – 1852)
*Chandrabhanu Sekhar Deo (1852 – 1858)
*Mohan Sekhar Deo (1858)
*Raghunath Sekhar Deo (28 Oct 1858 – 10 June 1917)
*Bhabani Shankar Sekhar Deo (10 June 1917 – 5 May 1930)
*Bir Mitra Pratap Sekhar Deo (5 May 1930 – 26 December 1938)
*Rani Janaki Rathnayammarjee of Kurupam (f) - Regent (5 May 1930 – 26 December 1938 and 26 December 1938 – 27 November 1944)
*Bir Udit Pratap Sekhar Deo (26 December 1938 – 1 October 1948)

===Titular===
*Bir Udit Pratap Sekhar Deo (1 October 1948 - 1967)
*Birendra Sekhar Deo (1967 - 2010)
*Samarendra Sekhar Deo (2010 - current)

==References==
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