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|native_name = कांकेर रियासत<br />
|conventional_long_name =Kanker State <br />
|common_name =Kanker<br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]<br />
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|year_start = 2nd century<br />
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|year_end = 1947<br />
|date_end = <br />
|event_end= [[Independence of India|Accession to the Union of India]]<br />
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|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg<br />
|image_flag =Flag of Kanker.png <br />
|image_coat = <br />
|image_map = Bastar-Kanker-Imperial Gazetteer.jpg<br />
|image_map_caption = Kanker State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]<br />
|stat_area1 =3701.09<br />
|stat_year1 =1901<br />
|stat_pop1 = 103,536<br />
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[[File:Kanker-Palace-600x450.jpg|thumb|280px|Kanker Palace, front view. Nowadays part of the palace has been transformed into a hotel.]]<br />
'''Kanker State''' ({{lang-hi|कांकेर}}) was one of the [[princely state]]s of [[India]] during the period of the [[British Raj]]. Its last ruler signed the accession to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] in 1947.<br />
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Kanker State was located north of [[Bastar State]] and, except for the valley of the [[Mahanadi]] in its eastern part, it consisted mostly of hills covered by forests in which teak (''[[Tectona grandis]]''), sirsā (''[[Dalbergia latifolia]]''), śāl (''[[Shorea robusta]]'') and bījāsāl (''[[Pterocarpus marsupium]]'') predominated. The state had 63,610 inhabitants in 1881 and 103,536 in 1901, more than half of which were [[Gonds]]. [[Kanker, Chhattisgarh|Kanker]] town in [[Kanker District]], [[Chhattisgarh]], was the capital of the state and the see of the Raja's residence. The languages spoken in the state were mainly [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]] and [[Gondi language|Gondi]].<ref name="IGI">[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_408.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 402.]</ref> <br />
==History==<br />
The early history of the state is obscure. According to tradition Kanker was founded in the early 2nd century by [[Gautamiputra Satkarni|Raja Satkarni]] of the [[Satavahana dynasty]].<ref>Hunter, Sir William Wilson. ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]''. London: Trübner & co., 1885</ref> The state was occupied by the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]] of [[Nagpur]] in 1809 and the Raja of Kanker was deprived of its power. In 1818, following the defeat of the Maratha Empire and when the [[Nagpur kingdom]] became a [[British protectorate]], local rule was restored by the British authorities on payment of a tribute of Rs 500. The tribute imposed on Kanker State was remitted in 1823.<ref name="IGI"/><br />
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At the time of the British Raj Kanker was one among the 26 feudatory states of the [[Chhattisgarh States Agency]]. The state's accession to the Indian Union was signed by its last ruler Bhanupratap Deo on 15 August 1947.<ref name="worldstatesmen">[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India K-Z]</ref><br />
===Rulers===<br />
The Rajas of the princely state were:<ref name="worldstatesmen"/><br />
*.... – 1729 Ghoor Sai Deo (d. 1729) <br />
*1729–1775 Harpal Deo (d. 1775) <br />
*1775 – .... Dhiraj Singh Deo<br />
*.... – .... Ram Raj Singh Deo<br />
*.... – 1802 Shyam Singh Deo<br />
*1802–1809 Bhup Deo (1st time) (d. 1839) <br />
*1809–1818 occupied by Nagpur <br />
*1818–1839 Bhup Deo (2nd time) (s.a.) <br />
*1839–1853 Padma Deo (d. 1853)<br />
* 5 December 1853 –May 1903 Narhar Deo (b. 1850 – d. 1903) <br />
* 9 May 1903 – 8 January 1925 Lal Kamal Deo (b. 1873 – d. 1925) <br />
* 8 January 1925 – 15 August 1947 Bhanupratap Deo (b. 1922 – d. 1969)<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Eastern States Agency]]<br />
* [[Kanker District]]<br />
* [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
==References==<br />
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