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Bastar state was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was founded in the early 13th century by Annamaraja, a brother of the last ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty , Prataparudra II . It is today used to refer to the same region, called Bastar division in Chhattisgarh state.
Bastar was founded in the early 14th century, by Annama Deva, the brother of Kakatiya King Pratapa Rudra Deva of Warangal in Telangana. After India achieved independence in 1947, the princely states of Bastar and Kanker acceded to the Government of India, and were merged to form Bastar district of Madhya Pradesh.
Jagdalpur is a city located in the southern part of Chhattisgarh state in India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Bastar district and Bastar division. Before the independence of India, it also served as the capital of the erstwhile princely state of Bastar. It is the fourth largest city of Chhattisgarh.
Bastar may refer to: Bastar State, a state founded in the 15th-century that later became a princely state of British India; Bastar district, an administrative district of Chhattisgarh state in central India; Bastar division, an administrative division of Chhattisgarh that includes Bastar, Dantewada, and Kanker districts
Bastar division is an administrative division of Chhattisgarh state in central India. It includes the districts of Bastar , Dantewada , Bijapur , Narayanpur , Sukma , Kondagaon and Kanker . Bastar Division was created in 1999, when the larger Bastar District was divided into the present-day districts of Jagdalpur, Dantewada, and Kanker.
Before the partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India. [1] These were not part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which were under direct British administration, but rather under indirect rule, subject to subsidiary alliances.
Bastar is one of the 90 constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in India. [ 2 ] It is part of Bastar district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes .
Known for its rich in mineral deposits, it covers the Narayanpur district, Bijapur district and Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh state and is close to the borders of neighbouring Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. The Indravati river, which originates from Odisha, and is a tributary of the Godavari River, separates the area from Bastar.