Bastar State

Bastar State
Princely State of British India
1324–1948
Flag
Bastar State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Capital	Jagdalpur
Area
• 1901	33,831 km2 (13,062 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	306,501
History
• Established	1324
• Accession to the Union of India	1948
Succeeded by India
Bastar Princely State

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.^[1]

In the early 19th century, the state became part of Central Provinces and Berar under the British Raj, and acceded to the Union of India on 1 January 1948, to become part of the Madhya Pradesh in 1956, and later part of the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh state in 2000. The current ceremonial ruler is Maharaja Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo, of the Kakatiya and Bhanj dynasty.