Sonepur State

Sonepur State
Sonpur State
Princely State of British India
1650–1948
Coat of arms of Sonpur
Coat of arms

Sonepur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
CapitalSubarnapur
Area 
• 1901
2,347 km2 (906 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
169,877
History 
• Established
1650
1948
 Succeeded by
India

Sonepur, also known as Sonpur State,[1] was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. Its ruler was entitled to a nine-gun salute.[2] Formerly it was placed under the Central India Agency, but in 1905 it was transferred to the Eastern States Agency.[3] Its capital was Sonepur, the only significant town in the area. The former state's territory is in the present-day Subarnapur district, Odisha.

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sonpur" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 416.
  2. ^ Sonepur Princely State (9 gun salute)
  3. ^ Malleson, G. B.: An historical sketch of the native states of India, London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984