Chhuikhadan State

Chhuikhadan State छुईखदान रियासत
Princely State of British India
1750–1948 →
Flag of Chhuikhadan Flag
Chhuikhadan State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
History
•	Established	1750
•	Accession to the Indian Union	1948
Area
•	1901	396 km2 (153 sq mi)
Population
•	1901	26,368
	Density	66.6 /km2  (172.5 /sq mi)
Today part of		Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh
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Chhuikhadan (also known as Kondka) was a small princely state of British India, which later formed part of Chhattisgarh States Agency. The state flag was a purple triangle.

The state consisted of an area of 320 square miles, of which 27,907 acres were cultivated, and 48,538 acres cultivable. There were 120 villages in 1870 and the population was 13,281. In 1941 the state had a population of 32,731 people. The capital of the State was Chhuikhadan

History

The chief was a Kunwar and belonged to a Bairagi dynasty known as Mahants. The chiefs of Chhuikhadan were originally under the Bhonsles of Nagpur, the first Chief being Mahant Rup Das in 1750. However, after defeat of Marathas, they were recognized by British as feudatory chiefs in 1865 conferring the title and sanad to Mahant Laxman Das. Mahant Ritu Purna Kishor Das, the last ruling Chief of Chhuikhadan signed the accession of the State to the Union of India on 1 February 1948.

Rulers

• 1750-1780 Mahant Rup Das
• 1780-.... Mahant Tulsi Das
• ....-1845 Mahant Balmakund Das
• 1845-1887 Mahant Lakshman Das
• 1887-1896 Mahant Shyam Kishor Das
• 1896-1898 Mahant Radha Ballabh Kishor Das
• 1898-1903 Mahant Digvijay Yugal Kishor Das
• 1903-.... Mahant Bhudav Kishor Das
• Mahant Ritu Purna Kishor Das

See also

• Eastern States Agency
• Chhattisgarh Division
• Political integration of India