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:''Not to be confused with Rampur State'' Ranpur State ((オリヤー語:ରଣପୁର); (ヒンディー語:रणपुर)) was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was one of the four native states located in present-day Nayagarh district, Odisha. The state was bounded in the west by Nayagarh State and in all other directions by Puri district. It was very close to the seashore but had no coastline. Its southwestern part was thickly forested and was mostly uninhabited. The Ranpur ruling family claimed to belong to the most ancient lineage of the princely rulers of the Orissa Tributary States. The capital of the state was Ranpur, a small town near Kalupara Ghat railway station where the Raja resided.〔Great Britain India Office. ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.〕 ==History== According to tradition Ranpur State is of very ancient origin. The legendary date of its foundation is placed some time in the 18th century BC〔(Ranpur (Princely State) )〕 when the founder, a hunter named Basara Basuk, defeated a giant named Ranasura, established his rule in the area. The name of the place is derived from the demon's name and was initially known as Ranasurapura, changing to Ranpur in course of time. The state became a British protectorate in 1803. Raja Benudar Bajradhar Narendra Mahapatra —who had been granted a sanad of adoption by the British in 1862 for his loyalty during the Indian rebellion— claimed in 1877 that 109 generations of rulers had been at the head of the state since the original founder 3,600 years before.〔Great Britain India Office. ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.〕 The rulers were Rajputs of uncertain origin, denying having any Khond blood, unlike most other rulers of princely states of Orissa. The last Raja of Ranpur signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union, on 1 January 1948.〔(Rajput Provinces of India - Ranpur (Princely State) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ranpur State」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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