28-417: 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 (Lok Sabha constituency) ,
56-473: A few large scale industries as well. Furniture Industries and rice mills are the most common industries in this region. Nagarnar Steel Plant , being set up at its outskirts, is at an advanced construction and is slated for commissioning in October 2018. Nagarnar Steel Plant National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), as part of its diversification, value addition and forward integration programme
84-621: A former municipality in Tirana County, central Albania Bastard (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bastar . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bastar&oldid=1212347574 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
112-634: A parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh state in central India Bastar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) , a state assembly constituency within the Parliamentary constituency Bastar rebellion , rebellion in colonial India Bastar: The Naxal Story , a 2024 Indian film about the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in Bastar district See also [ edit ] Zall-Bastar , a village and
140-614: 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 . Bastar district has multiple scenic waterfalls that is popular for tourists throughout India. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has identified Jagdalpur- Teerathgarh - Chitrakoot -Barsur- Dantewada Circuit as one of
168-456: Is a record of a brother called Annamadeva and that: He is said to have left Warangal for the northeast after anointing Prataparudra's son as king. Thus, the founder of the family fortunes in Bastar may very well have been a Telugu warrior from Telangana who was familiar with the prevalent legends about the Kakatiyas. According to this chronology, the state was established around 1324 CE and
196-506: Is connected by rail line with the eastern part of India. There are trains connecting Jagdalpur railway station to Howrah , Bhubaneshwar and Visakhapatnam . The rail connectivity of Jagdalpur to Durg via Rayagada and Raipur is about 658 km long and takes 14.5 hours of travel time as compared to that by road which takes about 6–7 hours (distance 300 km). Jagdalpur-Rowghat Rail Line Status NMDC, IRCON, SAIL and CMDC have signed an agreement on 20 January 2016 and pursuant to
224-656: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bastar 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. In
252-528: Is setting up a 3 MTPA capacity greenfield Integrated Steel Plant based on HiSmelt technology in Nagarnar, located 16 km from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh state with an estimated outlay of Rs 20000 crore. Construction work for the project is in progress and around 90.59% of civil work, 79.01% structural erection, 60.36% equipment erection have been completed as on 31 December 17. Baijendra Kumar, Chairman cum managing director, NMDC has set October 2018 as
280-468: The Kotapad region, it was given over to the neighbouring Jeypore state in 1863, on the condition of payment of tribute of Rs. 3,000, two-thirds of which sum was remitted from the amount payable by Bastar. By virtue of this arrangement the tribute of Bastar was, reduced to a nominal amount. H H Maharaja Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo (1929–1966), the 20th and the last ruling head of the Bastar state, ascended
308-516: The 15th century Bastar was divided into two kingdoms, one based in Kanker and the other ruled from Bastar. The present Halba Tribe claims to descend from the military class of these kingdoms. Until the rise of the Marathas , the state remained fairly independent until the 18th century. In 1861, Bastar became part of the newly formed Central Provinces and Berar, and in 1863, after years of feud, over
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#1732766171588336-491: The 2011 census, 81.80% of the population were Hindus, 9.44% Christians, 5.32% Muslims, 1.81% Jains, 1.27% Sikhs. Hindi is the largest language, spoken by 54% of the population. Chhattisgarhi, Halbi, Bhatri and Gondi languages/dialects are also widely spoken. Odia is also spoken by the parts close to Odissa with heavy influence of Halbi. Jagdalpur has a primarily agrarian economy, it is the second biggest market after Raipur in state, although it also has many small scale and
364-402: The 45 Mega Tourist Destinations/Circuits in India on the basis of footfalls and their future tourism potential. Jagdalpur has a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen climate classification Aw ) with three main seasons: summer, monsoon, and winter. Summers last from March to May and are hot, with the average maximum for May reaching 38.1 °C (100.6 °F). The weather cools off somewhat for
392-522: The 91.6 km to 140 km distance in under progress. The project team was directed by government to complete all the survey work for the project by 15 March 2018. In the name of Maa Danteshwari Airport, Jagdalpur has started daily flight services between Jagdalpur, Raipur , Hyderabad by Alliance Air under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) of Government of India . Jagdalpur Airport
420-456: The Bastar branch of the dynasty became extinct in the third generation with him, after which a descendant of the younger brother of Prataparaja Deva, Rajapala Deva became the next King in 1709. Rajapala Deva had two wives, first a Baghela princess, married, who had a son, Dakhin Singh, secondly, a Chandela Princess, who has two sons, Dalapati Deva and Pratap, trouble however struck again when after
448-632: The banks of Indravati River , had a population of 4,762. Traditionally the area is mentioned as Dandakaranya in the epic Ramayana , and part of the Kosala Kingdom in the Mahabharata . Around 450 AD, the Bastar area was ruled by a Nala king called Bhavadatta Varman, who is recorded as having invaded the neighbouring Vakataka kingdom during the reign of its king, Narendrasena (440-460) A brother of Prataparudra II , Annamaraja, has been associated with ruling what eventually became
476-720: The deadline to commission the plant. The contribution of Tourism in the Economy of Jagdalpur Tourism is one of the main sources of income for the city. The city is rightly said to be the paradise of tourists looking for fun and frolic in Jagdalpur. The city is an abode of many wildlife, temples, waterfalls, caves, lakes, museums, historic monuments and what not. Some of the must-visit places in Jagdalpur are Chitrakote Falls , Teerathgarh Falls , Kotumsar Cave , Tamda Ghumar waterfalls, Mendri Ghumar waterfalls, Kanger Ghati National Park , Indravati National Park , Danteshwari Temple ,
504-407: The death of Rajapala Deva in 1721, the elder queen ousted other claimants and placed her brother on the throne of Bastar, Dalapati Deva took refuge in the neighbouring kingdom of Jeypore and finally regained his throne a decade later in 1731. Its capital was Jagdalpur, where Bastar royal palace built by its ruler, when its capital was shifted here from old capital Bastar. Later at some point in
532-529: 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 . Bastar state was situated in
560-493: The founder established his kingdom at Bastar under the tutelage of a local goddess, Danteshwari. That goddess remains the tutelary deity of Bastar region and the Danteshwari Temple stands today at Dantewada . He ruled till 1369 when he was followed successively by Hamir Deva (r. 1369-1410), Bhaitai Deva (1410–1468), Purushottama Deva (1468–1534), Pratapa Raja Deva (1602–1625) and Dikpala Deva (1680–1709), after which
588-835: The historic Temples in Barsoor, Jagannath temple, Mavli temple, Laxmi-Narayan temple, The Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple and more. Road network in and around Jagdalpur can be seen from the road network map of the area. The National Highways passing through Jagdalpur are NH 30 (connecting Raipur to Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh via NH 65 ), and NH 63 (connecting Jagdalpur to Nizamabad in Telangana ) while passing through Maharashtra . NH 30 at Raipur connects Jagdalpur to Asian Highway 46 leading to Nagpur and Kolkata . NH 30 near Vijayawada connects Jagdalpur to NH 65 leading to Hyderabad and Pune . Jagdalpur
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#1732766171588616-401: The monsoon season from June to September, which features very heavy rainfall. Winters are warm and dry. As of the year 2021,town has a population of 325,463. The Municipal Corporation have a sex ratio of 985 females per 1,000 males and 19.0% of the population were under six years old. Effective literacy was 90.44%; male literacy was 92.51% and female literacy was 88.37%. At the time of
644-479: The month of March 2016 and of Narayanpur-Rowghat section by the month of May 2016, but there have been delays reported. In a government review carried out in February 2018, it was reported that the survey work for Jagdalpur to Kondagaon railway track laying comprising length of 91.76 km had been completed for Jagdalpur-Rowghat Railway project. It was also reported that the survey work for Kondagaon to Rowghat for
672-605: The railway line between Jagdalpur and Rawghat in Chhattisgarh . The railway line will have 13 new Railway stations and the estimated project cost of this Rail corridor is Rs 2,538 crore approximately. Presently, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for this section of the rail line has already been sanctioned by the Railways Board. Survey work is currently underway and the target was earlier set to complete survey work of Jagdalpur-Kondagaon-Narayanpur by
700-567: The same, a company named Bastar Railway Private Limited (BRPL) has already been formed on 5 May 2016 for undertaking implementation of the railway line from Jagdalpur to Rowghat. NDMC has the biggest shareholding in BRPL at 43 percent while SAIL, IRCON & Govt. of Chhattisgarh have shareholding of 21 percent, 26 percent and 10 percent respectively. BRPL and IRCON have signed a project execution agreement in July 2017, under which IRCON will construct
728-782: The south-eastern corner of the Central Provinces and Berar, bounded north by the Kanker State , south by the Godavari district of Madras States Agency , west by Chanda District , Hyderabad State , and the Godavari River , and east by the Jeypore Estate in Odisha . It had an area of 13,062 square miles (33,830 km ) and a population of 306,501 in 1901, when its capital city at Jagdalpur , situated on
756-415: The state of Bastar. This appears likely to be historical revisionism, dating from a genealogy published by the ruling family in 1703, because the document records only eight generations spanning almost four centuries of rule. Such revisionism and tenuous claims of connection to the Kakatiyas was not uncommon because it was perceived as legitimising the right to rule and a warrior status. Talbot notes that there
784-467: The throne in 1936, before it acceded to India in 1948 during the political integration of India . [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). " Bastar ". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 20°04′59″N 83°12′00″E / 20.083°N 83.2°E / 20.083; 83.2 Jagdalpur Jagdalpur
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