Bonai State (Princely State)

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Was a princely state during the British Raj in what is today India. It was one of the Chota Nagpur States and had its capital at Bonaigarh, located in the present-day Sundergarh district of Odisha.

Establishment

January 1802: Bonai State signs a subsidiary alliance with the British Empire.

Chronology

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1. Partition of India

Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.

April 1948: On 15 April 1948 Bonai's last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union.