Narsinghpur State

Narsinghpur State () was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The state was founded in the 17th century and had its capital in Narasinghpur town. The last ruler of Narsinghpur joined the state to the Indian Union in 1948 and Narsinghpur state was made part of the Cuttack district of Odisha.
The state was bound in the north by a forested mountain range which marked the border with Hindol State and Angul District; in the east it was bound by Baramba State and in the south and southwest by the Mahanadi River.
History.
According to legends, Narsinghpur was founded in the 13th century by two powerful Khond chiefs named Narsingh and Poro, the state being named after the former, were defeated by a chieftain Dharma Singh. Although historically no records or "farmans" exist during the era of both Mughal and Maratha Empires. Eventually it was under the Puri Gajapati raja under whom it was a feudatory state, that the local Khandayat chief received the title Harichandan Mahapatra.
The last ruler of Narsinghpur Princely State signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948.
Rulers.
The rulers of the Narsinghpur state: