Sandur (princely state)

Sandur was a princely state of British India on the Deccan Plateau in what is now the state of Karnataka. Its capital was Sandur.

With an area of ​​417 square kilometers and 11,200 inhabitants (1901 ) was one of Sandur to the smaller princely states. The state comprised an elongated valley bounded on both sides by two parallel mountain ranges, and was surrounded entirely by the district Bellary the Madras Presidency. The princely state of Sandur was under the Madras Presidency.

The state of Sandur was founded in 1713 by a Mahratta commander called Siddoji Rao from the Ghorpade dynasty. The ruler of Sandur carried the title Hindu Rao and Mamalikat Madar. 1818 Sandur was a British protectorate. 1876, the ruler of Sandur on Raja was charged. After Indian independence took Sandur on 1 April 1949, following India and was incorporated in the District of Bellary of the State of Madras. Along with this came Sandur 1953, the state of Mysore, who in 1956 umformiert and renamed in 1973 in Karnataka.