Korea State
| Korea State Koriya State | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State under the Maratha Confederacy (1790–1818) Protectorate under British India (1818–1890) Princely State under the British Raj (1890-1947) | |||||||
| 16th century–1947 | |||||||
Flag | |||||||
Korya State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1941 | 4,224 km2 (1,631 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1941 | 126,874 | ||||||
| Government | |||||||
| Raja | |||||||
• 1795–1824 | Gharib Singh Deo | ||||||
• 1909–1947 | Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 16th century | ||||||
| 1947 | |||||||
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| Today part of | Koriya district, Chhattisgarh | ||||||
| Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 369 | |||||||
Korea State, currently spelt as Koriya, was a Rajput princely state in the Empire of India. After Indian independence in 1947, the ruler of Korea acceded to the Union of India on 1 January 1948, and Koriya was made part of Surguja District of Central Provinces and Berar province. In January 1950, "Central Provinces and Berar" province was renamed Madhya Pradesh state. After November 2000, Korea and the former princely state of Changbhakar became Koriya district of Chhattisgarh state.
Korea had an area of 1,631 square miles (4,220 km2) and a population of 126,874 as of 1941.