Rajnandgaon

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Chhattisgarh cancels cop recruitment in Rajnandgaon; SIT to probe fraud charges Dec. 25, 2024, 3:54 PM ET (The Indian Express)

Rajnandgaon, city, west-central Chhattisgarh state, east-central India. It lies in a region of fertile farmland in the western part of the Chhattisgarh Plain and is drained by several small tributaries of the Seonath River, which flows just to the south of the city. Rajnandgaon was ruled by a dynasty of Hindu caretakers (mahants) and Gond rajas (chiefs). Succession was by adoption. The last ruler, Ghasi Das, was recognized as a feudal chief by the British government in 1865 and was granted a sanad, or right of adoption. Later the British conferred the title of raja to the ruling mahant. Rajnandgaon ...(100 of 169 words)