Kharsawan (Hindi: ) is a city and a notified area in Seraikela Kharsawan district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Kharsawan or Kharsuan was one of the Oriya speaking Princely states of India during the period of the British Raj, and was acceded to India after India gained independence. Earlier this area was a part of Orissa's Kalinga-Utkala Empire of the Gajapati Kings. It is now a part of Jharkhand, India, and one of its districts is named Seraikela Kharsawan district. Maharaj Darbhanga used to visit this state to pay respects as trade route to the east coast ran through the thick jungles of Singhbhum and safety was guaranteed only to those who were in the good books. Kumar Aditya Narayan Singh Deo and his father Maharaj Kumar Rudra Pratap Singh Deo appreciated the name change of the district. It had a privy purse of 33,000INR.PRESENT head of the royal family: Raja PRADEEP CHANDRA SINGH DEO. Title of Raja was given to Kharswan Ruler in 1902 to Raja Ram Chandra Singh Deo...
