Narsinghpur

Narsinghpur was a small Garhjat chiefdom on the north bank of the Mahanadi in Orissa. Tradition held that Dharma Singh overcame the Khond chiefs Narsingh and Poro; the ruling family claimed descent from him.

The chiefs became feudatories of the Gajapati rajas of Puri and received the hereditary title Harichandan Mahapatra. No firmans survive from Mughal or Maratha rule. The first ruler with a firm date was Mandardhar Harichandan Mahapatra, recorded in 1671; Somanath Harichandan Mahapatra succeeded in 1826.