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![[Kanker]](../images/i/in_kanke.gif)
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by Jarig Bakker
Source: Ziggiotto (1998).
See also:From Filcher (1984):
PRINCIPALITY OF KANKER
Princely States of Central India, Eastern States, Present-day Madhya Pradesh
(no gun salute)
Area: 3, 706 sq. km
Acceded to the Union of India on Jan.1, 1948
Founded before 1809
Flag:
"The flag of the Principality of Kanker is saffron (orange) with the image of
the Monkey-God 'Hanuman holding the mountain under the crescent moon in the
center." This is from an episode of the Ramayana.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 11 January 2003
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