NANDGAON  , a feudatory

state of India, in the Chhattisgarh division of the Central Provinces . Area, 871 sq. m.; pop . (1901) 126,356, showing a decrease of 31% in the decade, due to famine; estimated revenue £23,000; tribute £4600 . The state has a peculiar history . Its foundation is traced to a religious celibate, who came from the Punjab towards the end of the 18th century . From the founder it passed through a succession of chosen disciples until 1879, when the British government recognized the ruler as an hereditary chief and afterwards conferred upon his son the title of Raja Bahadur . The state has long been well administered, and has derived additional prosperity from the construction of the Bengal-Nagpur railway, which has a station at Raj-Nandgaon, the capital (pop . 11,094) . Here there is a steam cotton mill .