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Central India Agency
The Central India Agency was created in 1854, by amalgamating the Western Malwa Agency with other smaller political offices which formerly reported to the Governor-General of India. The agency was overseen by a political agent who maintained British relations with the princely states and influence over them on behalf of the Governor-General. The headquarters of the agent were at Indore. List of Divisions and Princely States/districts of Agency Bundelkhand Agency : Bundelkhand Agency was bounded by Bagelkhand to the east, the United Provinces to the north, Lalitpur District to the west, and the Central Provinces to the south. Bagelkhand Agency was separated from Bundelkhand in 1871. In 1900 it included 9 states, the most important of which were Orchha, Panna, Samthar, Charkhari, Chhatarpur, Datia, Bijawar and Ajaigarh. The agency also included 13 estates and the ''pargana'' of Alampur, the latter belonging to Indore State. In 1931, all of the states under the Baghelkhand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another, they existed between 1612 and 1947, conventionally divided into three historical periods: *Between 1612 and 1757 the East India Company set up Factory (trading post), factories (trading posts) in several locations, mostly in coastal India, with the consent of the Mughal emperors, Maratha Empire or local rulers. Its rivals were the merchant trading companies of Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands, and France. By the mid-18th century, three ''presidency towns'': Madras, Bombay and Calcutta, had grown in size. *During the period of Company rule in India (1757–1858), the company gradually acquired sovereignty over large parts of India, now called "presidencies". However, it also increasingly came under British government over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singrauli District
Singrauli district is one of the districts in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. History It was previously ruled by the Maharajas of Singrauli State till 1971, after which the monarchy was abolished. Singrauli district has its headquarters at Waidhan. It was the largest district in the Bagelkhand Division of Vindhya Pradesh. Singrauli is emerging as India's energy capital. Just two generations ago, smallholders were tending their parcels of land here, and the original inhabitants were gathering honey and herbs in the forest. In the late fifties, a large scale dam banked up the water of the River Rihand. The dam known as Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar was inaugurated by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1962. Later, rich coal deposits spread over an area of 2200 km2 in the state of M.P. (eastern part of Sidhi District) and U.P. (southern part of Sonebhadra District) were discovered close to the artificial lake that could be used to generate electricity. This area has a group of rock cut c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhurwai State
Dhurwai was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was one of the Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs, under the Bundelkhand Agency of British India. Its capital was the town of Dhurwai, with a population of 777 in 1901. Today it is part of Jhansi District, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Dhurwai was administered by the native ruler, who was addressed as Indian Prince by the British authorities. History Dhurwai State was founded in the Bundelkhand region in 1812 by a descendant of the royal family of Orchha Diwan Rai Singh of Baragaon near Jhansi. He had 8 sons who were granted Jagirs, including Dhurwai, Bijna, and Tori Fatehpur. The state was located on the eastern part of Jhansi Province, bounded by the British United Provinces of Agra and Oudh on all sides except on the east where it shared a border with the states of Bijna and Tori Fatehpur. In 1823 Diwan Budh Singh was granted a sanad by the British authorities. About a century later the Diwan of Dhurwai was one of the ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagir
A jagir ( fa, , translit=Jāgir), also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar (Zamindar) system. It developed during the Islamic rule era of the Indian subcontinent, starting in the early 13th century, wherein the powers to govern and collect tax from an estate was granted to an appointee of the state.Jāgīrdār system: INDIAN TAX SYSTEM Encyclopædia Britannica (2009) The tenants were considered to be in the servitude of the jagirdar. There were two forms of jagir, one being conditional and the other unconditional. The conditional jagir required the governing family to maintain troops and provide their service to the state when asked. The land grant w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagir
A jagir ( fa, , translit=Jāgir), also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar (Zamindar) system. It developed during the Islamic rule era of the Indian subcontinent, starting in the early 13th century, wherein the powers to govern and collect tax from an estate was granted to an appointee of the state.Jāgīrdār system: INDIAN TAX SYSTEM Encyclopædia Britannica (2009) The tenants were considered to be in the servitude of the jagirdar. There were two forms of jagir, one being conditional and the other unconditional. The conditional jagir required the governing family to maintain troops and provide their service to the state when asked. The land grant w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarila State
Sarila is a town, a former princely state and a nagar panchayat in Hamirpur district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Geography Sarila is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is situated on Rath-Jalapur Road or MDR-41B. It is from Rath. Administration Local self government Sarila is governed by a municipality under the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Act. The council is called a nagar panchayat. Sub district administration Sarila is the headquarters of the subdivision, which is headed by a sub-divisional magistrate (S.D.M.), who is assisted by four officers: one tehsil magistrate and nayab tehsil magistrates. Police administration Sarila city's security is maintained by Sarila Kotwali. Sarila police circle is headed by CO sarila. Demographics India census, Sarila had a population of 7,858. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sarila has an average literacy rate of 49%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jigni State
Jigni State was a princely state of the Bundelkhand Agency of the British Raj. It was a small Sanad state of about 82.87 km2 with a population of 4,297 inhabitants in 1901. The state was surrounded by the Hamirpur and Jhansi districts of the United Provinces. Its capital was at Jigni, also known as Jigini. It is a small town —1,770 inhabitants in 1901— located near the confluence of the Dhasan and the Betwa River in present-day Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh. History Jigni State was founded as a jagir in 1730 by Rao Padam Singh, a Rajput of the Bundela clan. He was a son of Chhatrasal, the founder of Panna State. Originally the ''jagir'' had been larger, but its size was much reduced during the Maratha invasion in the last half of the eighteenth century. Jigni became a British protectorate in 1810 under the rule of Pirthi Singh. Rao Bhupendra Vijai Singh, the last ruler of Jigni State signed the instrument of accession to India in 1947, the stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaurihar State
Gaurihar State was a princely state in India, ruling a territory that is now in Madhya Pradesh. Gaurihar is a tehsil of Chhatarpur district. History This family is descended from Raja Ram Tiwari, who was Governor of a fort in the service of Guman Singh , ancestor of the Maharajas of Ajaigarh . During the anarchy of the times , Raja Ram rebelled and for a short while held the fort successfully against Ali Bahadur I Gaurihar was Jujhautiya Brahmin Tiwari ruling state. Gaurihar state was founded in 1807 after a split from Ajaigarh State Ajaigarh State was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The state was ruled by Bundela clan of Rajput. The state was founded in 1785 and its capital was located in Ajaigarh, Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh .... Pratap Singh Judev signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1950. Maharaja Chandra Bhan Singh Judev was the last ruler of Gaurihar state. Rulers The rulers bore the title 'Sardar Sawai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrauli State
''Garrouli''; Hindi Name गर्रौली) is a fort and former princely state in present Madhya Pradesh, central India. History Garrauli became a princely state in 1812, when a sanad (feudal deed) from the British Government was granted to its first Diwan Bahadur, Gopal Singh, second son of Thakur Bhagwant Singh of Mahewa. The state maintained a military force of 2 cavalry, 56 infantry and 4 guns. The founder and his succeeding descendants bore the style Diwan Sahib or Diwan Bahadur. Garrauli was a non-salute state, in the charge of the colonial Bundelkhand Agency. It had a population of 5,231 in 1901, a revenue of 25,000 Rupees and surface of 101 km2. It ceased to exist de facto when the states were seized in 1947, and formally on 3 March 1948 by accession to India. The privy purse The Privy Purse is the British Sovereign's private income, mostly from the Duchy of Lancaster. This amounted to £20.1 million in net income for the year to 31 March 2018. Overview The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bihat State
Bihat State was a princely state in India during the British Raj, controlled by the Bundelkhand Agency. Raos of Bihat State The rulers of Bihat State were called Raos. *Diwan Aparbal Singh, before 1807-1807 *Rao Bankat Rao, 1807-1828 *Rao Kamod Singh, 1828-1846 *Hardi Sah 1846-1859 *Govind Das 1859-1872 *Rao Mahum Singh 1872-after 1892 See also *Political integration of India After the Indian independence in 1947, the dominion of India was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule, and the other under the suzerainty of the British Crown, with control over their internal affairs remaining i ... References Princely states of India 1806 establishments in India 1950 disestablishments in India {{India-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beri State
Beri State was a princely state of the Bundelkhand Agency of the British Raj. Its capital was at Beri, a small town, about 30 km from Hamirpur town. In 1901, the state spanned an area of about 82.87 km2 with a population of 4,297 inhabitants in 1901. Together with Baoni State (Kadaura) at its northwestern edge Beri State was forming an enclave within the directly administered British territory of the Central Provinces. See also *Political integration of India After the Indian independence in 1947, the dominion of India was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule, and the other under the suzerainty of the British Crown, with control over their internal affairs remaining i ... References External linksBeri – Indian Rajputs {{MP Princely States Princely states of India Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh Rajputs 1750s establishments in India 1950 disestablishments in India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alipura (state)
Alipura was a princely state in what is today the Chhatarpur District in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Alipura, the capital of the state is located between Gwalior and Satna at and had a population of 3,232 according to the 1881 Census of India. History The state was established in 1757 by Aman Singh, Raja of Panna State by granting the lands surrounding Alipura town to Achal Singh, son of Mukund Singh, who was the ''sardar'' of Panna at that time. The principality became a British protectorate in 1808 and was made part of the Bundelkhand Agency of Central India. The last Pratihara ruler of Alipura signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1950. Rulers The rulers used the title '' Rao''. Title ''Rao'' *1757–1790 Achal Singh (d. 1790) *1790–1835 Pratap Singh *1835–1840 Pancham Singh *1840–1841 Daulat Singh *1841–1871 Hindupat Singh (d. 1871) * 3 November 1871 – 1922 Chhatrapati Singh (b. 1853 – d. 1922) *26 Mar 1922 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
