Dhurwai was a
princely state
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...
in India during the
British Raj. It was one of the
Hasht-Bhaiya
The Hasht-Bhaiya ( hi, आठभैया meaning 'Eight Brothers') (e)states were a group of jagirs (small feudatory estates, formally ranking below a proper princely state) of Central India during the period of the British Raj.
They belong ...
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, start ...
s, 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
Tori Fatehpur ( hi, टोडी फतेहपुर or टोडी फ़तेहपुर), also known as Tori, was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was one of the Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs, under the Bundelkhand Agency of ...
.
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
Tori Fatehpur ( hi, टोडी फतेहपुर or टोडी फ़तेहपुर), also known as Tori, was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was one of the Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs, under the Bundelkhand Agency of ...
. 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 original constituents of the
Chamber of Princes, an institution established in 1920.
[Sir Roper Lethbridge, ''The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary'', p. 124]
After
Indian independence, on 1 January 1950, Dhurwai acceded to the
Indian Union Union of India or Indian Union may refer to:
* The country of India
* Dominion of India (1947–1950)
* The Government of India, whose legal name is "Union of India" as per Article 300 of the Indian constitution
* Political integration of India
...
and was merged into the Indian state of
Vindhya Pradesh with the other Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs.
Rulers
*Diwan Maan Singh Judeo
*Diwan Jai Singh Judeo
*Maharaja Budh Singh Judeo
*Maharaja Nahar singh judeo
*Maharaja Rajnor singh judeo (B. 1833 - d. 1910)
*Maharaja Jugal Prasad Singh Judeo (b. 1896 - d. 1941)
*Maharaja Keshvendra Singh Judeo (b.1926 - d.2004)
*Maharaja Yadvendra Singh Judeo (b. 1961)
See also
*
Bundelkhand Agency
*
Political integration of India
References
External links
Dhurwai-Bundelkhand- Indian Princely State
Jhansi district
Princely states of Madhya Pradesh
1812 establishments in India
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