Pahra was a
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 ...
in India during the
British Raj. It was under the
Bundelkhand Agency of the
Central India Agency until 1896 when it was transferred to the
Baghelkhand Agency
The Bagelkhand Agency was a British political unit which managed the relations of the British with a number of autonomous princely states existing outside British India, namely Rewa (princely state), Rewa and 11 minor states, of which the most pro ...
. It was later transferred back to the Bundelkhand Agency.
Pahra had an area of 69.92 km
2. In 1931 the population of the small state was of 3,496 inhabitants distributed in 31 villages. The principality was merged into the Indian state of
Vindhya Pradesh in 1948 and is now part of the present-day state of
Madhya Pradesh.
History
Pahra was founded in 1812 when a ''
sanad'' was granted to Sālig Rām Chaube, son of Rām Kishan of Kalinjar, confirming him in the possession of the territory. It was one of the
Chaube Jagirs of the area. The state was centered in the small town of
Chaubepur (Chobepur),
Chaubepur - Majhagwan
/ref> which had a population of 878 in 1901.
Rulers
Pahra's rulers were descendants of Ram Krishna Chaube, the ''Kiladar'' —governor of the fort— of Kalinjar.
*1812 - .... Chaube Sālig Rām
*.... - 1868 Chaube Maksudan Prasad
*1868 - .... Chaube Radha Charan (was invested with full ruling powers in 1879)
See also
* Political integration of India
References
Satna district
Princely states of Madhya Pradesh
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