Paldeo, also spelt 'Paldev', was a
princely estate (Jagir) in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
during the
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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or Direct rule in India,
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. It was under the
Bundelkhand Agency
The Bundelkhand Agency was a political agency of the British Raj, managing the relations of the British government with the protected princely states of the Bundelkhand region.
History
Historical background
The Marathas ceded parts of Bu ...
of the
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 ...
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 and 11 minor states, of which the most prominent were Maihar, Na ...
. In 1931 it was transferred back to the Bundelkhand Agency.
It had an area of 52 square miles. In 1940 its population was 9,820 distributed in 18 villages. Paldeo Estate was merged into the Indian state of
Vindhya Pradesh
Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It occupied an area of 23,603 sq. miles. It was created in 1948 as Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the ea ...
in 1948.
History
Paldeo was founded in 1812. It was one of the
Chaube Jagirs.
Rulers
Paldeo's rulers bore the title 'Rao'.
Indian Princely States
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Raos
*1812 - 1840 Dariao Singh (d. 1840)
*1840 - Nathu Ram
*1840 - Oct 1842 Raja Ram (d. 1842)
*1842 - 1865 Sheo Prasad (d. 1865)
*1865 - 2 Apr 1874 Mukund Singh (d. 1874)
* 2 Apr 1874 - 1891 Anrudh Singh (b. 1837 - d. 1891) (personal style 'Rao' from 1877)
*1891 - 1894 Narayan Das (b. 1836 - d. 1894)
*16 Feb 1894 - 2 Oct 1923 Jagat Rai (b. 1865 - d. 1923)
* 3 Oct 1923 - 1947 Shiva Prasad (b. 1908 - d. 1954)
See also
* Bundelkhand Agency
The Bundelkhand Agency was a political agency of the British Raj, managing the relations of the British government with the protected princely states of the Bundelkhand region.
History
Historical background
The Marathas ceded parts of Bu ...
* 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 remainin ...
References
Satna district
Princely states of Madhya Pradesh
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