Panna State 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, ...
of
colonial India
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The search for the wealth and prosper ...
,
located in modern
Panna district of
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...
.
The state of Panna belonged to 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 ...
and covered an area of, 6724 km
2 with 1,008 villages within its borders in 1901. It took its name from the chief town in the area,
Panna, which was the capital of the state.
History
A predecessor state was founded by one of the
Raj Gond
The Gondi (Gōndi) or Gond or Koitur are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group. They are one of the largest tribal groups in India. They are spread over the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pr ...
chiefs of the area around 1450.
Almost three centuries later
Panna was the capital chosen by a leader
Chhatar Sal, the founder of Panna State, after leading a revolt against the
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...
. He established an alliance with the
Maratha
The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a M ...
Peshwa
The Peshwa (Pronunciation: e(ː)ʃʋaː was the appointed (later becoming hereditary) prime minister of the Maratha Empire of the Indian subcontinent. Originally, the Peshwas served as subordinates to the Chhatrapati (the Maratha king); later, ...
and made Panna his capital. After conquering
Mahoba
Mahoba is a city in Mahoba District of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the Bundelkhand region, well known for the ninth century granite Sun temple built in Pratihara style. It is also well known for the 24 rock-cut Jain tirthankara image ...
in 1680 Chhatar Sal extended his rule over most of
Bundelkhand. Upon his death in 1731, his kingdom was divided among his sons, with one-third of the kingdom going to his son-in-law, the Peshwa
Baji Rao I
Baji Rao I (18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740), born as Visaji, also known as Bajirao Ballal (Pronunciation: ad͡ʒiɾaːʋ bəlːaːɭ, was the 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. During his 20-year tenure as a Peshwa, he defeated Nizam-ul-M ...
.
The Kingdom of Panna went to Harde Sah, the eldest son of Chhatar Sal. In the early 19th century, Panna became 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, ...
of
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 ...
, and gained control of the states of
Nagod
Nagod or Nagaud is a town and a nagar panchayat in Satna district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is located from the town of Satna. It is the administrative headquarters of Nagod Tehsil.It is believed that it was a small state owned b ...
and
Sohawal
Sohawal is a town and tehsil in Faizabad district (officially Ayodhya district) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and is subpost office of Faizabad. Sohawal is 18 km west of district headquarters Ayodhya.
Demographics
India census, Sohawa ...
. Raja Nirpat Singh assisted the British in the
Revolt of 1857
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, and the British rewarded him with the title ''
Maharaja
Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king".
A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, an ...
.''
Maharaja Madho Singh was deposed by the
Viceroy
A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning "k ...
in April 1902, after a commission found him guilty of poisoning his uncle, Rao Raja Khuman Singh, the previous year.
Maharaja Mahendra Yadvendra Singh acceded to the
Government of India
The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...
on 1 January 1950, and the kingdom became
Panna District of the new 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 e ...
. Vindhya Pradesh was merged into
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...
on 1 November 1956.
Rulers
The rulers of the state were entitled to an 11-
gun salute
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Histo ...
by the British authorities.
Rajas
*1675 - 1731
Raja Chhatrasal
*1731 - 1739 Hardesah Singh (d. 1739)
*1739 - 1752 Sabha Singh (d. 1752)
*1752 - 1758 Aman Singh (d. 1758)
*1758 - 1777 Hindupat Singh (d. 1777)
*1777 - 1779 Anirudh Singh (d. 1779)
*1779 - 1785 interregnum
*1785 - 1798 Dhokal Singh
*1798 - 1834 Kishor Singh (d. 1834)
*1834 - 1849 Harbans Rai
*1849 - 1869 Nirpat Singh (d. 1870)
Maharajas
*1869 - Jun 1870 Nirpat Singh (s.a.)
* 9 Jun 1870 - 1893 Rudra Pratap Singh (b. 1848 - d. 1893) (from 1 Jan 1876, Sir Rudra Pratap Singh)
*1893 - 9 Mar 1898 Lokpal Singh (d. 1898)
* 9 Mar 1898 – 22 Apr 1902 Madho Singh (d. af.1925)
* 20 Jun 1902 – 15 Aug 1947
Yadvendra Singh Judeo (b. 1893 - d. 1963)
Titular Maharajas
* 1947 - 1963:
Yadvendra Singh Judeo
* 1963 - 1971: Narendra Singh Judeo
After abolition of all royal titles and privy purse in 1971.
* 1971 - 1998: Narendra Singh Judeo
* 1998 - 2009: Manvendra Singh Judeo
* 2009–present: Raghavendra Singh Judeo
See also
*
Chaube Jagirs
The Chaube Jagirs, also known as 'Kalinjar Chaubes', jagir states were a group of five feudatory states of Central India during the period of the British Raj. They were a British protectorate from 1823 to 1947 and belonged to the Bagelkhand Agen ...
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Jaitpur State
Jaitpur State was a princely state in the Bundelkhand region. It was centered on Jaitpur, in present-day Mahoba district, Uttar Pradesh, which was the capital of the state. There were two forts in the area.
The last Raja died without issu ...
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Nagod State
Nagod State (also known as 'Nagode' and 'Nagodh') was a princely state of colonial India, located in modern Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. The state was known as 'Unchahara' from the name of Unchehara its original capital until the 18th centu ...
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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 ...
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Bijawar-Panna Plateau
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Bundela
The Bundela is a Rajput clan. Over several generations, the cadet lineages of Bundela Rajputs founded several states in area what came to be known as Bundelkhand anciently known as Chedi Kingdom from the 16th century.
Etymology
As per Jaswant ...
References
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