Ajaigarh State

Former Indian state
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Ajaigarh State
Princely State of British India
1765–1950
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Ajaigarh State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
History 
• Established
1765
• Dissolved into India
1950
 Succeeded by
India

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 1765 by Guman Singh and its capital was located in Ajaigarh, Madhya Pradesh. Sawai Maharaja Punya Pratap Singh signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1950.[1]

Rulers (Rajas)

  • 1765-1792 Guman Singh (Founder, nephew of Pahat Singh of Jaipur)
  • 1792-1793:Bakht Singh (first term) (driven out by Ali Bahadur)
  • 1793-1802 Ali Bahadur
  • 1802- 1804 Shamsher Bahadur (seized his relative Ghani Bahadur, and confined him in the fort of Ajaigarh, where he was afterwards poisoned.)
  • 1804-1807 Thakur Lachhman Singh Dauwa (surrendered to British government; Ajaigarh becomes a princely state)
  • 1807-1837 Bakht Singh (2nd term)
  • 1837-1849 Madho Singh
  • 1849-1853 Mahipat Singh
  • 1853-1855 Bijai Singh
  • 1859-1877 Ranjor Singh Dauwa

Rulers (Sawai Maharaja)

  • 1877-1919 Ranjor Singh
  • 1919-1942 Bhopal Singh
  • 1942-1950 Punya Pratap Singh

References

  1. ^ Ajaigarh Princely State (11 gun salute) 2. https://rulers.org/indstat1.html

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ajaigarh". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Sources

  • Jain, Ravindra K. (2002). Between History and Legend: Status and Power in Bundelkhand. Orient Blackswan. ISBN 978-81-250-2194-0.

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