Baraundha (also known as Pathar Kachhar) was a
princely state of
colonial India, located in modern
Satna district
Satna District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Satna is the district headquarters. The district has an area of 7,502 km², and a population of 22,28,935(2011 census), 20.63% of which is urban. The distric ...
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 ...
. Although historically far larger, at the time of Indian independence in 1950, it was a saluted state of 9 guns.
History
The ruling family were members of the
Raghuvanshi clan of
Rajputs
Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...
.
Maharaja Raghubar Dayal Singh entitled "His Highness" and salute of "9 Guns" in 1877 at imperial assemblage of British.
Rulers
*1790 - 4 Jan 1827 Mohan Singh (d. 1827)
*1827 - 1867 Sarabjit Singh (d. 1867)
*1874 - 1885 Raghubar Dayal Singh (b. 1840 - d. 1885) ( Raja Bahadur from 1 Jan 1877)
*18 Aug 1886 - 8 Jul 1908 Maharaja Ram Pratap Singh (b. 1847 - d. 1908)
Rajas
*1908 - 1933 Gaya Prasad Singh (b. 1865 - d. 1933)
*1933 - 15 Aug 1947 Ram Pratap Singh last ruler of the state
See also
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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 remainin ...
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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 ...
References
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Princely states of India
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Rajputs
12th-century establishments in India
1169 establishments in Asia
1950 disestablishments in India