Dhurwai was a
princely state in India 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 one of the
Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs, 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 British India. Its capital was the town of Dhurwai, with a population of 777 in 1901. Today it is part of
Jhansi District
Jhansi district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Jhansi is the district headquarters. The district is bordered on the north by Jalaun District, to the east by Hamirpur and Mahoba districts, to th ...
, in the state of
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
. Dhurwai was administered by the native ruler, who was addressed as Indian Prince by the British authorities.
History
Dhurwai State was founded in the
Bundelkhand region in 1812 by a descendant of the royal family of
Orchha
Orchha is a town, near city of Niwari in Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. The town was established by rajput ruler Rudra Pratap Singh some time after 1501, as the seat of an eponymous former princely state of covering parts of c ...
Diwan Rai Singh of
Baragaon near
Jhansi
Jhansi (; Hindi: झांसी, Urdu: ) is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative head ...
. He had 8 sons who were granted Jagirs, including Dhurwai,
Bijna, and
Tori Fatehpur.
The state was located on the eastern part of
Jhansi Province, bounded by the British
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh was a province of India under the British Raj, which existed from 1902 to 1921; the official name was shortened by the Government of India Act 1935 to United Provinces (UP), by which the province had been ...
on all sides except on the east where it shared a border with the states of Bijna and
Tori Fatehpur. In 1823 Diwan Budh Singh was granted a
sanad by the British authorities. About a century later the Diwan of Dhurwai was one of the original constituents of the
Chamber of Princes
The Chamber of Princes (''Narendra Mandal'') was an institution established in 1920 by a royal proclamation of King-Emperor George V to provide a forum in which the rulers of the princely states of India could voice their needs and aspiratio ...
, an institution established in 1920.
[Sir Roper Lethbridge, ''The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary'', p. 124]
After
Indian independence, on 1 January 1950, Dhurwai acceded to the
Indian Union and 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 ...
with the other Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs.
Rulers
*Diwan Maan Singh Judeo
*Diwan Jai Singh Judeo
*Maharaja Budh Singh Judeo
*Maharaja Nahar singh judeo
*Maharaja Rajnor singh judeo (B. 1833 - d. 1910)
*Maharaja Jugal Prasad Singh Judeo (b. 1896 - d. 1941)
*Maharaja Keshvendra Singh Judeo (b.1926 - d.2004)
*Maharaja Yadvendra Singh Judeo (b. 1961)
See also
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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 ...
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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 ...
References
External links
Dhurwai-Bundelkhand- Indian Princely State
Jhansi district
Princely states of Madhya Pradesh
1812 establishments in India
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