Jigni State was a princely state of 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

British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was him ...

. It was a small Sanad state of about 82.87 km² with a population of 4,297 inhabitants in 1901. The state was surrounded by the Hamirpur and

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 ...

s of the United Provinces. Its capital was at Jigni, also known as Jigini.Jigini Village in Rath (Hamirpur) Uttar Pradesh
/ref> It is a small town —1,770 inhabitants in 1901— located near the confluence of the Dhasan and the Betwa RiverImperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 165.
/ref> in present-day Rath

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administ ...

of Hamirpur district,

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 ...

History

Jigni State was founded as a jagir in 1730 by Rao Padam Singh, a

Rajput 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 ...

of the

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 ...

clan. He was a son of

Chhatrasal Chhatrasal Bundela (4 May 1649 – 20 December 1731) was an Indian warrior and ruler from the Bundela Rajput clan, who fought against the Mughal Empire, and established his own kingdom in Bundelkhand during the 17th-18th centuries. Early l ...

, the founder of

Panna State Panna State was a princely state of colonial India, located in modern Panna district of Madhya Pradesh. The state of Panna belonged to the Bundelkhand Agency and covered an area of, 6724 km2 with 1,008 villages within its borders in 190 ...

. Originally the ''jagir'' had been larger, but its size was much reduced during 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 ...

invasion in the last half of the eighteenth century. Jigni became a British protectorate in 1810 under the rule of Pirthi Singh. Rao Bhupendra Vijai Singh, the last ruler of Jigni State signed the instrument of accession to India in 1947, the state becoming part of the Indian Union on 1 January 1950.

Rulers

The ruling family were members of the

clan of

s. The rulers used the title of '' Rao''.Princely States of India A-J
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Title ''Rao''

References

External links

Jigni – Indian Rajputs
{{MP Princely States Princely states of India Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh Rajputs 1730 establishments in India 1950 disestablishments in India

History

Rulers

Title ''Rao''

See also

References

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