Samthar State was a
princely state
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...
in
India
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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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. The state was administered as part 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
Central India
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. The state was ruled by Khatana clan of
Gurjars . Its capital was
Samthar town, located in a level plain in the
Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand (, ) is a geographical and cultural region and a proposed state and also a mountain range in central & North India. The hilly region is now divided between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, with the larger portion l ...
region crossed by the
Pahuj and the
Betwa rivers.
The founder was Ranjith Singh who in 1760, profiting from the troubled times of 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 a ...
invasion, proclaimed his state independent and was acknowledged as a Raja by the Marathas. In 1817 Samthar was recognized as a state by the British
.They received a
sanad of adoption in 1862. In 1884 the state had to cede some territories for the construction of the railways.
Rulers
The ruling dynasty were
Gurjars of the Khatana clan and had the right to an 11
gun salute
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[Leading Famlies And Officials In The States Of Central India 1935 pg.89]
Rajas
*1817 - 1827 Ranjit Singh II (d. 1827)
*1827 - 1864 Hindupat Singh (b. 1823 - d. 1890)
*1858 - 3 Feb 1865 Rani .... (f) -Regent
* 3 Feb 1865 - 1877 Chhatar Singh (b. 1843 - d. 1896)
Maharajas
*1877 - 16 Jun 1896 Chhatar Singh (s.a.)
*17 Jun 1896 - 9 Oct 1935 Bir Singh (b. 1864 - d. 1936) (from 3 Jun 1915, Sir Bir Singh)
* 9 Oct 1935 – 15 Aug 1947 Radha Charan Singh (b. 1914 - d. 1972)
See also
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Jhansi District
References
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Princely states of Bundelkhand
Jhansi district
Gurjar
Princely states of Uttar Pradesh