Baoni State was a

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and later princely state in

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during the

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and

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. It was a small sanad state, the only

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-ruled one in Bundelkhand Agency. Its ruler was granted the right to an 11-

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. The Baoni royal family claim to be descendants of the Asaf Jahi dynasty of

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, tracing its origins to

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, the first Islamic caliph. Baoni was located in the Betwa-

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'' doab'',

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, with Kadaura as its seat of government. The state was bounded on the north by the district of Cawnpore, in the west by the district of

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and to the south and east by the district of Hamirpur of the United Provinces —as well as a little part in the south-east by Beri State.Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 414.
/ref> Baoni had a population of 19,780 inhabitants in 1901, of whom 87% were

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and 12% Muslim.

Descendants and Current Rulers

The princely state is no longer existent due to its annexation by

during the partition. Due to this, there are no current rulers of the state and the descendants of the royal family remain scattered. There is a known descendant of Nawab Syed Mohammed Mushtaq Al Hassan Khan Bahadur, through his granddaughter, Sikandar Begum and her daughter named Sajaadi Begum who was named Muhammad Hamid Khan. He fled to

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during the partition and has many descendants living in

and

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. His paternal line being from him to his son Hammad Khan and his grandson Ayaan Khan.

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Descendants and Current Rulers

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