Beri 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 B ...

of the

British Raj The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule ...

. Its capital was at Beri, a small town, about 30 km from Hamirpur town. In 1901, the state spanned an area of about 82.87 km² with a population of 4,297 inhabitants in 1901. Together with

Baoni State Baoni State was a Jagir and later princely state in India during the Maratha Confederacy and British Raj. It was a small sanad state, the only Muslim-ruled one in Bundelkhand Agency. Its ruler was granted the right to an 11-gun salute. The B ...

( Kadaura) at its northwestern edge Beri State was forming an enclave within the directly administered British territory of the

Central Provinces The Central Provinces was a province of British India. It comprised British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India, and covered parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra states. Nagpur was the primary ...

.Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 3.
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Beri – Indian Rajputs
{{MP Princely States Princely states of Bundelkhand Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh Rajput history 1750s establishments in India 1950 disestablishments in India

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