The Chaube Jagirs, also known as Kalinjar Chaubes,
jagir
A jagir (), ( Hindustani: जागीर/جاگیر, ''Jāgīr''), ( Marathi: जहागीर, ''Jahāgīrá'') also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar ( Zamindar ...
states were a group of five feudal states of Central India during the period 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,
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. They were a
British protectorate
British protectorates were protectorates under the jurisdiction of the British government. Many territories which became British protectorates already had local rulers with whom the Crown negotiated through treaty, acknowledging their status wh ...
from 1823 to 1947 and belonged to the
Bagelkhand Agency. Their last rulers
acceded to India in 1948.
History
Raja
Chhatrasal
Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela (4 May 1649 – 20 December 1731) was the Bundela Raja of Panna State, Panna from 1675 to 1731. He is well known for his resistance against the Mughal Empire and leading the struggle of independence of Bundelkhand.
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Panna State appointed Mandhata Chaube as the killedar of fort
Kalinjar. His father Gangaram Chaube, a Jujhautiya Brahmin, commanded Chhatrasal when he raised the banner of revolt against the Mughals in Bundelkhand. Mandhata also repelled many
Mughal attempts to occupy the fort. Kherandesh Khan, the faujdar of Itawa, attacked Kalinjar in 1701, but could not capture fort because of Mandhata's stiff resistance.
Later Chaube Brahmin officials rose from gentry to nobility. The owners of the first four estates were descendants of Ram Kishan, the former governor of Kalinjar under Raja Hirde Sah of Panna. Ram Kishan Chaube lost the siege of Kalinjar
Ali Bahadur I died during the long siege. Later Chaubes occupied the fort and Ram Kishan declared Independence.
In 1862 the jagirdars were granted a
''sanad'' of adoption. The rule was that when no heirs were available an estate was split between the other members. The initial nine principalities by 1839 were reduced by two. In 1855 one estate was seized owing to the implication of the ruler in a murder case. In 1864 another principality was extinguished, leaving only five.
The Jagirdars were 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 B ...
of the
Central India Agency until 1896 when they were transferred to the
Baghelkhand Agency. In 1931 they returned to the Bundelkhand Agency.
Imperial Gazetteer of India
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Chaube estates
The five surviving estates were:
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Bhaisunda
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Kamta-Rajaula
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Pahra
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Paldeo
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Taraon
Annexed by the British
Three states were confiscated by the British:
* Purwa with nine villages and an area of 53.18 km
2 was annexed in 1855.
* Nayagaon with 18 villages and an area of 65.11 km
2 was annexed in 1864.
See also
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Panna State
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Vindhya Pradesh
Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It was created in 1948 as Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States from the territories of the princely states in the eastern portion of the former Central India Agency. It was named as Vindhya P ...
References
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Princely states of Bundelkhand
Jagirs
Princely states of Madhya Pradesh
Satna district