Dhurwai was a princely state in India during the

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. It was one of the Hasht-Bhaiya

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 ...

s, under the

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of British India. Its capital was the town of Dhurwai, with a population of 777 in 1901. Today it is part of Jhansi District, in the state of

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. Dhurwai was administered by the native ruler, who was addressed as Indian Prince by the British authorities.

History

Dhurwai State was founded in the Bundelkhand region in 1812 by a descendant of the royal family of

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Diwan Rai Singh of Baragaon near

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. He had 8 sons who were granted Jagirs, including Dhurwai, Bijna, and Tori Fatehpur. The state was located on the eastern part of Jhansi Province, bounded by the British

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on all sides except on the east where it shared a border with the states of Bijna and Tori Fatehpur. In 1823 Diwan Budh Singh was granted a sanad by the British authorities. About a century later the Diwan of Dhurwai was one of the original constituents of the

Chamber of Princes The Chamber of Princes (''Narendra Mandal'') was an institution established in 1920 by a royal proclamation of King-Emperor George V to provide a forum in which the rulers of the princely states of India could voice their needs and aspiration ...

, an institution established in 1920.Sir Roper Lethbridge, ''The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary'', p. 124 After Indian independence, on 1 January 1950, Dhurwai acceded to the Indian Union and was merged into the Indian state of

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 ...

with the other Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs.

Rulers

*Diwan Maan Singh Judeo *Diwan Jai Singh Judeo *Maharaja Budh Singh Judeo *Maharaja Nahar singh judeo *Maharaja Rajnor singh judeo (B. 1833 - d. 1910) *Maharaja Jugal Prasad Singh Judeo (b. 1896 - d. 1941) *Maharaja Keshvendra Singh Judeo (b.1926 - d.2004) *Maharaja Yadvendra Singh Judeo (b. 1961)

References

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Dhurwai-Bundelkhand- Indian Princely State
Jhansi district Princely states of Madhya Pradesh 1812 establishments in India {{Jhansi-geo-stub

History

Rulers

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