Jalaun State was a

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princely state in the

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region. It was centered on

Jalaun Jalaun is a city and a municipal board in Jalaun district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. History In early times Jalaun seems to have been the home of kurmi clans, the jalaunya kurmi in the east and the Kachwahas in the west. The vil ...

, in present-day Jalaun district,

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. The town was the capital of the state from 1806 to 1840. The last Raja died without issue and Jalaun State was subsequently annexed by the

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History

Originally a part of the

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, it was later that the British occupied the area in 1803 and Jalaun state became a

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in 1806. Many of the inhabitants were Maharashtrian

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s, known as 'Dakhini Pandits'. Their ancestors had been at the service of the Maratha

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. Govindrao II, its last ruler, died without a male issue in 1840 and the state was annexed by the British in the same year. Govind rao II daughter was married in Karwi which was a sanad satate established in 1818. The fortified post of

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, the former residence of the rulers of Jalaun State, was dismantled in 1860 and its place was taken by a market known as Baithganj. After the annexation the British authorities preferred Orai as capital of the district, claiming that Jalaun was an unhealthy place.

Rulers

All the rulers of Jalaun State were under

Government of Pune. Karkare Dynasty (also known as ''Hrigvediya Karkare Ballal''

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s, basically belonged to Ratnagiri of Maharashtra were appointed by Peshwa Sawai Madhorao (II) Narayan Bhatt Ballal as local administrators in 1793 AD, under the protection of Shreenath

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(also known as Madhavrao (I) Scindia, ''Patilbawa''. Later on in 1795, jalun was placed under the assistance of Yashwant rao of Kalinjar, with whom they had marriage alliances. Yashwant Bhatt was killed in action in 1796, This Naikhai war was fought in Vindhya, which was supported by British East India Company agents. This led to Jalon being in weak position by killing of his able commander. The Karkares tried to save Jaluan from the East India co. and thus fought against British Army during the famous Second Maratha – Anglo War. English Army won and the Maratha Army under Karkare Dynasty was killed brutally. Later on the fugitives settled in Gwalior, Banda and Jhansi. Administration of Jalaun was transferred to another Maharashtrian Brahmin family

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s and bore the title "Raja". In 1857, the Jalon along with Kalinjar and Jhansi Peshwai fought one of the toughest battles in the history of 1857 mutiny. They were defeated in the Battle of Ajaygarh in 1858. '

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Rajas

*1776–1822: Govindrao I *1822–1832: Balarao *1831–1840: Govindrao II (d. 1840)

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Rulers of Jalaun, Etawah and Auraiya
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