Paldeo, also spelt 'Paldev', was a
princely estate (Jagir) in
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
during 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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* lasting from 1858 to 1947.
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* It is also called Crown rule ...
. It was 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 it was transferred to the
Baghelkhand Agency. In 1931, it was transferred back to the Bundelkhand Agency.
It had an area of 52 square miles. In 1940, its population was 9,820 distributed in 18 villages. Paldeo Estate 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 ...
in 1948.
History
Paldeo was founded in 1812. It was one of the
Chaube Jagirs.
Rulers
Paldeo's rulers bore the title 'Rao'.
Indian Princely States
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Raos
*1812 - 1840 Dariao Singh (d. 1840)
*1840 - Nathu Ram
*1840 - Oct 1842 Raja Ram (d. 1842)
*1842 - 1865 Sheo Prasad (d. 1865)
*1865 - 2 Apr 1874 Mukund Singh (d. 1874)
* 2 Apr 1874 - 1891 Anrudh Singh (b. 1837 - d. 1891) (personal style 'Rao' from 1877)
*1891 - 1894 Narayan Das (b. 1836 - d. 1894)
*16 Feb 1894 - 2 Oct 1923 Jagat Rai (b. 1865 - d. 1923)
* 3 Oct 1923 - 1947 Shiva Prasad (b. 1908 - d. 1954)
See also
* 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 ...
* Political integration of India
Before it gained independence in 1947, India (also called the Indian Empire) was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule (British India), and the other consisting of princely states under the suzerainty of the Briti ...
References
Satna district
Princely states of Madhya Pradesh
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