Ajaigarh (State)
| Ajaigarh | |||||
| 1765-1950 | |||||
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| Capital | Ajaigarh | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (11 shot salute) | ||||
| surface | 2077 km² | ||||
| population | 96,596 (1941) | ||||
| founding | 1765 | ||||
| resolution | January 1, 1950 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Bundela |
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Ajaigarh (also Ajaygarh ) was a princely state of the Central India Agency in the Bundelkhand region of British India in what is now the state of Madhya Pradesh ; The capital was Ajaigarh .
The Principality of the Bundela - Rajputs was founded in 1765 by Guman Singh, a nephew of the Raja of Jaitpur , who in turn belonged to Panna until 1731 . Ajaigarh was a British protectorate from 1807 to 1947 and was under direct British administration from 1855 to 1859. Raja Ranjor Singh (1859-1919) was raised to Maharaja in 1877 .
In 1901 Ajaigarh had a two-part area of 2077 km² and 78,000 inhabitants. On April 4, 1948, the Maharaja joined the Princely Union of Vindhya Pradesh and on January 1, 1950, joined India . On November 1, 1956, all princely states were dissolved and Vindhya Pradesh was incorporated into the state of Madhya Pradesh .
See also
literature
- Ajaigarh State . In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 5: Abāzai to Arcot. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 129-132.
- George Bruce Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India in subsidiary alliance with the British government. With a notice of the mediatized and minor states. Longmans, Green, London 1875 (Facsimile reprint. Academic Press, Gurgaon (Haryana) 1984).
- Joseph E. Schwartzberg (Ed.): A historical atlas of South Asia (= The Association for Asian Studies. Reference series. Vol. 2). 2nd impression, with additional material. Oxford University Press, New York NY u. a. 1992, ISBN 0-19-506869-6 .
