Maihar (State)
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| Capital | Maihar | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (9 shot salute) | ||||
| surface | 1054 km² | ||||
| population | 64,000 (1931) | ||||
| founding | 1778 | ||||
| resolution | April 1, 1950 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Kachwaha |
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Maihar ( Hindi मैहर रियासत ) 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 . Its capital was the place Maihar .
Bhimi Singh, one of Alwar originating Kachwaha - Rajput , came in 1700 in the services of the Raja of Orchha . His grandson Beni Singh was enfeoffed with Maihar in 1778. In 1788–90 his land was occupied by Banda . Maihar was a British protectorate from 1806 to 1947 . In 1826, Bijai-Raghogarh was separated by the division of inheritance and confiscated by the British in 1858 after the great Indian uprising was put down . Thakur Raghubir Singh (1852-1908) was raised to Raja in 1869, Raja Brijnath Singh (1911-56) to Maharaja .
In 1901 Maihar had an area of 1,054 km² and a population of 64,000. 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
- Maihar State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 17: Mahbūbābād to Morādābād. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 27-29 .
- George B. Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1875, ( digitized version ).
- Joseph E. Schwartzberg (Ed.): A historical atlas of South Asia (= Association for Asian Studies. Reference Series. 2). 2nd impression, with additional material. Oxford University Press, New York NY et al. 1992, ISBN 0-19-506869-6 .
