Panna (state)

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Panna
1731-1950
Flag of Panna
Coat of arms of Panna
flag coat of arms
Capital Panna
Form of government Princely state (11 shot salute)
surface 6724 km²
population 192,986 (1901)
founding 1731
resolution January 1, 1950
State religion: Hinduism
Dynasty: Bundela
Princely state of Panna on a map from The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1907–1909)
Princely state of Panna on a map from The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1907–1909)
Maharani Kanchan Prabha Devi (1922)
Maharani Kanchan Prabha Devi (1922)

Panna ( Pannah ) was a princely state in the Bundelkhand region of British India .

history

There was a principality in the region as early as 1450. In 1671 out of the Princely House of rebelled Orchha originating Bundela - Rajput Chhatar Sal (or Chhatrasal ) against the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and captured as a result almost all of Bundelkhand. At Lake Dhubela , he built a palace and two larger memorial buildings ( chhatris ). In 1729 he allied himself with the Marathas . Shortly before his death (1731) he divided up his empire: one third with Jhansi went to the Peshwa of the Marathas. His eldest son Harde Sah received Panna, and another son received Jaitpur . In 1807 Panna became a British protectorate . Raja Nirpat Singh (1849-69) supported the British in the great uprising of 1857 and was raised to Maharaja . After the British withdrew from India in 1947 (see History of India ), Panna became briefly independent

In 1935 the country had a three-part area of ​​approximately 6725 km² and approximately 212,000 inhabitants. On April 4, 1948, Panna joined the Princely Union of Vindhya Pradesh and on January 1, 1950, it joined India . On November 1, 1956, all princely states were dissolved and Vindhya Pradesh was incorporated into the newly created state of Madhya Pradesh .

Others

The princes of Charkhari , Ajaigarh , Bijawar , Sarila , Jaso, Ligni and Lugasi also descend from Chhatar Sal .

literature

  • George B. Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1875, ( digitized version ).
  • Pannā State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 19: Nāyakanthatti to Parbhani. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 398-403 .
  • 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 .

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