Beri State
Beri State was a princely state of the Bundelkhand Agency of the British Raj. It was a small Sanad state of about 82.87 km2 with a population of 4,297 inhabitants in 1901. Its capital was at Beri, a small town —2,387 inhabitants in 1901— located by the Betwa River in modern Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh, about 30 km from Hamirpur town.
| Beri State बेरी रियासत | |||||||
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| Princely State of British India | |||||||
| c. 1750–1950 | |||||||
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 Beri State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 82 km2 (32 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 4,279 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | c. 1750 | ||||||
• Independence of India | 1950 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||||
Together with Baoni State (Kadaura) at its northwestern edge Beri State was forming an enclave within the directly administered British territory of the Central Provinces.[1]
History
Beri State was founded in the mid eighteenth century by Diwan Acharju (Achharaj) Singh, a jagirdar who was the son of Diwan Mahma Rai of Karaiha in Gwalior State and who migrated to Sandi in Jalaun district in the last half of the 18th century.[1]
Beri became a British protectorate in 1809 under the rule of Rao Jugal Prasad.[2] Raja Yadvendra Singh, the last ruler of Beri State signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1950.[3]
Rulers
The rulers used the title of Diwan and only after 1945 the last ruler adopted the title Raja.[2]
Title Diwan
- c.1750 Acharju Singh
- 17.. – c.1780 Khuman Singh (d. c.1780)
Title Rao
- c.1780 – 1814 Jugal Prasad (d. 1814)
- 1814 – 1857 Phairan Singh (d. 1857)
- 1857 – 1862 Vishvanath Singh (d. 1862)
- 18 Mar 1862 – 1892 Vijay Singh (b. 1848 – d. 1892)
- 1892 – 1904 Raghuraj Singh (b. 18.. – d. 1904)
- 8 June 1904 – 1945 Lokendra Singh (b. 1891 – d. 19..)
- 8 June 1904 – 1915 .... -Regent
Title Raja
- 1945 – 1947 Yadvendra Singh (b. 1918 – d. 1984)
