Samthar State
Samthar State was a princely state in India during the British Raj. The state was administered as part of the Bundelkhand Agency of Central India. Its capital was Samthar town, located in a level plain in the Bundelkhand region crossed by the Pahuj and the Betwa rivers.
| Samthar State सम्थार | |||||||||
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| Princely state of British India | |||||||||
| 1760–1950 | |||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 461 km2 (178 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 33,472 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1760 | ||||||||
• Accession to the Union of India | 1950 | ||||||||
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The founder was Ranjith Singh who in 1760, profiting from the troubled times of the Maratha invasion, proclaimed his state independent and was acknowledged as a Raja by the Marathas. In 1817 Samthar was recognized as a state by the British [1].They received a sanad of adoption in 1862. In 1884 the state had to cede some territories for the construction of the railways.[2]
See also
- Jhansi District
References
- Sir Roper Lethbridge (2005). The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire. Aakar Books. pp. 475–. ISBN 978-81-87879-54-1.
- Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 24.
- Leading Famlies And Officials In The States Of Central India 1935 pg.89
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