Samthar State
| Samthar State Samshergarh | |||||||||
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| Princely state of British India | |||||||||
| 1735–1950 | |||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 461 km2 (178 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 33,472 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1735 | ||||||||
| 1950 | |||||||||
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Samthar State was a princely state established in 1735 by Ranjit Singh in India during the British Raj.[1] Ranjit Singh was Gurjar by caste, The state was administered as part of the Bundelkhand Agency of Central India. The state was ruled by bundelas and the state was given by king of datia state as loyalty towards the datia state to diwan of datia state (a gujjar).[2][3] Its capital, known then as Samshergarh, is located in a level plain in the Bundelkhand region crossed by the Pahuj and the Betwa Rivers.
History
Forts
Rulers
The list of rulers of Samthar state is following as:[4]
- Raja Ranjit Singh 1735_1745
- Raja Madan Singh 1745_1780
- Raja Vishnu Singh 1780_1805
- Raja Devi Singh 1805_1815
- Ranjit Singh ll 1815_1827
- Ranjit Singh III 1827_1850
- Raja Hinduput Singh 1850_1865
- Raja Chhatar Singh Deo 1865_1896
- Raja Bir Singh Judeo 1896_1935
- Radha Charan Singh 1935_1950
Eldest son of the last Maharaja of Samthar State Maharaja Radha Charan Singh, Raja Ranjeet Singh Judeo was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for 7 times from Garautha Assembly constituency.
See also
References
- ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1939 (Page_82). India: Published by the Manager of Publications, Delhi. 1939. p. 82.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1939 (Page_81 & 82). India: Published by the Manager of Publications, Delhi. 1939. p. 82.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Reed, Sir Stanley (1938). Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's who. Bennett, Coleman.
- ^ Memoranda on the Indian States, 1940 (corrected Up to the 1st January 1940). (Page_82). Manager of Publications. 1940. p. 82.
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