Beri State
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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 | |||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | c. 1750 | ||||||
• Independence of India | 1950 | ||||||
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Today part of | Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India |
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 , 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.
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 in Gwalior State and who migrated to in Jalaun district in the last half of the 18th century. It is a Bundela state.
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)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 3.
- ^ a b Princely States of India A-J
- ^ "Beri Princely State". Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
External links[]
- States and territories disestablished in 1950
- Princely states of India
- Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh
- Rajputs
- 1750s establishments in India
- 1950 disestablishments in India