Beri State

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Beri State
बेरी रियासत
Princely State of British India
c. 1750–1950
Flag of Beri
Flag
Beri-Bijna-Tori Fatehpur map.jpg
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
 Succeeded by
India
Today part ofHamirpur 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[]

  1. ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 3.
  2. ^ a b Princely States of India A-J
  3. ^ "Beri Princely State". Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

External links[]

Coordinates: 25°55′N 79°54′E / 25.917°N 79.900°E / 25.917; 79.900

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