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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
|conventional_long_name =Pahra State<br />
|common_name = Pahra<br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
|status_text = [[Jagir]]<br />
|era = <br />
|year_start = 1812<br />
|date_start = <br />
|event_start = <br />
|year_end = 1948<br />
|date_end = <br />
|event_end = [[Independence of India]]<br />
|event1 = <br />
|date_event1 = <br />
|p1 =<br />
|s1 = India<br />
|flag_p1 = <br />
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg<br />
|image_flag = <br />
|image_coat = <br />
|image_map = Kothi-Bhaisunda map.jpg<br />
|image_map_caption = Pahra (Chobepur) in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]<br />
|stat_area1 = 69.92<br />
|stat_year1 = 1931<br />
|stat_pop1 = 3496<br />
|footnotes =<br />
}}<br />
'''Pahra''' was a [[jagir]] in India during the [[British Raj]]. It was under the [[Bundelkhand Agency]] of the [[Central India Agency]] until 1896 when it was transferred to the [[Baghelkhand Agency]]. It was later transferred back to the Bundelkhand Agency.<br />
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Pahra had an area of 69.92 km<sup>2</sup>. In 1931 the population of the small state was of 3,496 inhabitants distributed in 31 villages. The principality was merged into the Indian state of [[Vindhya Pradesh]] in 1948 and is now part of the present-day state of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<br />
==History==<br />
Pahra was founded in 1812 when a ''[[sanad (deed)|sanad]]'' was granted to Sālig Rām Chaube, son of Rām Kishan of Kalinjar, confirming him in the possession of the territory. It was one of the [[Chaube Jagirs]] of the area. The state was centered in the small town of [[Chaubepur, Satna|Chaubepur]] (Chobepur),<ref>[http://mobida.in/address/post-chaubepur-majhagwan Chaubepur - Majhagwan]</ref> which had a population of 878 in 1901.<br />
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===Rulers===<br />
Pahra's rulers were descendants of Ram Krishna Chaube, the ''Kiladar'' —governor of the fort— of [[Kalinjar]].{{cn|date=April 2017}}<br />
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*1812 - .... Chaube Sālig Rām<br />
*.... - 1868 Chaube Maksudan Prasad<br />
*1868 - .... Chaube Radha Charan (was invested with full ruling powers in 1979)<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Political integration of India]]<br />
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