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{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name =Taraon State
|common_name = Taraon
|nation = [[British India]]
|status_text = [[Jagir]]
|era =
|year_start = 1812
|date_start =
|event_start =
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end = [[Independence of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =
|image_coat =
|image_map = Kothi-Bhaisunda map.jpg
|image_map_caption =Taraon (Tarahwan) in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 = 67.33
|stat_year1 = 1901
|stat_pop1 = 3,178
|today = [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
|footnotes =
}}
'''Taraon''', also spelt 'Tarahwan' and 'Tarahuhān', was a [[jagir]] in India during the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_256.gif|format=GIF|title=Imperial Gazetteer of India|volume=23|page=250|website=Dsal.uchicago.edu|accessdate=2017-01-25}}</ref> It had an area of 67 square miles and its population was distributed in 13 villages. The capital of the state was in Pathraundi, located about 1.5 km from [[Karwi]] railway station of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]].<ref>Great Britain India Office. ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]].'' Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908</ref>

Taraon Estate was merged into the Indian state of [[Vindhya Pradesh]] in 1948. The area covered by the former state is now in modern [[Chitrakoot district]], at the southern end of [[Uttar Pradesh]].

==History==
Taraon was founded in 1812 and was located in Taraon Fort, which had been a former possession of the Rajas of [[Panna State]]. It was one of the [[Chaube Jagirs]].

It was under the [[Bundelkhand Agency]] of the [[Central India Agency]] until 1896 when it was transferred to the [[Baghelkhand Agency]]. In 1931 Taraon was transferred back to the Bundelkhand Agency.

===Rulers===
Taraon's rulers bore the title 'Chaube'.{{cn|date=April 2017}}

====Chaubes====
*1812 - 1840 Gaya Prasad (d. 1840)
*1840 - 1856 Kamta Prasad (d. 1856)
*1856 - 1872 Ram Chand (d. 3 March 1872)
*3 March 1872 – 22 January 1881 [[Interregnum]]
*1881 - 1895 Chhatarbhuj, granted ruling powers on 22 January 1881 (d. 1 January 1895)
*1895 - 1925 Brij Gopal, declared insane in 1911; the state was administered on his behalf (d. 1925)
*1925 - 1968 Ganga Prasad (d. 3 January 1968)

Son of Ganga Prasad was Murlimanohar choubey and his (Murli Manohar's) elder son is Rajendra Kumar Chaturvedi and younger son is Ravendra Kumar Chaturvedi.

'''Legal Heir of Late Shri Ganga Prasad Choubey Jagirdar Taraon State, Chitrakoot(U.P.) :'''

1)Late Murli Manohar Choubey(son) S/o Ganga Prasad (Rajendra, Ravindra S/o Murli Manohar)

2)Baree Bitee (Sita Rani) D/o Ganga Prasad

3)Chotee Bitee(Krishna) D/o Ganga Prasad

'''After Death of first wife Mother of Murli Manohar -Ganga Prasad Married to Smt Sona Devi'''

'''Children are as follows''':

1)Shashi Kala (D/o Ganga Prasad)

2)Naresh Kumar Choubey (S/o Ganga Prasad)

3)Virendra Kumar Choubey (S/o Ganga Prasad)

4)Mohini (D/o Ganga Prasad)

5)Raj Kumar Choubey (S/o Ganga Prasad)

6)Rajesh Choubey (S/o Ganga Prasad)

7)Neelam (D/o Ganga Prasad)

8)Mahesh Choubey (S/o Ganga Prasad)

9)Veena (D/o Ganga Prasad)

==See also==
*[[Bundelkhand Agency]]
*[[Political integration of India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Chitrakoot district]]
[[Category:Princely states of Uttar Pradesh]]

Taraon State - Revision history

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