Pathari State

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Pathari State
पठारी रियासत
Princely State of British India
1794–1948
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Pathari State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area 
• 1901
78 km2 (30 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
2704
History
History 
• Established
1794
1948
Succeeded by
India
Today part ofMadhya Pradesh, India

Pathari State was established by the Parmara king who later came to be known as Kairwar in Dangi Rajput. administratively under the Bundela And Maratha Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 78 square kilometers and had a population of 6,293 in 1892. Its capital was at Pathari town.[1]

History[edit]

Pathari's royal house was founded in 1794 as a jagir[2] by a Parmara King Vikramaditya III.

Following Indian independence in 1947, the last ruler of Pathari signed the instrument of accession to the Union of India on 15 June 1948.[3] The former state was incorporated into the new state of Madhya Bharat, which subsequently became Madhya Pradesh state on 1 November 1956.

Present Rulers[edit]

Thakur Devendra Singh Kairwar (Sarpanch Pathari)Since 1989.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 29.
  2. Princely States of India K-W
  3. "Pathari Princely State". Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

Coordinates: 23°56′N 78°12′E / 23.933°N 78.200°E / 23.933; 78.200