Samthar State

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Template:Infobox Former Subdivision Samthar State was a princely state in India during the British Raj. The state was administered as part of the Bundelkhand Agency of Central India. Its capital was Samshergarh town, located in a level plain in the Bundelkhand region crossed by the Pahuj and the Betwa rivers.

The founder was Ranjith Singh who in 1760, profiting from the troubled times of the Maratha invasion, proclaimed his state independent and was acknowledged as a Raja by the Marathas. In 1817 Samthar was recognized as a state by the British.[1] They received a sanad of adoption in 1862. In 1884 the state had to cede some territories for the construction of the railways.[2]


Rajas[edit]

  • 1817 - 1827 Ranjit Singh II (d. 1827)
  • 1827 - 1864 Hindupat Singh (b. 1823 - d. 1890)
  • 1858 - 3 Feb 1865 Rani .... (f) -Regent
  • 3 Feb 1865 - 1877 Chhatar Singh (b. 1843 - d. 1896)

Maharajas[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Sir Roper Lethbridge (2005). The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire. Aakar Books. pp. 475–. ISBN 978-81-87879-54-1.
  2. Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 24.

Coordinates: 25°51′N 78°55′E / 25.850°N 78.917°E / 25.850; 78.917

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