Jalaun State
Jalaun State जालौन रियासत | |||||||||
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British India | |||||||||
1806–1840 | |||||||||
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1806 | |||||||||
• Annexed by the [East India Company] | 1840 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Uttar Pradesh, India |
Jalaun State was a
History
Originally a part of the Maratha Empire, it was later that the British occupied the area in 1803 and Jalaun state became a British protectorate in 1806. Many of the inhabitants were Maharashtrian Brahmins, known as 'Dakhini Pandits'. Their ancestors had been at the service of the Maratha Peshwa. Govindrao II, its last ruler, died without a male issue in 1840 and the state was annexed by the British in the same year. Govind rao II daughter was married in Karwi which was a sanad satate established in 1818.
The fortified post of Kalpi, the former residence of the rulers of Jalaun State, was dismantled in 1860 and its place was taken by a market known as Baithganj. After the annexation the British authorities preferred Orai as capital of the district, claiming that Jalaun was an unhealthy place.[1]
Rulers
All the rulers of Jalaun State were under
In 1857, the Jalon along with Kalinjar and Jhansi Peshwai fought one of the toughest battles in the history of 1857 mutiny. They were defeated in the Battle of Ajaygarh in 1858. 'Raja'.[2]
Rajas
- 1776–1822: Govindrao I
- 1822–1832: Balarao
- 1831–1840: Govindrao II (d. 1840)
See also
References
- ^ Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.
- ^ Princely States of India
External links
- Rulers of Jalaun, Etawah and Auraiya
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 131. .