Taraon State

Taraon State ताराओं रियासत
Princely Estate (Jagir)
1812–1948 →
Taraon (Tarahwan) in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
History
•	Established	1812
•	Independence of India	1948
Area
•	1901	67.33 km2 (26 sq mi)
Population
•	1901	3,178
	Density	47.2 /km2  (122.2 /sq mi)
Today part of		Uttar Pradesh, India
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Taraon, also spelt 'Tarahwan' and 'Tarahuhān', was a princely estate (Jagir) in India during the British Raj.^[1] 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.^[2]

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'.^[3]

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 - 1950 Ganga Prasad (d. 1954)

See also

• Bundelkhand Agency
• Political integration of India

References

Coordinates: 24°59′N 80°57′E / 24.983°N 80.950°E / 24.983; 80.950