Tori Fatehpur

Tori Fatehpur
टोडी फतेहपुर
Princely Estate (Jagir)
1690–1950 →

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Tori Fatehpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
History
 • Established 1690
 • Independence of India 1950
Area
 • 1901 93 km2 (36 sq mi)
Population
 • 1901 7,099 
Density 76.3 /km2  (197.7 /sq mi)
Public Domain 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. 

Tori Fatehpur (Hindi: टोडी फतेहपुर or टोडी फ़तेहपुर), also known as Tori, was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was one of the Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs, under the Bundelkhand Agency of British India.[1] Today it is part of Jhansi District in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

History

Tori Fatehpur State was founded in the Bundelkhand region in 1812 by a descendant of the royal family of Orchha Diwan Rai Singh of Baragaon near Jhansi. He had eight sons who were granted Jagirs, including Dhurwai, Bijna, and Tori Fatehpur.[2]

Tori Fatehpur is on a hill near Gursarai, about 100 km from Jhansi. The fort on the hill is more than 300 years old.[3] After Indian independence, on 1 January 1950, Tori Fatehpur acceded to the Indian Union and was merged into the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh.

Rulers

The rulers of Tori Fatehpur were from the Bundela dynasty of Rajputs. They were titled Diwan Saheb. Diwan Saheb Brijendra Singh Ju Deo, born on 11 May 1928, was the last ruling monarch.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ P. K. Bhattacharyya, Historical Geography of Madhya Pradesh from Early Records, P. 52
  2. ↑ Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908
  3. ↑ Tori Fatehpur
  4. ↑ Tori Fatehpur Princely State

Coordinates: 25°27′N 79°08′E / 25.450°N 79.133°E / 25.450; 79.133


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