Jigni State
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = जिगनी रियासत
|conventional_long_name =Jigni State
|common_name =Jigni
|nation = British India
|subdivision = Princely State
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|year_start = 1730
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|year_end = 1950
|date_end =
|event_end= Accession to India
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|s1 = India
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|image_map = Beri-Bijna-Tori Fatehpur map.jpg
|image_map_caption =Jigni State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
|stat_area1 = 57
|stat_year1 = 1901
|stat_pop1 = 3838
|today = Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Jigni State was a princely state of the Bundelkhand Agency of the British Raj.
It was a small Sanad state of about 82.87 km2 with a population of 4,297 inhabitants in 1901. The state was surrounded by the Hamirpur{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Hamirpur |volume=12 |page=893}} and Jhansi districts of the United Provinces.
Its capital was at Jigni, also known as Jigini.[https://villageinfo.in/uttar-pradesh/hamirpur/rath/jigini.html Jigini Village in Rath (Hamirpur) Uttar Pradesh] It is a small town —1,770 inhabitants in 1901— located near the confluence of the Dhasan and the Betwa River[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_171.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 165.] in present-day Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh.
History
Jigni State was founded as a jagir in 1730 by Rao Padam Singh, a Rajput of the Bundela clan. He was a son of Chhatrasal, the founder of Panna State. Originally the jagir had been larger, but its size was much reduced during the Maratha invasion in the last half of the eighteenth century.
Jigni became a British protectorate in 1810 under the rule of Pirthi Singh.
Rao Bhupendra Vijai Singh, the last ruler of Jigni State signed the instrument of accession to India in 1947, the state becoming part of the Indian Union on 1 January 1950.
=Rulers=
The ruling family were members of the Bundela clan of Rajputs.{{Cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/j/jigni.html |title=Jigni Princely State |access-date=21 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710154455/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/j/jigni.html |archive-date=10 July 2015 |url-status=dead }} The rulers used the title of Rao.[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html Princely States of India A-J]
==Title ''Rao''==
| 1730–1790 | Padam Singh | (d. 1790) |
| 1790–1806 | Lakshman Singh I | |
| 1806–1830 | Pirthi Singh | (d. 1830) |
| 1830–1870 | Bhopal Singh | (b. 1830 – d. 1870) |
| 1870–1892 | Lakshman Singh II | (b. 1860 – d. 1892) |
| 1892–1925 | Bhanu Pratap Singh | (b. 1878 – d. 1925) |
| 1925–1934 | Arimardan Singh | (b. 1903 – d. 1941) |
| 1934 – 15 August 1947 | Bhupendra Vijai Singh |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/Jigni Jigni – Indian Rajputs]
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Category:Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh
Category:1730 establishments in India