History

AREA: 2,520 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 520,000Rs ACCESSION: 1st January 1950
STATE: Madhya Pradesh DYNASTY: Bundela RELIGION: Hindu
VILLAGES: 343 POPULATION: 110,500 (1901) REVENUE: 225,000Rs
PRESENT RULER: HH Sawai Maharaja JAI SINGH, 9th Maharaja of Bijawar (1983/-)
born 1977.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Originally part of the lands held by the Garha Mandla Gonds, and was taken by Raja Chattar Sal, the founder of Panna. On the partition of territory among his sons, Bijawar fell to Raja Jagat Rai as part of Jaitpur and he later granted it to his son in 1765. Rulers were...

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

BIJAWAR MP

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