Beri Bundelkhand
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Beri (बेरी रियासत) was a princely state of the Bundelkhand Agency of the British Raj. Its capital was at Beri, a small town, located by the Betwa River in modern Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh, about 30 km from Hamirpur town.
Variants
- Beri Bundelkhand बेड़ी, बुंदेलखंड, (AS, p.642)
- Beri
- Beri State (बेरी रियासत)
History
Beri State was founded in the mid eighteenth century by Diwan Acharju (Achharaj) Singh, a jagirdar who was the son of Diwan Mahma Rai of Karaiha in Gwalior State and who migrated to Sandi in Jalaun district in the last half of the 18th century.[1]
Beri became a British protectorate in 1809 under the rule of Rao Jugal Prasad.[2] Raja Yadvendra Singh, the last ruler of Beri State signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1950.[3]
Together with Baoni State (Kadaura) at its northwestern edge Beri State was forming an enclave within the directly administered British territory of the Central Provinces.[4]
Rulers: The rulers used the title of Diwan and only after 1945 the last ruler adopted the title Raja.
Title Diwan
- c.1750 Acharju Singh
- 17.. - c.1780 Khuman Singh (d. c.1780)
Title Rao
- c.1780 - 1814 Jugal Prasad (d. 1814)
- 1814 - 1857 Phairan Singh (d. 1857)
- 1857 - 1862 Vishvanath Singh (d. 1862)
- 18 Mar 1862 - 1892 Vijay Singh (b. 1848 - d. 1892)
- 1892 - 1904 Raghuraj Singh (b. 18.. - d. 1904)
- 8 Jun 1904 - 1945 Lokendra Singh (b. 1891 - d. 19..)
- 8 Jun 1904 - 1915 .... -Regent
Title Raja
- 1945 - 1947 Yadvendra Singh (b. 1918 - d. 1984)
बेड़ी, बुंदेलखंड
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[5] ने लेख किया है ...बेड़ी, बुंदेलखंड (AS, p.642): भूतपूर्व रियासत थी। इसके संस्थापक अछरजू या अचलजू पंवार थे. ये 18वीं सदी के अंत में संडी (जिला जालौन) उत्तर प्रदेश में आकर रहने लगे थे. इनका विवाह महाराज छत्रसाल के पुत्र राजा जगतराज की कन्या के साथ हुआ था और दहेज में इन्हें 12 लाख की जागीर मिली थी जो बाद में बेड़ी की रियासत बनी।
