Kamta-Rajaula State

Summary

Kamta-Rajaula was a princely state in India during the British Raj.

Kamta-Rajaula State
कामता-राजुला रियासत
Princely Estate (Jagir)
1812–1948

The area of the Chaube Jagirs in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area 
• 1901
34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
1,232
History 
• Established
1812
1948
Succeeded by
India

History edit

It was one of the Chaube Jagirs, part of the Bagelkhand Agency which was merged into the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1948.

Kamta-Rajaula was a place of pilgrimage, for according to legend it was one of the places where Rama had been.[1] The capital was the village of Rajaula, located at 15 km from Karwi railway station.

Rulers edit

The rulers of Kamta-Rajaula were titled 'Rao'.[2][3]

Raos edit

  • 1812 - 1874 Gopal Lal
  • 1874 - 1892 Bharat Prasad
  • 1892 - 1906 Ram Prasad
  • 1906 - 1946 Radha Kishan
  • 1946 - 1947 Rajiv Nandan Prasad

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908
  2. ^ Indian Princely States
  3. ^ "Indian states before 1947 K-W". www.rulers.org. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

25°11′N 80°51′E / 25.183°N 80.850°E / 25.183; 80.850