Summary
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.
| Tori Fatehpur | |||||||
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| Princely Estate (Jagir) | |||||||
| 1690–1950 | |||||||
 Flag | |||||||
 Tori Fatehpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 93 km2 (36 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 7,099 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1690 | ||||||
| 1950 | |||||||
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History edit
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]
A part royal family started living in a town near Jhansi in the late 1880s after a massive drought and adapted a name “Biswari” for survival. After drought state lost all of its trade and other sources of fortune which resulted in downfall of state.
After Indian independence, on 1 January 1950, Tori Fatehpur acceded to the Republic of India and was merged into the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ P. K. Bhattacharyya, Historical Geography of Madhya Pradesh from Early Records, P. 52
- ^ Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908
- ^ Tori Fatehpur
External links edit
- Tori Fatehpur Princely State
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