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BIJAWAR , a native See also:

state of central See also:

India, in the See also:

BUNDELKHAND

Bundelkhand agency. See also:

AREA

Area, 973 sq. in.; pop. (1901) 110,500; See also:

revenue, £ro,000. Forests See also:

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover nearly See also:

HALF

half the See also:

TOTAL

total area of the state, which is believed to be See also:

rich in minerals, but lack of transport facilities has hindered the development of its resources. The state takes its name from the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

TOWN

town, Bijawar (pop. in 19or, 5220), which was founded by Bijai Singh, one of the Gond chiefs of Garha See also:

MANDLA

Mandla, in the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. It was conquered in the 18th century by Chhatarsal, the founder of See also:

PANNA, or PUNNA

Panna, a See also:

RAJPUT

Rajput of the Bundela See also:

CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan, by whose descendants it is still held. It was confirmed to Ratan Singh in 1811 by the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

government for the usual See also:

DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed of See also:

ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance. In 1857 Bhan Pratap Singh rendered See also:

SIGNAL

signal services to the British during the See also:

Mutiny, being rewarded with certain privileges and a hereditary salute of eleven guns. In 1866 he received the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of maharaja, and the prefix sawai in 1877. Bhan Pratap was succeeded on his See also:

DEATH

death in 1899 by his adopted son, Sanwant Singh, a son of the maharaja of See also:

ORCHHA, or URCHHA (also called Tehri or Tikamgarh)

Orchha.

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