Kothi State

Kothi State
कोठी रियासत
Princely State of British India
18th century–1950 →
Kothi State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
History
 • Established 18th century
 • Independence of India 1950
Area
 • 1901 438 km2 (169 sq mi)
Population
 • 1901 19,112 
Density 43.6 /km2  (113 /sq mi)
Today part of Madhya Pradesh, India
Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

Kothi State was a princely state of the British Raj. It belonged to the Bagelkhand Agency of Central India. Its capital was at Kothi, in modern Satna district of Madhya Pradesh.

It was a relatively small Sanad state of about 438 km2 with a population of 19,112 inhabitants in 1901. The state's territory divided neighbouring Sohawal State in two parts.[1]

History

Kothi State was founded at an uncertain date by a Rajput ruler who expelled the former Bharr ruler of the area.[2]

Towards the beginning of the nineteenth century, and in much the same manner as neighbouring Sohawal, Kothi became a British protectorate initially subordinate to Panna State. However, a separate sanad was granted to Rais Lal Duniyapati Singh in 1810.[2] The last ruler of Kothi signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1950.[3]

Rulers

The ruling family were members of the Baghela clan of Rajputs and were related to the rulers of nearby Rewa State. The rulers used the title of Rais and after 1887 they adopted the title Raja Bahadur.[3]

Title Rais

Title Raja Bahadur

See also

References

  1. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 70.
  2. 1 2 Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 2.
  3. 1 2 Kothi Princely State

Coordinates: 24°46′N 80°46′E / 24.767°N 80.767°E / 24.767; 80.767

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