Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs
A collection of petty States in Central India, under the Bundelkhand Agency. These Jdghs were originally a part of Orchhii State. About 1690 Maharaja Udot Singh of Orchha gave his brother, Dlwan Rai Singh, the jdgir of Baragaon (now in Jhansi District). On his death the jdg'ir was subdivided into eight {/las/it) shares among his sons, thus forming the estates of Kari, Pasari, Tarauli, Chirgaon, Dhurwai, Bijna, Tori-Fatehpur, and Banka- Pahari. The first three subsequently became merged in other holdings, while Chirgaon was confiscated in 1841 for the rebellion of the jaglrddr Bakht Singh, leaving four shares. The dismember- ment of Orchha by the Marathas and the formation of the Jhansi State led to constant disputes as to the suzerainty over these holdings. After the establishment of British supremacy, it was decided in 1821 that the jdgirddrs were directly dependent on the British Government, through whom the tribute levied by the Jhansi State should be paid, but that the jdglrddrs should continue the usual observances to the Orchha chief as the head of the family. These conditions were embodied in the siviads granted to the jdglrddrs in 182 1 and 1823.
