| Jigni State जिगनी रियासत | |||||||
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| Princely State ofBritish India | |||||||
| 1730–1950 | |||||||
 Jigni State in theImperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 57 km2 (22 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 3,838 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1730 | ||||||
| 1950 | |||||||
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| Today part of | Hamirpur district,Uttar Pradesh,India | ||||||
Jigni State was aprincely state of theBundelkhand Agency of theBritish Raj. It was a smallSanad state of about 82.87 km2 with a population of 4,297 inhabitants in 1901. The state was surrounded by theHamirpur[1] andJhansi districts of theUnited Provinces.
Its capital was atJigni, also known as Jigini.[2] It is a small town —1,770 inhabitants in 1901— located near the confluence of theDhasan and theBetwa River[3] in present-day Rathtehsil of Hamirpur district,Uttar Pradesh.
Jigni State was founded as ajagir in 1730 by Rao Padam Singh, aRajput of theBundela clan. He was a son ofChhatrasal, the founder ofPanna State. Originally thejagir had been larger, but its size was much reduced during theMaratha invasion in the last half of the eighteenth century.[3]
Jigni became aBritish protectorate in 1810 under the rule of Pirthi Singh.[4]Rao Bhupendra Vijai Singh, the last ruler of Jigni State signed theinstrument of accession to India in 1947, the state becoming part of theIndian Union on 1 January 1950.[5]
The ruling family were members of theBundela clan ofRajputs.[5] The rulers used the title ofRao.[4]
| 1730–1790 | Padam Singh | (d. 1790) |
| 1790–1806 | Lakshman Singh I | |
| 1806–1830 | Pirthi Singh | (d. 1830) |
| 1830–1870 | Bhopal Singh | (b. 1830 – d. 1870) |
| 1870–1892 | Lakshman Singh II | (b. 1860 – d. 1892) |
| 1892–1925 | Bhanu Pratap Singh | (b. 1878 – d. 1925) |
| 1925–1934 | Arimardan Singh | (b. 1903 – d. 1941) |
| 1934 – 15 August 1947 | Bhupendra Vijai Singh |
