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Bihat State

1807 CE – 1950 CE (approx.) · capital Bihat

A minor chiefship of the Bundelkhand Agency, known mainly from British lists of the small states of central India.

Origins

Bihat was confirmed as a separate holding by a British sanad in 1807, one of the small estates recognised after the British gained control of Bundelkhand.

Rule and society

It consisted of a handful of villages under a hereditary chief. Little else is recorded.

Decline and legacy

After independence Bihat was merged into Vindhya Pradesh with the other Bundelkhand states and absorbed by 1950.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Bihat StateVindhya Pradesh 1948 CE – 1956 CE

Connections (2)

Bihat State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1807 CE – 1858 CE
Bihat State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bihat State. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bihat-state
MLA: “Bihat State.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bihat-state. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Bihat State.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bihat-state.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Bihat State’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bihat-state (Accessed: ).

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