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Samthar State
Origins
Samthar's ruling family were Gujars who served the Bundela rulers of Datia and established their own chiefship around Samthar in the 1730s as Bundela authority fragmented. The British recognised it by treaty in 1817.
Rule and society
Samthar was a salute state of the Bundelkhand Agency, governed by a Raja over a compact, mainly agricultural territory. Few details of its internal history are recorded in standard sources.
Decline and legacy
Samthar acceded to India after 1947 and was absorbed by 1950. The town lies in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
Lineage
Samthar StateVindhya Pradesh 1948 CE – 1956 CE
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- Samthar State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1817 CE – 1858 CE
- Samthar State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
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