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Sarila State

1765 CE – 1950 CE (approx.) · capital Sarila

A small Bundela principality of Bundelkhand, one of the holdings created from the lands of Chhatrasal's descendants.

Origins

Sarila was founded in the 1760s by a member of the Bundela family descended from Maharaja Chhatrasal, through the Jaitpur line. It was confirmed by a British sanad in the early 19th century.

Rule and society

The Raja ruled a compact agricultural territory as a non-salute state of the Bundelkhand Agency. Few details of its internal history are recorded.

Decline and legacy

After independence Sarila was merged with the Bundelkhand states into Vindhya Pradesh and was absorbed by 1950; the town is now in Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Sarila StateVindhya Pradesh 1948 CE – 1956 CE

Connections (2)

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

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

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