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Shahgarh State

1700 CE – 1858 CE (approx.) · capital Shahgarh

A Bundela principality of Bundelkhand whose Raja joined the revolt of 1857, after which the British confiscated it.

Origins

Shahgarh was a small Bundela state in the hills north of Sagar, held by a branch of the Bundela clan. The register dates it to around 1700, though its early history is sparsely recorded.

Rule and society

The Rajas ruled a forested upland of forts and villages. In 1857 Raja Bakht Bali, also called Bakhtbali Shah, rose against the East India Company and fought alongside the Raja of Banpur and other Bundela chiefs.

Decline and legacy

After the defeat of the rising in 1858, the British confiscated Shahgarh and annexed it to the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories. Its lands now lie in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

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

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