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Taraon State

1812 CE – 1950 CE (approx.) · capital Taraon

One of the Chaube jagirs of Bundelkhand, held by a branch of the Brahmin family that once governed the fort of Kalinjar.

Origins

The Chaubes were Brahmin governors of the great fortress of Kalinjar under the Bundela rulers of Panna. When the British took Kalinjar in 1812, they gave the family members small jagirs, including Taraon, in return for its surrender.

Rule and society

Taraon was a minor holding of a few villages under the Bundelkhand Agency, ruled by a Chaube chief. Little else is recorded.

Decline and legacy

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

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Taraon StateVindhya Pradesh 1948 CE – 1956 CE

Connections (2)

Taraon State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1812 CE – 1858 CE
Taraon State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE

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

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