चरखारी , महोबा : बुंदेलखंड (Charkhari – Mahoba Bundelkhand)
चरखारी , महोबा : बुंदेलखंड (Charkhari – Mahoba Bundelkhand)
Charkhari is a town in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh state, India.
Charkhari State:
Charkhari State was one of the Princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The state was founded in 1765 by Bijai Bahadur, a Rajput of Bundela clan. On India’s independence, this Princely state was acceded to India.
CHARKHARI, a native state in the Bundelkhand agency of Centrallndia. Area, 745 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 523,594; estimated revenue 33,000. It is surrounded on all sides by other states of Central India, except near Charkhari town, where it meets the United Provinces. It was founded by Bijai Bahadur (vikramaditya), a sanad being granted him in 1804 and another in 1811. The chief, whose title is maharaja, is a Rajput of the Bundela clan, descended from Chhatar Sal, the champion of the independence of Bundelkhand in the 18th century. In 1857 Raja Ratan Singh received a hereditary salute of ii guns, a khilat and a perpetual jagir of 1300 a year in recognition of his services during the Mutiny. The town of Charkhari (locally Maharajnagar) is 40 m. W. of Banda; ~ (1901) 11,718.