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{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name =Chhatarpur State 
|common_name =Chhatarpur
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = Pawar (Parmar) Rajput [[Princely State]]
|capital      = [[Chhatarpur]]
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|year_end = 1950
|date_end = 
|event_end= [[Independence of India|Accession to the Union of India]]
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|s1 = India
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|image_flag = Flag of Chhatarpur.svg
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|image_map = JaitpurKart.jpg
|image_map_caption = Chhatarpur State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 =2927
|stat_year1 = 1901
|stat_pop1 = 10,029
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'''Chhatarpur''' was one of the [[princely state]]s of [[India]] during the period of the [[British Raj]]. The state was founded in 1785 and its capital was located in [[Chhatarpur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]].

Chhatarpur's last ruler signed the [[accession to the Indian Union]] on 1 January 1950.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==History==
Chhatarpur was founded in 1785. It is named after the [[Maharaja Chhatrasal|Chhatrasal]], the founder of [[Bundelkhand]] independence, and contains his [[cenotaph]]. The state was ruled by his descendants until 1785.  The state was guaranteed to [[Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar]] in 1806 by the [[British Raj]].  
In 1854 Chhatarpur would have lapsed to the British government for want of direct heirs under the [[doctrine of lapse]], but was conferred on Jagat Raj as a special act of grace.  The Rajas ruled a [[princely state]] with an area of {{convert|1118|sqmi|km2}}, and population of 156,139 in 1901, which was part of the Bundelkhand agency of [[Central India Agency|Central India]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

In 1901 the town of Chhatarpur had a population of 10,029, a high school and manufactured paper and coarse cutlery.  The state also contained the British cantonment of [[Nowgaon]].
After the independence of India in 1947, the Rajas of Chhatarpur acceded to India, and Chhatarpur, together with the rest of Bundelkhand Agency, became part of the Indian state of [[Vindhya Pradesh]].  Vindhya Pradesh was merged into the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] in 1956.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==Rulers==
The rulers bore the title of Raja and latter Maharaja.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html|title=Indian Princely States before 1947 A-J|website=www.worldstatesmen.org|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref>

===Rajas=== 
The Pawar (Parmar) Rajput dynasty ruled Chhatarpur State.

*       1785 -        1816 Kunwar Sone Shah                   (b. ... - d. 1816)
*       1816 -        1854 Partab Singh                       (b. ... - d. 1854)
*       1854 -    Nov 1867 Jaghat Singh                       (b. 1846 - d. 1867)
*       1867 -        1895 Vishvanath Singh                   (b. 1866 - d. 1932)

===Maharajas===

*       1895 -  4 Apr 1932 Vishvanath Singh                   (s.a.)
* 5 Apr 1932 - 15 Aug 1947 Bhawani Singh                      (b. 1921 - d. 2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rulers.org/indstat1.html |title=Indian states before 1947 A-J |publisher=Rulers.org |access-date=2014-01-03}}</ref>

===Titular Maharajas===
* 1947 - 2006 Bhawani Singh
* 2006–present Vikram Singh

== See also ==
*[[Bundelkhand Agency]]
*[[Vindhya Pradesh]]

==References==
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[[Category:Princely states of Bundelkhand]]
[[Category:Rajputs]]
[[Category:Chhatarpur district]]
[[Category:1785 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1950 disestablishments in India]]


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