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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = बेरी रियासत
|conventional_long_name =Beri State
|common_name =Beri
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = c. 1750
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1950
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = Flag of Beri State.png
|image_coat =
|image_map = Beri-Bijna-Tori Fatehpur map.jpg
|image_map_caption =Beri State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 =82
|stat_year1 = 1901
|stat_pop1 = 4,279
|today = [[Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
|footnotes =
}}
'''Beri State''' was a [[princely state]] of the [[Bundelkhand Agency]] of the [[British Raj]].
It was a small [[Sanad (deed)|Sanad state]] of about 82.87 km<sup>2</sup> with a population of 4,297 inhabitants in 1901. Its capital was at [[Beri, Uttar Pradesh|Beri]], a small town —2,387 inhabitants in 1901— located by the [[Betwa River]] in modern [[Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], about 30 km from [[Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur]] town.

Together with [[Baoni State]] ([[Kadaura]]) at its northwestern edge Beri State was forming an enclave within the directly administered British territory of the [[Central Provinces]].<ref name="IGI">[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_009.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 3.]</ref>

==History==
Beri State was founded in the mid eighteenth century by Diwan Acharju (Achharaj) Singh, a [[jagirdar]] who was the son of Diwan Mahma Rai of [[Karaiha]] in [[Gwalior State]] and who migrated to [[Sandi, Jalaun|Sandi]] in [[Jalaun district]] in the last half of the 18th century. It is a [[Bundela]] state.

Beri became a [[British protectorate]] in 1809 under the rule of Rao Jugal Prasad.<ref name="WS"/>
Raja Yadvendra Singh, the last ruler of Beri State signed the [[instrument of accession]] to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] on 1 January 1950.<ref name="TGI">{{Cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/beri.html |title=Beri Princely State |access-date=9 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012231534/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/beri.html |archive-date=12 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Rulers===
The rulers used the title of ''[[Diwan (title)|Diwan]]'' and only after 1945 the last ruler adopted the title ''[[Raja]]''.<ref name="WS">[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html Princely States of India A-J]</ref>
====Title ''Diwan''====
*c.1750 Acharju Singh
*17.. – c.1780 Khuman Singh (d. c.1780)
====Title ''Rao''====
*c.1780 – 1814 Jugal Prasad (d. 1814)
*1814 – 1857 Phairan Singh (d. 1857)
*1857 – 1862 Vishvanath Singh (d. 1862)
*18 Mar 1862 – 1892 Vijay Singh (b. 1848 – d. 1892)
*1892 – 1904 Raghuraj Singh (b. 18.. – d. 1904)
* 8 June 1904 – 1945 Lokendra Singh (b. 1891 – d. 19..)
* 8 June 1904 – 1915 .... -Regent

====Title ''Raja''====
*1945 – 1947 Yadvendra Singh (b. 1918 – d. 1984)

==See also==
*[[Political integration of India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/beri Beri – Indian Rajputs]
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[[Category:Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rajputs]]

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