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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
|conventional_long_name =Charkhari State<br />
|common_name = Charkhari State<br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]<br />
|capital = [[Charkhari]]<br />
|era = <br />
|year_start = 1765<br />
|date_start = <br />
|event_start = <br />
|year_end = 1947<br />
|date_end = <br />
|event_end = [[Independence of India|Accession to the Union of India]]<br />
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|date_event1 = <br />
|p1 =<br />
|s1 = India<br />
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|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg<br />
|image_flag = Drapeau Charkhari.jpg <br />
|image_coat = CoA Charkhari.png<br />
|image_map = JaitpurKart.jpg<br />
|image_map_caption = Charkhari State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]<br />
|stat_area1 = 2279<br />
|stat_year1 = 1901<br />
|stat_pop1 = 123,254 <br />
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'''Charkhari State''' was one of the [[Princely state]]s of [[India]] during the period of the [[British Raj]].<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html Princely States of India A-J]</ref> On India's independence, this Princely state acceded to India. Currently [[Charkhari]] town, the former state's capital, is a part of [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Charkhari State was founded in 1765 by Khuman Singh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/c/charkhari.html|title=Charkhari|access-date=2 February 2017|archive-date=27 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827032919/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/c/charkhari.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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In 1857 Raja Ratan Singh received a hereditary salute of 11 guns, a khilat and a perpetual jagir of £1300 a year in recognition of his services during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny.]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}<br />
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The last ruler of this Princely state signed the accession to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] on 15 August 1947.<br />
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==Rulers==<br />
In 1804, under Raja Bikramajit Singh (1782–1829) rule, the state became a [[British protectorate]].<ref>[http://rulers.org/indstat1.html States before 1947]</ref><br />
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===Rajas===<br />
* 1765 – 1782 Khuman Singh (b. ... – d. 1782)<br />
* 1782 – Nov 1829 Bikramajit Singh (b. ... – d. 1829)<br />
* 1829 – 1860 Ratan Singh<br />
* 1860 – 1880 Jai Singh Deo (b. ... – d. 1880)<br />
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===Maharajas===<br />
* 1880 – 6 July 1908 Malkhan Singh (b. 1872 – d. 1908)<br />
* 6 July 1908 – 1914 Jujhar Singh<br />
* 1914 – 5 October 1920 Ganga Singh<br />
* 1920 – 8 November 1941 Arimardan Singh (b. 1903 – d. 1941)<br />
* 8 November 1941 – 15 August 1947 Jayendra Singh (b. ... – d. 1977)<br />
===Titular Maharaja===<br />
* 1947 – 1977 Jayendra Singh<br />
* 1977 – present Jayant Singh<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Bundelkhand Agency]]<br />
*[[Political integration of India]]<br />
==References==<br />
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