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{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name =Chaube Jagirs
|common_name = Chaube Estates
|nation = [[British India]]
|status_text = [[Jagir]]s
|era =
|year_start = 1812
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end = [[Independence of India|Accession to the Indian Union]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =
|image_coat =
|image_map = Kothi-Bhaisunda map.jpg
|image_map_caption =The area of the Chaube Jagirs in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 = 247
|stat_year1 = 1901
|stat_pop1 = 20,711
|footnotes =
}}
[[File:Bhaisunda flag.PNG|thumb|Flag of Bhaisunda Jagir|alt=]]
The '''Chaube Jagirs''', also known as 'Kalinjar Chaubes', [[jagir]] states were a group of five feudatory states of Central India during the period of the [[British Raj]]. They were a [[British protectorate]] from 1823 to 1947 and belonged to the [[Bagelkhand Agency]]. Their last rulers [[Instrument of Accession|acceded to India]] in 1948.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==History==
Until the 18th century the original lands of the family had been in [[Dadri]], near [[Nowgong, Chhatarpur|Nowgong]] cantonment. Once under the service of Raja [[Chhatrasal]] of [[Panna State]], the Chaube Brahmin officials rose from gentry to nobility. The owners of the first four estates were descendants of Ram Kishan, the former governor of [[Kalinjar Fort|Kalinjar]] under Raja Hirde Sah of Panna.<ref name =history>{{cite web|url =http://satna.nic.in/ | title =History of Satna | work = |first = |last = |publisher =Satna District Administration |accessdate = 2010-08-18 }}</ref>{{Clarification needed|reason=Citation not found|date=August 2019}}

In 1862 the jagirdars were granted a [[sanad of adoption]]. The rule was that when there were no heirs the estate was split between the other members. Initially there were nine principalities but in 1839 two were already extinguished. In 1855 one estate was seized owing to the implication of the ruler in a murder case. Also in 1864 another principality was extinguished and thus only five remained.
<ref>''Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer'' p. 1414.</ref>

The Jagirs were under the [[Bundelkhand Agency]] of the [[Central India Agency]] until 1896 when they were transferred to the [[Baghelkhand Agency]].<ref>Great Britain India Office. ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]].'' Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908</ref> In 1931 they were transferred back to the Bundelkhand Agency.<ref>[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]</ref>

==Chaube estates==
The estates were:
*[[Bhaisunda]]
*[[Kamta-Rajaula State|Kamta-Rajaula]]
*[[Pahra]]
*[[Paldeo]]
*[[Taraon State|Taraon]]
===Annexed by the British===
Three states were confiscated by the British:{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

* Purwa with 9 villages and an area of 53.18 km<sup>2</sup> (annexed in 1855)
* Nayagaon with 18 villages and an area of 65.11 km<sup>2</sup> (annexed in 1864).

==See also==
*[[Panna State]]
*[[Vindhya Pradesh]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{MP Princely States}}

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[[Category:Princely states of Bundelkhand]]
[[Category:Jagirs]]
[[Category:Princely states of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Satna district]]

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