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{{Short description|Indian princely state (1690–1950)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name =Dhurwai Estate(jagir)<br><small>Dhurwai State</small>
|common_name =Dhurwai
|nation = [[British India]]
|status_text = [[Jagir|Princely Estate (Jagir)]] until 1800. <br> [[Princely State]] during the [[British Raj]]
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|date_start =
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|year_end = 1950
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|event_end= [[Independence of India]]
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|s1 = India
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|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = Flag of Dhurwai state.png
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|image_map = Beri-Bijna-Tori Fatehpur map.jpg
|image_map_caption =Dhurwai State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
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'''Dhurwai''' was a [[Princely states of India|princely state]] in India during the [[British Raj]]. It was one of the [[Hasht-Bhaiya]] [[Jagir]]s, under the [[Bundelkhand Agency]] of British India. Its capital was the town of Dhurwai, with a population of 777 in 1901.<ref>P. K. Bhattacharyya, ''Historical Geography of Madhya Pradesh from Early Records'', p. 52</ref> Today it is part of [[Jhansi District]], in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Dhurwai was administered by the native ruler, who was addressed as Indian Prince by the British authorities.

==History==
Dhurwai State was founded in the [[Bundelkhand|Bundelkhand region]] in 1812 by a descendant of the royal family of [[Orchha State|Orchha]] Diwan Rai Singh of [[Baragaon, Jhansi|Baragaon]] near [[Jhansi]]. He had 8 sons who were granted Jagirs, including Dhurwai, [[Bijna]], and [[Tori Fatehpur]].<ref>Great Britain India Office. ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]].'' Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908</ref>

The state was located on the eastern part of [[Jhansi Province]], bounded by the British [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]] on all sides except on the east where it shared a border with the states of Bijna and [[Tori Fatehpur]]. In 1823 Diwan Budh Singh was granted a [[sanad (deed)|sanad]] by the British authorities. About a century later the Diwan of Dhurwai was one of the original constituents of the [[Chamber of Princes]], an institution established in 1920.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_345.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 339.]</ref><ref>Sir Roper Lethbridge, ''The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary'', p. 124</ref>
After [[Partition of India|Indian independence]], on 1 January 1950, Dhurwai acceded to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] and was merged into the Indian state of [[Vindhya Pradesh]] with the other Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs.

==Rulers==
*Diwan Maan Singh Judeo
*Diwan Jai Singh Judeo
*Maharaja Budh Singh Judeo
*Maharaja Nahar singh judeo
*Maharaja Rajnor singh judeo (B. 1833 - d. 1910)
*Maharaja Jugal Prasad Singh Judeo (b. 1896 - d. 1941)
*Maharaja Keshvendra Singh Judeo (b.1926 - d.2004)
*Maharaja Yadvendra Singh Judeo (b. 1961)

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

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/in-dhurw.html Dhurwai-Bundelkhand- Indian Princely State]
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[[Category:Jhansi district]]
[[Category:Princely states of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:1812 establishments in India]]

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