Datia State

<h2 id="history">History</h2>

<p>Datia had formerly been a  state in the <a href="/facts/Bundelkhand/Qe5nbQcX">Bundelkhand</a> region founded in 1626. The ruling family were <a href="/facts/Rajput/wJbTbSPL">Rajputs</a> of the <a href="/facts/Bundela/xUIh7ulU">Bundela</a> clan; they descended from a younger son of a former raja of <a href="/facts/Orchha/UxVRJMYE">Orchha</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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After <a href="/facts/Independence_of_India/0n35LRk8">India's independence</a> in 1947, the Maharaja of Datia <a href="/facts/Instrument_of_Accession/4hYnQTBD">acceded</a> unto the <a href="/facts/Dominion_of_India/slRebax7">Dominion of India</a>; it later merged with the <a href="/facts/Dominion_of_India/slRebax7">Union of India</a>. Datia, together with the rest of the Bundelkhand agency, became part of the new state of <a href="/facts/Vindhya_Pradesh/ECB09AfP">Vindhya Pradesh</a> in 1950. In 1956, Vindhya Pradesh state was merged with certain other areas to form the state of <a href="/facts/Madhya_Pradesh/h8GnUBv6">Madhya Pradesh</a> within the Union of India.
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<h2 id="rulers">Rulers</h2>
<h3>Raos</h3>
<p>The following rulers carried the title "Rao":
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<ul><li>1626 - 1656: Rao Bhagwan singh</li>
<li>1656 - 1683: Rao Subha Karan singh</li>
<li>1683 - 1706: Rao Dalpat singh</li>
<li>1706 – 1733: Rao Ramchandra Singh</li>
<li>1733 – 1762: Rao Indrajit Singh</li>
<li>1762 – 1801: Rao Shatrujit Singh</li></ul>
<h3>Rajas</h3>
<p>The following rulers carried the title "Raja":
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<ul><li>1801 – 1839: Raja Parichhat Singh</li>
<li>1839 – 20 Nov 1857: Bijai Singh</li>
<li>1857 – 1865: Bhavani Singh (b. 1846 – d. 1907)</li></ul>
<h3>Maharajas</h3>
<p>The following rulers carried the title "Maharaja Sir Lokendra".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The title came into effect from the year 1877:
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<ul><li>1865 – Jul 1907: Bhavani Singh Judeo Bahadur (s.a.)</li>
<li>5 August 1907 – 15 August 1947: Govind Singh Judeo Bahadur G.C.I.E.  K.C.S.I. (b. 1886 – d. 1951)</li></ul>
<h3>Heads of the family in the Republic Of India</h3>

<ul><li>1947 – 1951: Govind Singh Judeo</li>
<li>1951 – 1978: Balbhadra Singh Judeo</li>
<li>1978 – 2006: Kishan Singh Judeo</li>
<li>2006 – 2020: Rajendra Singh Judeo</li>
<li>2020 – present: Arunaditya Singh Judeo</li></ul>
<h2 id="postalphilatelic-information">Postal/Philatelic Information</h2>
<p>From 1893, there were primitive stamps bearing both the names 'DUTTIA STATE' and 'DATIA STATE'. The first issue is among the rarest of all Indian princely state stamps. A total of 29 series of stamps were issued until 1920. From 1921 only Indian Stamps were valid.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Datia_District/ledBHs7r">Datia District</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Datia_Palace/BTMq917M">Datia Palace</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li> Media related to Datia State at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Imperial Gazetteer of India <a href="https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_201.gif" target="_blank">https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_201.gif</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Datia" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 845–846. <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" target="_blank">/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Datia" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 845–846. <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" target="_blank">/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>States before 1947 <a href="http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html" target="_blank">http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Andreas Birken: Philatelic Atlas of British India, Hamburg 2004 <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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