Jaso State Explained

Conventional Long Name:Jaso State
Common Name:Jaso
Nation:British India
Status Text:Vassal state of Maratha Confederacy (1737 - 1816)
Princely State
Year Start:1732
Year End:1948
Event End:Independence of India
S1:India
Flag S1:Flag of India.svg
Image Map Caption:Jaso State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Stat Area1:186
Stat Year1:1901
Stat Pop1:7209
Footnotes:Hunter, Sir William Wilson. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. London, Trübner & co., 1885.

Jaso or Jassu, formerly known as Yashogarh was a princely state of the Bundelkhand Agency in British India located in present-day Nagod tehsil, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh. It was surrounded in the north, east and south by Nagod State and in the east by Ajaigarh.

History

Jaso State was founded in 1732 by Bharti Chand, younger brother of Raja Hrideshah of Panna. Around 1750, it was split into Bandhora and Jaso, being reunited later in the eighteenth century.In 1816 Jaso State became a British protectorate. The last ruler of the state signed the accession of Jaso State to the Indian Union in 1948.

Rulers

Rulers bore the title of Diwan[1] [2]

Rulers of Bandhora

Durjan Singh and Medni Singh ruled as the Dewans of Bandhora when the state was split from Jaso in the 18th century.

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indian states before 1947 A-J. rulers.org. 20 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Indian Princely States before 1947 A-J. www.worldstatesmen.org. 20 August 2019.