ORCHHA 15 GUN
SALUTE STATE
Orchha State (also
known as Urchha, Ondchha and Tikamgarh) was
a princely state of
the Bundelkhand region of British India. It was located within what is now the
state of Madhya Pradesh.
Area of state was 5,387
Square Km ,and population of state was 314,661 in 1931. Privy purse of state at
the time of accession on1 Jan 1950 was
Rs.185,300 . The
Chaturbhuj Temple was built,
during the time of Akbar, by the Queen of Orchha, while the
Raj Mandir was built by Madhukar Shah during his reign, 1554 to 1591. In
1811, during the period of Company Rule in India, it became part
of the Bundelkhand Agency within the Central India Agency; after
the independence of India in 1947,
it acceded to the Union of India, in 1950.
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