PAHRA NON SALUTE
STATE
Pahra was a jagir in
India during the British Raj. It was under the Bundelkhand
Agency of
the Central
India Agency until
1896 when it was transferred to the Baghelkhand
Agency. It was later
transferred back to the Bundelkhand Agency.
In 1931 the
area of the state was 69.92 Sq. Km .or
27 Sq. Miles . In 1931 the population of the small state was of 3,496
inhabitants distributed in 31 villages. The principality was merged into the
Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1948 and is now part of the present-day state
of Madhya
Pradesh.
Pahra was founded in 1812 when a sanad was granted to Sālig Rām Chaube, son of Rām Kishan of Kalinjar, confirming him in the possession of the territory. It was one of the Chaube Jagirs of the area. The state was centered in the small town of Chaubepur (Chobepur), which had a population of 878 in 1901.
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