Tori Fatehpur (Hindi: टोडी फतेहपुर or टोडी फ़तेहपुर), also known as Tori, was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was one of the Hasht-Bhaiya Jagirs, under the Bundelkhand Agency of British India.[1] Today it is part of Jhansi District in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Tori Fatehpur
Princely Estate (Jagir)
1690–1950
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Tori Fatehpur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area 
• 1901
93 km2 (36 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
7,099
History 
• Established
1690
1950
Succeeded by
India

History

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Tori Fatehpur State was founded in the Bundelkhand region in 1812 by a descendant of the royal family of Orchha Diwan Rai Singh of Baragaon near Jhansi. He had eight sons who were granted Jagirs, including Dhurwai, Bijna, and Tori Fatehpur.[2]

Tori Fatehpur is on a hill near Gursarai, about 100 km from Jhansi. The fort on the hill is more than 300 years old.[3]

A part royal family started living in a town near Jhansi in the late 1880s after a massive drought and adapted a name “Biswari” for survival. After drought state lost all of its trade and other sources of fortune which resulted in downfall of state.

After Indian independence, on 1 January 1950, Tori Fatehpur acceded to the Republic of India and was merged into the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ P. K. Bhattacharyya, Historical Geography of Madhya Pradesh from Early Records, P. 52
  2. ^ Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908
  3. ^ Tori Fatehpur
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25°27′N 79°08′E / 25.450°N 79.133°E / 25.450; 79.133