Baraunda

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Baraunda

(or Pathar-Kachhar). — A petty sanad State in Central India, under the Political Agent in Baghelkhand. It is now a small holding with an area of about 218 square miles, but was in former days much larger, and comprised most of the present District of Bands, the family having held the country for at least 400 years. The name Pathar-Kachhar is derived from its position on the skirts of the Vindhyas.

The family is an old one, and claims to belong to the Raghuvansi clan of the Solar division of Rajputs. The original seat of the family was Rasin in Banda District, originally called Raja, Vasini, where there are many old remains. The early history is, however, very obscure. During the Bundela supremacy the State appears to have been held on a sanad from Hirde Sah of Panna. On the accession of the British to the paramount power, Raja Mohan Singh was recognized and confirmed in his territory by a sanad granted in 1807. Dying childless in 1827, he left the estate by will to his nephew, Sarabjit Singh, who, although not formally adopted, was recognized by the

British Government, to the exclusion of his two elder brothers. In 1862 the chief received an adoption sanad, and in 1863 he ceded all land required for railways through his territory. Raghubar Dayal Singh, who was chief in 1877, obtained the personal distinction of Raja Bahadur and a salute of 9 guns, the latter distinction being made hereditary in 1878. He died in 1885 without issue, and without exercising the right of adoption ; but the Government selected the present chief, Raja Thakur Prasad Singh, who succeeded in 1886. The ruler of the State bears the title of Raja and receives a salute of 9 guns.

Population has been : (1881) 17,283, (1891) 18,596, and(i90i) 15,724. The population decreased by 1 5 per cent, during the last decade owing to famine. Hindus number 14,189, or 90 per cent.; and Animists, 1,351, or 9 per cent. The State contains 70 villages. The prevailing language is Baghelkhandi, spoken by 91 per cent, of the inhabitants. Agriculture supports 90 per cent, of the total population. Of the total area, 31 square miles, or 14 per cent., are cultivated; 57 square miles are cultivable but uncultivated ; and the rest is forest and waste land. The total revenue is Rs. 15,000, of which Rs. 14,000 is derived from land. Baraunda, the capital, is situated in 25 3' N. and 8o° 38' E., in a somewhat rugged tract 10 miles north of Kalinjar ; it contains a vernacular school. Population (1901), 1,365.