Jigni
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.
Jigni
A petty sanad State in Central India, under the Bundel- khand Agency, with an area of about 22 square miles. Population (1901), 3,838. It is surrounded by portions of the Hamirpur and Jhansi Districts of the United Provinces. The holders of the jagir are Bundela Rajputs, the founder being Rao Padam Singh, a son of the famous Chhatarsal, who acquired in 1 730 the parganas of Rasin and Badaus (now in Hamirpur District). The jagir, originally a large one, was much reduced during the Maratha invasion, Lachhman Singh managing to obtain only a grant of" the two parganas of Rath and Panwarl from the invaders. When the British supremacy was estab- lished, Prithwl Singh, Lachhman's son, was in possession of fourteen villages, but in consequence of his contumacy they were attached. In 1810 the six villages which constitute the present holding were restored to him under a sanad. The present jagirdar is Rao Bhanu Pratap Singh, a cousin of the Maharaja of Charkhari, who succeeded by adoption in 1892. Number of villages, 6 ; cultivated area, 9 square miles; revenue, Rs. 13,000. Jigni, the chief town, is situated in 2 5° 45' N. and 79 degree 5' E., on the right bank of the Dhasan river, at the confluence of that stream and the Betwa. Population (1 901), 1,770.
