Naigawan Rebai

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Naigawan Rebai, 1908

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.

(Naigaon Rebai). — A petty sanad State in Central India, under the Bundelkhand Agency, with an area of about 7 square miles. Population (1901), 2,497. The jagirdar is an Ahlr (Daowa) by caste. The land forming Xhejagir was originally included in the Jaitpur State, which lapsed in 1849. After British supremacy had been established in Bundelkhand, Lachhman Singh, then the leader of a marauding band, was induced to surrender on a promise of pardon ; and a grant of five villages, with an estimated revenue of Rs. 15,000, was made to him in 1807. On his death, in 1808, his son Jagat Singh succeeded. In 1850 it was held that Lachhman Singh's tenure was for life only, and that the holding should have been resumed on his death. Jagat Singh was, however, allowed to continue in possession; and in 1862 this ruling was reversed and ihe Jagirdar received an adoption satiad. The present holder is Larai Dulhaiya, widow of Jagat Singh, who succeeded in 1867 with the sanction of Government, though no woman had before held the position of ruling chief in Bundelkhand. She has an adopted son, Kunwar Vishvanath Singh, born in 1881, who has been recognized as her successor. The State contains 4 villages, with a cultivated area of 6 square miles, and a revenue of Rs. 11,000. The administration is carried on by the Thakurain herself, assisted by a kdtndar. The head-quarters of the estate are at Rebai, situated in 25° 21' N. and 79° 29' E., 18 miles north of Nowgong cantonment. Population (1901), 757. Until 1834 Naigawan (25° 11' N. and 80° 54' E.) was the chief place. The change in the head-quarters has given rise to the present name of the holding.