Kamta-Rajaula was a princely state in India during the British Raj.

History

It was one of the Chaube Jagirs, part of the Bagelkhand Agency which was merged into the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1948.

Kamta-Rajaula was a place of pilgrimage, for according to legend it was one of the places where Rama had been.[1] The capital was the village of Rajaula, located at 15 km from Karwi railway station.

Rulers

The rulers of Kamta-Rajaula were titled 'Rao'.[2][3]

Raos

  • 1812 - 1874 Gopal Lal
  • 1874 - 1892 Bharat Prasad
  • 1892 - 1906 Ram Prasad
  • 1906 - 1946 Radha Kishan
  • 1946 - 1947 Rajiv Nandan Prasad

See also

References

  1. ^ Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908
  2. ^ Indian Princely States
  3. ^ "Indian states before 1947 K-W". www.rulers.org. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

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