Beri State


Beri State was a princely state of the Bundelkhand Agency of the British Raj.
It was a small Sanad state of about 82.87 km2 with a population of 4,297 inhabitants in 1901. Its capital was at Beri, a small town —2,387 inhabitants in 1901— located by the Betwa River in modern Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh, about 30 km from Hamirpur town.
Together with Baoni State at its northwestern edge Beri State was forming an enclave within the directly administered British territory of the Central Provinces.

History

Beri State was founded in the mid eighteenth century by Diwan Acharju Singh, a jagirdar who was the son of Diwan Mahma Rai of Karaiha in Gwalior State and who migrated to Sandi in Jalaun district in the last half of the 18th century.
Beri became a British protectorate in 1809 under the rule of Rao Jugal Prasad.
Raja Yadvendra Singh, the last ruler of Beri State signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1950.

Rulers

The rulers used the title of Diwan and only after 1945 the last ruler adopted the title Raja.

Title ''Diwan''